The $5.000 price target is the major psychological and speculative milestone openly championed by founders and prominent figures within the Zcash ($ZEC ) ecosystem, such as co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson.

Ben-Sasson, a computer scientist and CEO of StarkWare who co-founded #zcash , recently reaffirmed his end-of-year forecast, gaining significant traction in the market after his previous prediction that Zcash would surpass $1,200 USD by September 25, 2026 proved accurate.