{"id":510206,"date":"2025-11-05T13:23:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T13:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/?p=1226469"},"modified":"2025-11-05T13:23:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T13:23:40","slug":"zec-news-privacy-coin-zcash-soars-700-as-galaxy-digital-highlights-growing-adoption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/zec-news-privacy-coin-zcash-soars-700-as-galaxy-digital-highlights-growing-adoption\/","title":{"rendered":"ZEC News: Privacy Coin Zcash Soars 700% as Galaxy Digital Highlights Growing Adoption"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ZCash-.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Zcash has surged more than 700% since September and is trading at $457, which is still 92% below its all-time high.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Zcash\u2019s privacy adoption is accelerating, with over 30% of its total supply now held in shielded pools, the highest level to date.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>Zcash (ZEC) has always stood for one thing: Privacy. Launched in 2016 by the Electric Coin Company (ECC), founded by Zooko Wilcox-O\u2019Hearn, Zcash was created as a fork of Bitcoin (BTC) with a mission to fix <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/3-privacy-coins-you-shouldnt-ignore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transactional privacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As Galaxy Digital put it in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.galaxy.com\/insights\/research\/zcash-price-zec-near-intents-zashi-wallet-privacy-zero-knowledge-proofs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> a recent report<\/a>, \u201cThe goal was simple: preserve the monetary DNA of Bitcoin while fixing its most-cited design gap, the lack of transactional privacy.\u201d And today, nearly a decade later, that mission seems to be resonating louder than ever.<\/p>\n<p>A sharp correction at the beginning of the week left Bitcoin down nearly 15% in a month and 8% over three months. But Zcash has been on a different trajectory. Once reaching an all-time high of $5,941 in 2016 before crashing by over 80%, Zcash trades around $420, marking a 177% jump in the past month and a 1,043% surge in the last three months.<\/p>\n<p>Its market capitalization has also broken new ground, soaring past $6 billion \u2014more than its $3.6 billion peak during the 2021 bull market \u2014 to $7.49 billion, placing Zcash comfortably among the top 20 cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s Fueling Zcash\u2019s Surge?<\/h2>\n<p>One of the developments behind this rally is happening quietly on-chain. The amount of ZEC held in shielded pools, the privacy-protected sections of the network, has hit 5.03 million coins, worth around $2 billion.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s over 30% of the total supply, an all-time high. This is a sign that users are moving their funds from exchanges into self-custody and shielding them for long-term holding.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, this rally is being driven by high-conviction holders who believe deeply in Zcash\u2019s privacy promise. Even more, over 86% of ZEC\u2019s daily transaction volume now comes from shielded transactions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/zcash-shielded-supply-rises\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Shielded Zcash<\/a> refers to ZEC coins stored or transacted privately via Zcash\u2019s shielded pools, specifically the Orchard Pool, which is the most recent and advanced version of Zcash\u2019s privacy technology. Zcash lets users protect their financial privacy by keeping their on-chain activity invisible to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Galaxy Digital explained,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>When a user sends ZEC from one shielded address to another, instead of inspecting transaction details, the network checks a cryptographic proof. The proof essentially shows \u201cI have the right to spend these coins, and the math adds up,\u201d but leaks no unnecessary information.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>They also shared that developer Sean Bowe is currently leading work on <a href=\"https:\/\/seanbowe.com\/blog\/tachyon-scaling-zcash-oblivious-synchronization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cProject Tachyon,\u201d<\/a> a scaling initiative that will boost Zcash\u2019s shielded transaction capacity. The project seeks to redesign how the network manages synchronization and nullifier storage, potentially unlocking major performance improvements.<\/p>\n<p>According to Galaxy Digital, another sign that Zcash is regaining momentum is that Hyperliquid recently added ZEC perpetual futures, giving traders on the popular decentralized exchange the ability to take leveraged positions on the privacy coin.<\/p>\n<p>This new derivatives market has enhanced ZEC\u2019s liquidity, with open interest climbing to roughly $115 million as of October 30.<\/p>\n<p>As highlighted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/zcash-rolls-out-new-zashi-wallet-privacy-and-multisig-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a recent update,<\/a> the ECC unveiled its Q4 2025 roadmap, outlining several key initiatives. One of the most notable is the introduction of temporary transparent addresses for all NEAR Intents\u2013based ZEC transactions, designed to enhance interoperability and transaction flexibility.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, ECC announced upcoming support for Pay-to-Script-Hash (P2SH) multisignature functionality on the Keystone hardware wallet, expanding secure storage and transaction options for ZEC users.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h6>Recommended for you:<\/h6>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zcash has surged more than 700% since September and is trading at $457, which is still 92% below its all-time high. Zcash\u2019s privacy adoption is accelerating, with over 30% of its total supply now held in shielded pools, the highest level to date.&nbsp; Zcash (ZEC) has always stood for one thing: Privacy. 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