Zcash coinholders voted to retain Bitcoin-style halvings in the NU7 upgrade, driving ZEC price to $1,400 and up 168% over the past month.
Regulation & Gov ·
Zcash reached $1,388 following a community vote in which holders backed the preservation of Bitcoin-style halvings with 98.9% approval across 2.4 million tokens cast—a record 66% turnout of eligible coins. The privacy asset has climbed 168% over the past month and now ranks ninth by market capitalization at $22.9 billion, according to tracking data. The NU7 upgrade vote also secured support for faster block times and immediate retirement of the legacy Sprout pool, while the community selected February 2031 as the date for the network sustainability mechanism to begin recycling fees to miners.