Zcash to freeze $16M in its oldest privacy pool with NU7 upgrade
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Zcash’s NU7 upgrade will freeze roughly $16 million in ZEC held in its oldest privacy pool, Sprout, as the network retires legacy shielded infrastructure. The change affects the original Sprout pool while the newer Sapling and Orchard pools remain active, and it comes as ZEC’s market cap and trading volumes have drawn renewed attention to privacy coins. The freeze matters because a large share of ZEC sitting in Sprout could be locked out of circulation, potentially tightening liquidity and weighing on investor sentiment. Traders will watch how much ZEC remains unmigrated from Sprout before NU7 activates and whether holders move funds into supported pools ahead of the deadline.
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