Foundry To Launch Institutional
$ZEC Mining Pool in April
Foundry Digital, the Digital Currency Group subsidiary that operates the largest Bitcoin mining pool globally by hash rate, said Wednesday it plans to launch a Zcash mining pool in April 2026.
The announcement marks the firm's first expansion beyond
$BTC mining and its entry into the privacy-focused cryptocurrency space.
The new pool is designed specifically for institutional miners and publicly traded companies, which Foundry said currently lack a U.S.-based, compliant infrastructure through which to mine ZEC.
The pool will include Know Your Customer and Anti-Money Laundering checks, transparent payout calculations, reporting tools, and round-the-clock technical support. No minimum hash rate threshold will be required to join.
Foundry CEO Mike Colyer said in a statement that Zcash has "matured into an institutional-grade asset, but the mining infrastructure supporting it hasn't kept pace."
He said the decision was driven by a gap in compliant infrastructure rather than any deterioration in the firm's Bitcoin mining business, which he described as its "core foundation."
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