{"id":18857,"date":"2025-12-29T23:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T23:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/former-bitmex-ceo-hayes-predicts-zcash-could-reach-1000-on-privacy-demand\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T23:35:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T23:35:18","slug":"former-bitmex-ceo-hayes-predicts-zcash-could-reach-1000-on-privacy-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/former-bitmex-ceo-hayes-predicts-zcash-could-reach-1000-on-privacy-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Former BitMEX CEO Hayes predicts Zcash could reach $1,000 on privacy demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Arthur Hayes, former chief executive of BitMEX, has forecast that Zcash could reach a four-figure price level, citing privacy narrative demand, institutional interest, and supply dynamics, according to public statements made in December.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_a08a60c9ea5db72732096b22a6b9b865\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes predicts Zcash could reach $1,000.<\/li>\n<li>Zcash is up ~40% since Hayes\u2019 forecast, nearly 14% over the past month, and more than 700% year over year, with about 30% of supply now in shielded addresses, indicating growing use of private transactions.<\/li>\n<li>Regulatory pressure on privacy coins, limited liquidity, and leverage-driven volatility remain key downside risks.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>The cryptocurrency has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livebitcoinnews.com\/arthur-hayes-sees-zcash-rally-toward-1000-as-privacy-narrative-strengthens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reportedly<\/a> gained approximately 40 percent since Hayes issued the forecast, according to market data. Zcash returned to market attention following Hayes\u2019 projection that the privacy-focused digital asset could reach the $1,000 threshold as its first major price target.<\/p>\n<p>Zcash has advanced nearly 14% over the past month and recorded annual gains of more than 748%, outperforming most large-cap cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p>Hayes described the four-figure price level as an initial target rather than a final destination, according to his December public post. The former exchange executive noted that price pullbacks toward the low hundreds remain possible despite the bullish outlook.<\/p>\n<p>Several structural factors underpin the positive forecast, according to market observers. Approximately 30 percent of Zcash\u2019s circulating supply now resides in shielded addresses, reflecting increased demand for private transactions, on-chain data indicates.<\/p>\n<p>Institutional activity has increased in late 2025, with Grayscale launching a dedicated Zcash investment fund, according to company announcements. Additional firms have disclosed substantial purchases and accumulation plans, including intentions to hold significant percentages of the total supply, regulatory filings show.<\/p>\n<p>Hayes identified Zcash\u2019s late-2025 halving event as a supply inflection point that could reduce token issuance and contract available liquidity, according to his statements. Technical analysts are monitoring key resistance levels in the mid-hundreds, with a confirmed breakout potentially opening paths toward the high hundreds and a four-figure level by mid-2026, market commentary indicates.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The tears of the bears shall be my sustenance. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ZEC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$ZEC<\/a> first stop $1k <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FPCZbNxMTj\">pic.twitter.com\/FPCZbNxMTj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CryptoHayes\/status\/2005485913019998301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">December 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The market structure remains sensitive to leverage and liquidation events, presenting ongoing risks, analysts noted. Regulatory pressure on privacy coins represents a significant concern, with potential coordinated enforcement actions capable of driving prices back to the low hundreds, according to market participants.<\/p>\n<p>Liquidity access remains restricted on regulated trading venues, Hayes stated. Decentralized exchanges may handle future demand, though thinner order books could amplify volatility, according to his analysis.<\/p>\n<p>The recent rally has been driven by a combination of narrative strength, supply dynamics, institutional accumulation, and liquidation-driven price discovery, market observers reported.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arthur Hayes, former chief executive of BitMEX, has forecast that Zcash could reach a four-figure price level, citing privacy narrative demand, institutional interest, and supply dynamics, according to public statements&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18859,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18857\/revisions\/18859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}