Wall Street is buying privacy while centralized exchanges are delisting it

Privacy coins are gaining a place in regulated investment markets even as direct access to their underlying assets becomes harder. Grayscale’s Zcash ETF now trades on NYSE Arca, while major centralized exchanges have reduced support for Monero and other privacy-focused cryptocurrencies. THORChain’s latest upgrade shows how decentralized infrastructure could help close that access gap. Summary Grayscale’s ZCSH gives US brokerage investors direct spot exposure to Zcash through NYSE Arca. Binance, OKX and Kraken have reduced Monero access amid growing regulatory pressure. THORChain v3.20 prepares the protocol for native Monero and Zcash swaps without wrapped tokens. THORChain later delayed the privacy-coin rollout while contributors focused on network stability. EU anti-money-laundering rules will restrict support for anonymity-enhancing coins from July 2027. Privacy is reaching Wall Street as exchange access shrinks Privacy in crypto is moving in two directions at once. On one side, it is entering the financial mainstream. Grayscale’s Zcash ETF, ZCSH, began trading on NYSE Arca on Aug. 25. Grayscale described it as the first exchange-traded product to offer spot exposure to Zcash (ZE...