Zcash price gains 100% in a month as co-founder repeats $5,000 call
Zcash (ZEC)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
cryptocurrency.com.tr reports that Zcash price has gained about 102% over the past month to trade near $1,535. Co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson has repeated his forecast that ZEC will reach $5,000 by the end of 2026. Ben-Sasson made this prediction in a recent X post.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for ZEC, measured when this story was written up on 26 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Zcash is currently trading at $1,555.69, showing a 1-hour buy ratio of 47.7% compared to a stronger 56.8% over the last 4 hours. This shift indicates that short-term buying pressure is fading relative to the broader 24-hour trend, where the buy ratio sits at 52.8%. The 1-hour volume delta is negative at -$323,139, while the 4-hour delta is positive at +$2,006,998. A positive volume delta means buyers are executing more trades than sellers, pushing the price up, while a negative delta suggests sellers are dominating that specific period. Over the last 24 hours, net buying has occurred for 15 out of 24 hours, with a cumulative volume delta of +$2,866,361.
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.
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, the average buy ratio was 50.6%, with the latest day showing a slight increase of 2.2 points. Volume was 0.77x the average, indicating lighter trading activity compared to the recent 24-hour spot volume of $313,171,884. Net buying was recorded on 4 of the last 7 days, contrasting with the 15 days of net buying in the last 24 hours. The price change over the past 8 days was -0.4%, despite a total volume delta of +$49,578,120. This suggests that while buying pressure has been consistent, the price has remained relatively stable over the longer term.