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Zcash (ZEC) price continued from where it left off last week and reached a new annual peak on August 12 before its recent pullback. On that date, the privacy coin hit $45.45. This price marks not only ZEC’s highest level this year but also its peak since March 2023.
<h2 class="p1" style="text-align: justify" id="what-s-happening-on-the-zcash-front">What’s Happening on the Zcash Front?</h2>
Zcash (ZEC) increased by approximately 45% in the last 30 days and became one of the best-performing altcoins at the beginning of August. On July 15, ZEC was trading at $28.54, but it has experienced significant growth since then. According to analysts, this increase is not driven solely by buying pressure or general <a href="https://finance.coin-turk.com/" data-wpel-link="exclude" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">market</a> interest. The fundamental factor behind the rise is speculation about Zcash’s possible transition from Proof-of-Work (PoW) to Proof-of-Stake (PoS). ZEC has traditionally relied on the PoW algorithm similar to <a href="https://en.coin-turk.com/analyst-predicts-bitcoin-will-continue-without-a-fake-breakout-rally-like-2019/" data-wpel-link="internal" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bitcoin</a> (BTC).
However, on August 10, the project’s founder Zooko Wilcox hinted at a transition to PoS. Wilcox noted that the creation of new ZECs through PoW has contributed to downward price pressure over the years and that the recent upward trend has started to reverse.
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Wilcox, in a statement on Medium, said that the transition to PoS aims to reduce the creation of new tokens, thereby reducing the downward pressure on ZEC’s price. The founder explained how PoS would positively affect the value of the cryptocurrency:
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 “It will allow people to stake their ZECs, thus increasing demand for ZEC. Additionally, by locking staked ZECs, it will reduce the supply of ZEC.”
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Supporting the founder’s concerns about increasing supply, <a href="https://newslinker.co/how-does-artificial-intelligence-work/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-wpel-link="exclude">data</a> from Messari reveals that new issuances of Zcash have risen to 157,000 tokens as of the date of this writing. On July 1, this figure had fallen below 70,000, indicating a sharp increase in circulating tokens.
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<h2 class="p1" style="text-align: justify" id="zec-chart-analysis">ZEC Chart Analysis</h2>
From a technical standpoint, the daily chart reveals that ZEC’s price has been forming Lower Highs (LH) since July. This formation indicates strong support almost every time the price increases. Additionally, the Exponential Moving Average (EMA) provides more information about ZEC’s trend. EMA is a technical indicator used to measure trend direction, and when the shorter EMA is positioned above the longer EMA, it indicates an upward trend, while the opposite indicates a downward trend.
On July 14, the 20-day EMA (blue) crossed above the 50-day EMA (yellow), forming a golden cross. This pattern typically confirms a bullish outlook, strengthening ZEC’s upward momentum. The shorter EMA continues to outpace the longer one, indicating further potential gains. If this trend continues, ZEC’s price could reach $46 in the short term.
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