Foundry Digital has announced that it will launch an institutional Zcash mining pool in April 2026, expanding its mining infrastructure beyond Bitcoin.
The new pool targets institutional and public company miners and is designed to address what Foundry sees as a gap in the proper infrastructure that supports Zcash mining.
The company said the pool will replicate the compatibility, transparency and operational framework used in its flagship Foundry USA Pool, which is currently the largest Bitcoin mining pool in the world by hashrate.
Zcash was created in 2016 as a privacy-focused cryptocurrency built on zero-proof technology. The protocol allows for public verification of transactions on the blockchain while protecting sensitive information such as wallet addresses and transaction amounts.
Foundry CEO Mike Kohler said Zcash has become an institutional-grade asset, but the mining infrastructure that supports it is not keeping pace. With the launch of our Zcash Pool, we bring the same consistency, transparency and operational excellence that made Foundry USA Pool the trusted standard for Bitcoin miners.
Zooko Wilcox, founder of Zcash and current Chief Product Officer of Shielded Labs, said the launch could help decentralize Zcash mining by spreading hashpower across pools and bringing additional miners to the network.
The Foundry Zcash pool will operate from the United States and will include compliance-oriented infrastructure, transparent payment systems, real-time reporting tools, and dedicated operational support for miners.
Since its launch in 2019, Foundry has become a major infrastructure provider for institutional Bitcoin miners. Foundry USA Pool has the largest share of global Bitcoin mining hashrate and maintains SOC 1 Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 2 compliance standards.
ZEC, the native token of Zcash, experienced renewed interest in the recent bull market, rising more than 1,800% from August 2025 to around $734 by November 2025. The token is down about 70% from its peak and is down about 5% to $212 in the intraday.
