Most recently, ZEC's price have been rising near the $80 mark, but I believe that this is temporary l, and the coin would return to its original levels once the altcoin hype is over (because of traders moving into alts because of Bitcoin's slow confirmation times)
You mean if they're using zcash to be off-chain transaction? I don't think so. It caused by the hardfork rumour of bitcoin. Most of the bitcoin holders are scared to see the chain of bitcoin will be splitting in the future and they're just trying to save his decimal into another coin.
Looks like that's happening on ethereum and dash too.
I meant because of Bitcoin's latest scaling debate, which has caused many traders and investors to look out for other alternatives. As Bitcoin's future is uncertain, many who are into Bitcoin (like me) are moving their cards into other promising coins. So far, Dash looks very promising as it has a wide array for features like instant transactions, privacy, and a hashing algorithm which is ASIC resistant, allowing anyone with a GPU to mine coins easily.
Nevertheless, I hope that would get the attention it deserves, by improving itself each day in development and innovation. The technology that it provides is very convenient for transaction privacy, and might solve one of Bitcoin's known issues called fungibility. With ZK-SNARK tech, cryptocurrencies can become fungible just like cash.
It is up to this date, where ZCash doesn't even have a usable GUI. (not to mention that it is exclusively for use in Linux now) In contrast, Komodo provides Zcash features, along with a stable GUI, a DEX, multicurrency wallet, and more. This last one has potential to increase in price sometime in the future. Right now it is below ICO price, but you can take advantage of this opportunity to buy cheap coins and claim huge profit, once its value begins to rise.
At least we must wait until the KMD dev will fix his broken chain. Currently, the komodo coin is under the hardfork for his chain.
Yeah. The Iguana wallet for Komodo still has a few bugs, but I believe that once they're addressed in the stable version, the price of each coin will rise probably at ICO levels or higher. That's why I've been holding into the coin for quite some time, and I'm not planning to spend it until an uptrend in price come out. The features it provides, are truly remarkable and may become a better alternative than ZEC itself. Just my opinion.