Zilliqa Price Prediction 2026, 2027 and 2030: What Is Waiting for ZIL?

Last Updated: November 4, 2026

Quick Answer: Current Zilliqa price predictions are mostly flat to lower for the next few years. CoinCodex, updated on November 4, 2026, expects ZIL to end 2026 near $0.0017 and to average about $0.00068 in December 2030, while CoinLore’s base case is $0.0017 for the end of 2026 and $0.0050 for 2030. ZIL traded near $0.00181 at 10:53 UTC on November 4, according to CoinMarketCap, after setting a new all-time low of $0.001715 earlier that day, about 99.3% below its May 2021 record of $0.2563.

The fall has a clear cause. A flaw in Zilliqa’s own Ledger app let attackers steal about 683 million ZIL between March and July 2026, legacy ZIL transactions have been frozen since July 20, Upbit said in October it will delist ZIL on November 16, and Zilliqa’s interim chief executive resigned on October 27 during a separate investigation into its X-Bridge. This update covers the current ZIL price, what happened in 2026, the latest third-party forecasts by year and what it would take for ZIL to reach $1.

Key facts (November 4, 2026):

• Price: about $0.00181, up 1.9% over 24 hours but down about 50% over 30 days, 61% since the end of 2025 and 74% over 12 months
• All-time low: $0.001715 at 03:09 UTC on November 4, 2026; the all-time high was $0.2563 on May 6, 2021
• Market cap: about $37.4 million (#441 on CoinMarketCap), with about 20.63 billion of the 21 billion maximum ZIL in circulation
• 2026 events: Cancun EVM upgrade in February, Ledger app exploit and legacy transaction freeze in July, exchange migrations to Zilliqa EVM in September, Upbit delisting notice on October 16, X-Bridge suspended and CEO exit in late October
• Forecasts: CoinCodex sees ZIL lower through 2030; CoinLore’s base cases rise from $0.0022 in 2027 to $0.0050 in 2030

What Is Zilliqa?

Zilliqa is a layer 1 blockchain that was founded in Singapore in 2018 and launched its mainnet in 2019, with Scilla, its own smart contract language. It was built around sharding, splitting the network into smaller groups that process transactions in parallel, and it added Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) support on mainnet in 2023, according to the project. ZIL is its native token, used to pay network fees and staked to help secure the chain.

Zilliqa’s focus has shifted several times, from gaming and metaverse projects to earlier ecosystem deals such as The Winners Circle’s Skill2Earn horse racing game. In 2026 the project set a new strategic direction: it now describes Zilliqa as a layer 1 “evolving toward credentialed infrastructure for institutional finance,” built around a Mediation Layer that “checks whether two parties are permitted to transact before any settlement proceeds.” In February 2026, Invezz reported that Liechtenstein Trust Integrity Network (LTIN) would join the network as its first government-backed institutional validator.

ZIL Key Numbers (November 2026)

Sources: CoinMarketCap data at 10:53 UTC on November 4, 2026; CoinGecko lists the same token. CoinMarketCap measures its year-to-date change from the January 1 close and shows a decline of about 64%.

ZIL Price History: The Honest Version

ZIL peaked in May 2021, during the last big altcoin boom, and has fallen in most years since. In 2025 it lost about 81% from its January high to its year-end close of about $0.0047, even though Zilliqa completed its move to Zilliqa 2.0 that year. The wider market did not help: Bitcoin fell sharply in late 2025 and early 2026, as covered in our bitcoin crash explainer.

2026 started with a burst of hope. ZIL closed 33% higher on February 2 and touched $0.0079 the next day, almost double its February 1 close, ahead of the Cancun EVM hard fork on February 5. The rally faded within days. ZIL slid to about $0.0029 in early June, fell further after the Ledger exploit came to light in July, rallied 37% in September, the month exchanges began migrating balances to Zilliqa EVM, and then lost about 46% in October. On November 4 it set a new all-time low, below any level in its trading history.

Zilliqa 2.0: What Changed

Zilliqa 2.0 replaced the original sharded, mining-based network with a proof of stake chain. A proto-mainnet called Aventurine launched on December 18, 2024, and the migration of the mainnet from Zilliqa 1.0 to 2.0 began on June 23, 2025, according to the Zilliqa blog and the Moonlet wallet documentation. Delegators had to move their stake to validators of their choice, and Zilliqa’s own timeline lists 2025 as the year the upgrade went live.

The upgrades continued in 2026:

• Cancun EVM (February 5, 2026): a hard fork that added support for the Cancun version of the Ethereum Virtual Machine. ZIL rose about 71% around the announcement, Invezz reported on February 3, and futures open interest jumped from about $5.7 million to $68.5 million in a day, according to CoinGlass data cited in the same report.
• Institutional validator: LTIN, backed by the Liechtenstein government, joined as a validator, and Telecom Liechtenstein is named as a strategic partner.
• Legacy network retired: after the Ledger app exploit, Zilliqa disabled legacy (non-EVM) transactions on July 20 and began moving all balances to Zilliqa EVM addresses. The legacy transaction infrastructure is being retired entirely, the team said on September 2.

The technical upgrade worked, but adoption is thin. CoinMarketCap shows about $3.4 million in 24-hour ZIL volume, and the network’s main story in 2026 has been security, not growth.

Why Is ZIL Price Going Down in 2026?

ZIL is falling because of a chain of security incidents and exchange actions in 2026, on top of a weak crypto market. Here is what happened, in order.

1. Ledger app exploit (March to July 2026): Zilliqa’s own Ledger app had a bug, present in every released version since 2019, that weakened the signing nonce and let attackers rebuild private keys from public signatures. Zilliqa says 683,130,969.66 ZIL was stolen in 66 transactions between March 4 and July 20, 2026, that 6,772 accounts were exposed and that 51 were drained. Zilliqa stressed that “the vulnerability was in Zilliqa’s application rather than in Ledger’s hardware, firmware or software.” KuCoin flagged unusual outflows from one of its cold wallets on July 19, as covered in our report on the exchange partner’s cold wallet breach.
2. Legacy transactions frozen (July 20): a hotfix and hard fork stopped all legacy ZIL transfers. EVM transactions were not affected.
3. Upbit caution flag (July 22): Upbit put ZIL on its trading caution list after the incident, as reported in our article on the Zilliqa app flaw and Upbit’s warning.
4. Exchange migrations (September): a September 2 hard fork moved ZIL on a first batch of exchanges, including KuCoin, MEXC and Bitvavo, to Zilliqa EVM addresses, and a second batch including OKX, Crypto.com, Gate, HTX and Bitget was scheduled for September 22. Binance said it would migrate users’ ZIL 1:1 and has suspended legacy deposits and withdrawals since August 5, while ZIL trading on Binance continued, crypto.news reported on September 23.
5. Upbit delisting notice (October 16): Upbit said the issues behind ZIL’s caution designation “remained unresolved” and that trading support for ZIL will end on November 16, 2026, according to EconoTimes and TechFlow. ZIL fell 24% that day on volume about 12 times higher than the day before.
6. X-Bridge incident and CEO exit (late October): on October 25 Zilliqa hired an outside cybersecurity firm after incidents that hit X-Bridge and ZRC2 proxy contracts used by some liquidity pools. PlunderSwap said about $800,000 was taken from X-Bridge; Zilliqa had not disclosed losses. Interim chief executive Alexander Zahnd left “at his own request” on October 27, with the board overseeing the company “until permanent leadership is appointed,” Unchained reported. Zilliqa says native ZIL and the Zilliqa EVM network were not affected, and X-Bridge remains suspended.

Zilliqa says no stolen funds have been recovered and that the team plans a community vote on a tokenomics change that would include a proposed mint of new tokens to compensate affected users. No amount or date has been published, and a mint would add to the supply.

Zilliqa Price Prediction 2026

With less than two months left in 2026, both models we track expect ZIL to end the year close to today’s price, a little lower. Blockchainreporter’s summary below compares them with the CoinMarketCap price of $0.00181.

CoinCodex expects ZIL to average about $0.0017 in December, about 6.5% below the current price; its page, updated at 07:05 UTC on November 4, showed a price of $0.001938, about 7% above CoinMarketCap’s, so its own stated change is a fall of about 12.6%. CoinLore’s base case of $0.00172 is about 5% below today’s price, while its bull case of $0.00971 would be more than five times today’s price. Both pages were updated on November 4, 2026.

We no longer use several forecasts that appeared on earlier versions of this page. LiteFinance’s ZIL page is dated September 10, 2025, and its tables still put ZIL at about $0.011 to $0.022 in the fourth quarter of 2026, roughly six to twelve times today’s price. Changelly’s figures copy CoinCodex’s data, so they are not an independent model. Coinpedia’s page could not be opened on November 4, and we did not re-check Coinfomania or Telegaon, so their older figures, including Telegaon’s $1 range, have been removed.

Zilliqa Price Prediction 2027

The central 2027 estimates range from about $0.0012 at CoinCodex, about 34% below today’s price, to $0.0022 at CoinLore, about 22% above it. CoinLore’s bull case of $0.0113 is about five times its own base case and about six times today’s price. Both models mainly extrapolate past prices, and neither can price in the outcome of Zilliqa’s compensation vote or further exchange delistings.

Zilliqa Price Prediction 2028 and 2029

For 2028 and 2029 the models point in opposite directions. CoinCodex’s December averages fall to about $0.0011 in 2028 and $0.00069 in 2029, about 62% below today’s price. CoinLore’s base cases rise to about $0.0032 and $0.0034, roughly 1.8 to 1.9 times today’s price. Bitcoin’s next halving, expected in 2028, is often cited as a possible driver for altcoins, but neither model is built on it.

Zilliqa Price Prediction 2030

Published forecasts for 2030 range from about $0.00068 (CoinCodex, November 4, 2026), about 63% below today’s price, to $0.0050 (CoinLore’s base case, November 4, 2026), about 2.8 times today’s price. CoinLore’s page also says ZIL “may climb to $0.03 by 2030,” which is above its own bull case of $0.0266 in the table. Earlier versions of this page quoted 2030 forecasts of up to $1.23; none of the models we can verify today comes close.

All forecasts are third-party model estimates, not investment advice.

Zilliqa Price Prediction 2035, 2040 and 2050

Long-range forecasts are highly speculative. CoinCodex puts ZIL at about $0.0015 in December 2035, about $0.0026 in 2040 and about $0.0105 in 2050. CoinLore is more optimistic, with base cases of $0.0177 for 2035 and $0.0410 for 2040 and bull cases of $0.0576 and $0.128. Even CoinLore’s 2040 base case would leave ZIL about 84% below its 2021 high.

Can ZIL Reach $1?

No current model we track puts ZIL at $1, and the supply math shows why. With about 20.63 billion ZIL in circulation, every price level implies a market cap, and Blockchainreporter’s calculation below compares those with ZIL’s market cap today.

At $1, Zilliqa would need a market cap about 552 times its current $37.4 million. The highest central estimate we found, CoinLore’s 2040 base case of $0.041, is about 4% of that level. Only CoinLore’s 2040 bull case of $0.128 passes $0.10. A compensation mint, if approved, would raise the supply, so each price level would require a slightly larger market cap.

Why Zilliqa Matters, and Why It Might Not

Zilliqa still has real technology. It was an early sharding pioneer, it runs a proof of stake chain with full EVM support, and it has a clear new pitch: compliance checks before settlement for regulated institutions, backed by a Liechtenstein validator. Tokenized assets are a growing market; a 2025 report from Ripple and Boston Consulting Group projected the tokenized asset market could reach $18.9 trillion by 2033, and a chain that checks who may trade with whom could serve part of it.

The problem is execution and trust. The Mediation Layer has no published usage figures or customers yet, the Ledger exploit exposed thousands of accounts, and the project has changed chief executives twice since April 2025. Institutional clients usually look for security records and stable leadership, which Zilliqa cannot show in 2026.

The Bear Case

• Security record: a seven-year-old bug in Zilliqa’s own Ledger app led to the theft of about 683 million ZIL, and X-Bridge was hit again in October 2026 after a smaller incident in February 2025.
• Delisting risk: Upbit ends ZIL trading on November 16, 2026, and other exchanges may follow.
• Leadership vacuum: Zilliqa has no permanent chief executive after Alexander Zahnd’s exit on October 27.
• Dilution: the proposed compensation mint would add new ZIL to a supply that is already 98% in circulation.
• Competition: developers and liquidity are concentrated on Ethereum, its layer 2 networks and Solana, and ZIL’s daily volume is only about $3.4 million.
• Long underperformance: ZIL is about 99.3% below its 2021 high, lost about 81% from its 2025 high to the end of that year and is down another 61% in 2026.

Technical Analysis: Key Levels to Watch

These are observed chart levels from CoinMarketCap data, not forecasts.

CoinCodex’s 14-day RSI for ZIL was about 30 on November 4, at the edge of oversold territory, and its sentiment gauge counted 28 bearish and 2 bullish signals. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index stood at 34 (Fear), and Bitcoin traded near $78,400 that morning after dipping to about $75,630 on US election night.

Should You Invest in Zilliqa in 2026?

That depends on your risk tolerance, and this page does not give investment advice. The case for ZIL rests on a working proof of stake chain with EVM support, an institutional finance strategy with a Liechtenstein validator, and a price that already sits at an all-time low with a market cap of about $37 million. The case against rests on the 2026 security incidents, a frozen legacy network, an Upbit delisting, no permanent chief executive and a proposed new token mint whose size is unknown.

For another exchange-linked token, see our LCX price prediction.

Several things could move ZIL in the coming weeks: the Upbit delisting on November 16, any update on the X-Bridge investigation, the details of the compensation vote and the completion of the self-custody migration to Zilliqa EVM. Anyone who holds ZIL on a legacy address should follow Zilliqa’s official incident page for migration steps, and check any claim against primary sources using our guide on how to verify crypto news and rumors. For forecasts on other coins, see our crypto price predictions.

Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and is not investment advice. Cryptocurrency is volatile; do your own research.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Zilliqa’s current price?
ZIL traded near $0.00181 at 10:53 UTC on November 4, 2026, according to CoinMarketCap, with a market cap of about $37.4 million. Earlier that day it set a new all-time low of $0.001715. ZIL is down about 50% over 30 days and about 61% since the end of 2025, after the Ledger exploit, the Upbit delisting notice and the X-Bridge incident.

What is the Zilliqa price prediction for 2026?
Both models we track expect ZIL to end 2026 close to its current price. CoinCodex puts the December 2026 average at about $0.0017, and CoinLore’s base case is $0.00172, both a little below the November 4 price of about $0.00181. CoinLore’s bear case is $0.00103 and its bull case $0.00971. Both pages were updated on November 4, 2026.

What is Zilliqa’s ZIL prediction for 2030?
Published 2030 forecasts range from about $0.00068 at CoinCodex, about 63% below today’s price, to $0.0050 at CoinLore’s base case, about 2.8 times today’s price. CoinLore’s bull case for 2030 is $0.0266. Older figures of $0.10 to $1.23 that circulated in earlier forecasts are not supported by any model we could verify on November 4, 2026.

Can ZIL reach $1?
No current model we track puts ZIL at $1. With about 20.63 billion ZIL in circulation, $1 would require a market cap of about $20.6 billion, roughly 552 times today’s $37.4 million. The highest central estimate we found is CoinLore’s 2040 base case of $0.041, and only its 2040 bull case of $0.128 passes $0.10.

What is Zilliqa 2.0?
Zilliqa 2.0 is the rebuilt Zilliqa network that replaced the original sharded, mining-based chain with proof of stake. Its proto-mainnet launched in December 2024 and the mainnet migration began on June 23, 2025. It supports the Ethereum Virtual Machine, and a February 5, 2026 hard fork added the Cancun EVM version. Legacy non-EVM transactions were disabled in July 2026.

Why is ZIL price going down?
ZIL fell in 2026 mainly because of security problems. A flaw in Zilliqa’s Ledger app led to the theft of about 683 million ZIL, legacy transactions were frozen on July 20, Upbit announced on October 16 that it will delist ZIL on November 16, and X-Bridge was suspended after another incident in late October, followed by the interim chief executive’s resignation.

What happened with the Zilliqa Ledger app exploit?
A bug in Zilliqa’s own Ledger app, present since 2019, weakened transaction signatures so attackers could rebuild private keys. Zilliqa says 683.13 million ZIL was stolen in 66 transactions from March 4 to July 20, 2026, with 6,772 accounts exposed and 51 drained. Ledger’s hardware was not at fault, and Zilliqa says nothing has been recovered so far.

What is Zilliqa’s all-time high?
ZIL’s all-time high is $0.2563, set on May 6, 2021, according to CoinMarketCap. At about $0.00181 on November 4, 2026, ZIL trades about 99.3% below that record. Its all-time low of $0.001715 was set the same morning, and its 2026 high was about $0.0079 on February 3, during the rally before the Cancun EVM upgrade.

What is ZIL’s total supply?
ZIL has a maximum supply of 21 billion tokens, and CoinMarketCap shows about 20.63 billion in circulation, or about 98.3%. Zilliqa has proposed a community vote on a tokenomics change that would mint new ZIL to compensate victims of the Ledger exploit, but no amount or date has been published, so the supply figures could change.

Is Zilliqa a good investment?
That depends on your risk tolerance; this is not investment advice. Supporters point to a working proof of stake chain with EVM support, a Liechtenstein institutional validator and a market cap near $37 million. Critics point to the 2026 Ledger exploit, a frozen legacy network, the Upbit delisting, no permanent chief executive and a proposed token mint of unknown size.

Where can I buy ZIL after the Upbit delisting?
Exchanges that took part in the September 2026 migrations to Zilliqa EVM include KuCoin and MEXC, with OKX, Crypto.com, Gate, HTX and Bitget scheduled next, and Binance said ZIL trading would stay available. Upbit ends ZIL trading on November 16, 2026. Check that an exchange supports deposits and withdrawals on Zilliqa EVM before moving tokens, because legacy addresses no longer work.

Data sources: CoinMarketCap (price, market cap, supply, all-time high and low, daily and weekly price history), CoinGecko, the Zilliqa website, blog and Ledger incident pages, Moonlet’s Zilliqa documentation, reporting by The Block, Invezz, Unchained, crypto.news, EconoTimes and TechFlow, and the forecast pages of CoinCodex and CoinLore, as of November 4, 2026.