Zcash remained down 1.57% over 24 hours.
ZEC was down 3.71% over 24 hours. Liquidations during the hour ending at 6:26 p.m.
Cross-chain protocol THORChain activated its liquidity pool for ZEC on October 2, 2026, following a node churn procedure. All network validator nodes are now actively monitoring the Zcash blockchain. Native ZEC swaps are not yet enabled, and the team cautioned that initial pool depth remains shallow.
The decline was measured at 3:21 p.m. ET (19:21 UTC) Oct. 2.
Long positions accounted for $11.94 million of the total as ZEC fell 5.01% during the hour.
The ZEC long position was liquidated at $1,288 at 3:39 a.m. ET (07:39 UTC) on Oct. 3.
The price was down 0.61% over 24 hours at 3:31 a.m. ET on Oct. 3.
THORChain has activated support for its Zcash liquidity pool. The deployment was confirmed on October 2 after the protocol finalized a comprehensive node rotation.
The move came as ZEC remained down 0.92% over 24 hours. One-hour liquidations totaled $140,000 across three exchanges.
The price was measured at 2:01 p.m. ET (18:01 UTC) Oct. 2.
This Thursday, Shielded Labs introduced Project Epoch. It is a cryptographic research and engineering initiative aimed at shielding the Zcash network against quantum computing. The technical proposal, led by a specialized team of cryptographers including Ulrich Haböck, Luke Edwards, and Suyash Bagad, will develop production-ready post-quantum cryptography schemes backed by formal verification.
The AI bug crisis in Zcash appears to be behind it, and its co-founder Bryce Wilcox-O'Hearn, known as Zooko, shared an update with an unexpectedly positive development. Zcash distributed more than $8 million in retroactive grants, including $1.