Zcash has never been banned in EU, says policy chief

Paul Brigner, chief policy and regulatory officer at the Zcash Open Development Lab (ZODL), has refuted claims on X that Zcash (ZEC) is banned in the European Union. He clarified that EU regulations only restrict regulated crypto service providers from handling accounts and transactions where user identity or transaction history cannot be verified. Brigner emphasized that this does not constitute a ban on the Zcash protocol, holding ZEC, self-custody, P2P transactions, or public transactions. He added that Zcash supports both public and private addresses, and transactions based on public addresses are similar to Bitcoin, with the sender, receiver, and transaction amount all publicly visible.