Zcash gains 100% in a month to $1,535 as co-founder repeats $5,000 call
- —ZEC is up about 102% over the past month, trading near $1,535 after a peak above $1,600
- —Reaching $5,000 by end-2026 would require ZEC to rise roughly 226%
- —Grayscale's ZCSH fund topped $1 billion in assets a month after its NYSE Arca listing
- —NU7 upgrade: testnet Oct. 6, mainnet decision Oct. 20, activation targeted for Nov. 5
Why it matters: ZEC's rally and inflows into ZCSH boost interest in privacy coins, while the NU7 upgrade cutting block times to 25 seconds could speed up the network.
Source: crypto.news