Zcash exploded into the spotlight this week with a parabolic rally. The privacy coin surged by over 85% over the past week briefly touching $734. However, the coin is now facing a retrace after strong price rejection at the weekly high level
Over the last 24 hours, Zcash (ZEC) has retraced by over 13% as the price now sits at $561 as of this writing. But will the privacy coin continue to plunge or experience a recovery moving forward?
Zcash Enters Correction Phase
Looking at the 4-hour chart on TradingView, Zcash (ZEC) looks to have entered the correction phase of a parabolic advance. This phase comes following a near-vertical run into a climactic top that’s now retracing in a healthy structure
After a failed recovery attempt, the price is now approaching a key support area around the 20-day EMA sitting at $559.32. A breach of this support could trigger a revisit of the previous support around $540 as marked by the small green box. A deeper plunge could see the price drop to the 0.382 fib level which aligns with $520
Zcash (ZEC) Price | Source: TradingViewHowever, if bulls can hold the current zone and the price moves towards the $600, the bullish trend structure will stay intact. But until then, the parabola is likely unwinding deeper as the price searches for a new support.
What Stirred ZEC’s Parabolic Surge?
Zcash rallied from $50 in mid 2025 to $734 earlier this week. This rally has been majorly fueled by strong demand for its privacy solutions. Endorsements from top industry figures include Arthur Hayes has also lent a boost to the rally
Other major catalysts include the Project Tachyon upgrade which pushed ZEC’s market cap to $10.3 billion. This surge in market cap saw the coin rise to top 20 cryptocurrencies by market cap. Additionally, investors pricing in highly on the upcoming halving in late November
“We’re literally days away from the halving in November 2025. Block rewards are about to drop from 3.125 to 1.5625 $ZEC. Last time this happened in November 2020, ZEC went from $50 to $300+ – that’s a clean 500%. Market’s pricing this in, but the real supply shock usually hits AFTER the event when sell pressure drops off a cliff,” Crypto enthusiast Hanzo noted in a post on X
However, Hanzo emphasized that the pump is not merely a pre-halving rally. Rather, it is backed by strong network activity. For instance, Shielded holdings (the private pool where transactions are completely anonymous) just hit 4.96M ZEC, up 15% in a month
Zcash Shielded Supply | Source: XThis simply means roughly 30% of the entire ZEC supply is now living in privacy mode, confirming that people are actually using privacy features. This kind of organic growth shows strong confidence in the solutions provided by Zcash
Privacy Coins Market Regains Momentum
Privacy coins have been gaining strong attention in the latest market cycle. The privacy sector is up 3.6% in market cap over the last 24 hours reaching $27.33 billion per Coingecko, as several major privacy coins showing significant volatility and renewed interest.
Privacy Coins Market | Source: CoingeckoZcash (ZEC) is leading the sector with $8.94 billion, surging 24.9% in a week. Others including Monero (XMR), Dash DASH) and Beldex (BDX), continue to attract both traders and long-term holders as on-chain privacy gains traction amongst crypto enthusiasts. Litecoin (LTC) has also moved back into the conversation due to its MimbleWimble privacy upgrade
While Zcash is now facing a correction, the price drop could be merely a short-term correction and the coin could enter consolidation phase before the next leg up. Hanzo drew a comparison between ZEC and XRP price actions noting;
“After a move this violent, a 20-30% pullback would be completely normal and healthy. For me, the charts look oddly similar to $XRP in 2024 Nov, so it can possibly stay in that $600+ range after the pullback. As long as people want financial privacy and whales keep accumulating before halving, $ZEC is going to keep outperforming.”
Zcash Mirror’s XRP Price Action | Source: X (Hanzo)Moving forward, market participants will track the price of Zcash (ZEC) to see how it performs. The coming few weeks will determine whether the privacy coin will sustain the recent growth or crash
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