{"id":6375,"date":"2026-02-05T16:20:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6375"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:20:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:20:32","slug":"zcash-price-falls-20-to-hit-4-month-lows-under-220","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6375","title":{"rendered":"Zcash price falls 20% to hit 4-month lows under $220"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-site=\"CoinJournal\">\n<div class=\"-mt-16  mb-8  lg:-mt-20  rounded-md  shadow-md\">\n<div class=\"relative  z-10  post-article-image  rounded  overflow-hidden\" data-site=\"CoinJournal\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2025\/09\/zcash-price-1-smartcrop-750x375.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 750px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2025\/09\/zcash-price-1-smartcrop-363x181.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2025\/09\/zcash-price-1-smartcrop-750x375.png\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 750px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2025\/09\/zcash-price-1-smartcrop-363x181.png\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/zcash-price-1.png\" alt=\"Zcash Price\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"\/>\n<\/picture>                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Zcash price plunged to $217, hitting a four-month low amid a 20% dip.<\/li>\n<li>The privacy coin dumped as bears pushed Bitcoin under $70,000.<\/li>\n<li>ZEC traded around $228 at the time of writing, but risks breaching support at $200.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Zcash (ZEC) has declined by more than 20% in the past 24 hours, accelerating its sharp descent amid an increasingly bearish cryptocurrency market.<\/p>\n<p>The privacy coin\u2019s dip to below $220, the first time in four months, came as Bitcoin crashed to $69,500 and Ethereum fell to lows of $2,070.<\/p>\n<p>Among other top altcoin losers on the day was Cardano, which broke to $0.26.<\/p>\n<p>Monero, Dash, and Decred all tanked as privacy coins suffered the bearish flip, hurting cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, BTC\u2019s dip has Michael Saylor\u2019s Strategy sitting on approximately $4.5 billion of unrealised losses on the company\u2019s 713,502 BTC.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, BitMine\u2019s 4.2 million ETH currently has about $7.5 billion in unrealised losses.<\/p>\n<h2>Top privacy coin turns bearish<\/h2>\n<p>Zcash\u2019s plunge stands out among privacy coins, especially after the ZEC price recently jumped to highs above $744 as Bitcoin struggled.<\/p>\n<p>Headwinds amid waning demand now see Zcash changing hands at lows of $217, just a few weeks after it topped $540.<\/p>\n<p>The more than 20% dip in the past 24 hours and 40% nosedive in the past week put Zcash at risk of further technical breakdown.<\/p>\n<p>Capitulation among holders has accelerated sell volumes, with a 36% spike to $538 million in the past day.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the losses, Zcash tops Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Monero in terms of overall performance over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan shared this view via X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The relative returns of different monetary crypto assets since Jan. 1, 2025, is remarkable:<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin (BTC): -22%<br \/>Bitcoin Cash (BCH): +23%<br \/>Monero (XRM): +97%<br \/>Zcash (ZEC): +347%<\/p>\n<p>Lots of confounding variables here, including that BTC holders were sitting on the biggest\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Hougan (@Matt_Hougan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Matt_Hougan\/status\/2019415743947755966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Zcash risks plunge below $200<\/h2>\n<p>Bears have relentlessly pressured ZEC bulls since the cryptocurrency\u2019s 2025 peak above $740, when early privacy hype drove explosive growth.<\/p>\n<p>Now, after dipping to $217 on February 5, 2026, ZEC risks testing sub-$200 levels.<\/p>\n<p>On Feb. 5, the altcoin came close to the critical psychological support after failing to recover following Electric Coin Company\u2019s core team exit.<\/p>\n<p>Continued regulatory scrutiny on privacy tokens and market-wide profit-taking amid Bitcoin\u2019s latest price crash are key negative triggers.<\/p>\n<p>While ZEC has shattered its key trendline support at $250, a daily RSI deep in oversold territory suggests a rebound is likely.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_360551\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-360551\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-source=\"CoinJournal\" class=\"size-full wp-image-360551\" src=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/zcash-zec-price-chart.png\" alt=\"Zcash Price Chart\" width=\"1057\" height=\"609\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-360551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zcash price chart by TradingView<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, the downturn highlights the privacy coin\u2019s struggles amid broader market volatility, and breaching $200 might result in a new downtrend.<\/p>\n<p>Key support levels beneath this would be $173 and $125 \u2013 levels reached in October 2025 before the parabolic surge to the multi-year highs above $700.<\/p>\n<p>Per CoinMarketCap data, ZEC traded around $228 across major exchanges during the early US session on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>This aligned with Bitcoin\u2019s slight bounce above $70,500, and Monero looked to hold $345.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-meta\">\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  text-green-300\">Share this article<\/h6>\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  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The privacy coin dumped as bears pushed Bitcoin under $70,000. ZEC traded around $228 at the time of writing, but risks breaching support at $200. Zcash (ZEC) has declined by more than 20% in the past 24 hours, accelerating its sharp descent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eurozone"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zcash price falls 20% to hit 4-month lows under $220 - Crypto News: Latest Cryptocurrency News and Analysis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zcash price risks falling below $200 after falling to lows of $217 amid Bitcoin&#039;s slump to under $70,000 on February 5, 2025\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6375\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zcash price falls 20% to hit 4-month lows under $220\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zcash price risks falling below $200 after falling to lows of $217 amid Bitcoin&#039;s slump to under $70,000 on February 5, 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6375\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Crypto News: Latest Cryptocurrency News and Analysis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-05T16:20:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zcash-price-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1152\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"\u884c\u653f\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\u884c\u653f\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6375\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6375\",\"name\":\"Zcash price falls 20% to hit 4-month lows under $220 - Crypto News: Latest Cryptocurrency News and Analysis\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6375#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6375#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zcash-price-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-05T16:20:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/822778c5844e0d16d43dce6630f4f1bf\"},\"description\":\"Zcash price risks falling below $200 after falling to lows of $217 amid Bitcoin&#039;s slump to under $70,000 on February 5, 2025\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6375#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6375\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6375#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zcash-price-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zcash-price-1.png\",\"width\":1152,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6375#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Zcash price falls 20% to hit 4-month lows under $220\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/\",\"name\":\"Crypto News: Latest Cryptocurrency News and Analysis\",\"description\":\"Latest Crypto &amp; 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