Why did Zcash drop 6.7% on October 29, 2026?
ZEC largely moved with the market. ZEC fell further than this on 4 of the past 29 days. 2 ZEC reports are on the timeline below: 2 published before the largest hourly move and 0 during or after it. Timing alone does not show what caused the move.
- Day open / close
- $1,311.13 → $1,223.9124 hourly candles, OKX · USDT
- Day range
- $1,207.47 – $1,398.0015.8% from low to high
- Versus Bitcoin
- -6.66% / BTC -4.11%24 hours to Oct 30, 2026, 00:00 UTC; the headline uses the live price. About +2.6 points of the move is its own after allowing for Bitcoin
- Versus the past month
- 4 of the past 29 days fell further-6.66% in the 24 hours to Oct 30, 2026, 00:00 UTC, 2.2× a typical day (3.1%).
- 30-day range
- 18.1% below the high · 16.7% above the lowFrom hourly highs and lows on the same venue
- Other tracked coins
- 16 of 16 others also fell 2.2% or more
- 24h volume
- 2.0×of its prior 30-day daily average
- Perpetual swap
- funding positive · open interest fallingOKX perpetual swap ZEC-USDT-SWAP
Computed from OKX · USDT hourly candles for the 24 hours to Oct 30, 2026, 00:00 UTC. Methods →
ZEC timeline around October 29, 2026
Largest closed hourly move: -5.94%, Oct 29, 2026, 20:00–21:00 (UTC).
6 sharp price swings were flagged; the largest was -1.78% in 5 minutes at Oct 29, 2026, 16:16 UTC.
Reports from the day before and after (2)
- Before the largest hourly move
- Zcash jumps 8% to about $1,320 as bitcoin nears $81,000 ahead of Fed decision CoinDesk
CoinDesk reported that ZEC led major cryptocurrencies with an 8% jump to about $1,320, moving back above $1,300 after Monday's selloff.
- Euronext halts CoinShares Zcash ETP ahead of debut over settlement concerns Cointelegraph
Euronext suspended CoinShares' Zcash ETP before its debut, a Euronext spokesperson told Cointelegraph, citing "operational settlement requirements." The halt remains in place until settlement operations are supported by the CSD, the…
Report summaries say what each report stated; none is presented as the cause of the price move.