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Zcash (ZEC) trades at $676.64 as of press time, marking its highest valuation since January 2018. The privacy-focused cryptocurrency posted a 26% gain in the past 24 hours and a 1,486% surge over the past three months. The token now ranks as the 18th-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, at $11.2 billion, positioning it near Hyperliquid […] The post Zcash soars 1,486% in 3 months and reaches highest price since 2018 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Zcash (ZEC) soared more than 400% over the past month, climbing above $700 before easing to $548 amid a rally in privacy-focused cryptocurrencies. BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has revealed that Zcash (ZEC) is now the second-largest holding in his family office Maelstrom, trailing only Bitcoin (BTC). “Due to the rapid ascent in price, ZEC is now the 2nd largest *LIQUID* holding in MaelstromFund portfolio behind BTC,” he wrote in a Friday post on X. The disclosure comes amid a sharp rally in Zcash, which has climbed from a low of $137 to over $730 in the past month, representing an increase of more than 400%.   Read more

Zcash (ZEC) soared more than 400% over the past month, climbing above $700 before easing to $548 amid a rally in privacy-focused cryptocurrencies. BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has revealed that Zcash (ZEC) is now the second-largest holding in his family office Maelstrom, trailing only Bitcoin (BTC). “Due to the rapid ascent in price, ZEC is now the 2nd largest *LIQUID* holding in MaelstromFund portfolio behind BTC,” he wrote in a Friday post on X. The disclosure comes amid a sharp rally in Zcash, which has climbed from a low of $137 to over $730 in the past month, representing an increase of more than 400%.   Read more

Zcash tops privacy coins with a $10.6 billion market cap, outperforming Monero amid renewed investor demand for onchain anonymity. While the rest of the crypto space has entered a slump, traders are banking on privacy tokens, with Zcash leading the charge.  CoinMarketCap data shows that Zcash (ZEC) climbed to a high of $655 earlier Friday, reaching a market capitalization of about $10.6 billion. At the time of writing, the rally had cooled and retraced to $632, giving it a $10.3 billion valuation and positioning it as the 12th-largest crypto asset by market cap.  ZEC is up by almost 23% in the last 24 hours and has increased in value by more than 63% in the last week, according to CoinMarketCap. Read more

Alibaba AI predicts stronger prospects for XRP, Solana, and Zcash into year-end. Rate cuts and recent ETF approvals have supported risk appetite, while prior corrections have cleared excess leverage, and onchain activity has indicated conditions for altcoin leadership. The post China’s Alibaba AI Predicts the Price of XRP, Solana, Zcash by the End of 2025 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Top markets on Myriad this week include predictions on whether Bitcoin can hit a new all-time high this year, and if Zcash can stay hot.

Privacy-focused protocol Zcash has received newfound support from industry experts and influencers, sending its native token price to multiyear highs this year. Privacy is in vogue, and there has been an outsized winner in the market. The Zcash protocol has been the talk of crypto twitter and the price of its native token, Zcash (ZEC), has reflected that narrative. Zcash's token has been trading above $500 for the first time since 2018, driven by an intriguing trend of support from some of the industry’s most popular commentators.  The likes of Arthur Hayes, Naval Ravikant, Mert Mumtaz, Ansem, Threadguy and other notable accounts have been advocating for the privacy-first benefits of Zcash for months. Lofty price predictions interlaced with privacy-praising takes have played their part in ZEC’s outsized returns in comparison to the wider altcoin landscape. Read more

Dash’s setup mirrors Zcash’s pre-breakout phase, hinting at a possible 400% rally if it breaks above a multiyear technical resistance zone. Key Takeaways: Dash’s technical setup mirrors Zcash’s pre-breakout structure, implying a potential for a multi-hundred percent rally. Failure to break out could trigger a correction toward $69 or even the $14–$16 range. Read more

Altcoin participation has widened from last week’s lull, with the Altcoin Season Index rising to 32, and that shift matters because it suggests risk is re-entering liquid names where order books can absorb size, funding is stabilizing, and execution quality allows larger tickets without excessive slippage, which together encourage programmatic re-engagement after a cautious stretch.Investors […] The post Altcoin Season Index Brightens Up To 32 As Bittensor, Zcash, And DeXe Advance appeared first on Cryptonews.

Zcash defied the crypto market downturn with a 45% rally this week, making it the most valuable privacy-focused cryptocurrency, following Hayes’ call for a $10,000 price target. Some of the leading privacy coins are defying the gravity of the digital asset market, signaling growing investor demand for privacy-focused cryptocurrencies. Zcash (ZEC) surged to an over eight-year high of $388 on Friday after rising 7.6% in the last 24 hours, according to data aggregator CoinMarketCap. With a $6.2 billion market capitalization at the time of writing, ZEC flipped Monero (XMR) to become the most valuable privacy-focused cryptocurrency. ZEC’s 45% weekly rise bucked the broader crypto market downturn, which continued its consolidation after a much-awaited tariff deal between the US and China failed to materialize on Thursday.  Read more

Zcash’s rally faces a test as a rising wedge pattern signals a possible 30% pullback toward the $260–$270 support zone in November. Key Takeaways: ZEC’s 500% October rally is fueled by celebrity endorsements and short liquidations. A rising wedge pattern now warns of a potential 30% correction toward the $260–$270 support zone in November. Read more

Zcash (ZEC) was little more than a historical footnote for most of the past years. The digital asset was seen as a relic of crypto’s cypherpunk age, forgotten amid the rise of AI tokens, restaking narratives, and layer-2 rollups. Yet, it has become 2025’s most surprising comeback story almost overnight. CryptoSlate data shows Zcash surged […] The post Bitcoin fork Zcash up 380% to $5.8B: Does scarce privacy have legs? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Zcash rallied 490% in the last 30 days and also crossed the $5 billion market capitalization threshold for the first time on Sunday. Privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash has surged 30% in the last 24 hours after crypto entrepreneur Arthur Hayes predicted the token would eventually reach $10,000.  Zcash rallied from $272 to a peak of $355 in the hours after Hayes’s “vibe check” post on X on Sunday with the bullish prediction, outperforming all other top 50 tokens by market capitalization over the same time frame. This isn’t the first time Hayes’ predictions have been linked to a token’s rise. At the August WebX 2025 conference in Tokyo, he stated that Hyperliquid’s HYPE token could increase 126 times over the next three years, which resulted in a 4% spike for HYPE. Read more

Best crypto has covered a turbulent week in which Bitcoin has printed new highs before a steep pullback, while XRP, BNB, and Zcash have shown mixed signals on RSI and structure; analysts have argued the reset has reduced excess leverage and supported conditions for accumulation. The post Best Crypto to Buy Now 16 October – XRP, BNB Coin, Zcash appeared first on Cryptonews.

Zcash and Dash prices could make an XRP-style comeback as the privacy coin narrative is helping these older “dinosaur” coins break multi-year downtrends. Key takeaways: Zcash and Dash are leading a post-crash “privacy revival,” breaking multi-year downtrends. Monero did not join the rally due to major exchange delistings. Read more

Zcash price technicals hint at a potential 25% breakout toward $336 in October, despite long-term correction fears and an already significant rally for ZEC. Key takeaways: Zcash’s parabolic 520% surge has pushed it to record overbought levels. ZEC price must hold above $245 for the next leg up toward $336. Read more

ZEC recovered all its value lost during Friday's market meltdown and also hit a recent high of $291 before dipping to the $270 level. The price of Zcash (ZEC), a supply-capped, shielded, layer-1 coin dedicated to user privacy, fully recovered following Friday’s market crash, forming a new recent high of about $291 on Saturday before retracing to about $273 at the time of this writing. Zcash plummeted by 45% on Friday, falling from a high of about $273 to $150, following a social media post from United States President Donald Trump announcing 100% tariffs on China, which sent the crypto markets into a meltdown. ZEC is only down about 5.5% from its recent high, making it a standout in this market crash. Many cryptos are still down by double digits from their recent highs, including Ether (ETH), which is down by about 22% from its recent and all-time high of $4,957. Read more

ShapeShift has reintroduced support for Zcash’s shielded transactions, marking its return to privacy-focused cryptocurrency after transitioning into a DEX aggregator. Multichain DEX aggregator Shapeshift announced support for shielded (private) transactions with the Zcash privacy cryptocurrency. According to a Thursday announcement shared with Cointelegraph, ShapeShift’s self-custodial decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator and self-custodial wallet now support Zcash (ZEC) shielded transactions. The announcement comes as Zcash Community Grants allotted $50,000 to support ShapeShift’s technical and marketing investments. According to the announcement, with this move, the organization aims to “offer true privacy on-chain for its users.” Read more

Bitcoin may have reached a new all-time high (ATH) of $126,080 yesterday, pulling up the entire crypto market by its bootstraps, but capital is swiftly rotating into altcoins and the best meme coins, many of which have already achieved record valuations this year.As US regulators begin drafting regulation ahead of what could be crypto’s last […] The post Best Crypto to Buy Now 8 October – XRP, BNB Coin, Zcash appeared first on Cryptonews.

Zcash is touted as the next best privacy coin. It offers completely hidden transactions that could make crypto as anonymous as cash.