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• Zcash price rallied 13% to $460, with market cap and 24h volume spiking as price decoupled from a largely flat crypto market.​
• Developers and Shielded Labs proposed shifting from fixed fees to a dynamic fee market to cut costs and improve efficiency during congestion.
• Cypherpunk expanded its ZEC treasury, while a large holder sent tokens to Hyperliquid to go long as ZEC tests multi-touch resistance on Crypto Pulse charts.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced the launch of a digital assets pilot programme for digital assets to be used as collateral in derivatives markets.

Digital assets such as bitcoin, ether, and USDC — or other payment stablecoins — will be included in the pilot programme.

• Bitcoin remains around $90,000 as thin year-end liquidity leads to volatility and range-bound trading.
• Traders expect a shallow easing path from the Fed, with more focus on guidance than the anticipated rate cut.
• Global market movements are influenced by diverging central bank policies and macroeconomic signals.

EMJ Capital CEO Eric Jackson has projected that bitcoin could reach $50 million per coin by 2041, according to a recent interview, positioning the forecast among the most aggressive long-term price targets in the cryptocurrency sector.

Jackson’s projection centers on a thesis that BTC Bitcoin btc 3.05% Bitcoin will transition from functioning as “digital gold” into serving as the primary collateral layer underpinning the global financial system, according to statements made during the interview.