Zec moving average and fundamentals resonance:

In February 2026, it reached a new low of $180, completing an ultimate bottoming; subsequently, the weekly chart formed a cup and handle breakout pattern, the price stabilized above the MA200 long-term moving average, the weekly MA20/50 formed a golden cross and turned upward, the long-term bearish trend was completely ended, and the medium-term bullish trend officially began,

Fundamental catalysts:

1. The regulatory shoe has fully dropped: The US SEC officially ended years of investigation with no enforcement actions, resolving the biggest regulatory risk for privacy coins, becoming the core trigger for trend reversal

2. Establishing dominance in the track: With optional compliant privacy design (viewing keys audit function), market capitalization surpassed Monero, becoming the absolute leader in the privacy coin track, with mainstream exchanges listing all, and institutional funds (Grayscale, DCG Foundry) continuously deploying

3. Optimization of supply and demand pattern: Total supply of 21 million coins (model similar to BTC), four-year halving cycle, the locked-up chips in the shielding pool reached a record high, significantly easing circulating pressure, with surging institutional mining/staking demand $ZEC