Zcash FOMO continues with a 1000% rise in 2025. Bubble or opportunity?
Last Updated on 17 November 2025 by CryptoTips.eu
Despite all the doom and gloom of the past two weeks, there’s still good news to be had for some digital currencies. The privacy coin ZCash is still surging. The bull run that began about three months ago is now really gathering steam. Ever since the movement began, the coin’s value has increased 1000%. Is this a bubble or an opportunity?
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We discussed this three weeks ago, when the price had already risen by around 750% and ZCash was trading at $300 per coin. That trend has continued, although notable pullbacks have been observed. At the time of writing, ZCash is already trading at $700 per coin and has crept into the CoinMarketCap top 20.
JUST IN: $ZEC is now ranked #15 by market cap after climbing above $700.
— CoinGecko (@coingecko) November 16, 2025
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Privacy coins were developed in the early years after Bitcoin’s inception. They offer users anonymity and are therefore frequently mentioned by so-called “bitcoin bashers” to claim that crypto is a haven for criminals. The most well-known are Monero and Zcash.
No other major digital currency is performing as well this year as Zcash, which, with a 1,000% increase, is the best performer in the CoinMarketCap top 100. At the beginning of November, Zcash was still the 33rd largest digital currency. Now it ranks among the top 20.
Monero, another well-known privacy coin, has gained 125% in 2025.
Both Andreesen Horowitz and the Winklevoss twins discussed the importance of privacy coins this week. The Winklevoss twins invested $50 million in Zcash.
