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Bitcoin steadies near $83,000 as ZEC surges 11% ahead of network upgrade
Bitcoin rose 1.3% to just above $82,700, hovering around $83,000 after strong earnings from SpaceX and Super Micro revived the AI trade in Asian markets. Zcash (ZEC) jumped about 11% to roughly $1,260 following developers’ announcement of the NU7 mainnet activation height for the upcoming upgrade, which will reduce block time from 75 to 25 seconds and allocate 60% of fees to a reserve. Other major coins also gained, with HYPE and DOGE up over 3% and XRP near $1.33.