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History shows XMR has repeatedly failed near record highs, risking another sharp pullback unless it decisively breaks above $500–$520. Key takeaways: Monero jumped above $500 as traders favored it over Zcash amid governance turmoil. History suggests XMR risks a sharp pullback unless it firmly breaks above $500–$520. Read more

Zcash developer activity has fallen to its lowest level since 2021 as a governance dispute weighs on sentiment and ZEC extends a two-month decline. Developer activity linked to the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash has fallen to its lowest level in years, as a governance dispute and a prolonged price decline weigh on the project’s ecosystem. Data from market intelligence company Santiment shared in a Thursday X post showed that developer activity tied to Zcash dropped to its weakest level since November 2021. Over the same period, the Zcash (ZEC) token has fallen about 40% over the past two months. “Historically, rising development activity leads to standout altcoins being able to emerge above the pack. The opposite result holds true for those that ‘let off the gas’ and decline in their efforts to consistently innovate and improve,” said Santiment. Read more

Crypto investors have debated whether 2026 will begin the next major bull cycle as Bitcoin loses market dominance and altcoins such as XRP, Zcash, Pepe, and Bitcoin Hyper record strong activity, ETF launches, and shifting onchain momentum across payments, privacy, and meme sectors. The post Best Crypto to Buy Now January 8 – XRP, Zcash, PEPE appeared first on Cryptonews.

Zcash (ZEC) suffered the steepest decline among top-tier digital assets on Jan. 8, plunging approximately 20% amid a collision of governance turmoil and a leverage-driven market flush. According to CryptoSlate data, Zcash fell to a month-low of $382, making it the day’s biggest loser on the Top 100 leaderboard. This price performance decoupled violently from […] The post Zcash just plummeted 20% after its entire team walked out, exposing a boardroom battle over the project’s assets appeared first on CryptoSlate.

While Electric Coin Company’s development team departed to form a new company, it will still be working on Zcash.

Zcash's technical and fundamental catalysts raise the odds of ZEC price declining to as low as $200 in the coming weeks after core developers exited the project. Zcash (ZEC) slid more than 20% on Thursday to about $381, marking its weakest price level in three weeks, as markets reacted to the sudden resignation of the core development team from the Electric Coin Company (ECC). Key takeaways: Chart technicals put $200–$300 as the next downside target for ZEC. Read more

Zcash’s nonprofit backer Bootstrap said governance tensions stem from nonprofit limits on outside investment, following a split with Electric Coin Company. Bootstrap, the nonprofit that supports the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash, said a recent governance dispute that led to the departure of key board members stemmed from the legal limits nonprofits face when seeking outside investment. The comments follow the decision by the Electric Coin Company, the main development team behind Zcash (ZEC), to separate from Bootstrap and form a new company. ECC cited concerns over what it described as “malicious governance actions,” Cointelegraph reported Thursday. In its official response, Bootstrap said the board members engaged in discussions regarding “external investment and alternative structures to privatize” Zashi, the self-custodial crypto wallet built for private Zcash transactions. Read more

Cypherpunk Technologies has expanded its Zcash (ZEC) treasury to 290,062.67 coins, nearly 2% of circulating supply, raising questions about ZEC’s potential as a corporate treasury asset like Bitcoin. The post Is Zcash the Next Corporate Treasury Play? Cypherpunk Now Holds Nearly 2% appeared first on Cryptonews.

The digital asset treasury company backed by Winklevoss Capital seeks to capture 5% of the total supply of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency. Nasdaq-listed Cypherpunk Technologies has expanded its crypto corporate treasury with a new purchase of Zcash tokens for about $29 million. According to Tuesday’s announcement, the company bought 56,418 Zcash (ZEC) paying an average price of $514 per token. The purchase brings Cypherpunk’s total holdings to 290,062.67 ZEC, or about 1.76% of the token’s circulating supply. Zcash, launched in 2016 as a Bitcoin fork, is a privacy-focused blockchain that uses zero-knowledge proofs to verify transactions without revealing the sender, recipient or transaction amount. Like Bitcoin, its native token has a 21 million cap. Read more

Incoming liquidity from the US Federal Reserve and bullish technical breakouts are aligning to support a $1,000 price outlook for Zcash. Zcash’s (ZEC) price could be gearing up for a push toward its “first stop” target of $1,000, according to Arthur Hayes, the former CEO of crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX. Key takeaways: ZEC has risen 40% since Arthur Hayes’ Dec. 19 liquidity call, with privacy narratives gaining momentum. Read more

Crypto has repeated the last rate-cut pattern: a small rally, then a post-FOMC drop. Bitcoin has reclaimed $92K, and is accumulating as alts lag. Analysts are tracking XRP above $2+ with ETF inflows, BNB's DeFi growth, and Zcash's pullback, plus Bitcoin Hyper's $30M L2 raise as privacy demand rises. The post Best Crypto to Buy Now 12 December – XRP, BNB Coin, Zcash appeared first on Cryptonews.

The US government appears to hold a significant amount of Zcash, a privacy-focused digital asset, according to a new analysis by Arkham Intelligence. The position, valued at approximately $1.5 million, reportedly stems from assets seized during the 2017 takedown of the AlphaBay darknet market. Arkham said it linked the funds to government-controlled wallets through transfers […] The post Zcash is discreetly sitting in US government wallets, creating a bizarre conflict for the regulators attacking privacy appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Crypto markets have rebounded as BTC retakes 90K and traders watch Solana, XRP and Zcash accumulation zones, while Solana DeFi volume, ETF inflows and growing stablecoin supply have supported its network and Bitcoin Hyper has progressed toward a full 2026 launch. The post Best Crypto to Buy Today 9 December – XRP, Solana, Zcash appeared first on Cryptonews.

Zcash (ZEC) is up 24% this week, approaching key resistance at $472 as whales accumulate, retail sells, and a new fee model is proposed.

The SEC’s Crypto Task Force scheduled a four-hour roundtable on financial surveillance and privacy for Dec. 15, bringing together zero-knowledge proof developers, civil liberties advocates, and protocol executives to debate whether blockchain privacy tools can coexist with anti-money laundering enforcement. The timing is deliberate. Two months ago, the co-founders of Samourai Wallet received five- and […] The post Zcash and privacy protocols face a “do-or-die” SEC meeting that determines if developers are personally liable for code appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin has staged a new rebound, lifting total crypto market value toward $3.27 trillion, while XRP, Pepe and Zcash have been identified as the best crypto to buy now, supported by ETF flows, privacy use cases and renewed meme coin interest into December, after a sharp autumn correction in pricing. The post Best Crypto to Buy Now 4 December – XRP, Pepe, Zcash appeared first on Cryptonews.

[PRESS RELEASE – Zug, Switzerland, December 4th, 2025] Ika, the fastest parallel MPC network, today announced a mainnet upgrade that enables EdDSA signatures directly from dWallets, significantly expanding Ika’s native cross-chain coverage to include Solana, Zcash, Cardano, Stellar, Near, and other EdDSA-based ecosystems. This upgrade extends Ika’s core promise: natively control accounts and assets across […]

Privacy coins like ZCash and Monero dropped as analysts say the "safe haven" narrative has broken, tying their fate to Bitcoin's cycles.

Zcash (ZEC) plunges 32% in a week as RSI breaks down and key support levels fail. Analysts warn of further downside toward $300.

A privacy coin is headed for Wall Street, and the wrapper says everything about what happens when a technology built for discretion tries to move through the most surveilled pipes in global finance. Grayscale’s bid to list a Zcash ETF on NYSE Arca (ticker ZCSH) marks the first serious attempt to wrap a privacy coin […] The post Grayscale’s Zcash ETF: Regulated privacy, or privacy in name only? appeared first on CryptoSlate.