The joke is on them as those are not even shielded transactions.

Intel community pumping ZEC which draws attention to the privacy sector can be seen as the final straw. They have no other men's anymore to suppress prices, so you deflect.

No more CEX to manipulate prices

Those CEX that still list it maxed out fractional reserves

Network attacks failed

Qubic take over failed

Altcoin pumps failed

FCMP coming

DEX gaining in volume and popularity

Monero dominating white, grey and black markets by volume

Monero is. It is the most resilient coin and it's already in the process of dismantling fiat currencies.

NGU currently matters only for one metric (security against 51% attacks). Everything else is a short term snapshot vs the abyss that is fiat. So without any information. Sorry Bitcoin, it doesn't matter vqhat your price measured in USD is.