为什么比特币表现挣扎，大零币却一路猛涨？

由于两周前韩国的一家加密货币交易所遭遇了突击检查，加密货币的典型代表比特币近日里表现挣扎。

不过，这种低迷并没有影响整个加密货币市场。虽说比特币的价格不断不跌，但加密货币大零币（Zcash）的价格却在一路飙升。

5月初，加密货币的看涨者维克勒沃斯兄弟表达了对于大零币的赞许，并表示他们的比特币交易所Gemini已经获得监管方许可，将在平台中支持大零币交易。自那以后，大零币开始了暴涨。其价格飙升47%至364美元，市值也增加了4.628亿美元，达到如今的15亿美元。Gemini如今成为了第一家获得许可的大零币交易所，他们计划从美国东部时间5月22日（周二）上午9:30起支持大零币的交易。

在Gemini发布的许可声明中，维克勒沃斯兄弟着重介绍了大零币以及它将如何与比特币共存。比特币往往会被描绘成隐私度很高的货币，但它仍然会透露资金的来源和去向，只要拥有基础的电脑技术，就能追踪到它。而另一方面，大零币的隐私性更强，那些交易信息也会得到加密。

尽管这样听起来，大零币可能会成为地下犯罪的好选择，但普通人也有正当理由不让自己的交易遭到窥视，例如求医就诊，或是购买周年礼物给人惊喜的情况。

Gemini的首席执行官泰勒·维克勒沃斯在一份声明中表示：“大零币拥有比特币没有的特质。比特币优势很多，但隐私性不属于其中。”

据估计，维克勒沃斯兄弟在今年1月时拥有12万枚比特币。目前不清楚他们是否持有大零币。

Gemini的总裁卡梅隆·维克勒沃斯补充道：“比特币和大零币这两种革命性技术是在不同的领域竞争。比特币是数字黄金，而大零币是数字现金。”

过去，那些增加数字货币类型的加密货币交易所往往会面临内幕交易的指责。例如，位于美国的最大交易所Coinbase就面临着集体诉讼。在宣布支持比特币现金（Bitcoin Cash）交易之前的几个小时里，这种加密货币的价格已经开始了猛涨。

大零币的创始成员和首席执行官布莱斯·“佐科”·威尔考克斯严厉斥责了这一趋势，他发布了一张大零币在Gemini发布声明后的价格飙升图。

他写道：“我们再一次公开声明：我们没有泄露信息，也没有利用自己掌握信息的特权进行交易。我的团队为此感到自豪。”

我们再一次公开声明：我们没有泄露信息，也没有利用自己掌握信息的特权进行交易。我的团队为此感到自豪。

——佐科

你们可能不知道我在说什么。我指的是在消息公布后，大零币的价格和交易量才开始飙升，而不是在公布之前。业内的重大新闻发布时，情况往往与此截然相反。

——佐科

纽约州金融服务署（New York State Department of Financial Services）宣布，Gemini还获得了许可，可以在将来支持莱特币（Litecoin）和比特币现金的交易。（财富中文网）

译者：严匡正

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.