Zcash Developer Zakura Launches Common as ZEC Price Jumps 5%
Zcash (ZEC)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
Cryptocurrency.com.tr reports that Zcash developer Zakura has released Common, a new set of cryptography and protocol libraries designed to make Zcash faster. The release delivers major speed improvements across proof generation, hashing, and verification. Following this update, the native token ZEC climbed approximately 5% to trade at $838.60.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for ZEC, measured when this story was written up on 29 August 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Zcash is currently trading at $800.45 on Binance, showing a sharp divergence in short-term momentum compared to the daily average. The 1-hour buy ratio stands at 65.2%, indicating strong immediate buying pressure, while the 4-hour ratio has cooled to 49.3%, suggesting the initial surge is fading. Volume delta reflects this shift, with +$1,055,657 in net buying over the last hour contrasting with -$309,731 over the past four hours. The buy ratio measures the proportion of buy orders relative to total volume, while volume delta tracks the net value of buys minus sells. Despite the hourly spike, the 24-hour buy ratio remains balanced at 50.2%, and cumulative volume delta for the day is positive at +$699,620.
The latest daily buy ratio of 52.9% sits at the 82nd percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 50.2% - stronger buying than most days.
Twenty-four hours later
What ZEC did over the 23 hours after the story broke. The market moves for its own reasons; this is what happened, not what the story caused.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for ZEC, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, ZEC experienced a 9.0% price increase with a 7-day average buy ratio of 50.1%. Today's 24-hour buy ratio of 50.2% is virtually identical to the weekly average, differing by just 0.1 points. However, trading volume is subdued, sitting at 0.57 times the weekly average. This indicates that while the coin remains in a net buying phase with 5 of 7 days showing positive flow, the current day's activity is significantly quieter than usual.