Zcash: Ironwood Upgrade Activates New Shielded Pool

Zcash will activate its Ironwood network upgrade tomorrow, adding a new shielded pool to enhance privacy features.

Over the past year ZEC has traded within a tightening range as developers focused on protocol upgrades rather than marketing pushes. The 4h chart shows price at $500.55 testing resistance near the upper Bollinger Band at $510.56 while the EMA50 sits at $508.32 and the EMA200 at $492.88. With RSI(14) at 49.72 remaining neutral and MACD printing a bullish golden cross at -2.75, institutional desks watch for a quick rejection at the $508 level before any deeper test of the $474.28 lower band support. Traders tracking ZEC price prediction models now layer the Ironwood activation into their volatility assumptions alongside broader crypto market volatility signals.