# Introducing the PGPZ Community Site for Zcash Policy Engagement **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [June 9, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/introducing-the-pgpz-community-site-for-zcash-policy-engagement/56111 "2026-06-09T15:23:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![paulbrigner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/paulbrigner/32/26708_2.png) [@paulbrigner](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/paulbrigner)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/introducing-the-pgpz-community-site-for-zcash-policy-engagement/56111/2 "2026-06-17T13:41:43Z")
Hi everyone — I’m excited to share that the PGPZ Community has now started sending its first policy updates. This morning, PGPZ subscribers received two initial updates: **1. PGPZ Weekly Policy Memo: Week of June 8, 2026** This memo covers the House Ways and Means Committee’s digital-asset tax hearing, discussion drafts on de minimis relief and mining/staking rewards, the DCG fly-in focused on financial privacy, CLARITY Act advocacy, and continuing exchange and custody access issues for privacy-preserving assets under EU AMLR and MiCA. Read it here: > **[Weekly Policy Memo: June 8, 2026 | PGPZ Community](https://community.pgpz.org/updates/2026-06-08-weekly-policy-memo)** > > The House Ways and Means Committee held a full-committee hearing on digital-asset taxation, advancing discussion drafts on de minimis relief, stablecoins, mining and staking rewards, routine network fees, and related parity provisions. DCG organized... **2. PGPZ Special Update: U.S. Digital Asset Policy and Zcash** This special update looks at the first half of 2026 and what recent U.S. digital asset policy developments may mean for the Zcash ecosystem. It covers market structure, tax, agency guidance, banking access, AML and sanctions risk, intermediary access, and the ongoing need to distinguish legitimate privacy from illicit opacity. Read it here: > **[U.S. Digital Asset Policy: H1 2026 | PGPZ Community](https://community.pgpz.org/updates/1H2026-us-digital-asset-policy)** > > The first half of 2026 moved U.S. digital asset policy from agenda-setting into implementation. The direction is more constructive for digital assets, but the issues most important to Zcash - AML, sanctions, banking access, and intermediary risk -... The goal of PGPZ is to provide timely policy analysis and shared context for the Zcash community, especially as policymakers make decisions that will affect privacy-preserving digital cash, compliance-capable infrastructure, lawful access, and the future of financial privacy. A few themes from these first updates: • Digital-asset policy is becoming more constructive overall, but many of the issues most important to Zcash remain unresolved. • Tax proposals such as de minimis relief and mining/staking treatment could matter directly for ZEC use and adoption. • AML, sanctions, banking access, and intermediary risk remain central policy challenges for privacy-preserving assets. • Policymakers need accurate explanations of Zcash, including transparent transaction modes, shielded transactions, and selective-disclosure capabilities. • The Zcash community has an important role to play in correcting inaccurate “privacy coin ban” narratives and explaining why financial privacy is a legitimate public-interest concern. Membership in the PGPZ Community is free. You can join here to receive future updates directly: > **[PGPZ Community](https://community.pgpz.org)** > > Community home for PGPZ updates, resources, and early members. Feedback is very welcome. I’d be grateful for thoughts from the Zcash community on what policy issues, resources, explainers, or advocacy materials would be most useful going forward. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/introducing-the-pgpz-community-site-for-zcash-policy-engagement/56111)._