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While the rest of the crypto market has shown more signs of an intensifying bear market, Zcash (ZEC) is making major waves. Over the last 30 days, the privacy-focused coin has surged by around 60%, while Bitcoin (BTC) and Solana (SOL) have remained relatively quiet, each slipping by single digits in the same timeframe.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Alex Cardichi, market expert from The Motley Fool, argues that Bitcoin, Solana and Zcash have several potential catalysts remaining this month that could trigger a fresh rebound rally.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin Could Aim For $100K, Solana Prepares Alpenglow<\/h2>\n

In his latest report<\/a>, Cardichi starts by discussing Bitcoin, citing the United States\u2019 holdings of around 328,000 seized coins. He refers to comments made by White House advisor Patrick Witt on 6 May, when Witt revealed that a significant update on the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve is anticipated \u2018in the next few weeks\u2019.<\/p>\n

Cardichi argues that a positive announcement, especially one that provides clearer details on the status of the reserve, could push Bitcoin back towards six-figure levels. Currently, the market\u2019s leading cryptocurrency has fallen from $82,000 last week to $76,300.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Solana is the second focus. Cardichi calls out a major technical development<\/a>: the chain\u2019s upcoming Alpenglow upgrade. If everything goes to plan, the upgrade could roll out as soon as the third quarter of this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

From Cardichi\u2019s perspective, the upgrade\u2019s improvements aren\u2019t only about performance for its own sake. He suggests that if Alpenglow delivers the results Solana developers expect, it could become a practical incentive for financial institutions looking to transition parts of their workflows onto blockchains.<\/p>\n

In that context, he points to this year\u2019s third quarter as a possible turning point for Solana and its native token, particularly if testing supports the Alpenglow upgrade\u2019s <\/a>promised impact. For now, SOL is trading at $84, down 11% over the past seven days.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Zcash After The ECC Exit<\/h2>\n

Finally, Cardichi turns to Zcash, one of the best-performing tokens in the market,\u00a0 noting that in January, the entire engineering team behind Zcash\u2019s original developer<\/a>\u2014Electric Coin Company (ECC)\u2014resigned amid an internal governance dispute.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite that upheaval, Zcash has since surged, rising about 127% over the last three months. Instead of proving fatal, Cardichi argues the disruption became the start of a new phase.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After the engineering team exited, they formed a new organization called Zodl and raised $25 million from firms including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Winklevoss Capital in early March.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cardichi says the funds are intended to recruit new talent and build out Zcash\u2019s development roadmap<\/a>, and he expects further updates to emerge soon as that work progresses.<\/p>\n

\"Zcash\"<\/p>\n

At the time of writing, Zcash was trading at around $533, having risen by almost 1,200% year-to-date. However, Cardichi suggests that a rally to the coin\u2019s prior all-time high of $880 could be sparked by any catalyst arising from the new dev roadmap.<\/p>\n

Featured image created with OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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