Zcash price in focus as NU7 upgrade nears block 3,543,405
Published on 10/29/2026 at 18:50 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSNU7 sets Zcash's next milestone
- Zcash's NU7 upgrade is planned for mainnet block 3,543,405, expected around November 5.
- The upgrade targets 25-second blocks, changes transaction-fee allocation and makes remaining Sprout funds unspendable after activation.
- Investing.com showed ZEC at 1,363.06 USD at 17:18:55 on October 29, while recent ETF-flow data remains mixed across reporting methods.
The Zcash price was shown at 1,363.06 USD on the Investing.com ZEC/USD page at 17:18:55 on October 29. The page listed a 1,231.41 to 1,392.64 USD daily range, 22.91 billion USD in market capitalization, 1.04 billion USD in 24-hour volume and a rank of 10. These figures are a recorded page reading rather than a verified UTC day-close comparison, so no UTC daily percentage is assigned here.
The more important near-term event is Network Upgrade 7, or NU7. According to the Zcash Foundation, the upgrade is planned for mainnet block 3,543,405, with the network expected to reach that height around November 5. Activation is tied to the block height rather than a fixed calendar time.
What NU7 changes for the network
NU7 is designed to reduce Zcash's target block interval from 75 seconds to 25 seconds. The Foundation says this should shorten the average wait for a first confirmation. The upgrade also introduces a Network Sustainability Mechanism: 60 percent of transaction fees are placed in a reserve, while miners retain 40 percent initially. The Foundation states that the existing 21 million ZEC supply cap remains unchanged.
There is also a practical deadline for holders of legacy Sprout funds. Once NU7 activates, version-4 transactions will no longer be valid. Because Sprout transfers use that transaction version, funds left in the Sprout pool would become unspendable. Node operators, exchanges and wallet providers therefore need NU7-compatible software before block 3,543,405.
ETF flows offer a separate signal
Recent fund-flow data points to renewed interest but not a confirmed trend. TokenPost reported that one daily tally showed 41.1 million USD of net inflows into Grayscale's Zcash ETF during the October 19 to 23 U.S. sessions. It also noted that a separate calculation based on shares outstanding and net asset value produced a different result, illustrating the limits of reading one weekly figure as a durable demand trend.
For investors, the next checkpoints are the approach to block 3,543,405, software readiness across the ecosystem and whether ETF creations continue beyond one week. The Zcash price may remain sensitive to both the technical upgrade timetable and changing digital-asset fund flows, but neither factor alone establishes a forward return.
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