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17/03/26 06:11 UTC-04

Zcash price prediction: ZEC pulls back after a 20% surge while $280 is being tested

  • Zcash is trading at $266, which is 4% lower, pulling back after yesterday’s 20% jump to $282.
  • The daily chart breaks the descending trendline, while the Supertrend indicator has turned bullish at $203.23 for the first time since December.
  • ZODL closed a $25 million funding round supported by 19 investors, while Foundry announced the launch of an institutional $ZEC mining pool in April.

Zcash rose more than 20% yesterday, breaking the descending trendline that had been in place since December, and is now pulling back 3.78% to $266.16, while buyers and sellers determine whether $280 will hold as support or return as resistance. Yesterday was one of the most active trading sessions for $ZEC in recent months. Today is the reality check.

Daily price action of $ZEC. Source: TradingView

The daily chart shows the full context. $ZEC peaked around $760 in November 2025 and spent the next four months in a descending channel, forming lower highs and lower lows down to the $200–$220 demand zone.

Yesterday’s candle cleanly broke above the descending trendline and for the first time pushed the price above all four EMAs.

  • 20-day EMA: $233.11
  • 50-day EMA: $263.96
  • 100-day EMA: $298.14
  • 200-day EMA: $281.69

All of them were either broken or remain slightly above the current price. The Supertrend indicator switched bullish at $203.23.

This means that a large part of the technical damage was repaired in a single session, which is why a pullback is occurring today. Markets rarely allow clean breakouts without resistance.

Analyst Ardi clearly described this structure: the first step is breaking the trendline and reaching $280. Turning $280 into support would lead to a run toward the previous macro lower high at $330.

If $330 breaks, $400 becomes the next target. If the price fails to reclaim $330, yesterday’s jump will simply become another lower high within the same structure.

Key levels

  • Supertrend support: $203.23
  • 20-day EMA support: $233.11
  • 50-day EMA support: $263.96
  • Resistance zone: $280
  • Previous lower-high resistance: $330
  • Extended target: $400

$25M ZODL raise and Foundry mining pool as catalysts

The news that moved $ZEC was not a single announcement but several developments at once.

ZODL, the rebranded Zashi Wallet and a broader Zcash ecosystem initiative, completed a $25 million equity raise supported by a coalition of 19 investors.

Josh Swihart, who leads the initiative, described it as a coalition-building moment rather than a standard investment round. Investors are prepared to provide legal, regulatory, commercial, recruiting, and technological support beyond capital.

The timing was symbolic. The announcement occurred on Cypherpunk Day, 33 years after the publication of the original cypherpunk manifesto, which laid the philosophical foundation for privacy-preserving technologies such as Zcash.

Foundry, the world’s largest Bitcoin mining pool, announced the launch of an institutional Zcash mining pool in April.

This is a significant infrastructure signal. Foundry’s participation brings to $ZEC the same institutional mining infrastructure that supports Bitcoin, changing the security and legitimacy profile of the network for large participants.

Regarding the product, ZODL 3.1.0 included improvements to Swap and CrossPay.

  • iOS: 38.7K installs, 4.9 rating in the App Store
  • Android: 14K active installs and 46.2K downloads

For a privacy coin that historically struggled with adoption, these numbers indicate that the ecosystem is beginning to gain real user interest.

Forecast: will Zcash rise?

Bullish case:
$ZEC holds above the 50-day EMA at $263.96, reclaims $280, and flips it into support on a daily close. This would set up a move toward $330, and a break above that level could open the path to $400. The Foundry mining pool launch in April provides a short-term catalyst for the rally.

Bearish case:
$280 continues to act as resistance, and the price falls back below the trendline. A close below $263.96 would bring the 20-day EMA at $233.11 back into focus, and a full retest of the $200–$220 demand zone would mean that yesterday’s surge was a false breakout rather than a real trend reversal.

See also: "Bitcoin returns to $74,000: six-year high in whale activity amid stock market decline"

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Editor: Alyona Nabok
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