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Aug 18, 2026

Cypherpunk Technologies acquires world's largest Zcash mining fleet for $33 million from Winklevoss Capital

Nasdaq-listed Cypherpunk Technologies purchased 4,902 mining machines from Winklevoss Capital for $33.33 million, giving the company approximately 18% of Zcash's total network mining power and establishing it as the largest Zcash miner globally.

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▪Cypherpunk Technologies appointed industry veteran Kevin Zhang, who previously developed North American mining deployments for Foundry, as its Head of Mining on August 18, 2026.
▪Cypherpunk Technologies previously invested $5 million in Zcash Open Development Labs to support the development of the Zcash protocol and the Zodl wallet.
▪The pre-funded warrant issued to Winklevoss Treasury Investments LLC covers 43,290,042 common shares of Cypherpunk Technologies with an exercise price of $0.001 per share.

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