Zcash (ZEC) Price — Layer 1 Coin Chart, Signals & Analysis

Q: What is the current price of Zcash?

Zcash (ZEC) is currently priced at $1,453.25. Polled from Binance every 3 minutes.

Q: What is Zcash's market capitalisation?

Zcash has a market capitalisation of $21.16 billion. Zcash ranks #9 by market capitalisation, which puts it among the ten largest cryptocurrencies by market value.

Q: Where can I trade ZEC?

ZEC trades on 19 markets across the exchanges we track. The market list on this page shows the venue and pair for each.

ZEC

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CONFIRMEDRising Channel4H · 100% shape fit

ENTRY

$1308.41

TARGET

$1511.81

STOP

$1056.38

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Price Performance

About Zcash

Zcash (ZEC) is currently trading at $1,453.25, down 4.55% over the past 24 hours with a 24-hour range of $1,441.74 – $1,595.35. 24-hour trading volume stands at $294.60M. Total market capitalization is $24.75B. Track Zcash near real-time prices, charts, historical data and market statistics on Heriux.

What is Zcash?

Zcash is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that uses trustless zero-knowledge proofs to enable fully encrypted transactions while maintaining blockchain transparency and security. It was the first cryptocurrency to implement zero-knowledge encryption for private peer-to-peer payments, addressing the fundamental privacy gap in traditional cryptocurrencies that expose transaction details publicly. With a fixed supply of 21 million ZEC and a halving schedule similar to Bitcoin, Zcash allows users to prove transactions are valid without revealing sensitive information like wallet balances, transaction amounts, or participant identities, making it suitable for everyday payments, long-term savings, and cross-border money transfers where financial confidentiality matters. The protocol operates on its own blockchain currently using Proof-of-Work consensus, though it's evolving toward Proof-of-Sta…

Zcash project details

Zcash is classified under Smart Contract Platform, Privacy Coins, Layer 1 (L1) and dozens of ecosystem tags reflecting how widely it is integrated.

Zcash is a native coin with its own chain rather than a token issued on someone else's network.

The project dates back to 2016, giving it roughly 9 years of public history.

ZEC market position

Zcash ranks #9 by market capitalisation, which puts it among the ten largest cryptocurrencies by market value.

ZEC turns over $343.6 million in a typical day against a market capitalisation of $21.16 billion.

ZEC price history

From its lowest recorded close of $34.45, the price has since multiplied 32.2×.

Its sharpest single-day move in that window was 62.5% up, against a worst day of -26.0%.

Daily swings average 8.4%, which is high even by cryptocurrency standards.

ZEC has traded between $34.45 and $1296.02 over the past 399 days.

ZEC indicator signals

On September 16, 2026, ZEC closed above its upper Bollinger band on its 4H chart. Across 9,478 earlier occurrences we have measured, price moved the same way within seven bars 39% of the time — less often than the 44% that any position would have managed over the same stretch.

The two most recent indicator readings on ZEC point the same way, both bullish.

On September 16, 2026, ZEC saw its MACD line cross above the signal line on its 4H chart.

ZEC technical picture

Our pattern scanner most recently confirmed a falling channel formation on ZEC, a neutral setup.

Where ZEC trades

ZEC trades on 19 markets across the exchanges we track.

Zcash news activity

Zcash appeared in 4 market stories we indexed over the past 48 hours.

Educational purposes only. Detected algorithmically to help learn technical analysis — not financial advice.

Rising Channel1HConfirmed

100% shape fit

Detected · Sep 18, 2026

neutralchannel · 1H

Trigger

1,575.16

Stop

1,390.35

Target

1,727.94

PASS channel: type=rising_channel R²=1.000 parallelism=15.4%

Ascending Triangle4HConfirmed

70% shape fit

Detected · Sep 13, 2026

neutralcontinuation · 4H

Trigger

1,248.53

Stop

1,152.38

Target

1,651.48

PASS prior_trend: sideways (move=1.5%, slope=1.587114)

Rising Channel4HConfirmed

100% shape fit

Detected · Sep 13, 2026

neutralchannel · 4H

Trigger

1,308.41

Stop

1,056.38

Target

1,511.81

PASS channel: type=rising_channel R²=1.000 parallelism=11.3%

What are these patterns? → Pattern Reference Guide

Based on Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques by Steve Nison. Educational only — not financial advice.

Long-Legged Dojineutral

Zcashcrypto

Extreme shadows in both directions — high indecision, trend change likely.

1-candle98% shapeSep 20

Entry

1,474.38

Stop

1,447.935

Target

1,484.965

· PASS body_ratio: 2.1% ≤ 5% (doji)

· PASS shadow_ratio: 97.9% > 80%

Pending

Bearish Belt-Holdbearish

Zcashcrypto

Long black candle opening at its high — strong selling pressure.

1-candle82% shapeSep 19

Entry

1,477.99

Stop

1,538.293

Target

1,387.5355

· PASS long_body: body/range = 83.7% ≥ 60%

· PASS opens_at_high: upper_shadow/range = 1.7% ≤ 2%

· PASS bearish_candle: close < open

Pending

Tweezer Bottombullish

Zcashcrypto

Two candles with identical lows at bottom — support confirmed.

2-candle95% shapeSep 19

Entry

1,527.93

Stop

1,516.697

Target

1,544.7796

· PASS matching_lows: diff = 0.026% < 0.5%

· PASS prior_trend: downtrend (support)

Pending

Bearish Engulfingbearish

Zcashcrypto

Large black candle engulfs prior white candle — powerful bearish reversal.

2-candle100% shapeSep 19

Entry

1,552.41

Stop

1,587.6685

Target

1,499.5223

· PASS prior_candle: bullish (c1 close > open)

· PASS current_candle: bearish (c2 close < open)

· PASS engulfs_body: c2 open ≥ c1 close and c2 close ≤ c1 open

Pending

ZEC todaysnapshot at 03:12 UTC

As of Sep 20, 03:09 UTC, Zcash (ZEC) traded at $1,452.90, down 6.235% over the prior 24 hours on volume roughly 26% below its 30-day median. The dip coincided with three bearish 4-hour signals — a bearish MACD cross plus stochastic and RSI exits from overbought territory — even as the overall trend label stayed "Strong bullish" with a Heriux score of 75.5. Headlines in the period centered on ZEC's rally above $1,500, which had pushed Grayscale's Zcash ETF within $85 million of $1 billion in assets.

Generated from platform data · Sep 20, 2026, 3:12 AM · Not investment advice

ZEC Market Summary

A strength reading computed from this asset's own trend, momentum, volume, measured signal edges and pattern history — not a buy or sell rating.

75.5/ 100 · Heriux Market Score

Trend (1D)

Strong bullish

Momentum

Positive

Volatility

High

ZEC is in a strong bullish 1D trend with positive short-term momentum and high volatility.

Not investment advice. Score v1.1.0, computed Sep 20, 2026, 12:45 AM.

ZEC Edge Score

Unlike a vote count, this weighs each recent signal by the edge we have measured for it across our own history — and signals with no proven edge count for nothing.

No measurable edgescore -2.6

38 signals fired in the last 14 days. 2 carried a measured edge and count below; 36 did not and are excluded.

RSI exited overbought1D · Sep 19-2
RSI exited overbought1D · Sep 10-0.6

A reading of recent history, not a forecast. Edges are measured on our stored candles and shift as more data accumulates.

ZEC Indicator Events

Moments when a standard indicator crossed a threshold on this asset's own candles. Each one is a fact about two adjacent candles, not an interpretation — and where we hold enough history, what price did afterwards is shown beside it.

MACD bearish cross4H
Sep 19, 2026 · $1,478
The MACD line crossed below its signal line, leaving a histogram of -5.3480.
Outcome not settled yet
Across 12,530 past occurrences on 4H candles, this signal was followed by a move in its own direction 50% of the time, against 54% for any 7-bar window in the same period — worse than the market did anyway.
Stochastic exited overbought4H
Sep 19, 2026 · $1,521
Stochastic %K fell from 80.6 to 72.4, back below the 80 line.
Outcome not settled yet
Across 16,887 past occurrences on 4H candles, this signal was followed by a move in its own direction 52% of the time, against 54% for any 7-bar window in the same period — no better than the market did anyway.
RSI exited overbought4H
Sep 19, 2026 · $1,543
RSI fell from 72.0 to 68.3, back below the 70 line after trading overbought.
Outcome not settled yet
Across 3,650 past occurrences on 4H candles, this signal was followed by a move in its own direction 55% of the time, against 54% for any 7-bar window in the same period — no better than the market did anyway.
RSI exited overbought4H
Sep 19, 2026 · $1,532
RSI fell from 74.5 to 69.7, back below the 70 line after trading overbought.
Outcome not settled yet
Across 3,650 past occurrences on 4H candles, this signal was followed by a move in its own direction 55% of the time, against 54% for any 7-bar window in the same period — no better than the market did anyway.
RSI exited overbought1D
Sep 19, 2026 · $1,471
RSI fell from 74.7 to 68.6, back below the 70 line after trading overbought.
Outcome not settled yet
Across 3,751 past occurrences on 1D candles, this signal was followed by a move in its own direction 59% of the time, against 56% for any 7-bar window in the same period — no better than the market did anyway.
Stochastic exited overbought1D
Sep 19, 2026 · $1,471
Stochastic %K fell from 96.2 to 78.3, back below the 80 line.
Outcome not settled yet
Across 15,217 past occurrences on 1D candles, this signal was followed by a move in its own direction 57% of the time, against 56% for any 7-bar window in the same period — no better than the market did anyway.
RSI exited overbought4H
Sep 18, 2026 · $1,471
RSI fell from 70.5 to 68.3, back below the 70 line after trading overbought.
Outcome not settled yet
Across 3,650 past occurrences on 4H candles, this signal was followed by a move in its own direction 55% of the time, against 54% for any 7-bar window in the same period — no better than the market did anyway.
RSI exited overbought4H
Sep 18, 2026 · $1,457
RSI fell from 73.1 to 68.5, back below the 70 line after trading overbought.
Outcome not settled yet
Across 3,650 past occurrences on 4H candles, this signal was followed by a move in its own direction 55% of the time, against 54% for any 7-bar window in the same period — no better than the market did anyway.
Broke above upper Bollinger band4H
Sep 17, 2026 · $1,481
Price closed at 1,481 against an upper band of 1,438.
Outcome not settled yet
Across 9,839 past occurrences on 4H candles, this signal was followed by a move in its own direction 39% of the time, against 44% for any 7-bar window in the same period — worse than the market did anyway.
ADX confirmed an uptrend4H
Sep 17, 2026 · $1,372
ADX rose above 25 to 25.4, with +DI at 36.9 against -DI at 9.0 — an established upward trend.
Outcome not settled yet
Across 2,941 past occurrences on 4H candles, this signal was followed by a move in its own direction 43% of the time, against 44% for any 7-bar window in the same period — no better than the market did anyway.
Broke above upper Bollinger band1D
Sep 17, 2026 · $1,467
Price closed at 1,467 against an upper band of 1,426.
Outcome not settled yet
Across 9,473 past occurrences on 1D candles, this signal was followed by a move in its own direction 43% of the time, against 43% for any 7-bar window in the same period — no better than the market did anyway.
Stochastic exited overbought4H
Sep 16, 2026 · $1,291
Stochastic %K fell from 85.6 to 68.3, back below the 80 line.
Outcome not settled yet
Across 16,887 past occurrences on 4H candles, this signal was followed by a move in its own direction 52% of the time, against 54% for any 7-bar window in the same period — no better than the market did anyway.

Showing the 12 most recent of 40 recorded events.

Historical rates describe what has happened, not what will. They are measured over the candles we hold and change as more data accumulates.

Volatility Indicator

▲High

High day-to-day price swings — elevated risk.

Std Dev (daily %)

8.87%

Sample size

12 days

Window

14 days

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What is the current price of Zcash?›

Zcash (ZEC) is currently priced at $1,453.25. Polled from Binance every 3 minutes.

What is Zcash used for?›

What is Zcash's market capitalisation?›

Zcash has a market capitalisation of $21.16 billion. Zcash ranks #9 by market capitalisation, which puts it among the ten largest cryptocurrencies by market value.

How has ZEC performed historically?›

From its lowest recorded close of $34.45, the price has since multiplied 32.2×. The chart above covers the same period and can be switched between ranges.

Which network is ZEC on?›

Zcash is a native coin with its own chain rather than a token issued on someone else's network. The network determines which wallets and bridges can hold it.

Where can I trade ZEC?›

ZEC trades on 19 markets across the exchanges we track. The market list on this page shows the venue and pair for each.

How we price Zcash

Zcash is priced from its USDT pair on Binance, the venue carrying the deepest book for it among the sources we read. Polled from Binance every 3 minutes.

All prices are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

ZEC

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CONFIRMEDRising Channel4H · 100% shape fit

ENTRY

$1308.41

TARGET

$1511.81

STOP

$1056.38

Near real-timeCompare

Price Performance