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All employees of the Electric Coin Company resigned amid governance disputes and say they will set up a new development firm, triggering an initial roughly 20% drop in ZEC’s market price and a subsequent partial rebound. The Zcash Foundation said the protocol remains decentralized and open-source, operations are unaffected, and the project’s privacy-focused mission continues.

Zcash is in the midst of a major governance split after ECC’s core developers resigned to form a new company and launch the CashZ wallet for cypherpunks. The exits came amid disputes over nonprofit funding limits, privatization worries, and price volatility from whale accumulation.

Zcash (ZEC) has moved out of a prolonged consolidation into a definitive bearish phase, breaking several wedge patterns and entering a corrective decline. Technical indicators have weakened and market sentiment was hit after the entire core development team resigned, triggering about a 20% price drop and roughly $1.6B lost in market cap.

The entire core development team at Electric Coin Company, including leadership, resigned amid governance and mission-alignment disputes with the nonprofit that oversees Zcash. Their exit pushed ZEC's price sharply lower and they plan to form a new company.

Cypherpunk Technologies purchased $29 million worth of Zcash, raising its stake to roughly 1.76% of the supply and setting a 5% target. The acquisition highlights growing investor interest in privacy coins as ZEC markedly outperforms Bitcoin and traditional assets this year.

Raoul Pal suggests Zcash's recent sharp rise is probably temporary capital rotation rather than evidence of a sustained bull market. He argues the crucial test will be if Zcash can retain its gains and establish a solid base while the wider crypto market moves higher.

Zcash (ZEC) has outperformed larger cryptocurrencies with an 814% gain over 90 days and notable recent advances, fueled by renewed interest in privacy and growing use of shielded pools. Still, on-chain metrics and liquidity figures suggest traders should be cautious despite rising volume and interest.

ZEC bucked the market slump with a 12% jump after Zcash developers proposed replacing fixed fees with a dynamic fee mechanism. The plan is designed to manage congestion, prevent users being priced out, and bolster the privacy-focused network as activity and interest rise.

The SEC will convene a four-hour roundtable on Dec. 15 to examine crypto privacy and financial surveillance, assembling regulators, privacy proponents and industry voices, including Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox, to discuss how new blockchain privacy features affect consumer protections, anti-money-laundering efforts and the transparency regulators require.

Bitcoin pulled back sharply as privacy coins led declines; Zcash — after a 1,442% October surge — has fallen over 50% in two weeks, erasing much of that gain and highlighting extreme volatility and doubts about the durability of its recent rally.

Zcash (ZEC) has tumbled sharply, losing over 50% in a week amid panic selling, breaches of key support levels and worsening technical indicators. The rout has sparked liquidations and intensified concerns, with internal governance disputes and public criticism from Vitalik Buterin adding to market uncertainty. Analysts cite $300 and $350 as critical support areas for any recovery.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin warns that Zcash's proposed shift to token-weighted governance would jeopardize civil liberties and introduce enduring structural risks. He calls on the community to oppose token-based voting, despite recent price gains and ongoing disputes over leadership and governance independence.

Grayscale filed with the SEC to convert its Zcash Trust into the first U.S. spot Zcash (ZEC) ETF, potentially on NYSE Arca. With Zcash’s price surging, the proposal as the first ETF tied to a privacy coin has drawn debate from privacy advocates and Wall Street.

Nasdaq-listed Reliance Global Group and other institutional holders have converted or increased portions of their crypto treasuries into Zcash (ZEC), citing its privacy features and long-term prospects. That reallocation has fueled strong bullish momentum and roughly a 40% monthly price gain.

Zcash has dropped over 30% from recent highs, fuelling debate that it faces a deeper retracement, even as Grayscale files to convert its Zcash Trust into a spot ETF — a move that could encourage institutional adoption of privacy coins.

Zcash (ZEC) jumped after reports of a potential OKX relisting, rising roughly 10–12% and reflecting renewed bullish sentiment. At the same time several altcoins — notably Monero, XRP and Ethereum — have outpaced Bitcoin amid a slow, steady recovery in the wider market.

Zcash (ZEC) has climbed over 1,000% year-to-date, far outpacing major cryptocurrencies, but is now facing a steep pullback amid broader market weakness. Downside risk is rising as on-chain activity lags, with opportunistic spot buyers at odds with a cautious derivatives market, raising reversal concerns.

Zcash (ZEC) is entrenched in a robust bullish trend with standalone momentum, surging more than 1,500% this year and posting roughly a 10% gain recently with support from Binance. The token is nearing an inverse head-and-shoulders breakout amid market fear, heightened volatility and renewed interest in privacy-focused cryptocurrencies.

Zcash (ZEC) has jumped more than 200% this month, climbing past $700 on strong bullish momentum, rising interest in its new shielded-transaction Zashi wallet and increased trading volume. The move has prompted speculation it could reach about $875 and revived debate between Bitcoin and Zcash backers.

Zcash (ZEC) showed resilience amidst a broader crypto market downturn, rising over 4% despite a general decline, and maintaining a strong technical structure after a significant three-month surge.