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Hear from these public and private sector leaders shaping crypto policy at CoinDesk: Policy & Regulation. With more announcements to come next week and just 10 days left until the event, now is the time to register. 2026 Speaker Faculty: Ryan VanGrack, Vice Chairman and Head of Corporate Affairs, Coinbase Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator (NY), United States Senate Lee Brenner, Head of Public Policy, Digital Assets, and U.S. AI Policy Lead, Goldman Sachs Katrina Paglia, Chief Legal Counsel, Pantera Capital Aaron Iovine, Head of Digital Assets and Wholesale Payments Policy, JPMorgan Chase Amy Kim, Head of Global Policy and Government Relations, Crypto, PayPal Ari Redbord, Global Head of Policy, TRM Labs Ben Sherwin, General Counsel, Chainlink Labs Rostin Behnam, Global Head of Public Policy and Corporate Affairs, Bloomberg Patrick Witt, Executive Director, President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, The White House Helen Gugel, Partner, Co-Chair of the Digital Assets and Blockchain Practice, Ropes & Gray Kaitlin Asrow, Acting Superintendent, New York State Department of Financial Services Noah Perlman, Chief Compliance Officer, Binance Margo Tank, Partner, Global Co-Chair, Financial Services Sector, U.S. Co-Chair, Blockchain and Digital Assets, DLA Piper Gregory Xethalis, General Counsel, Multicoin Capital Senator Cynthia Lummis, U.S. Senator (WY), United States Senate Chris Brummer, CEO, Fintech Foundation Danielle Labarbera, Vice President of Sales, North America, Sumsub Tiffany J. Smith, Partner, WilmerHale Matthew Homer, General Partner, The Venture Dept. Jasmine Burgess, Chief Risk Officer, Blockstream Capital Partners Jeff Denham, Senior Policy Director, Dentons Mary Elizabeth Taylor, Chief Policy Officer, Chainalysis Congressman French Hill, Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, U.S. Representative (AR-02), U.S. House of Representatives Lesley Chavkin, Global Head of Policy, Ribbit Capital Eric Vincent, President, Partner and General Counsel, 50T Funds Caroline Hill, Senior Director for Global Policy and Regulatory Strategy, Circle Jacob Sciandra, Principal, PwC Ryan McKenney, Director of Government Relations, Quantinuum Purvi Maniar, Chief Legal Officer and President (LDNTB), Laser Digital Gabe Rosenberg, Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Molly Woodman, Senior Policy Advisor, Digital Sovereignty Alliance Neal Kumar, Chief Legal Officer, Polymarket Kimberly Johns, Global Head of Digital Assets Legal, Managing Director and Senior Counsel, Goldman Sachs Alex Sternhell, Principal and Founder, Sternhell Group Randi Abernethy, Head of Clearing and Group Risk, Bullish Congressman Ritchie Torres, U.S. Representative (NY-15), U.S. House of Representatives Carolyn Welshhans, Partner, Morgan Lewis Brian Whitehurst, Chief of Staff and Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, Liberty City Ventures Yesha Yadav, Professor of Law and Associate Dean, Vanderbilt Law School Joe Crowley, Senior Policy Director, Dentons Priya Bindra, Head of Digital Asset Legal, Morgan Stanley Matthew Friedwald, Chief Compliance Officer, ParaFi Capital LP Kari Larsen, Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher Kevin Wysocki, Head of Policy, Anchorage Digital Jason Somensatto, Director of Policy, Coin Center Colton Dillion, Founder, Quip Network Congressman Tom Emmer, Majority Whip, U.S. Representative (MN-06), U.S. House of Representatives Taylor Lindman, Chief Counsel of the Crypto Task Force, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Alexander Zozos, General Counsel, Superstate Matthew Hoffmann, Principal, BGR Chris Grieco, Chief Legal Officer, Rain John Hurston, General Counsel, TRON Sean McElroy, Partner, Fenwick Gregory Johnson, CEO, Rubicon Digital Assets Peter Curley, Head of Global Regulatory Affairs, Ondo Finance Register Now Thank you to our sponsors: Interested in sponsoring CoinDesk: Policy & Regulation? Contact Us CoinDesk, Inc., 61 9th Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10011, USA Unsubscribe Manage preferences

The World’s First Zcash Fund, The Zcash ETF - built by Grayscale (Ticker: $ZCSH) Is Live

A message from Introducing The Zcash ETF (ticker: ZCSH), the world's first and only exchange-traded fund offering dedicated exposure to ZEC, the native cryptocurrency of the Zcash network*.  Built by Grayscale, ZCSH is the evolution of an investment vehicle originally launched in 2017 (a year after the Zcash network itself). Now, with close to 10 years of operating history, ZCSH becomes the first US-listed exchange-traded fund to bring dedicated ZEC exposure to investors directly in their brokerage accounts. Bitcoin demonstrated the value of decentralized money. Zcash builds on that success by bringing privacy to cryptocurrencies. Using zero-knowledge cryptography, Zcash lets users transact with Bitcoin-like design and shielded balances. Shielded transactions at times have accounted for more than 50% of user transactions**. As AI-driven data analysis and digital payments expand, that privacy layer will only matter more.   The Zcash ETF ("ZCSH"), an exchange-traded product, is not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("40 Act") and therefore is not subject to the same regulations and protections as 40 Act-registered ETFs and mutual funds. An investment in ZCSH is subject to a high degree of risk, heightened volatility, and is not suitable for an investor who cannot afford the loss of their entire investment. An investment in ZCSH is not a direct investment in ZEC. Why ZCSH? First to Market. Years in the Making. ZCSH is the evolution of an established ZEC investment vehicle, bringing almost 10 years of operating history and a sizable existing asset base. Bitcoin's Blueprint. Zcash's Own Path. Zcash began with Bitcoin's open-source code, then added optional privacy through innovative zero-knowledge cryptography. For investors looking beyond crypto's established leaders, ZCSH offers an efficient way to gain exposure to the token's potential growth and for adding portfolio diversification. Convenient Exposure Through a Traditional Vehicle. Available through many traditional brokerage and investment accounts, ZCSH provides exposure to ZEC without requiring investors to buy, store, or safeguard the token directly. INVEST NOW * First and only US-listed ETF dedicated solely to ZEC as of August 22, 2026. ** Blockworks Analytics, Zcash: Transactions, October 6, 2024-June 28, 2026.   This information must be preceded or accompanied by a prospectus, which may be obtained by clicking here. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing in The Zcash ETF (the "Fund").   Investing in digital assets involves significant risk and heightened volatility, including possible loss of principal. 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Traders pulling back ahead of PPI drop...

Traders are pulling back bullish bets ahead of PPI this morning and CPI tomorrow. Nasdaq just invested $100M in Kraken at a $21B valuation. And LAPTOP crashed 98% on launch day. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Thursday, September 10, 2026   Bitcoin is down to $78,023 this morning as traders shed bullish exposure ahead of two back-to-back inflation readings: PPI lands at 8:30am ET today and CPI follows tomorrow. Consensus expects PPI up 0.4% month-on-month in August — that would lift the annualized reading to 5.3% from 4.7%, a sharp acceleration that would meaningfully strengthen the case for a Fed rate hike at next Wednesday’s meeting, where the odds of a 25-basis-point hike already stand above 60%. The call skew in bitcoin options is weakening — meaning traders are reducing upside bets — while bond yields remain elevated and oil sits near $100. The Senate Clarity Act cloture vote is Monday. Stay alert. Read today’s full report → Market snapshot As of 8am EST Asset Price 24h BTC $78,023 −1.64% ETH $2,469 −1.28% SOL $101.49 −2.65% XRP $1.38 −3.22% Prices approximate. Visit coindesk.com/price for live data. What matters today Markets   Story 1 of 3 Bitcoin traders dial down bullish plays ahead of U.S. inflation data. Bitcoin’s pullback from $81,000 to $78,000 this week has prompted traders to reduce bullish options exposure: call skew — the premium traders pay for upside bets relative to downside protection — is softening, per AI trading terminal OrderX. PPI today is expected to show producer-level inflation rose 0.4% month-on-month in August, which would push the annualized rate from 4.7% to 5.3% — a sharp acceleration that could push CME FedWatch’s already-60%-plus rate-hike odds even higher. CPI follows Friday. The 10-year Treasury yield is at its highest since November 2023 and the ECB is expected to hike rates today, adding to the global tightening backdrop. Separately, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said crypto wins regardless of how the Clarity Act Senate vote goes Monday: either the bill passes, or the industry uses the opposition as a rallying point for midterms. Read more → Finance   Story 2 of 3 Nasdaq invested $100 million in Kraken’s parent company at a $21 billion valuation. Nasdaq’s venture arm has put $100 million into Payward — Kraken’s parent company — valuing the firm at $21 billion, according to Bloomberg, up from the $20 billion valuation at which Payward was seeking capital when CoinDesk first reported the fundraise in May. As part of the deal, Kraken will distribute Nasdaq’s tokenized stocks on its platform, giving users access to Nasdaq-listed equities in tokenized form with the same voting rights as regular shares. The investment expands on a partnership announced in March when Nasdaq said it planned to give publicly traded companies more control over shares in tokenized form and began working with Kraken on the infrastructure to bridge tokenized equities between regulated and onchain markets. NYSE is simultaneously building its own venue for 24-7 trading of tokenized stocks and ETFs — two of the three major U.S. exchange operators are now actively building onchain equity infrastructure. Read more → Markets   Story 3 of 3 Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP memecoin crashed 98% on launch day. Traders are sitting on six-figure losses. LAPTOP launched Wednesday at 5 cents into thin liquidity and immediately got hit by sniper bots — automated programs that front-run new token launches within seconds — spiking and crashing 98% from its opening level. Blockchain analytics firm Nansen recorded 46,675 buy transactions from 20,085 unique buyers in 24 hours, most of whom have not sold: one wallet is sitting on roughly $199,000 in total losses, another on $118,000. The team blamed the bots and thin initial liquidity, said it will deploy additional tokens to incentivize liquidity pools, and maintained that there was no presale and no insider allocation — “everyone had the same information, at the same time.” Nansen pegged the token at roughly a $720 million market cap even after the collapse, a figure that flatters newly launched tokens where thin liquidity means small trades move the quoted price dramatically. TRUMP, the closest precedent, launched to nearly $15 billion in January 2025 and has since fallen 97%. Read more → CoinDesk Disclosure: The information contained in this newsletter, and any information linked through the items contained herein, is not intended to provide sufficient information to form the basis for an investment decision. You should seek additional information regarding the merits and risks of investing in any cryptocurrency or digital assets. L1.co Disclosure: This material is for informational purposes only, and the content contained herein should not be considered investment advice or a solicitation, offer, or recommendation to sell or buy any asset, strategy, or product. Investing in digital assets involves a high degree of risk, including the loss of principal. Crypto Daybook Americas: A newsletter from CoinDesk Were you forwarded this newsletter? Sign up here.  Copyright © 2026 CoinDesk, All rights reserved.  CoinDesk, Inc., 61 9th Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10011, USA Unsubscribe Manage preferences