NHL reaches licensing agreement with Polymarket

- Zcash's November 2024 halving cut block rewards by 50%, reducing annual inflation from 12.5% to 3.5% by 2025. - This supply shock drove a 92% price surge, boosting Zcash's market cap to $5 billion by late 2025. - Institutional adoption and privacy upgrades, including zk-SNARKs and multisig tools, shifted investor sentiment toward strategic interest. - Future halvings and regulatory risks will test Zcash's ability to balance scarcity with innovation in evolving markets.

- Zcash (ZEC) surged 1,172% in 2025, reaching $9.4B market cap as institutional adoption and privacy-focused upgrades drove its rise to 14th-largest cryptocurrency. - Institutional backing, including $137M from Grayscale and Arthur Hayes’ endorsement, highlights ZEC’s appeal as a privacy-centric alternative to Bitcoin . - Regulatory clarity from U.S. laws and GDPR-compliant innovations like Kachina VM in Midnight ecosystem bolster ZEC’s institutional viability. - Technical upgrades like ephemeral addresses

- ICP's 30% price surge follows a November 2025 network upgrade introducing Caffeine, an AI tool for Web3 development, boosting on-chain AI integration. - Institutional adoption grows via partnerships like HashKey-Kraken, while ICP's DeFi TVL hit $237B, though DApp engagement fell 22.4% in Q3 2025. - Experts highlight Caffeine's accessibility benefits but caution over missing technical upgrades in scalability and storage, raising questions about long-term viability. - Competition from Ethereum and Solana ,