Zcash advocacy group registers its first lobbyist in Washington

LISTINGZcash advocacy groupregisters its first lobbyist inWashington33IMPORTANCECLOSED2NEWS MEDIA2PIECESOct 4, 2026 23:24blockboard.net
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A Zcash advocacy group has registered its first lobbyist in Washington, marking a formal federal-policy push around the project. The filing names executive director Divij Pandya and lists digital asset legislation and tax proposals among the issues it plans to work on.

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A Zcash advocacy group registered its first lobbyist in Washington.
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The filing names executive director Divij Pandya as the registrant.
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The Oct. 1 registration lists three digital asset and tax bills as lobbying issues.
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The lobbying operation includes the CLARITY Act among the issues it plans to lobby on in Washington.
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Two digital asset tax proposals are also listed among the lobbying issues.

What it means

Who it affects, what changes and what is still unconfirmed

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Zcash users, developers, and people following privacy-focused digital assets are the group most likely to notice this first. The registration puts the project’s policy effort into a formal Washington process, and the filing names Divij Pandya as the executive director connected to it. This makes the lobbying effort visible in a way that was not public in the same form before.

In practice, the registration means Zcash now has a named lobbyist attached to federal policy work rather than only outside discussion of policy. The issues listed include the CLARITY Act and digital asset tax proposals, so the public record now points to specific bills rather than a general interest in crypto policy. What remains the same is that the filing itself does not show any outcome on those bills.

Market reaction

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