#ZECVulnerabilityTriggersOver50PercentDrop
The native token of Zcash, ZEC, has plummeted by 50% to 57% over a 36-hour window, bottoming out near $250 to $264 and erasing roughly $5 billion in market capitalization. This severe market correction was triggered by the public disclosure of a critical, 4-year-old cryptographic vulnerability within the protocol’s Orchard shielded pool.