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Zcash (ZEC) rose by 20% in the past 24 hours and has gained 78% over the past 30 days, as the Iran conflict appears to be driving some crypto investors toward privacy-focused tokens.
Trading volumes jumped by 55% over the past day, moving above $1 billion and reaching 16% of ZEC’s circulating market cap.
At the same time, daily short liquidations reached their highest level since late December. Nearly $28 million in short positions were liquidated over the past four days, raising the risk of a short squeeze if ZEC continues higher and breaks key psychological resistance levels.
Zcash uses shielded transactions to obscure transaction trails. According to on-chain data from ZecHub, net inflows to shielded pools have been rising since the beginning of March, coinciding with ZEC’s breakout from a bullish trading pattern.
During the first week of April, 24,644 tokens flowed into the Orchard pool, signaling increased interest in shielded transactions.
At the time of writing, 5.2 million ZEC tokens remain shielded, representing nearly one-third of the asset’s circulating market cap.
On the daily chart, ZEC broke out of a descending triangle pattern in mid-March, around the same time shielded-pool inflows began to rise.
The token initially faced selling pressure near the 200-day exponential moving average (EMA), but has since moved above that technical level and is now positioned to test $500 if the rally continues.
The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is approaching overbought levels on the higher time frame, which can increase the likelihood of a pullback. However, it also suggests bullish momentum has strengthened.
Potential resistance is noted around the $400 area, with a possible retreat toward $325 in the near term. If that occurs, the article suggests late buyers may re-enter as demand for shielded ZEC continues to rise.
In that scenario, an entry at $325 is described as offering 54% upside potential toward a $500 target over the next few weeks.
Another privacy token, Dash (DASH), also spiked, rising 30% over the past 24 hours.
Cryptocurrencies have long been viewed as an alternative for investors seeking more private transaction execution. However, blockchain transparency can still allow observers to track transaction origins and destinations, which is part of the rationale for demand toward privacy-oriented assets such as Zcash.

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