ZKSync is a special layer-2 in that, unlike Arbitrum or Base, it uses zero-knowledge rollups for better privacy while maintaining high scalability. Its native token, ZK crypto, has been all over the place in recent months and is relatively under pressure.
Still, ZK crypto is among the best cryptos to buy now, and if ZK USDT shakes off the weakness of the past year, it can easily fly above key resistance levels.
Latest Coingecko data shows that ZK USD is down -47% year-to-date. At the same time, ZK crypto bulls have yet to step in. In the last month of trading, the ZK price fell -11%. However, the good news is that momentum is building up. From late August, bulls have been stepping up, buying dips, and stabilizing the ZK USDT price above $0.055. It is a round number and the local support that could anchor the next move higher.
(Source: Coingecko)
How fast the ZK price recovers depends on ZKSync adoption. From L2Beat, all layer-2 platforms, dominated by those bridging into the Ethereum mainnet, control over $57Bn worth of assets.
(Source: L2Beat)
ZKSync Era is the fifth-largest Ethereum layer-2, controlling over $1.2Bn of assets, down roughly –1.4% in the past day. Interestingly, ZKSync TVL has steadily increased since late June, when it stood at around $900M. It peaked at $1.32Bn in August before falling to spot rates.
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ZKSync To Unlock $10M of ZK Tokens: How Will ZK USD React?
Tomorrow, September 17, ZKSync will unlock 173.08M ZK tokens worth roughly $10M at spot rates.
The unlock will align with their linear monthly unlocking of ZK crypto tokens that will end in June 2028. ZKSync has been unlocking 173.08M ZK tokens monthly, allocating them to investors and the team.
(Source: Tokenomist)
Presently, +23% of the total 21Bn ZK tokens in total supply have been unlocked. At this pace, only 4.79Bn have been unlocked, with 5.88Bn locked.
In the future, ZK token holders should be aware that ZKSync uses a structured vesting schedule that is now in a phase of regular monthly releases following the end of the one-year cliff that ended in June 2025.
This regular monthly unlock is to prevent immediate market dumps and align incentives. However, since the team gets a share, the odds of ZK dumping on the market is less likely. Still, ZK USD should come under renewed pressure from investors who might choose to cash out, increasing circulating supply, and triggering a sell-off.
Even so, ZK crypto has weathered unlocks with relative resilience. At the end of June 2025, when the team unlocked 770M in a cliff unlock, ZK USD prices didn’t dump as hard as expected. Instead, prices slid from $0.06 to $0.04 before steadily recovering.
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ZK USD has found local support at $0.055, with resistance at $0.065. A close above September highs opens the ZK crypto for a leg up to $0.075 in a buy trend continuation.
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Investors Exploring PepeNode: The Best Crypto To Buy Right Now?
As ZK crypto consolidates ahead of the $10M unlock, smart investors are turning to PepeNode, a project that wants to change the way meme coin mining is done.
There are hints that PEPENODE, the underlying token, could be the best crypto to buy now.
While PepeNode will be core to the meme coin sector, an industry worth over $86Bn per Coingecko, its users can join virtual crypto mining by buying nodes and building their own meme coin mining rigs cheaply.
Those who buy these virtual rigs now will enjoy staking rewards and other benefits when PEPENODE goes public. They can also boost their mining throughput by buying more capacity. Whenever they do, PepeNode will burn 70% of PEPENODE used for node purchases and upgrades.
PepeNode has raised nearly $1.2M, with each PEPENODE trading for just $0.0010617. PEPENODE prices will increase in two days.
Meanwhile, those who buy PepeNode miners and stakes now receive a 1,161% yield.
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ZK Crypto Faces $10M Unlock Cliff Tomorrow: Best Crypto to Buy Now?
- ZKSync to unlock $10M of ZK Crypto tomorrow
- ZK USD under pressure, down almost 50% year-to-date
- Will the ZK token unlock heap more selling pressure?
- PepeNode presale raises nearly $1.2M
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