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<span style="font-weight: 400;">A </span><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/astanley/2018/06/20/u-s-secret-service-action-needed-to-address-anonymous-cryptocurrencies/#78580d13ca18"><span style="font-weight: 400;">contributed article recently published on the Forbes website</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> indicated that The US Secret Service is requesting the consideration of "additional legislative and regulatory action related to anonymity-enhanced cryptocurrencies.” The article quotes Thomas Ott from </span><a href="https://www.fincen.gov/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">FinCEN</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> who indicated that billions of dollars of cryptocurrencies have been used for “suspicious activity." It should be noted that the article does not indicate that any of these activities were connected with Zcash. In fact, it further quotes Ott as saying that “traditional methods remain the primary vehicle for most illegal activity…"</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Zcash company mission is to empower everyone with economic freedom and opportunity. To that end, the company has focused efforts to help build and support Zcash, a privacy-protecting, digital currency built on strong science. It was created precisely to the protect the privacy rights of law-abiding citizens and guard them against harm by bad actors. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Zcash company mission is to empower everyone with economic freedom and opportunity. To that end, the company has focused efforts to help build and support Zcash, a privacy-protecting, digital currency built on strong science. It was created precisely to protect the privacy rights of law-abiding citizens and guard them against harm by bad actors. </span>
<b>We believe it is in the best interest of the citizens of the United States, the US Secret Service, and other governmental organizations to also advocate for those rights and protect its citizens and businesses from harm.</b>