由于兩周前韓國的一家加密貨幣交易所遭遇了突擊檢查，加密貨幣的典型代表比特幣近日里表現掙扎。

不過，這種低迷并沒有影響整個加密貨幣市場。雖說比特幣的價格不斷不跌，但加密貨幣大零幣（Zcash）的價格卻在一路飆升。

5月初，加密貨幣的看漲者維克勒沃斯兄弟表達了對于大零幣的贊許，并表示他們的比特幣交易所Gemini已經獲得監管方許可，將在平臺中支持大零幣交易。自那以后，大零幣開始了暴漲。其價格飆升47%至364美元，市值也增加了4.628億美元，達到如今的15億美元。Gemini如今成為了第一家獲得許可的大零幣交易所，他們計劃從美國東部時間5月22日（周二）上午9:30起支持大零幣的交易。

在Gemini發布的許可聲明中，維克勒沃斯兄弟著重介紹了大零幣以及它將如何與比特幣共存。比特幣往往會被描繪成隱私度很高的貨幣，但它仍然會透露資金的來源和去向，只要擁有基礎的電腦技術，就能追蹤到它。而另一方面，大零幣的隱私性更強，那些交易信息也會得到加密。

盡管這樣聽起來，大零幣可能會成為地下犯罪的好選擇，但普通人也有正當理由不讓自己的交易遭到窺視，例如求醫就診，或是購買周年禮物給人驚喜的情況。

Gemini的首席執行官泰勒·維克勒沃斯在一份聲明中表示：“大零幣擁有比特幣沒有的特質。比特幣優勢很多，但隱私性不屬于其中。”

據估計，維克勒沃斯兄弟在今年1月時擁有12萬枚比特幣。目前不清楚他們是否持有大零幣。

Gemini的總裁卡梅隆·維克勒沃斯補充道：“比特幣和大零幣這兩種革命性技術是在不同的領域競爭。比特幣是數字黃金，而大零幣是數字現金。”

過去，那些增加數字貨幣類型的加密貨幣交易所往往會面臨內幕交易的指責。例如，位于美國的最大交易所Coinbase就面臨著集體訴訟。在宣布支持比特幣現金（Bitcoin Cash）交易之前的幾個小時里，這種加密貨幣的價格已經開始了猛漲。

大零幣的創始成員和首席執行官布萊斯·“佐科”·威爾考克斯嚴厲斥責了這一趨勢，他發布了一張大零幣在Gemini發布聲明后的價格飆升圖。

他寫道：“我們再一次公開聲明：我們沒有泄露信息，也沒有利用自己掌握信息的特權進行交易。我的團隊為此感到自豪?！?

我們再一次公開聲明：我們沒有泄露信息，也沒有利用自己掌握信息的特權進行交易。我的團隊為此感到自豪。

——佐科

你們可能不知道我在說什么。我指的是在消息公布后，大零幣的價格和交易量才開始飆升，而不是在公布之前。業內的重大新聞發布時，情況往往與此截然相反。

——佐科

紐約州金融服務署（New York State Department of Financial Services）宣布，Gemini還獲得了許可，可以在將來支持萊特幣（Litecoin）和比特幣現金的交易。（財富中文網）

譯者：嚴匡正

The price of cryptocurrency poster child Bitcoin has languished in recent days owing to the raid of a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange at two weeks ago.

But the entire cryptocurrency market has not followed its descent. While the price of Bitcoin dipped to $8,500 Tuesday after nearly going back to $9,000 on Friday, the price of cryptocurrency Zcash surged.

The jump came after cryptocurrency bulls Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss gave Zcash a thumbs up in earlier May, adding that their Bitcoin exchange, Gemini, had gained regulatory approval to list Zcash on its platform. The price of Zcash has surged 47% to $364 since then, adding about $462.8 million to Zcash’s now $1.5 billion market capitalization. Gemini, now the first licensed Zcash exchange, plans to allow Zcash trading starting Tuesday, May 22 at 9:30 a.m. ET.

In Gemini’s press release announcing the approvals, the Winklevoss twins focused on Zcash and how it can co-exist alongside Bitcoin. While Bitcoin is often billed as highly private, it still broadcasts from where and to where funds are moving—allowing those with basic computer skills to track it. Zcash, on the other hand, was created as a more private cryptocurrency, encrypting those transactions.

And while Zcash may sound ripe for the criminal underground, average Joes may also have legitimate reasons to hide payments from prying eyes. Consider a doctor’s visit or a surprise anniversary gift.

“Zcash picks up where Bitcoin left off,” Tyler Winklevoss, Gemini CEO, said in a statement. “Bitcoin has many strengths, but privacy is not one of them.”

The Winkelvoss twins together own an estimated 120,000 Bitcoins as of January. It’s unclear if the brothers own Zcash.

“Bitcoin and Zcash are two revolutionary technologies vying for different mantles, Bitcoin being digital gold and Zcash being digital cash,” Cameron Winklevoss, president of Gemini, added.

In the past, cryptocurrency exchanges have faced allegations of insider trading after launching the trade of a new digital coin on their platform. Coinbase, the largest U.S.-based exchange for instance, faced a class action lawsuit after the price of Bitcoin Cash rose in the hours before Coinbase announced that trading would commence.

Snubbing that trend, Zcash founding member and CEO Bryce “Zooko” Wilcox posted a photo of Zcash’s price as it surged on the Gemini announcement.

“Proud of my team for once again publicly demonstrating that we don’t leak information and we don’t take advantage of our privileged access to information by trading on it,” he wrote.

Proud of my team for once again publicly demonstrating that we don't leak information and we don't take advantage of our privileged access to information by trading on it. pic.twitter.com/HfUnRBqzx4

— zooko

If you don't know what I'm getting at, it is that the price and volume of ZEC trading jumped *after* https://t.co/dQExjldaug was public, not before. This is in stark contrast to most other big announcements in this space.

— zooko

The New York State Department of Financial Services announced that Gemini also gained approval to list Litecoin as well as Bitcoin Cash in the future.