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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-072830"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZCSH"
cik: "0001720265"
company_name: "Grayscale Zcash Trust (ZEC)"
filed_at: "2023-12-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T07:24:22.472771+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grayscale Zcash Trust sponsor board: Silbert, Murphy resign; Shifke appointed Chairman, effective Jan 1, 2024

## Summary
- Barry E. Silbert and Mark Murphy resigned from the board of Grayscale Investments, LLC, effective January 1, 2024.
- Mark Shifke (CFO of DCG) appointed Chairman; Matthew Kummell and Edward McGee appointed as directors.
- Board now consists of Shifke, Kummell, Michael Sonnenshein, and McGee; officer authority retained.
- Shifke brings CFO experience from Billtrust, Green Dot, and roles at JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and KPMG.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-072830
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZCSH
- cik: 0001720265
- company_name: Grayscale Zcash Trust (ZEC)
- filed_at: 2023-12-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1720265/000095017023072830/0000950170-23-072830-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1720265/000095017023072830/zcsh-20231226.htm

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