Zcash price ZEC

Zcash is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that uses zero-knowledge proofs for shielded transactions. Like Bitcoin, its supply is capped at 21 million coins.

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$1,270+1.05%24h
24h range $1,237 – $1,287 · #7 by market value
Market cap
$21.6B
#7 of 24 major coins
Volume 24h
$599M
2.8% of market cap
Circulating supply
17.03 million
ZEC in circulation
All-time high
$3,192
−60% · Oct 28, 2016
Funding
-8.0 % / yr
neutral ≈ 11%
Open interest
$812M
3.8% of market cap

Zcash (ZEC) trades at $1,270, up 1.1% over 24 hours and up 4.3% over 30 days. Its market value of $21.6B ranks #7 of the 24 major coins tracked here. It is 60% below its all-time high of $3,192, set on Oct 28, 2016. Over the last 90 days its daily returns have a 0.54 correlation with Bitcoin and a beta of 1.71: it has moved about 1.7% for every 1% move in Bitcoin. Its 30-day volatility is 95% a year, a typical daily move of about 5.0%. Perpetual-swap funding is −8.0% a year, negative: shorts are paying longs to hold their positions.

ZEC/USD daily

Daily candles on UTC days; today's candle moves with the live price. Volume bars are one major exchange's trading, in dollars. Drag to zoom, double-click to reset.

Returns

vs Bitcoin
PeriodZECvs BTC
24 hours+1.1%+0.6%
7 days+2.3%+5.0%
30 days+4.3%+13.9%
90 days+156.4%+115.6%
Year to date+148.9%+186.6%
1 year+111.2%+184.3%
3 years+4199.0%+1976.6%

Zcash vs Bitcoin

1Y

% change from the start of the window, following the price chart's range.

Risk

Volatility, 30 days95%a year
Volatility, 90 days126%a year
Largest drawdown, 1 year−72%
Best day, 1 year+29.1%Aug 21, 2026
Worst day, 1 year−27.0%Jun 4, 2026
Correlation with Bitcoin, 90 days0.54
Beta to Bitcoin, 90 days1.71× Bitcoin's move

Derivatives

Perpetual swaps: where leverage and hedging show up first.

Funding, 90 days

annualised
average of two venuesshading = range across venuesdashed = neutral, about 11% a year

What leveraged longs pay shorts to hold perpetual swaps, annualised, in 8-hour averages. About 11% a year is neutral: what longs pay when the swap trades at spot. Well above it means crowded longs; below it, shorts are pressing.

Positioning

Perp funding−8.0%a year
Funding, 90-day average+10.2%
Perp open interest$812M3.8% of market cap

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Major coins

Full table
#CoinPrice24hMarket cap
1BTC Bitcoin$75,990+0.41%$1.53T
2ETH Ethereum$2,239+0.17%$273.6B
3BNB BNB$697.29+0.56%$91.7B
4XRP XRP$1.15−0.17%$73.4B
5SOL Solana$89.60+0.18%$53.0B
6TRX TRON$0.3204+0.31%$30.4B
7ZEC Zcash$1,270+1.05%$21.6B
8HYPE Hyperliquid$77.40+0.06%$18.5B
9XMR Monero$607.56−0.44%$11.4B
10DOGE Dogecoin$0.0713−0.35%$11.2B
11LINK Chainlink$10.73−0.99%$8.2B
12ADA Cardano$0.1807−0.53%$6.8B
13XLM Stellar$0.1512−0.07%$5.3B
14BCH Bitcoin Cash$245.37−4.38%$4.9B
15NEAR NEAR$3.70+0.59%$4.9B
16UNI Uniswap$7.00−0.22%$4.3B
17LTC Litecoin$51.78−0.05%$4.0B
18AVAX Avalanche$8.23+0.35%$3.7B
19SUI Sui$0.8514−0.64%$3.5B
20HBAR Hedera$0.0665−1.14%$2.9B
21TAO Bittensor$226.08+1.63%$2.6B
22SHIB Shiba Inu$0.00000447−0.03%$2.6B
23AAVE Aave$129.61−1.89%$2.0B
24DOT Polkadot$0.8905−0.34%$1.5B

About Zcash

Zcash is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that uses zero-knowledge proofs for shielded transactions. Like Bitcoin, its supply is capped at 21 million coins.

Zcash FAQ

What is the price of Zcash today?

Zcash (ZEC) is trading at about $1,270, +1.1% over the last 24 hours. The price on this page updates live.

What is the market cap of Zcash?

Zcash's market value is $21.6B from a circulating supply of 17.03 million ZEC. That ranks #7 of the 24 major coins tracked here, which leave out stablecoins and wrapped tokens.

What is the all-time high of Zcash?

Zcash's all-time high is $3,192, set on Oct 28, 2016. It is 60% below that level now.

How volatile is Zcash?

Over the last 30 days Zcash has had a volatility of 95% a year, a typical daily move of about 5.0%. Bitcoin's is 36%.

Does Zcash move with Bitcoin?

Zcash moves loosely with Bitcoin: over 90 days the correlation of daily returns is 0.54 and the beta is 1.71, so a 1% move in Bitcoin has come with about a 1.7% move in Zcash.

What is the Zcash funding rate?

Funding on Zcash perpetual swaps is −8.0% a year, averaged across two major venues. That is negative: shorts are paying longs to hold their positions.

Prices from public exchange feeds and market aggregates; derivatives from public perpetual-swap and options venues. Volatility is annualised over 365 days because crypto trades every day. For information only — not investment advice.