{"id":78175,"date":"2026-09-15T00:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T00:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/privacy-coins-outrun-bitcoin-as-market-rotates-into-zcash-and-monero\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T00:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T00:37:12","slug":"privacy-coins-outrun-bitcoin-as-market-rotates-into-zcash-and-monero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/privacy-coins-outrun-bitcoin-as-market-rotates-into-zcash-and-monero\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Coins Outrun Bitcoin as Market Rotates Into Zcash and Monero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Privacy coins gained 213% after bitcoin\u2019s October 2025 peak.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Zcash accounted for about 62% of the privacy sector on Sept. 7.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Monero activity remains elevated despite major exchange delistings.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Privacy Coins Separate From the Broader Crypto Market<\/h2>\n<p>Market leadership has rotated toward privacy coins as most major cryptocurrencies remain below their October 2025 levels. A <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bitfinex.com\/industry-news\/why-privacy-coins-are-surging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bitfinex analysis published Sept. 11<\/a> highlighted the shift, drawing on data Glassnode published on Sept. 7. Among the 25 largest crypto assets, only zcash, Hyperliquid\u2019s HYPE, monero, and WhiteBIT\u2019s WBT traded above their Oct. 6 levels.<\/p>\n<p>Glassnode\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/glassnode\/status\/2096943736584302607\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">privacy-coin sector data<\/a> showed the category gained 213% since bitcoin reached its record above $126,000 on Oct. 6, 2025. The basket also advanced 90% over the preceding month. Over the previous year, the sector\u2019s combined market value increased from $7.1 billion to $33.6 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Zcash accounted for about 62% of the privacy sector\u2019s value in Glassnode\u2019s Sept. 7 snapshot after delivering the largest gain in the group. ZEC rose more than 25-fold over the past year, while its market-cap ranking climbed from 82nd to seventh in Glassnode\u2019s tally. The token <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/market-updates\/zcash-tops-1000-hayes-hougan-privacy-trade\/\">traded above $1,000<\/a> in early September as leveraged short liquidations and exchange-traded product inflows accompanied the rally.<\/p>\n<p>The advance extends beyond zcash, reducing the likelihood that one token entirely explains the category\u2019s performance. Glassnode\u2019s privacy basket excluding ZEC gained approximately 85% during the past year, while monero roughly doubled. XMR had already <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/monero-blows-past-its-all-time-price-high-as-it-eyes-a-top-10-position\/\">broken its previous price record<\/a> in January, establishing momentum before the latest Zcash-driven leg of the sector\u2019s ascent.<\/p>\n<h2>Zcash and Monero Take Different Routes<\/h2>\n<p>Institutional access to zcash widened on Aug. 25 when Grayscale converted its existing trust into an exchange-traded product listed on NYSE Arca. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2026\/8\/25\/3350404\/0\/en\/the-zcash-etf-ticker-zcsh-built-by-grayscale-begins-trading-on-nyse-arca-expanding-investor-access-to-the-leading-privacy-focused-digital-currency.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zcash ETF began trading under ticker ZCSH<\/a>, providing spot ZEC exposure through brokerage accounts. Investors own shares in the product rather than ZEC directly, and the fund is not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.<\/p>\n<p>A Sept. 8 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosed that DCG International Investments Ltd., a Digital Currency Group subsidiary affiliated with the fund\u2019s sponsor, acquired roughly $100 million of ZCSH shares in exchange for 85,705.32563297 ZEC. That contribution counted toward the more than $500 million in assets Grayscale said the fund held two weeks after launch, alongside more than $70 million in cumulative inflows.<\/p>\n<p>The Zcash protocol combines transparent transactions with an optional shielded pool that conceals senders, recipients, and amounts through zero-knowledge proofs. Viewing keys allow holders to disclose selected transaction information to auditors, counterparties, or regulators. Rising prices have also improved network economics, with <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/mining\/zcash-mining-highly-profitable-grayscale-says-rewards-beat-bitcoin-2x\/\">Zcash mining rewards estimated at twice Bitcoin\u2019s daily rewards per machine<\/a> under Grayscale\u2019s specified assumptions.<\/p>\n<p>Monero follows a different model by concealing transaction details at the protocol level, without offering a transparent transaction option. Ring signatures, stealth addresses, and confidential transactions obscure the sender, recipient, and transferred amount. The design provides privacy by default, while also creating obstacles for exchanges operating under regulations that require transaction monitoring and customer screening.<\/p>\n<h2>Persistent Use Meets Regulatory Pressure<\/h2>\n<p>Exchange restrictions have reduced access to Monero without eliminating its underlying activity. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trmlabs.com\/resources\/blog\/monero-in-2025-persistent-use-and-emerging-network-layer-insights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TRM Labs found that Monero transaction volumes<\/a> during 2024 and 2025 remained significantly above early 2020 and 2021 levels. The blockchain intelligence company characterized usage as persistent despite delistings by several major centralized exchanges.<\/p>\n<p>These competing approaches illustrate how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/wallet-security\/privacy-protection\/what-are-privacy-coins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">privacy coins conceal transaction information<\/a> while producing different compliance and market-access trade-offs. Zcash permits selective disclosure, whereas Monero applies privacy automatically. Regulatory pressure remains a risk for both models, with the European Union\u2019s anti-money-laundering rules scheduled to prohibit crypto-asset service providers from keeping accounts that allow transaction anonymization or increased obfuscation, including through anonymity-enhancing coins, beginning July 10, 2027.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/market-updates\/privacy-coins-outrun-bitcoin-as-market-rotates-into-zcash-and-monero\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Privacy coins gained 213% after bitcoin\u2019s October 2025 peak. Zcash accounted for about 62% of the privacy sector on Sept. 7. Monero activity remains elevated despite major exchange delistings. Privacy Coins Separate From the Broader Crypto Market Market leadership has rotated toward privacy coins as most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":78176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}