Zcash (ZEC) Rockets 2,200% as Privacy Coins Become Crypto’s Biggest Outlier

Privacy has emerged as the strongest-performing crypto sector since the October 2025 market peak. Bitcoin is currently 36% below its October 2025 high, 335 days after that level was reached, while the median asset among the top 200 cryptocurrencies is down 58%. But Glassnode found that privacy is the only sector that has moved above its October peak after gaining 213%, while every other sector remains below its level at the time, ranging from DeFi at 27% lower to Gaming at 74% lower. Only Sector Above its October Peak The divergence has persisted despite a broad market rebound over the past 30 days, during which all ten sectors posted gains. Privacy again led that monthly advance as it rose by 90%. The sector’s market capitalization also increased from $7.1 billion a year ago to $33.6 billion today, a figure roughly comparable to Tron’s market cap. Nearly half of that increase occurred during the past 30 days. The biggest contributor to that expansion has been Zcash. Its market-cap ranking has jumped from 82nd to 10th, while its value has increased by more than 2,200% over the same period. It now represents 62% of the privacy sector’s total capitalization. Monero, meanwhile, double...