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Nike will be removed from the S&P 100 at the end of this month, ending a near 18-year run in the index.

The stock has fallen -80% from its record high, erasing -$230 billion in market cap since its all-time high.

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🚀 $ZEC JUST HIT $1,200!

Another major milestone for Zcash.

$ZEC briefly pushed above $1,200 on Binance, reaching a 24H high of $1,220 — while gaining nearly 18% in 24 hours.

From $1,000 to $1,200 in just days. 🔥

Privacy is having its moment. 🔒⚡

⚡ $ZEC | #Zcash
🔒 Privacy • Freedom • Financial Sovereignty

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The USS Abraham Lincoln's crew received a port visit in Thailand after a 286-day deployment that included a record 264 consecutive days at sea and months of combat operations in the Middle East.

Sailors described food shortages, limited communications with family and uncertainty over their return, while many also expressed pride in their mission.

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🔥 ZCASH ORIGINALS #001

THE THREE ENGINES BEHIND ZCASH’S REPRICING

ZEC has crossed $1,000 again — but the price may only be part of the story.

Three major developments are happening simultaneously across the Zcash ecosystem.

1️⃣ CAPITAL MARKETS
Grayscale’s Zcash ETF (ZCSH) began trading on NYSE Arca on August 25.

According to The Block, it recorded at least $34.4M in net inflows through September 4.

For the first time, traditional investors have a straightforward regulated route to ZEC exposure without directly holding the asset.

2️⃣ NETWORK SECURITY
Zcash network computing power has also surged.

Reported solrate increased from roughly 25 GSol/s to above 30 GSol/s between late August and September 4.

Higher ZEC prices attracted additional mining competition — strengthening the network at the same time.

3️⃣ A FASTER ZCASH

The proposed NU7 upgrade could reduce target block spacing from:

75 seconds → 25 seconds

That means roughly 3× faster blocks, potentially making Zcash considerably more practical for payments, wallets, exchanges and cross-chain applications.

But there is another metric worth watching.

Approximately 4.86M ZEC — around 28.8% of circulating supply — is currently estimated to be inside shielded pools.

That represents actual use of Zcash's privacy infrastructure.

OUR TAKE 🔎

The interesting part isn't any single development.

It's the combination:

🏦 Institutional access
⛏ Growing network security
⚡ Faster payments
🛡 Increasing shielded adoption

Zcash may be evolving from a privacy-focused crypto asset into something much broader:

a private monetary network connected to mainstream capital markets.

That doesn't remove the risks — ETF flows can reverse, mining follows profitability and NU7 still needs successful implementation.

But the underlying Zcash story is clearly getting bigger.

Watching only the ZEC price may no longer tell the whole story.

🔗 Sources: SEC • Grayscale • The Block • Zcash ZIP 218 • ZecMetrics

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🔒 Privacy • Freedom • Financial Sovereignty

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Germany's far-right AfD party is poised to take power, CNN reports.

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🐈 Week Recap:

Senator Bernie Sanders introduces bill to ban AI that exceeds human intelligence permanently.

Bank of America VP Erin Piacenti was killed in a Times Square stabbing.

Robert Kiyosaki, author of 'Rich Dad Poor Dad,' is $1.2 billion in debt.

The US has secured majority control over 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil.

Canada lost 41,700 jobs amid its US trade war.

Ripple signed a multi-year sponsorship deal with the University of Florida.

The G20 has agreed to develop crypto and stablecoin regulations.

The Netherlands has moved $12.1 billion in gold from the US and Canada.

Elon Musk announced that PlayStation and Xbox consoles will connect directly to Teslas.

The US Mint has put the 2026 Trump $1 coin into circulation.

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Rabobank's FX strategy head Jane Foley says dollar confidence is weakened following stronger-than-expected payrolls data.

She also comments on the potential impact of upcoming CPI data on the currency.

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A rebound in Chinese oil buying is driving up prices of African, Canadian and Latin American crudes.

Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz have refiners seeking alternatives in farther-flung regions.

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Criminals are using large denomination $100 bills to launder money, with the amount of physical cash in circulation increasing.

Cartels balance their books by trading drugs for farm equipment, and money laundering has a parallel financial system that undergirds global networks, resembling Renaissance-era banking.

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