Privacy Is Back: Why XMR and ZEC Won the 2025 Crypto ‘Wild Ride’

In 2025, the cryptocurrency market experienced extreme volatility, with bitcoin ( BTC) and major altcoins erasing their mid-year gains by December. Amid this downturn, privacy coins emerged as a resilient outlier, with the sector’s market cap surging 200% YoY to $19 billion by late November. The Privacy Sector Re-rating The year 2025 proved to be … Read more

2025 EOY Report: Blockchain of the Year

2025 was a defining year for Web3, marked by widespread enterprise adoption and a major shift toward real‑world asset tokenization. Despite the global rise of artificial intelligence, crypto adoption in the U.S. accelerated sharply after the Trump administration rolled back prior regulatory barriers, helping blockchain maintain strong momentum. 2025 proved to be another watershed moment … Read more

Nasdaq-Listed Reliance Dumps Broad Crypto Stack With Rapid Consolidation Into Zcash

Reliance Global Group’s decisive shift into zcash signals a powerful bet on privacy-driven crypto, positioning the company to capitalize on rising institutional demand and the accelerating momentum behind ZEC’s next-generation financial architecture. Reliance Global Group Realigns Treasury Toward Zcash Reliance Global Group Inc. (Nasdaq: RELI) announced on Nov. 25 that it shifted its digital asset … Read more

A Year of Crypto Plot Twists: Privacy Coins Reclaim Their Power in 2025

Every so often, a distinct corner of the crypto realm commands attention, and in 2025, privacy-focused tokens have enjoyed a pronounced revival as more users seek financial discretion in an era of heightened regulatory monitoring and expanding data capture. What follows is an examination of the leading ten privacy coins by market cap and the … Read more

Grayscale Moves Toward First Zcash ETF With SEC Filing

Grayscale announced the move on Wednesday on X, saying it submitted a Form S-3 for the Grayscale Zcash Trust, calling the filing “an important step required to launch the first ZEC ETPs.” Grayscale Advances ZEC ETF Ambition With Form S-3 Submission The company highlighted Zcash’s zero-knowledge cryptography and privacy features as central to the token’s … Read more

ZEC’s 125% Monthly Jump Fuels Miner Revenue and Pushes Zcash Hashrate to Record Highs

According to the latest metrics, mining bitcoin has officially climbed into the runner-up spot for proof-of-work (PoW) profits, landing just behind the privacy coin zcash. ZEC Mining Profit Increases Network’s Computational Might The digital currency zcash (ZEC) has been a standout mover in recent times, and today the privacy coin tacked on 18.7% against the … Read more

Privacy Coin Fever: Zcash’s $741 Intraday Spike Sets the Market Buzzing

The privacy coin zcash (ZEC) blasted past the $700 range this weekend, tapping an intraday high of $741 per coin on Bitfinex. Over the past month, ZEC has rocketed 236% against the greenback, giving traders plenty to talk about. Are Privacy Coins Being Crowned the Next Big Thing? Zcash, the zero-knowledge proof-powered privacy coin, has … Read more