{"id":111512,"date":"2025-11-08T17:30:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T17:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=111512"},"modified":"2025-11-08T17:30:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T17:30:25","slug":"zcash-explodes-700-since-september-whats-driving-the-rally-amid-the-bear-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=111512","title":{"rendered":"Zcash Explodes 700% Since September \u2013 What\u2019s Driving The Rally Amid The Bear Market?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The price of Zcash is recording one of the most astonishing rallies in the crypto market despite the ongoing bearish conditions<\/a>. Over the past few weeks, we have seen a resurgence in the privacy narrative. Zcash (ZEC), one of the oldest and best-known privacy coins, is up by about 700% since September.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The pump in recent days is notable, as it comes at a time when the entire crypto industry is being dragged down due to Bitcoin\u2019s decline<\/a> towards $100,000. It raises the question of how Zcash is managing this performance, and there are different theories on social media as to why this is happening.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s Going On With Zcash?<\/h2>\n

Zcash (ZEC) has risen over 700% since September 2025, reaching as high as $728 on November 7, according to data from CoinGecko. This rally comes ahead of its mid-November halving, which will halve block rewards to 0.78125 ZEC, tightening supply like Bitcoin\u2019s events.<\/p>\n

According to a recent report analysis<\/a> by Galaxy Digital, Zcash\u2019s extraordinary rally can also be attributed to a revived interest in privacy within the crypto space. The report noted that although Zcash\u2019s underlying fundamentals have not drastically changed, perceptions of its zero-knowledge proof system have.\u00a0<\/p>\n

More than 30% of the coin\u2019s total supply is now locked within shielded pools, representing an all-time high for private usage on the network. This rally means that some users are increasingly seeking privacy-centric solutions as mainstream networks grow more transparent and subject to surveillance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Another factor contributing to Zcash\u2019s rise is the recent tech upgrades to its network. The introduction of the new Zashi wallet, which makes private transactions far more user-friendly, has expanded Zcash\u2019s accessibility to a wider audience.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prominent voices like Naval Ravikant and Arthur Hayes have championed Zcash\u2019s role in the evolving privacy revolution, calling it \u201cthe missing piece for Bitcoin.\u201d According to the BitMEX co-founder, Zcash has the potential<\/a> to quickly achieve 10% to 20% of the value of Bitcoin, which would place its price between $10,000 and $20,000. Interestingly, Arthur Hayes\u2019 Maelstrom fund now holds ZEC as its second-largest liquid asset.<\/p>\n

Can ZCASH Keep Pumping?<\/h2>\n

Despite the euphoria<\/a>, some analysts caution that Zcash\u2019s dramatic rally may not be entirely rooted in long-term fundamentals. Economist Lyn Alden described the surge as<\/a> a coordinated token pump, warning investors not to become exit liquidity.<\/p>\n

A crypto commentator known as Bit Paine on X suggested that<\/a> the current Zcash rally may be a coordinated pump-and-dump, arguing that manipulators likely targeted the coin because privacy tokens had their big moment in 2017, meaning many new investors may be unaware of the pattern, and privacy-focused assets like Zcash make it easier for bad actors to conceal their activities from regulators.<\/p>\n

There is also looming regulatory pressure over privacy coins, especially after the European Parliament\u2019s vote to restrict listings of tokens like Zcash and Monero on regional exchanges beginning in 2027.<\/p>\n

At the time of writing, Zcash is trading at $580.67, having retraced from its intraday high of $734.96.<\/p>\n

Featured image from Vecteezy, chart from TradingView<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The price of Zcash is recording one of the most astonishing rallies in the crypto market despite the ongoing bearish conditions. Over the past few weeks, we have seen a resurgence in the privacy narrative. Zcash (ZEC), one of the oldest and best-known privacy coins, is up by about 700% since September.\u00a0 The pump in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":111513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111512"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/111513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}