The privacy cryptocurrencies sector, such as Zcah (ZEC) and Dash (DASH), has experienced notable gains, with market capitalization surging 6.8% in the past 24 hours. Therefore, it currently stands at $24 billion. This shows investors are seeking an escape into privately traded assets, fueling a huge rally.
Zcash has soared 30% this week. Reach $420 per unit on November 2, 2025However, at the time of writing this note, the cryptocurrency’s price is around $382, as reflected by Coingecko, and has fallen over the past few hours.
The company’s market capitalization rose to $7 billion on November 1, surpassing Monero (XMR), which did not exceed $6.6 billion. The boost is in response to record demand for retail transactions, which has increased sevenfold since September.
The community’s attention is now on Electric Coin Co. (ECC), the creator of Zcash, which has revealed its roadmap for Q4 2025.
This roadmap includes the use of temporary addresses to improve private exchange and modification for Keystone hardware wallet users. these Advances aimed at optimizing Zashi’s privacy and usabilityyour native wallet. “This quarter, ECC is focused on reducing technical debt and improving privacy and ease of use for Zashi users,” the company said.
Additionally, the resurgence of interest is clearly reflected in Google Trends. Searches for the term DASH are at record levels. This trend can be interpreted as a direct response to increased surveillance and regulatory demands at the global level. A sign of this is the fact that the digital euro threatens to become an unprecedented digital tool of surveillance and control, as reported by CriptoNoticias.
Dash soars 80% in one week
Dash rose 21% in 24 hours to trade at $55. That’s a weekly gain of about 80%, outpacing the broader market. However, it is important to note that the privacy cryptocurrency label for Dash is not appropriate, as stated by Ryan Taylor, CEO of Dash Core Group.
Dash’s on-chain activity in 2025 reflects solid bullish sentiment, with a significant increase in the number of active addresses on the network, indicating increased user participation.
Daily trading volume recovered and reached a peak of over $600 million in October, reinforcing a more than 80% increase in price.
In the end, the question that remains is Privacy-focused cryptocurrencies may maintain momentum. While the increased usage of zach’s privacy technology and sealed pools is a positive sign, this growth appears to be driven in part by speculation and the influence of opinion leaders in networks like X.
Bruno Vacotti, founder of the Paraguayan Chamber of Digital Asset Mining, commented on this to CriptoNoticias. He warns that cryptocurrencies like zcash often suffer from a reliance on narratives and strategic partnerships that do not withstand market pressures. “On green days, everything is ‘innovation,’ and on red days, everything is ‘operation,’ according to the interests of the parties,” he points out.
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