$ZEC
The primary development team (Electric Coin Company, ECC) resigned, leading to a governance shake-up and a drop in investor confidence that briefly hurt the price. �
Yahoo Finance +1
Following that, Zcash’s original engineers formed a new group (ZODL) to continue development independently — this could revive long-term technical progress. �
AInvest
Institutional interest strengthened, with players like Cypherpunk Technologies boosting their ZEC holdings. �
Coindesk
Analysts are still debating ZEC’s investment case and prospective price targets for later in 2026 and beyond. �
StealthEX
🛠 3. Technical & Project Dynamics
Zcash still retains privacy-focused features (zk-SNARKs, shielded transactions), which differentiate it from most other coins and attract certain users. �
The network is undergoing development upgrades and strategic shifts — including wallet rebranding and infrastructure improvements — which may help adoption if successful. �
AInvest
Regulatory pressure eased recently when the US SEC ended a prolonged inquiry without enforcement action, removing one uncertainty. �
MEXC
⚠️ 4. Risks & Challenges
Developer shifts and governance disputes have created uncertainty about project leadership and roadmap execution. �
Yahoo Finance
Privacy adoption still lags compared with some competitors, limiting how much utility the coin is seeing right now. �
Price trends are still volatile, meaning technical chart patterns matter a lot — breakouts above resistance or breakdowns below key supports could define short-term moves.