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Privacy Coins Outperform Broader Crypto Market as Sector Gains 213%
Privacy-focused tokens have gained 213% since October 2025, outperforming the wider digital asset market where nine out of ten sectors remain negative.
According to data from Glassnode, the privacy sector has risen 213% since Bitcoin reached its peak above $126,000 on October 6, 2025. Over the same roughly 11-month span, Bitcoin remains down 36%, and the median return across the 200 largest cryptocurrencies stands at -58%. Among the 10 market sectors tracked by Glassnode, privacy is the only segment in positive territory, while DeFi sits at -27%, memecoins are down 62%, and gaming tokens have dropped 74%.
Much of the sector's advance has been driven by Zcash (ZEC), which rose 2,496% over 12 months, climbing from the 82nd to the 7th largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. ZEC currently accounts for 62% of Glassnode's market-cap-weighted privacy index. Total market capitalization for privacy assets increased from $7.1 billion to $33.6 billion over the past year, with about $13 billion added over the last 30 days.
Other privacy assets have also posted gains. Excluding Zcash from the calculation, the remaining privacy basket is still up 85% over one year and 56% since Bitcoin's October 2025 high. Monero (XMR) doubled in value over the past 12 months, while DASH, Monero, and ZEN have all outperformed Bitcoin on a 90-day basis. Market attention was further supported by Grayscale's launch of a spot ZEC ETF on NYSE Arca on August 25, which surpassed $500 million in assets under management within two weeks on over $70 million in net inflows.
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