- Zcash surged 28% this week, breaking above the monthly Ichimoku cloud for the first time in years.
- Higher lows, shallow pullbacks, and a strong breakout signal potential for a major trend reversal.
- A push toward $1,000 could flip Cardano’s market cap and send ZEC into the top 10.
Zcash hasn’t made headlines like this in years, but the privacy coin just posted a wild 28% rebound over the past week—one of its strongest bursts of momentum in a very long time. After spending ages drifting sideways, the 1-month chart finally shows signs of a macro trend flip, almost like the market shook ZEC by the shoulders and it finally woke up. One top analyst even pointed out that the monthly Ichimoku Cloud has turned bullish for the first time in ages, a shift that usually doesn’t happen unless something big is brewing beneath the surface.
ZEC didn’t just poke above the Kumo—it blasted through it. According to the analyst, that kind of move is often a precursor to a deeper, more sustained trend change. And if buyers manage to keep their footing here, the chart structure now leans toward more upside. Some traders are even whispering that a path toward the $1,000 zone isn’t totally crazy anymore… which, a few months ago, would’ve sounded almost absurd.
Higher lows, tight pullbacks, and a breakout that’s building momentum
Curb.sol, a well-followed crypto analyst, highlighted something interesting on the Zcash chart: a clean series of higher lows, each one landing right on the Ichimoku cloud. It’s a pattern that usually says buyers are stepping in at the exact same zone again and again—calmly, confidently, almost methodically. Every pullback stayed shallow. Every rebound came back stronger than the last. You don’t get that kind of rhythm from random noise. It usually signals accumulation… and accumulation tends to appear before major trend expansions.
Now the price has pushed above the last meaningful resistance block, turning the breakout into a continuation phase that’s been building quietly for weeks. The cloud is thick, rising, and supportive—basically the technical equivalent of a strong tailwind. When all of these signals appear at once, it often marks the very early stage of a larger uptrend.
Of course, the path won’t be a perfect straight line. ZEC will have pullbacks, maybe some messy candles, maybe even a few fakeouts. But the overall structure is leaning upward, and as long as it stays above its breakout range, Zcash might be writing the opening chapters of a much bigger move.
Ichimoku signals strengthen as momentum breaks multi-year levels
Zooming out to the 1-month chart makes the shift even more obvious. Zcash blasted past the previous range, pushing straight through the Ichimoku cloud—a sign that the market has shifted from hesitation to a much more confident bullish tone. The RSI has climbed into levels the chart hasn’t touched in years, showing just how aggressive the recent buying pressure has been.
A surge like this often forces the market to cool off for a bit… but it can also be the exact kind of breakout that forms right as a multi-year trend reversal begins. The key now is whether buyers can hold ZEC at these higher levels once the initial excitement fades. If they do, Zcash could be entering a long, durable upswing. Even a routine pullback wouldn’t change the broader picture much—the structure is still bullish.
If Zcash hits $1,000, it flips Cardano
Here’s the wild part. Zcash’s market cap sits around $10.1 billion. That’s only a few billion away from overtaking Cardano and stealing the #10 spot in the rankings. Analyst Michaelangelo noted that ZEC needs to rise only about 65%—to roughly $981—to dethrone ADA. It sounds ambitious on paper, sure. But this is a coin that already delivered a tenfold explosion not long ago.
With momentum heating up again, the idea doesn’t feel quite as unreachable as it did earlier this year.
