Leap Therapeutics стала Cypherpunk Technologies и создала Zcash-DAT на $50 млн

cryptonews.ruPublished on 2025-09-11Last updated on 2025-11-12

Leap Therapeutics провела ребрендинг и стала Cypherpunk Technologies.
Фокусом новой стратегии компания выбрала токен Zcash, в который она инвестировала $50 млн.
Winklevoss Capital поддержала запуск казначейства.

Биотехнологическая компания Leap Therapeutics, сменившая название на Cypherpunk Technologies, объявила о стратегии создания казначейства цифровых активов (DAT) на базе токена Zcash (ZEC). Для этого она использовала $50 млн из частного размещения акций, полностью профинансированного Winklevoss Capital, для приобретения 203 775,27 ZEC по средней цене $245 за токен.

С 7 ноября 2025 года акции Cypherpunk Technologies будут торговаться на Nasdaq под новым тикером CYPH.

«Мы создаем долгосрочную ценность для акционеров через активное участие в Zcash», — заявил Дуглас Онси, президент и генеральный директор Cypherpunk Technologies.

Cypherpunk присоединяется к растущей группе публичных компаний, которые интегрируют криптовалюты в свою казначейскую стратегию — по примеру Strategy, использующей биткоин. В случае Cypherpunk фокус сделали на Zcash — крупнейшей криптовалюте с акцентом на приватность, которая применяет доказательства с нулевым разглашением для подтверждения транзакций без раскрытия данных об адресах или суммах.

По данным CoinMarketCap, Zcash за последние два месяца подорожал почти в десять раз, достигнув пика около $750, прежде чем снизиться до $464 на момент написания — все еще на 85% ниже исторического максимума 2016 года.

Изменения в структуре управления предусматривают назначение Кинга Оэя председателем совета директоров. Он также является основателем и генеральным директором Treasury — нидерландской компании, которая в сентябре привлекла $147 млн под руководством Winklevoss Capital и Nakamoto Holdings.

Кроме того, Уилл Макевой, партнер в Winklevoss Capital, стал первым инвестиционным директором Cypherpunk и вошел в совет директоров.

«Другие криптоказначейства потерпели крах под давлением краткосрочного, наемного капитала. Мы же создали базу инвесторов, разделяющих ценности Zcash и видящих в приватности фундаментальную важность для Соединенных Штатов и мира», — отметил Макевой.

По словам аналитика Galaxy Digital Уилла Овенса, интерес к Zcash вырос на фоне растущего беспокойства относительно отслеживаемости транзакций в блокчейне:

«Сторонники Zcash называют его “зашифрованным биткоином” — возвращением к киферпанковским принципам в эпоху повсеместного ончейн-надзора», — написал он в своем отчете.

Напомним, что запуск Cypherpunk Technologies совпадает с активным развитием экосистемы Zcash. В конце октября Electric Coin Co (ECC) обнародовала новую дорожную карту, а уже в начале ноября цена ZEC обновила многолетний максимум выше $536. Аналитики предполагали, что причиной роста является аккумуляция токена крупными игроками, вероятно, в рамках новой казначейской инициативы — теперь подтверждено, что ею стала Cypherpunk Technologies.

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