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ZCash (ZEC) saw high volatility on price charts in recent weeks, with key support levels under pressure. AMBCrypto highlighted the importance of defending the $187 area, described as a crucial weekly retracement support. After rallying beyond $300 in the past few days, ZEC slipped back below the $300 psychological level following Bitcoin’s rejection at $70.9k on Sunday, February 15.
Zooming in on the short-term structure, ZEC moved above $300 but later fell back under that level, along with the 4-hour timeframe imbalance associated with the same zone. While bulls were expected to push prices toward $360, AMBCrypto also warned earlier that weakness in Bitcoin could translate into selling pressure for ZEC.
Spot selling pressure continued to be a dominant theme. The Spot Taker CVD indicated a taker sell-dominant reading, suggesting that market activity on spot venues leaned toward selling during the period in question.
The article points to a growing privacy-focused narrative that gained momentum from August last year, accelerating further in October. It notes that total transfer activity increased, alongside a rise in privacy-focused transactions.
Shielded transactions use zero-knowledge proofs to encrypt transaction details such as sender, receiver, and amount. The percentage of shielded transactions stayed around 14.5% to 19.6% between April and July 2025. It then reached local highs of 26.3% in August and 26.7% in October.
While the percentage increase may appear modest, the article frames it as meaningful in terms of user participation, arguing that it represents a substantial share of network activity shifting toward shielded usage.
The shielded supply—ZEC held in the Sapling and Orchard pools—was reported at 3.2 million in June 2025. By November, it had risen to 5 million, where it remained at the time of writing.
With ZCash’s fixed maximum supply of 21 million, the 5 million figure corresponds to 30.24% of circulating supply. The article describes this as a sharp increase from November 2024, when the share was 11.25%.
The article suggests that the 2024 halving and the narrative shift, followed by a sizeable increase in shielded usage, are the primary fundamental changes observed over the past year. It also notes that Spot ETF offerings could potentially alter the broader landscape for ZEC and privacy coins, though no specific outcomes are quantified in the provided text.
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