Citrea Acquires Crest to Bring Zcash-Style Privacy to Bitcoin

BitcoinWorld Citrea Acquires Crest to Bring Zcash-Style Privacy to Bitcoin Paving the way for a future where the easiest way to use Bitcoin is privately GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, Sept.

24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Citrea, the Bitcoin application layer backed by Founders Fund and Galaxy Ventures, today announced the acquisition of Crest, a self-custodial private Bitcoin wallet.

Citrea and Crest aim to make private Bitcoin effortless, intuitive, and practical for everyone. With a market capitalization exceeding $1.5 trillion, Bitcoin’s transparent public ledger has turned user balances, counterparties, and transaction histories into surveillance targets.

The consequences of this transparency will only compound as the asset class grows and surveillance technology improves. Today, Bitcoin users seeking privacy must either forfeit self-custody, navigate expert-only technical workflows or swap into alternative privacy assets.