"By early November 2025, the sector's combined market capitalization surged nearly 80%, briefly topping the $24 billion to $25 billion range. Zcash ( ZEC) rallied to its highest level in seven years, while Dash ( DASH) notched a three-year high as trading activity accelerated across major exchanges. The move reflects a textbook rotation. Prolonged downtrends finally gave way, short positions were forced to cover, and anticipation around Zcash's upcoming halving provided traders with a renewed catalyst amid a largely stagnant broader market."
"What are privacy coins? Privacy coins are cryptocurrencies designed to hide some or all details of a transaction, including the sender, receiver or amount. They do this using advanced cryptography or mixing techniques that reduce linkability between addresses. That stands in sharp contrast to Bitcoin-style public ledgers, where every transaction is visible and analytics firms can often reconstruct user identities over time."
"Zcash supports two modes: transparent transfers (visible onchain like Bitcoin) and shielded transfers that keep transaction details private. Its privacy features are powered by zero-knowledge proofs, originally zk-SNARKs, which allow the network to verify transactions without revealing their contents. Since the Network Upgrade 5 (NU5) upgrade, Zcash's Orchard shielded pool uses the Halo 2 proving system: a zero-knowledge protocol that eliminated the earlier "trusted setup" ceremony and streamlined private payments. Privacy remains opt-in,"
Privacy-focused cryptocurrencies surged almost 80% by November 2025, lifting the sector near $24–$25 billion. Zcash reached a seven-year high and Dash a three-year peak as traders rotated into privacy assets. The rally followed technical breakouts, forced short-covering and positioning in derivatives, with the upcoming Zcash halving acting as a renewed catalyst. Privacy coins conceal sender, receiver or amounts using cryptography or mixing, contrasting with transparent Bitcoin-style ledgers. Zcash offers transparent and shielded transfers using zero-knowledge proofs and the Halo 2 proving system via NU5, with privacy remaining opt-in. Global AML tightening and restricted exchange access continue to constrain adoption.
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