What will be the future of Zcash?

[_act_]

I saw this on the news about Zcash, although I used AI to get this information but I saw it on the news also:

In early January 2026, the entire core development team behind Zcash resigned collectively. This "devastating exodus" was triggered by a conflict with the Zcash Foundation and its parent non-profit, Bootstrap. The schism centers on the future trajectory of the protocol and has caused immediate market instability.

I am still seeing news about the update of what is going on. This is part the reasons Zcash price has been falling recenly.

I hope this will not have negative effect on Zcash price. But as the coin increased significantly this year, the ATH is still far like those of shit coins.

[$crypto$]

News summarized:
https://x.com/wiseadvicesumit/status/2009198809344266517
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/zcash-developer-team-resigns-governance-100044870.html

This is what I read the dispute about governance is not in line anymore some of these developers were unilaterally fired and also this conflict with Bootstrap triggered the developers to form a new company.

Fortunately, this does not affect their protocol, it's just that this dispute will be a concern for the Zcash community.

[shinratensei_]

I hope this will not have negative effect on Zcash price. But as the coin increased significantly this year, the ATH is still far like those of shit coins.

It's dumping 10% which honestly still looks pretty resilient since it's the exodus of core dev we're talking about. Was expecting it to be catastrophic yet nothing happens.
Frankly though, if Zcash is truly decentralized and privacy coin, even a core dev exodus won't even move the price since it's decentralized blockchain.

At least, the price still holding pretty well.

[_act_]

At least, the price still holding pretty well.

The coin has falling below $400 again not quite long, it fell to $380 two days ago before increasing to $450 yesterday, but because the market is not that good, it fall below the two day price down to $370.

Before the developers issue started, the coin was too volatile but still volatile till now. Its highest price last year was $754 but fell to $301 last year before increasing again but not getting to the highest price anymore.

[passwordnow]

Before the developers issue started, the coin was too volatile but still volatile till now. Its highest price last year was $754 but fell to $301 last year before increasing again but not getting to the highest price anymore.

I think it will continue to be volatile now that the issue with the developers is there. But volatile in a more negative way that we'd see more side ways and it's bad for those who have held it during the peaks and can't sell now in losses because it's already too much. And for someone who's still optimistic about Zcash and would like to hold it, now's their chance to hold it because if they're going to buy it a cheaper rate and something goes positively and some development comes, that might reflect to the price and will show some price increase movements.

[Charles-Tim]

I think the focus is now back to monero as as it got to all-time high not quit long, getting to $518, but it got to $520 on the exchange that I am checking the price.

It is very possible that zCash is now cooling off as the internal issues within zCash developers arises, the price fall more. I guess some people would have made money from it and convert it to a store of value coin like bitcoin.

[shinratensei_]

At least, the price still holding pretty well.

The coin has falling below $400 again not quite long, it fell to $380 two days ago before increasing to $450 yesterday, but because the market is not that good, it fall below the two day price down to $370.

Before the developers issue started, the coin was too volatile but still volatile till now. Its highest price last year was $754 but fell to $301 last year before increasing again but not getting to the highest price anymore.

Just revisited the chart of $ZEC again and yeah it's looking pretty bad and from the looks of it, it can go down even lower to $200. On the other hand $XMR is going to the moon and chart be looking solid as heck.
Holders $XMR is the real privacy coin unlike $ZEC and after the feud, they decided to move onto a more solid privacy coin without all that problem that Zcash developers are having. The exodus does put some selling pressure.

[Odusko]

Such internal crisis is the main reason why most coins dump and without recovering leaving investors and holders stranded alone with not team or developers, teams that take this kind of decision never thinks about the investors and their entire community, it may be an exit scam just telling stories of huge numbers staff resigning, is very important to take note of all the team commitments before investing in some of this coins.

[iqbal26]

This is a significant development. While reliance on AI for news often requires double-checking, in this specific instance, your information is correct and the situation is real.
Watch the announcements from Josh Swihart's new entity closely. If they secure funding quickly, the recovery from $400 could be swift. If they get bogged down in legal battles with Bootstrap, we might see a slow bleed.

[shinratensei_]

Such internal crisis is the main reason why most coins dump and without recovering leaving investors and holders stranded alone with not team or developers, teams that take this kind of decision never thinks about the investors and their entire community, it may be an exit scam just telling stories of huge numbers staff resigning, is very important to take note of all the team commitments before investing in some of this coins.

The crisis is overblown, Zcash entire ecosystem has come this far and mature. Just because developers are going out, doesn't mean the coin will crumble because if that happens, it will be very weird for a privacy crypto that supposedly can run on its own.
Only problem here is people getting panicky rather easily and sold off their Zcash which amplifies the price impact.

[tokeweed]

Every 4 years since it first launched ZEC does this thing when price spikes really hard and goes super nova then it goes back from the price range where it came from.  So unless something changes, it's gonna do the same thing this time around...  And it already did its hard price spikes.  So guess where it goes next..?

Yup...  Might be back to sub 100.  I'm short ZEC rn starting at 425.  Let's see how it goes.

[dwyane36]

Every 4 years since it first launched ZEC does this thing when price spikes really hard and goes super nova then it goes back from the price range where it came from.  So unless something changes, it's gonna do the same thing this time around...  And it already did its hard price spikes.  So guess where it goes next..?

Yup...  Might be back to sub 100.  I'm short ZEC rn starting at 425.  Let's see how it goes.

The ZEC price fell to $184 last week, and although it has recovered slightly now, there is still a possibility of a further decline. I think the next support level will be in the range of $125 to $160. If this support level is broken, then, as you noted, ZEC could fall below $100. It will probably return to around $50.
p.s.
Taking this into account, Arthur Hayes' comments seem rather amusing, given that last year, when the hype surrounding ZEC was at its peak, he predicted that the price would rise to $10k.