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confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.40
Grayscale Zcash Trust to switch ZEC valuation index to CoinDesk Zcash Benchmark Rate effective April 1, 2026
Grayscale Zcash Trust (ZEC)
- Effective April 1, 2026, Trust will value ZEC using CoinDesk Zcash Benchmark Rate instead of CoinDesk Zcash Price Index (ZCX).
- Constituent trading platforms for new benchmark: Binance, Gemini, Kraken, OKX.
- New index uses volume-weighted real-time price with outlier detection, inactivity adjustment, and manipulation resistance.
- If benchmark is unavailable, cascading fallback: Coin Metrics Real-Time Rate, principal market price, then Sponsor's best judgment.
- Shareholders will be notified of material methodology changes in periodic or current reports.