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Zcash

Zcash

ZEC Rank #10

Live price · multi-source dashboard ·

$1,393.33
▼ -8.03% (24h)

Zcash (ZEC) is trading at $1,393.33. 24-hour change -8.03%; market cap $22.61B; circulating supply 16,226,349 ZEC. Data as of 2026-09-29 17:11 UTC.

Market cap
$22.61B
24h volume
$1.12B
Circ. supply
16.23M
ZEC
Max supply
21.00M
ZEC
All-time high
$5,941.80
Oct 2016
52-Week Low
$74.32
01Snapshot

Zcash — key facts

Price
$1,393.33
24h change
-8.03%
Market cap
$22.61B
Market rank
#10
24h volume
$1.12B
Circ. supply
16,226,349 ZEC
From all-time high
-76.6%
Last updated

How is the market moving today?

Live editorial snapshot — numbers update on every refresh

Today's state: Zcash is trading at $1,393.33 with a $22.6 billion market capitalization (rank #17). The price moved -8.03% over the past 24 hours and is +21.90% over 7 days; the 30-day move stands at +107.00% and the 90-day at +233.96%.

Position vs cycle: The asset trades deep in the post-peak drawdown regime, more than 70% below its prior cycle high — typical of late-stage bear conditions or assets that have permanently re-rated lower.

Volatility and structure: 30-day realized volatility of 151.4% annualized is extreme for an asset this size. Our composite multi-horizon Price Strength reads Strong (79/100), firmly in the strong-momentum regime across multiple horizons.

How does it score on momentum, value and risk?

Derived metrics composed from multi-horizon data

Price strength
79/100
Strong

Composite of 24h/7d/30d/90d/1y returns weighted toward longer horizons.

Liquidity
90/100
Deep

24h volume / market cap = 4.976%.

Volatility (30d)
151%
Extreme

Annualized std-dev of daily log returns.

BTC correlation (90d)
+0.55
Linked
-10+1
From ATH
-76.6%
23%

% of all-time high currently held.

From ATL
18.7×
18.7x

Multiple over 52-week low. Log scale.

Across the grid, Zcash has lost 8.03% in the past 24 hours; the 7-day reading is 21.90% higher and the 30-day stands 107.00% higher. Across the past year it shows gains of 0.00%, tracking firmly in the strong-momentum regime.

The asset currently trades 76.6% below its all-time high, far enough below the peak that the path back has tended to hinge on renewed narrative demand rather than mechanical mean-reversion. 30-day realized volatility sits at 151% annualized — extreme territory for a crypto asset of this size.

Zcash currently shows deep order books and broad exchange coverage. 24-hour trading volume represents 4.976% of market capitalization — our liquidity-health composite scores this as Deep (90/100). That sits comfortably within the normal top-100 band and is consistent with orderly price discovery.

The 90-day Pearson correlation of ZEC's daily returns versus Bitcoin's is +0.55 — a moderate positive relationship. There is a meaningful but incomplete link between Zcash and Bitcoin; the asset has its own drivers too, which limits how much it dampens BTC-driven swings.

How has the price performed over time?

% return across 9 horizons — heatmap by magnitude

1H
+0.43%
24H
-8.03%
7D
+21.90%
30D
+107%
3M
+234%
6M
+479%
1Y
+0.00%
ATH
-76.55%
from ATH
ATL
18.7×
from ATL
02Price

Price chart

USD · daily candles · CoinGecko + Binance

Data refreshed 5 hours ago · auto-updates daily

Price history table

Last 30 trading days · daily OHLC

Date Open High Low Close Change
2026-09-29 $1,483.46 $1,489.12 $1,356.00 $1,393.13 -6.09%
2026-09-28 $1,587.60 $1,600.02 $1,445.78 $1,483.46 -6.56%
2026-09-27 $1,653.00 $1,680.00 $1,575.30 $1,587.40 -3.97%
2026-09-26 $1,555.74 $1,698.00 $1,517.41 $1,653.12 +6.26%
2026-09-25 $1,546.48 $1,625.00 $1,515.00 $1,555.69 +0.60%
2026-09-24 $1,498.44 $1,574.60 $1,456.92 $1,546.62 +3.22%
2026-09-23 $1,630.05 $1,679.83 $1,476.49 $1,498.26 -8.09%
2026-09-22 $1,471.44 $1,650.00 $1,445.85 $1,630.05 +10.78%
2026-09-21 $1,509.14 $1,572.35 $1,443.25 $1,471.45 -2.50%
2026-09-20 $1,470.95 $1,534.01 $1,427.50 $1,509.13 +2.60%
2026-09-19 $1,562.12 $1,595.35 $1,464.03 $1,470.96 -5.84%
2026-09-18 $1,466.93 $1,584.20 $1,422.39 $1,562.07 +6.49%
2026-09-17 $1,337.89 $1,509.22 $1,327.10 $1,466.84 +9.64%
2026-09-16 $1,110.60 $1,385.65 $1,101.93 $1,337.89 +20.47%
2026-09-15 $1,163.53 $1,169.41 $1,086.20 $1,110.43 -4.56%
2026-09-14 $1,062.49 $1,225.00 $1,041.70 $1,163.60 +9.52%
2026-09-13 $1,123.23 $1,156.89 $1,060.00 $1,062.50 -5.41%
2026-09-12 $1,164.87 $1,165.88 $1,111.57 $1,123.09 -3.59%
2026-09-11 $1,079.95 $1,217.77 $1,054.48 $1,164.87 +7.86%
2026-09-10 $1,244.18 $1,256.80 $1,065.18 $1,079.96 -13.20%
2026-09-09 $1,177.80 $1,296.02 $1,171.19 $1,244.28 +5.64%
2026-09-08 $1,140.26 $1,211.92 $1,113.66 $1,177.82 +3.29%
2026-09-07 $1,227.59 $1,230.66 $1,105.02 $1,140.16 -7.12%
2026-09-06 $1,025.94 $1,256.98 $1,023.25 $1,227.60 +19.66%
2026-09-05 $1,022.94 $1,044.00 $997.00 $1,025.95 +0.29%
2026-09-04 $952.68 $1,050.70 $933.12 $1,022.94 +7.37%
2026-09-03 $815.62 $979.69 $803.75 $952.69 +16.81%
2026-09-02 $829.91 $842.20 $788.15 $815.53 -1.73%
2026-09-01 $848.12 $870.00 $815.61 $829.82 -2.16%
2026-08-31 $835.13 $870.92 $805.05 $848.10 +1.55%

Technical analysis

RSI · MACD · moving averages · Bollinger

RSI (14)
53.6
neutral
03070100
MACD signal
Bearish
Histogram: -22.89
Moving averages
MA 50
$1,026.70
+35.69%
MA 100
$753.97
+84.77%
MA 200
$580.96
+139.80%
Resistance levels
  • R$1,698.00
Support levels
  • S$486.61
  • S$502.60
  • S$788.15
  • S$1,041.70

Derivatives & leverage

Perpetual-futures positioning from Hyperliquid · ZEC-PERP

Hyperliquid
Open interest
$643.61M
24h perp volume
$729.99M
Funding (APR)
+11.0%
+0.0013%/hr
Mark vs spot
-0.03%
10× max lev
Shorts pay Funding bias Longs pay

Funding is positive at +11.0%/yr, so long positions are paying shorts — leverage on Hyperliquid is currently skewed bullish. Persistent positive funding can precede long-squeeze pullbacks.

Funding trend +11.0%
Open interest trend $643.61M

Perpetual-futures data from Hyperliquid, the leading on-chain perp DEX. Funding is paid hourly; a positive rate means long holders pay shorts. Derivatives positioning is informational, not a trade signal.

Multi-model price forecast

3-model ensemble · TA + statistical + peer-relative

Short term · 24h–7d
Very Low conf
24–48 hours
Low $1,009.97 -27.5%
Mid $1,234.87 -11.4%
High $1,390.06 -0.2%
Models contributing
Technical · Statistical · Relative
Mid term · 7–30d
Very Low conf
7–30 days
Low $1,036.01 -25.6%
Mid $1,535.41 +10.2%
High $1,606.84 +15.3%
Models contributing
Technical · Statistical · Relative
Long term · 3–6mo
Very Low conf
3–12 months
Low $1,654.74 +18.8%
Mid $2,162.13 +55.2%
High $2,628.56 +88.7%
Models contributing
Technical · Statistical · Relative
Per-model breakdown +
Model Horizon Low Mid High Method
Technical Short $527.56 $626.12 $724.68 TA composite (ATR + Bollinger + slope)
Technical Mid $476.32 $631.57 $680.47 TA composite (ATR + Bollinger + slope)
Technical Long $1,088.41 $1,554.87 $2,021.33 TA composite (ATR + Bollinger + slope)
Monte Carlo Short $1,121.34 $1,496.42 $1,688.24 Monte Carlo on 90d log returns
Monte Carlo Mid $1,041.07 $1,891.96 $2,003.86 Monte Carlo on 90d log returns
Monte Carlo Long $2,021.75 $2,888.81 $2,888.81 Monte Carlo on 90d log returns
Peer comparison Short $1,343.90 $1,494.88 $1,657.86 Peer comparison · 4 peers in same category
Peer comparison Mid $1,588.96 $1,963.86 $2,003.86 Peer comparison · 4 peers in same category
Peer comparison Long $1,731.72 $1,800.48 $2,888.81 Peer comparison · 4 peers in same category

The forecast above combines three independent models per the STNews methodology:

  • Technical model projects ranges from moving-average, ATR, Bollinger band and trend-slope inputs — useful when the asset is in a clean trending or ranging regime.
  • Statistical (Monte Carlo) model uses the 90-day distribution of daily log returns to project the 5th, 50th and 95th percentile prices at each horizon — useful as an unbiased baseline that does not assume any trend continuation.
  • Peer-relative model compares against same-category coins of similar market cap, projecting where this asset would trade if it matched the median, lower-quartile and upper-quartile peer return profiles — useful as a sanity check that anchors to broader sector behavior.

The ensemble forecast is a weighted blend — 40% statistical, 30% technical, 30% peer-relative. The confidence badge tracks model agreement: the tighter the three cluster, the higher the confidence; wide disagreement lowers it and flags a regime where statistics alone are unreliable.

Disclaimer: These forecasts are algorithmic estimates derived from public price data using moving averages, Bollinger bands, Monte Carlo simulation of historical log returns, and peer-group comparison. They are not investment advice and should not be used to make trading decisions. Cryptocurrency is highly volatile and can lose all value. Past performance does not guarantee future returns. See our forecast methodology for full details.

Prediction markets

Live crowd-implied odds from Polymarket

Polymarket

These are real-money probabilities — traders stake capital on each outcome, so the price is the market’s live estimate of how likely it is. Odds move with sentiment and resolve to a verifiable result.

Will Zcash reach $2000 by December 31, 2026?
Jan 1
51%
Yes · crowd-implied chance
Yes 51% · No 49% $43K traded
Implied price distribution
by Jan 1, 2027

Crowd-implied probability the price touches each level · ● reach ● dip to

Now $1.4K$504%$1007%$2009%$3009%$40024%$50023%$60023%$70051%$2K

Live odds from Polymarket · 5 markets · $656K traded. View on Polymarket → Prediction-market odds are informational, not investment advice.

03On-chain

Cross-asset correlations (90d)

Pearson correlation of daily log returns vs top L1 references

Bitcoin
+0.55
Moderate
-10+1
Ethereum
+0.52
Moderate
-10+1
Solana
+0.56
Moderate
-10+1

Beyond Bitcoin, ZEC's 90-day return correlations to the other two largest layer-1 references help characterize whether the asset moves as part of a crypto-market beta complex or as something more idiosyncratic. The Pearson correlations across daily log returns:

  • Bitcoin reference: +0.55 — a moderate positive relationship.
  • Ethereum reference: +0.52 — a moderate positive relationship.
  • Solana reference: +0.56 — a moderate positive relationship.

When an asset correlates strongly with multiple majors, it is trading largely as market beta — the big caps set the direction and standalone outperformance is elusive. Weak or negative correlations instead signal idiosyncratic forces (its own news, sector rotation, narrative changes) capable of producing returns the broader market does not share.

04Context

About Zcash

Zcash (ZEC) is a cryptocurrency, traded on global digital-asset markets. It trades at $1,393.33 as of the latest update, with a 24-hour move down 8.03%, placing it at rank #10 by market capitalisation among all listed digital assets. Zcash's current market cap stands at $22.61B, a figure used by traders, analysts and institutional desks to gauge relative liquidity and risk exposure across the crypto market.

On this page you'll find a live, daily-refreshed dashboard tracking Zcash across multiple data sources — price history going back several years, on-chain activity where available, fundamentals like circulating supply and dilution, top exchanges by volume, technical analysis using moving averages and RSI, and an algorithmic short, mid and long-term forecast. All figures are pulled from public APIs and cached locally; nothing here is investment advice.

Zcash is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency: it is designed so that transaction amounts, senders and recipients are obscured by default (or optionally), rather than being permanently public the way most blockchains are.

By market value, Zcash sits at rank #17 — a top-25 asset. The project sits in the optional-privacy payments space, and launched in 2016. About 77% of the maximum ZEC supply is in circulation today (16.23M of 21.00M), leaving a moderate emission stream still to come. It currently trades about 77% below its all-time high of $5,941.80 set in October 2016, while sitting roughly 18.7× above its record low.

STNews Analyst Note

By market value Zcash (ZEC) sits inside the top 25, trading at $1,393.33 as of the latest snapshot. ZEC is -8.03% over 24 hours, +21.90% over the past week, +107.00% over 30 days, putting it in the upper half of weekly performers across the top 250 by market capitalisation. Zcash remains roughly 77% beneath its all-time high of $5,941.80, a level first printed in October 2016. Roughly 77% of ZEC's total supply is liquid today (16.23M of 21.00M), with the balance scheduled for gradual release over time.

Trading volume is light versus market value — only about 5.0% of capitalisation changes hands daily — so larger orders can move price more than they would for higher-liquidity peers.

How it works — Zcash

Zcash achieves confidentiality through cryptographic techniques — depending on the protocol, ring signatures and stealth addresses, or zero-knowledge proofs — that let the network validate a transaction is legitimate without revealing who paid whom or how much. Consensus secures the ledger as usual; the privacy layer sits on top of how transactions are constructed.

By market value, Zcash sits at rank #17 — a top-25 asset. The project sits in the optional-privacy payments space, and launched in 2016. About 77% of the maximum ZEC supply is in circulation today (16.23M of 21.00M), leaving a moderate emission stream still to come. It currently trades about 77% below its all-time high of $5,941.80 set in October 2016, while sitting roughly 18.7× above its record low. Its fully-diluted valuation of $29.26B is about 1.3× the circulating market cap of $22.61B, a gap that signals issuance overhang to factor into any longer-term thesis.

Use cases — Zcash

Zcash is used for confidential payments and as a store of value for users who treat financial privacy as a feature rather than a liability. The same properties that make it attractive for privacy also draw regulatory scrutiny and exchange-listing friction in some jurisdictions.

Daily volume runs at about 5.0% of market capitalisation ($1.12B in the last 24 hours), in the normal band for a coin of this size and supportive of orderly entries and exits.

Tokenomics

Supply schedule & distribution

Circulating vs locked vs unminted
  • Circulating supply: 16.23M ZEC — tokens actively trading and held by the public
  • Total supply: 16.92M ZEC — all tokens minted to date (including those locked or held by the issuer)
  • Max supply: 21.00M ZEC — the protocol-defined upper limit (if any) on lifetime issuance
  • Issued to date: 77.3% of max supply
  • Locked / treasury: 4.1% of total supply

Zcash's supply schedule directly affects its long-term inflation rate and, by extension, how dilutive future issuance will be to existing holders. A coin near full dilution behaves very differently from one that still has 60% of its supply waiting to be unlocked.

Supply economics

Issuance pressure, dilution, and structural value accrual

To read Zcash's tokenomics, look at the issuance schedule, the share of supply already in circulation, and the gap between market cap and fully-diluted valuation. Approximately 77.3% of maximum supply is currently circulating, meaning roughly 22.7% of total potential supply remains to be issued. This implies a structural emission stream against current demand for the asset. The fully diluted valuation (FDV) of $29.3 billion stands at 1.3× the current circulating market cap of $22.6 billion. The wider this ratio, the more issuance overhang the asset faces — a structural headwind on valuation that mature assets like Bitcoin do not face but that early-cycle assets typically do.

Whether the tokenomics help or hurt comes down to value accrual versus dilution — fee burns, reinvested staking yield and TVL growth on one side, scheduled emissions on the other. A favourable balance lets price grind higher without hype; an unfavourable one means the asset must keep attracting demand just to absorb issuance.

Trader's note

Coin-type-aware tactical interpretation

For Zcash, the dominant non-market variable is regulatory and listing risk: privacy assets have been delisted by some exchanges to satisfy compliance demands, which thins liquidity and can re-rate the asset independently of the broader market. Demand, conversely, tends to rise when financial-privacy concerns are in the headlines.

Price Strength reads strong (79/100). Position sizing should account for venue risk (where it is listed today may change) and for liquidity that can be patchier than a comparably-sized non-privacy coin. The cryptographic privacy layer is the project's moat, but it is also precisely what attracts the scrutiny.

05Action

Markets & exchanges

Top trading pairs by 24h volume

# Exchange Pair Last price 24h volume Trust
1 Binance ZEC/USDT $1,393.33 $1.12B A+

Initial rows server-rendered from our verified pipeline (binance-v2). Data-only. STNews does not place affiliate links here. See our affiliate disclosure.

If you'd bought Zcash...

ROI calculator · historical close prices

ZEC Bought
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at —
Value today
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at $1,393.33
Total return
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Calculated on daily close prices. Does not include trading fees, taxes, or staking yields. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Converter

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Rate: 1 ZEC = $1,393.33

Compared to peers

Price, market cap, volume, supply

Coin7d trendPriceMarket Cap24h Vol24h %7d %
Zcash Zcash ZEC $1,393.33 $22.61B $1.12B -8.03% +21.90%
Bitcoin Bitcoin BTC $83,506.42 $1.67T $23.79B +0.09% -4.60%
Ethereum Ethereum ETH $2,680.55 $328.03B $12.79B -0.01% -5.79%
Solana Solana SOL $118.67 $64.46B $2.75B +0.43% -13.42%
XRP XRP XRP $1.49 $88.99B $4.32B -0.13% +2.56%
BNB BNB BNB $756.54 $105.30B $647.04M -0.79% -3.52%
Dogecoin Dogecoin DOGE $0.0940 $15.80B $681.10M +0.48% -6.29%
Cardano Cardano ADA $0.2438 $8.73B $405.91M -0.33% -11.45%
TRON TRON TRX $0.3349 $28.92B $281.35M -0.30% +1.23%
06Outlook

Market sentiment

Crypto Fear & Greed Index · alternative.me

73
Greed
2026-09-29

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index aggregates volatility, market momentum, social media activity, dominance and Google Trends data into a single 0–100 score updated daily. Today's reading is 73 — Greed.

Extreme fear (below 25) historically signals buying opportunities for contrarians, while extreme greed (above 75) often precedes corrections. The index works best as one input among many, not as a standalone trading signal.

Past 30 days

Zcash on X

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Macro & cross-asset context

How macro liquidity and cross-asset moves frame the trade

The macro picture for digital assets turns on three levers — Federal Reserve policy, the path of dollar liquidity, and broad risk sentiment. Historically the whole asset class has tracked the global liquidity cycle closely, expanding in easing regimes and contracting when financial conditions tighten.

A handful of traditional gauges tend to lead or confirm crypto moves: the dollar index (strength is a headwind), the 10-year yield (the price of risk capital), gold (an occasional fellow-traveller in debasement trades), and the S&P 500 (which often moves with crypto when liquidity, not fundamentals, is in the driver's seat).

Narrowing to Zcash, the cleanest leading signal has usually been crypto-native liquidity — the combined trend in stablecoin supply, futures open interest and exchange turnover. When that pool of on-chain capital grows, ZEC has tended to advance with it; when it drains, the move has typically gone into reverse. Given the 90-day BTC correlation of +0.55, ZEC's near-term macro sensitivity will be similar to Bitcoin's — driven primarily by the same liquidity conditions and risk-asset flows.

Risks

Privacy-coin-specific risks: regulatory and delisting pressure (several exchanges have removed privacy assets to satisfy compliance demands), reduced liquidity where listings are restricted, and the cryptographic complexity of the privacy layer itself. These sit on top of ordinary market, custody and volatility risks.

07More

Frequently asked questions

What is Zcash (ZEC)? ▾

Zcash is a cryptocurrency, traded on global digital-asset markets. It trades under the ticker ZEC and currently has a market capitalisation of $22.61B.

What is the price of ZEC today? ▾

The price of Zcash today is $1,393.33, refreshed daily from public market data. Live price changes are visible at the top of this page.

What is the maximum supply of Zcash? ▾

The protocol caps lifetime issuance of Zcash at 21.00M ZEC. This limit is enforced by the network's code and cannot be raised without coordinated upgrades.

What was Zcash's all-time high? ▾

Zcash's all-time high in USD terms is $5,941.80. Past performance does not guarantee future returns.

How can I buy Zcash? ▾

You can buy Zcash on the exchanges that carry the deepest ZEC liquidity — see the Markets section above for the highest-volume venues. Compare fees, supported deposit methods, and the exchange's regulatory standing in your country before opening an account.

Is Zcash a good investment? ▾

Nothing on this page is a recommendation to buy or sell. Digital-asset prices swing sharply in both directions; treat the figures above as inputs to your own research and your own risk assessment, not as a signal.

Where does the data on this page come from? ▾

The market figures here are pulled from public data providers such as Binance, CoinGecko and CoinPaprika, with the Fear & Greed reading sourced from alternative.me. Values are cached on our servers and updated regularly rather than streamed live.

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Disclaimer & data sources

The information on this page is provided for general educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute investment, financial, legal or tax advice. Cryptocurrency markets are highly volatile; you can lose some or all of your capital. STNews does not recommend that any cryptocurrency should be bought, sold or held by you. Conduct your own due diligence and consult your independent financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

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