Ep. 726 The Future of Privacy: How Zcash and Cypherpunk Are Reshaping Digital Rights with Will McEvoy
CRYPTO 101
Bryce Paul & Brendan Viehman
4.3 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Bryce interviews Will McEvoy, CIO of Cypherpunk, about the importance of privacy technology, the potential of Zcash, and the future of privacy in the digital age. They explore how privacy coins like Zcash can reshape financial privacy, the regulatory landscape, and the strategic vision of Cypherpunk.
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Cypherpunk and Zcash
04:35 The Importance of Privacy in Technology
08:21 Zcash: A Deep Dive into Its Significance
11:05 Market Valuation and Future of Zcash
13:19 Regulatory Landscape for Privacy Coins
16:41 Investment Strategies and Portfolio Management
22:18 Pro-Entropic Investing Explained
25:57 Misconceptions About Privacy and Zcash
28:30 Future of the Zcash Ecosystem
36:20 Looking Ahead: Cypherpunk's Vision
37:58 Personal Insights and Recommendations
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| 0:00.0 | All right, everybody, welcome back to another action-packed episode of the Crypto 101 podcast. |
| 0:14.8 | Today, I am your solo host. My good buddy, Mr. Brendan Veman, my co-host, he has become ill. He was on a cruise. He came back. |
| 0:25.9 | And I don't want to say the H word, the hanta virus word, but I don't know. He doesn't look good. |
| 0:31.7 | So, prayers up for Brendan. We hope that he's healing up. But, man got an incredible guest i am so excited i've been looking |
| 0:39.1 | forward to this all week uh to speak with you mr will mccavoie uh who you are running cypherpunk |
| 0:46.8 | uh yeah the cio at cypherpunk as well as uh running winkel voss cap the investments over |
| 0:53.4 | there winckelvoss Capital. |
| 0:54.9 | Will, how are you doing today? |
| 0:57.0 | I'm doing well. Thanks for having me. |
| 0:59.5 | Yeah, I am very excited. |
| 1:00.8 | So Cypherpunk is a publicly traded company under the ticker CYPH, and it is all about Zcash. |
| 1:09.3 | And so if you guys who are listening have heard about Zcash, |
| 1:13.3 | maybe you've seen the price charts go completely vertical in Q4 of last year. |
| 1:18.8 | And you're curious about what it is. |
| 1:20.5 | Well, make sure you stick around for this episode because we're going to really unpack exactly what Zcash is, |
| 1:26.8 | what cypherpunk is, and what this opportunity looks like. |
| 1:29.9 | But before we get too deep into the weeds, Will, we just want to get acquainted with you, |
| 1:34.0 | the audience, we want to know a little bit about who you are, why you're the man for the job, |
| 1:38.8 | and high-level what you're working on. |
| 1:41.9 | Sure. |
| 1:42.6 | Yeah, so, I mean, you summed it up. CIO at Cypherpunk, |
| 1:46.6 | we're a privacy technology company. So what that means is, I mean, we like to call ourselves |
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