ZEC Chart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAnalysts say Zcash\u2019s surge reflects a combination of market momentum, growing demand for privacy, and technical upgrades, including the expansion of its shielded pool and wallet features that enable private transactions. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere is real momentum here, but it\u2019s not the old 2017 privacy coin hype,\u201d said Maja Vujinovic, CEO and co-founder of Digital Assets at FG Nexus. \u201cTwo things are happening: regulators have tightened KYC everywhere, so people who want privacy are drifting back on-chain, and traders are piling into anything with big upside because liquidity in the big coins is thin.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vujinovic added that ZEC\u2019s more than 1,700% rise in three months is \u201cnot random,\u201d but noted that these coins continue to trade in relatively shallow markets.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a mix of real interest and a rotation into neglected assets. If BTC or ETH volatility spikes, these moves can reverse fast,\u201d she said. \u201cPrivacy is a real theme again, but this run is still mostly momentum and positioning.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other analysts say Zcash\u2019s gains also reflect structural factors in the token\u2019s design and privacy features. Jake Kennis, Senior Research Analyst at Nansen, noted that privacy is increasingly viewed as a necessity rather than a feature, helping to renew demand for private, self-sovereign transactions.<\/p>\n
Kennis said Zcash\u2019s technical features, including its zero-knowledge architecture, the Zashi wallet for shielded transfers, and integration with Solana, make the coin easier to use and more accessible.<\/p>\n
He also added that its Bitcoin-like structure (i.e. fixed 21 million supply, Proof-of-Work consensus, and an upcoming halving), combined with zk-SNARK-enabled privacy, positions Zcash as a form of \u201cencrypted Bitcoin.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe renewed attention and positive price action have brought in renewed attention from high-profile figures like Arthur Hayes and Barry Silbert,\u201d Kennis concluded. \u201cAfter years of underperformance, ZEC\u2019s resurgence has attracted fresh capital flows.\u201d<\/p>\n
The recent rally has put privacy coins back in focus after months of little movement. The momentum has also spilled over into related areas, like the privacy-focused blockchains category, which is up 20% on the day and over 45% for the week, per CoinGecko.<\/p>\n
Other privacy crypto tokens recording gains include Railgun (RAIL), up 50% in the past 24 hours, Litecoin (LTC), up 20% on the day and 8% over the week, and Monero (XMR), which has risen 8% on the day and 14% for the week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ZEC is up 35% on the day, and has gained a whopping 1,700% over the past three months. Privacy-focused cryptocurrencies are suddenly all the rage as traders rotate into assets that offer on-chain confidentiality. The \u201cPrivacy\u201d category currently boasts a market capitalization of $29.9 billion, up 16.6% on the day and more than 38% for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[274,273,272,244,266,271,268,270,269,267],"class_list":["post-410611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-de-fi","tag-crypto-finance","tag-decentralized-finance","tag-liquidity","tag-metamask","tag-pancake","tag-slippage","tag-sushiswap","tag-tronlink","tag-trust-wallet","tag-uniswap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410613,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410611\/revisions\/410613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}