Russia-linked stablecoin A7A5 processed $93 billion while North Korean hacks and Iranian networks expanded illicit flows.

The funding will be used to expand development of the Zcash protocol and its privacy-focused self-custodial mobile wallet, Zodl (formerly Zashi).

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