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Individuals from both communities sparred over privacy, centralization, and market manipulation as ZEC continues to dominate the narrative. The debate between the Bitcoin (BTC) and Zcash (ZEC) communities intensified on Sunday as the price of Zcash recovered to over $700, after falling to a low of $598 on Saturday. “The ‘Bitcoin only, everything else is a scam’ crowd is going to get really twisted trying to figure out what to say about Zcash,” the CEO of investment firm Bitwise, Hunter Horsley, said in an X post, which ignited a firestorm of responses. “No, we’re pretty comfortable calling this obviously coordinated pump and dump of a VC coin a scam,” Bit Paine said in response, referencing Zcash’s 1,500% rally since October. Read more

Following Bitcoin’s sharp October pullback, XRP, Ethereum, Zcash and Bitcoin Hyper have emerged as leading candidates for the best crypto. Analysts have pointed to renewed institutional interest, regulatory progress and strong onchain metrics as drivers of their performance outlook into 2026. The post Best Crypto to Buy Now 14 November – XRP, Ethereum, Zcash appeared first on Cryptonews.

Altcoin season has favored Starknet, Zcash, and Dash, where onchain activity, privacy and payment use cases, and consistent liquidity have supported measured gains. Selective rotation has continued as traders track whether volume and open interest can sustain this phase through November. The post Starknet, Zcash, and Dash Advance On Selective Altcoin Season Flows appeared first on Cryptonews.

The crypto industry has taken a sharp turn back towards privacy — and it can now exist side by side with regulatory compliance. After years touting the amazing transparency of blockchains, the crypto community has started to realize that privacy is actually essential for many traders, businesses and individuals. Until now, balancing the right to privacy with the need to avoid jail time on money laundering charges has proven a difficult task, as the developers of Tornado Cash and Samourai Wallet have discovered. But 2026 is the year that pragmatic privacy is poised to take off, with a slew of new projects tackling compliant forms of privacy for institutions and surging interest in existing privacy coins like Zcash cheered on by Solana influencer Mert Mumtaz. Read more

The crypto industry has taken a sharp turn back towards privacy — and it can now exist side by side with regulatory compliance. After years touting the amazing transparency of blockchains, the crypto community has started to realize that privacy is actually essential for many traders, businesses and individuals. Until now, balancing the right to privacy with the need to avoid jail time on money laundering charges has proven a difficult task, as the developers of Tornado Cash and Samourai Wallet have discovered. But 2026 is the year that pragmatic privacy is poised to take off, with a slew of new projects tackling compliant forms of privacy for institutions and surging interest in existing privacy coins like Zcash cheered on by Solana influencer Mert Mumtaz. Read more

DeepSeek AI Predicts that XRP, Solana, and Zcash have shown renewed upside potential into year-end. A recent Fed rate cut and a rebound after a month-long pullback have supported risk-taking, with onchain and technical context favoring altcoins over prior Bitcoin-led cycles. The post China’s DeepSeek AI Predicts the Price of XRP, Solana, Zcash by the End of 2025 appeared first on Cryptonews.

The biotech firm is shifting to a crypto-focused strategy, backed by Winklevoss Capital, and investing $50 million in the Zcash protocol's native token. Shares of Leap Therapeutics (Nasdaq: LPTX) surged more than 170% in early trading on Wednesday after the company announced a shift to a crypto treasury strategy. The company announced its rebranding as Cypherpunk Technologies (Nasdaq: CYPH) and adoption of a digital asset treasury strategy focused on Zcash (ZEC), the native token of the Zcash protocol. The biotech company used $50 million from a $58.88 million private placement led by Winklevoss Capital to purchase 203,775 Zcash (ZEC) at an average price of $245.37 per token, marking a move away from biotechnology and into the crypto sector. Read more

Perplexity AI Predicts has identified XRP, Solana and Zcash as potential beneficiaries of a year-end rebound, citing improved sentiment after a 25 bp Fed cut, recent Solana ETF approvals, and easing distribution. Targets include XRP at $10–$15 and ZEC toward $1,200. The post Perplexity AI Predicts the Price of XRP, Solana, Zcash by the End of 2025 appeared first on Cryptonews.

ZEC has reached its most overbought reading on record, increasing the risk of a sharp 60% or more correction in the coming weeks. Key takeaways: ZEC is extremely overbought on the charts, risking a correction in the coming weeks. Zcash can still rally toward $900–$1,000 if the parabolic advance holds. Read more

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