ZEC/USDT at $257.69. Down 1.63% today.

Let me break down what's REALLY happening with Zcash right now.

📊 TECHNICAL REALITY (Feb 22, 2026):

Multiple analysts watching $256–$266 zone [citation:1][citation:3]:

- Support: $256.50 → $254.00 (STOP LOSS LEVEL)

- Resistance: $260.50 (breakout) → $265 → $270 → $320

- RSI 1H: 44.7, recovering from oversold

- Buy depth ratio: 1.57 (more buyers than sellers) [citation:3]

- Funding rate: Negative (-0.0054%) – shorts paying, squeeze possible [citation:3]

- Open Interest stable – both sides fighting [citation:3]

🌍 FUNDAMENTAL REALITY:

BULLISH :

- SEC investigation CLOSED – regulatory overhang gone [citation:5]

- Fixed supply (16.51M) – no dilution [citation:5]

- Grayscale Zcash Trust ($137M) – institutional access [citation:9]

- Quantum-resistant tech vs Bitcoin [citation:2][citation:5]

BEARISH :$ZEC

- ECC team resigned Jan 2026 – governance uncertainty [citation:2][citation:5]

- EU to ban privacy coins in 2027 – liquidity risk [citation:2][citation:9]

- Only 30% of transactions use privacy features [citation:5]

- Open Interest down 59% in 30 days – traders exiting [citation:2]

🧠 MY ANALYSIS:

ZEC compressed between $256–$260. About to choose direction.

Bullish: Hold $256.50, break $260.50 → $265 → $270 → $320 [citation:1][citation:3][citation:8]

Bearish: Break $254 → $230–$200 [citation:3][citation:8]

✅ MY TRADE PLAN:$ZEC

📌 LONG (AGGRESSIVE – NOW):

$256.50 – $258.50

🛑 SL: $254.00

🎯 TP1: $265 | TP2: $270 | TP3: $320

📌 LONG (BREAKOUT CONFIRMATION):

$261 – $262.50 (if $260.50 breaks)

🛑 SL: $259.50

🎯 TP1: $266.50 | TP2: $270 | TP3: $320

📌 SHORT (IF BREAKS):

$252 – $254 (if $254 breaks)

🛑 SL: $258

🎯 TP1: $240 | TP2: $230 | TP3: $200

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🔮 MY ACTUAL MOVE:$ZEC

I'm watching $256.50 and $260.50.

First one to break, I follow.

Buy depth strong at current levels – support real.

SL at $254 is life.

❌ Not financial advice. DYOR. Use stop loss.

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