Zcash price at 1,305.00 US dollars as NU7 upgrade nears activation
Published on 11/05/2026 at 18:38 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSNU7 countdown focuses attention
- Zcash NU7 is set to activate at mainnet block 3,543,405.
- The upgrade is designed to reduce target block spacing from 75 seconds to 25 seconds.
- About 12,226 ZEC reportedly remained in the legacy Sprout pool on November 5, with spending from that pool set to become unavailable after activation.
- Investing.com displayed ZEC at 1,305.00 US dollars at 18:46:33 Berlin time on November 5.
The Zcash price was displayed at 1,305.00 US dollars on Investing.com at 18:46:33 Berlin time on November 5, 2026. The page also showed a 24-hour volume of 1.38 billion US dollars, a market capitalization of 22.07 billion US dollars and a circulating supply of 16.95 million ZEC. Investing.com listed ZEC as the ninth-ranked cryptocurrency on its page.
The immediate focus is Network Upgrade 7, or NU7, which is approaching its defined mainnet activation height. The merged Zcash ZIPs proposal on GitHub sets the trigger at block 3,543,405. Because activation is tied to a block height rather than a fixed clock time, the exact timing depends on the pace of block production.
Faster blocks, legacy-fund deadline
NU7 is intended to reduce Zcash's target interval between blocks from 75 seconds to 25 seconds. That should shorten the average time to confirmation, although it does not remove the normal risks of network congestion, software compatibility or volatile crypto markets.
A separate issue affects users with funds in the oldest shielded pool. According to Crypto Economy, about 12,226 ZEC remained in Sprout on November 5, valued by the publication at about 16 million US dollars. NU7 is set to reject version-4 transactions, the format required to spend funds from that pool. Balances left there would remain recorded on the network but would no longer be spendable under the upgraded rules.
The migration requirement is narrow: it concerns legacy Sprout holdings, not ordinary ZEC held in newer shielded pools or transparent addresses. Users with affected funds need to complete a transfer before block 3,543,405; the deadline is therefore determined by activation, not by a guaranteed calendar hour.
What investors should watch
The upgrade creates two distinct variables for the Zcash price. Faster block production could improve the user experience for payments and exchange confirmations, while the Sprout transition introduces an operational deadline for a small, legacy pool. Neither development by itself establishes a valuation outcome. Market participants should therefore distinguish protocol execution, software readiness and actual user adoption from short-term price movements.
The Zcash topic page tracks further reporting on the activation and its market context.
