Zcash fell as far as $1,073.55 on 15 October 2026 and trades at around $1,224 again. Between the daily low and the daily high lay 16.6 percent, a range that decides more about leveraged positions, the holding period and custody than the closing level does.
The software team also aims to improve resilience to AI-driven threats. Its January target does not set a date for a network-wide upgrade.
ZEC also gained 6.90% over 24 hours. Short liquidations totaled $2.73 million over one hour, versus $40,000 in long liquidations.
ZEC gained 3.76% over 24 hours. Short liquidations totaled $1.3 million across Binance, Bybit and OKX in the same one-hour window.
At noon ET (16:00 UTC) Oct. 15, the 24-hour gain was 3.14%; short liquidations across three exchanges totaled $1.79 million in the corresponding hour.
The price was $1,109 an hour earlier, while ZEC remained down 1.27% over 24 hours. Short liquidations totaled $1.98 million across three exchanges.
Ben-Sasson called $2,000 a “no-brainer” and said he was placing that prediction on OffMarket, while giving no timeframe for the $5,000 call.
ZEC was down 1.77% over 24 hours, while one-hour short liquidations totaled $1.73 million versus $390,000 in long liquidations.
Eli Ben-Sasson, co-founder of Zcash and CEO of StarkWare, formalized a $2,000 price prediction for ZEC via the OffMarket tool this October 15, 2026. The asset fell below its key technical support at the daily 50-period moving average (50 MA) during the session.
Zcash co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson is refusing to back down from his ambitious price outlook, even as ZEC faces renewed selling pressure.
Even though Zcash (ZEC) price rallied more than 100% over the past three months through October 15, 2026, the crypto asset was among the worst hit in the top 100 cryptocurrencies amid a broader sell-off driven by heightened liquidations.
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