ZEC Prepares for Greater Bear Market as the Privacy-Focused Token Falls Below $287.78 Support Zone: Analyst

Zcash (ZEC) cryptocurrency is feeling great heat amid the new month as heightened volatility continues to weigh down its prices, according to revelations disclosed by the market analyst Lark Davis. Zcash is a privacy-focused crypto asset that allows users to choose between transparency of transactions or hiding key details of transactions to balance the need for regulatory compliance and financial confidentiality.

ZEC has been one of the most profitable cryptocurrencies, as indicated by +820% annual price growth noticed over the past 12 months. However, the asset has emerged as a significant underperformer recently, dropping dangerously to lower levels. According to CoinGecko metrics, Zcash recorded a further 4.5% decline today. The asset has also been down 25.9% and 44.3% over the past week and month, respectively, showing ongoing market bearishness.

Zcash In Correction Trap

According to the analyst’s market observation, Zcash has reached a critical technical crossroad as of today, February 2, 2026, following a drastic month-long downtrend that dragged the asset to trade to significant lower levels. After breaking below the traditionally-established ascending trendline (as illustrated in the analyst’s chart), the asset now struggles to maintain its support within a narrow corridor that the analyst points out as an ultimate make-or-break region. 

ZEC’s price currently trades at $282.90. The decline to this mark shows that the asset’s inability to hold above the crucial support level at $287.78 (pointed out by the analyst). With the drop below this most important support region, this sets the asset up for greater downfall towards the psychological support around $100 (as shown by the analyst).

The analyst identified $287.78 as the key support level that defines the current trend. Falling below this support level indicates a period of deeper correction and an upcoming potential downside. A decisive move below the $287.78 is a wide confirmation of a bearish shift, signaling increasing selling pressure as traders move capital away from highly volatile assets like cryptos to more stable financial instruments.

ZEC Price Falls as Privacy Narrative in A Cooldown Amid Crypto Market Uncertainty

Zcash’s significant decline is a reflection of the ongoing, wider crypto market downturn, which has sent prices of Bitcoin and Ethereum down to the current levels of $78,212 and $2,303, respectively. It is also an indicator that prices of major crypto privacy-focused tokens tanked as macroeconomic tensions caused global investors to lose investment interest in volatile, yet rewarding assets like cryptocurrencies.