Zcash price rises 7.09 percent to 1,355.87 USD as NU7 nears

Published on 10/27/2026 at 19:02 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

NU7 targets block 3,543,405 around November 5 for mainnet activation. The Zcash price is paired with a 25-second block target for faster confirmations.

ETF money returns

NU7 is planned for block 3,543,405, with the activation target set for November 5, 2026.
Grayscale's Zcash ETF recorded 41.1 million USD in inflows for the week ending October 23, 2026.
The Zcash price stands at 1,355.87 USD as of October 27, 2026, 7.09 percent above the UTC daily close of October 26, 2026.
The upgrade targets 25-second blocks instead of 75 seconds.

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Zcash (ZEC) rises 7.09 percent to 1,355.87 USD as of October 27, 2026, according to Investing.com. The Zcash price and the network's NU7 upgrade are separate developments: NU7 targets block 3,543,405 around November 5, 2026, as Zcash Foundation reported on October 22, 2026.

NU7 targets block 3,543,405

The Network Upgrade 7, or NU7, is a change to Zcash's consensus rules, which determine how network participants validate blocks and transactions. The Zcash Foundation said its Zebra 7.0.0 release supports mainnet NU7 at height 3,543,405, planned for November 5, 2026. Mainnet is the live version of a blockchain, while a block height is the running count of blocks added to it.

NU7 targets a 25-second block interval instead of 75 seconds, according to the Foundation's October 22, 2026, release. The release also describes a Network Sustainability Mechanism that recycles part of each transaction fee into future block rewards and says older nodes must upgrade before activation to remain on the consensus chain.

ETF flows reached 41.1 million USD

Spot ETF flows add a separate market measure. A spot exchange-traded fund holds the underlying asset rather than a derivative. Yahoo Finance reported on October 25, 2026, that Grayscale's Zcash ETF recorded 41.1 million USD in inflows for the week ending October 23, 2026, including 20.5 million USD on October 23, 2026.

The same report said the fund had recorded 143 million USD in outflows over the prior three weeks and 10.4 million USD in outflows on October 19, 2026. Those figures describe fund creations and redemptions, not direct purchases or sales by every ZEC holder.

Zcash trades at 1,355.87 USD

According to Investing.com, the Zcash price is 1,355.87 USD as of October 27, 2026, up 7.09 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 26, 2026. The daily high is 1,368.91 USD and the daily low (UTC day) is 1,252.41 USD. Market capitalization is 22.91 billion USD, ranking Zcash ninth, while 24-hour volume is 1.26 billion USD and circulating supply is 16.93 million ZEC.