Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin cautioned the Zcash community against token-based governance as ZEC dropped 22% in a day.
By Parth Dubey
Editor Julia Sakovich
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Zcash ZEC $365.1 24h volatility: 19.8% Market cap: $5.99 B Vol. 24h: $1.10 B recorded a whopping 22% fall within a single day, as prices dropped toward the $360 zone. The crash put pressure on traders who entered aggressive positions at higher levels and turned what once looked like a breakout to $10,000 into a deep correction.
A notable wallet that opened a massive long position of 20,386 ZEC ($7.3 million) only nine days earlier is now deep under water, locked in $4.4 million of unrealized losses. As per Lookonchain, to avoid liquidation, the trader deposited another 1.5M USDC.
The trader 0xCF90 who went long on 20,386 $ZEC($7.3M) 9 days ago is now sitting on over $4.4M in unrealized losses!
To avoid liquidation, he deposited another 1.5M $USDC to Hyperliquid 2 hours ago.https://t.co/RClzPzgk9i pic.twitter.com/t0fbuE1PI7
— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) December 1, 2025
ZEC is trading almost 94% beneath its all-time high, seen over nine years ago. The pullback saw the altcoin breaking below the ascending trendline on the chart and leaving traders to reassess short-term expectations.
Interestingly, analyst Crypto Patel, who previously alerted followers about the risks above the $700 area, pointed out that discipline rather than hope drives survival during drastic reversals. He now expects ZEC to reach under $200 after multiple price pullbacks.
UPDATE: $ZEC Short Wins: How I Warned You Before the Crash
Currently trading around $351, down ~50% from my entry warning above $700.
Reminder: I repeatedly said not to enter longs at $700+ due to high risk. If you avoided chasing FOMO, you saved capital. If you took a short at… https://t.co/r9JZh13oFE pic.twitter.com/lPUuEqWoml
— Crypto Patel (@CryptoPatel) December 1, 2025
Patel also expects a relief bounce toward $400–$450 before any deeper crash. The chart below shows a decisive break beneath trend support as the supply zone between $700 and $800 remains untouched after the rejection.
The psychological support appears near $300, but a failure there increases the probability of a drop below the $200 area.
ZEC price action inside a rising wedge | Source: TradingView
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin urged the ZEC community to resist token-based governance and argued that such models concentrate influence and weaken safeguards that protect privacy.
I hope Zcash resists the dark hand of token voting.
Token voting is bad in all kinds of ways (see https://t.co/Cvl7CFVgtc ); I think it's worse than Zcash's status quo.
Privacy is exactly the sort of thing that will erode over time if left to the median token holder. https://t.co/NbRqGLOrpj
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) November 30, 2025
He drew attention to how decisions driven by median token holders tend to prioritize short-term incentives rather than core principles. For a project that is focused on privacy, the governance model determines whether the protocol stays true to its roots.
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A crypto journalist with over 5 years of experience in the industry, Parth has worked with major media outlets in the crypto and finance world, gathering experience and expertise in the space after surviving bear and bull markets over the years. Parth is also an author of 4 self-published books.
