The whole crypto is in bear market, and yet the shielded pool number has not decreased for Zcash, meaning Zcash has an insanely strong community. (which is absolutely fundamental in crypto)
The recent poll shows rejection of ZSAs, and the new update of Zashi wallet to Zodl requires no transfer of fund or typing in secret phrase (no friction for user), tachyon is also set to go live this year.
Both Naval and Balaji are pushing Zcash relentlessly.
This is a good spot to add.