{"id":529165,"date":"2026-04-12T14:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=529165"},"modified":"2026-04-13T09:38:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:38:40","slug":"zcash-beats-bitcoin-by-46-as-privacy-coins-decouple-during-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/zcash-beats-bitcoin-by-46-as-privacy-coins-decouple-during-iran-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Zcash breaks away from Bitcoin as privacy coin rally finds a second driver"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zcash did more than rise with the broader post-ceasefire rebound recently. It pulled away from Bitcoin and much of the privacy-coin complex, suggesting traders were buying into a specific narrative, not just chasing beta.<\/p>\n

The US-Iran ceasefire<\/a> made oil retreat, European equities posted their largest single-day gain in more than four years, and crypto joined the relief wave alongside everything else.<\/p>\n

During the relief, traders rotated sharply into privacy-adjacent names, pushing Zcash up roughly 59.6% over seven days and Dash up about 47.3% over the same window.<\/p>\n

CryptoSlate's privacy coin category<\/a> climbed 10.2% over 24 hours as of press time, while the broader privacy cohort averaged 21.5% gains, comfortably outpacing Bitcoin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Top Privacy Crypto Assets by Market Cap<\/h3>\n
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#<\/th>\n Coin<\/th>\n Price<\/th>\n 24h %<\/th>\n MCap<\/th>\n 24h Vol<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\n \n \n \"Zcash\" \n Zcash<\/span>\n ZEC<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/td>\n \n $1,405.00 <\/td>\n \n +1.57%<\/span>\n <\/td>\n \n $23.74B <\/td>\n \n $1.21B <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n \n \n \"Monero\" \n Monero<\/span>\n XMR<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/td>\n \n $542.69 <\/td>\n \n +0.31%<\/span>\n <\/td>\n \n $10.21B <\/td>\n \n $105.4M <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n \n \n \"Canton \n Canton Network<\/span>\n CC<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/td>\n \n $0.13 <\/td>\n \n -6.99%<\/span>\n <\/td>\n \n $4.98B <\/td>\n \n $36.27M <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n \n \n \"Midnight\" \n Midnight<\/span>\n NIGHT<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/td>\n \n $0.03 <\/td>\n \n +13.67%<\/span>\n <\/td>\n \n $543.23M <\/td>\n \n $53.74M <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n \n \n \"Decred\" \n Decred<\/span>\n DCR<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/td>\n \n $18.20 <\/td>\n \n +2.32%<\/span>\n <\/td>\n \n $320.78M <\/td>\n \n $1.02M <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n Explore all Privacy crypto assets <\/i>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n

The move is split unevenly across the category, providing information beyond the headline numbers.<\/p>\n\n