Grateful to @coincenter for publishing this and allowing me to be their first guest-post! Practical obscurity protected people because compiling a life from scattered records was expensive. Digitization and AI inverted that cost structure. Engineered obscurity restores it by permitting verification without compilation.

“We digitized the data but kept the analog procedures” Check out the latest essay from @GoBankYourself - "Engineering Obscurity" which explores the current state of privacy in the AI era, featured today in the @coincenter Peer-to-Peer newsletter

👀 Check out this must-read article by @GoBankYourself, guest posting with @coincenter.

It is fair to say that the part of our work that I am most interested in these days is around the future of privacy in this weird digital world that is developing, which is why this piece @GoBankYourself wrote for us resonated so much. Definitely worth your time to read.

Today, @FortitudeCrypto announced @JaimeLeverton as CEO. As Fortitude advances towards the public markets, Jaime brings extensive experience scaling businesses at the intersection of digital assets, mining, and infrastructure. We also congratulate @Andrea_Childs_ on her appointment as COO. We believe Jaime, Andrea and the Fortitude team are exceptionally positioned to execute on Fortitude's Zcash strategy $ZEC $HSCS Read more in the press release below businesswire.com/news/home/2…

Statement on today’s CLARITY Act vote: Today’s outcome is a missed opportunity for American businesses, consumers, and U.S. competitiveness, but the need for clear, predictable rules for digital assets remains as urgent as it ever has. Thank you to the members of Congress and their staff who worked tirelessly to get us this far. We will continue partnering with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to move a durable framework forward and ensure the U.S. remains the innovation capital of the digital assets industry.

“The proposed combination with Fortitude is expected to give our shareholders exposure to a business that is a meaningful participant in the Zcash ecosystem. In our view, it represents a significant opportunity for shareholders and the transaction continues to move toward closing,” said Andrew Simpson, CEO of HeartSciences. @HeartSciences (Nasdaq: $HSCS) has reported its fiscal Q1 2027 results and provided an update on the proposed business combination with Fortitude. The transaction continues to progress toward an expected Q4 2026 closing. Read the full release: ir.heartsciences.com/pr/hear…. $HSCS $ZEC

Two weeks since @Grayscale brought the first zcash:native ETF to market: $500M+ in AUM DCG made an investment in $ZCSH of ~$100M in Zcash, demonstrating our conviction in financial privacy See important additional disclosures: rb.gy/5i4xyj

"DCG did a poll earlier this year and found that 81% of voters are advocating for passage of some sort of regulatory regime. It's not just what Congress is doing, I think voters are also hoping for movement." - @julie_stitzel on the Clarity Act, last week at @SALTConference

Fortitude has executed a definitive agreement with @BITMAINtech for 9,000 Antminer Z15 Pro units, which we anticipate will represent approximately 7.56 GSol/s of incremental Equihash hashrate. A significant step in our commitment to Zcash, and in our potential path to the public markets through our previously announced proposed business combination with HeartSciences (Nasdaq: $HSCS) under the proposed ticker "TUDE," subject to approval. Read more: businesswire.com/news/home/2…. $HSCS $TUDE $ZEC

Today, DCG sent a letter to Senate leadership with a clear message: pass the Clarity Act.   As an investor, builder, and incubator in digital assets for over a decade, we're urging Congress to choose clear rules over regulation-by-enforcement, protect U.S. leadership in blockchain, and keep talent and innovation here in America.

Fortitude is building a vertically integrated power portfolio to mine Zcash $ZEC at scale. New 12MW greenfield facility is live today See important additional information here: fortitudemining.com/disclaim…

Despite its inevitability, agentic commerce still has lots of question marks. Discussing it with experts rewards the rare combination of sharp thinking and genuine humility in the face of uncertainty. Last night’s room had exactly that. Grateful to have been there.

Americans want action on digital asset policy New poll from DCG and @HarrisPoll found that 81% support legislation creating a clear regulatory framework for digital assets and 60% want Congress to act now even if the rules evolve over time Full report available: theblockchainassociation.org…

For months we’ve made the case that privacy-preserving tech isn’t just a consumer feature — it’s necessary security infrastructure for a new threat landscape. The @DCGco + @HarrisPoll data says voters are already there: 1/ 66% of battleground voters want the right to make legal transactions without them being permanently linked to their identity.  That’s a zero-knowledge proof — described by people who’ve never heard the term. The demand is here. 2/ 63% don’t like AI using their data even if it improves the product. 55% would switch to a service that collects nothing.  But only 38% have heard of privacy-preserving tech.  Demand is already running ahead of awareness. 3/ Voters trust themselves with their data (84%) over AI companies (24%) or social media (20%).  Asked how they’d want it handled, a decentralized model wins (31%) — and the runner-up isn’t centralization, it’s “I don’t know what that is” (27%).  The barrier is education, not ideology. The public already wants verifiable privacy. US policy should mirror voter demand .

This week, we're in Washington, D.C. for the 2026 DCG Fly-In, where we bring together our founders with lawmakers on the Hill to discuss moving digital asset policy and financial privacy forward Stay tuned, new voter data from @HarrisPoll out tomorrow #DCGFlyIn

Two different global AI races juxtaposed perfectly in one timeline: 1. Raw capability: @elonmusk & SpaceX building a from-scratch C training stack for 220,000 GB300s to push ever-larger and faster frontier models. Ingenuity from abundance. 2. Decentralized diffusion: @jon_durbin proving a 176B model can feasibly train across just 4 nodes on the open internet. Ingenuity from constraint. Abundance and Necessity. We’re in two important geostrategic races, and policymakers risk being too singly focused on the first. The decentralized layer creates real breakthroughs under real constraints — breakthroughs that lower participatory hurdles, deliver tools and building blocks that global builders improve every day, and bootstrap broader innovation. Both frontiers are important. nitter.net/jon_durbin/status/2059…

Statement on today’s bipartisan Senate committee vote advancing the CLARITY Act: DCG applauds the Senate Banking Committee for advancing this important legislation and thanks committee leadership and members on both sides of the aisle for their thoughtful engagement throughout the process. We are especially grateful to Senate staff for the tremendous amount of work that went into navigating complex issues and helping move this legislation forward. Today’s vote reflects meaningful bipartisan progress toward establishing clear rules of the road that support responsible innovation, protect consumers, and reinforce America’s leadership in digital assets.

Sharing her insightful perspectives, DCG's Chief Policy Officer @julie_stitzel joined @intangiblecoins and Dan from @BinanceUS on stage at @consensus2026 yesterday for a fantastic convo on tokenization, regulation, and industry progress

Excited to moderate this panel at #Bitcoin2026 in Las Vegas 🔥 From Hashrate to Hill: Why Miners Should Engage in Public Policy Join @FilipPrimec, @BaricJohnpaul and me as we break down how smart engagement with legislatures and utilities can stop discriminatory policies against Proof of Work. See you today at 11AM at The Venetian!