Zcash (ZEC) — price, market cap and strength versus Bitcoin
Bottom line
Zcash trades at $457.1 with a market capitalisation of $7.8B (rank 15). Over 90 days it is +38.2% against Bitcoin and sits above its 200-day average. Privacy as a theme is +15.3% against Bitcoin over 13 weeks. Price readings run through 2026-07-31.
Price
$457.10
as of 2026-07-31
Market cap
$7.8B
snapshot 2026-07-04
RS vs Bitcoin · 90d
+38%
as of 2026-07-31
30-day median volume
$420.2M
as of 2026-07-31
01 · the tape, against its benchmark
How has Zcash moved against Bitcoin?
Zcash is +1136.5% over one year, +18.1% over 90 days and +9.7% over 30 days. Annualised 30-day volatility is 85%. Its deepest fall from a high inside the last 90 days is 46%. It trades above its 200-day average, which is rising.
ZEC · rebasedBitcoinPrivacy · equal weight
All three lines rebased to 100 at the first week each has data. Bitcoin is the opportunity-cost benchmark for crypto risk; the theme line is its equal-weight index of current rated members.
02 · returns, volatility and drawdown
What do Zcash's returns and risk look like?
7 days-6.4%
30 days+9.7%
90 days+18%
180 days+50%
1 year+1,137%
30-day volatility85% annualised
Deepest 90-day fall46%
200-day average$384.37 · above · rising
50-day average$474.04
03 · what the protocol actually earns
Does Zcash generate fees or revenue?
Zcash publishes 1 of the six network-economics series this site tracks: total value locked. Total value locked at the latest complete quarter is $1.7M. Network activity is evidence about the protocol, not earnings owed to the token. Readings run to the Q2 2026 quarter.
Total value locked3/20 quarters
Latest$1.7M—
Total value locked
Complete calendar quarters only. A blank quarter is unavailable, not zero. Network activity is evidence about the protocol, not earnings owed to the token.
04 · exact additive research priority
What does the evidence say about Zcash?
Zcash scores 68.7 out of 100 inside Privacy, ranked 1 of 24 rated coins on 50% evidence. The four displayed point contributions add exactly to the total; missing evidence pulls only the affected factor toward neutral and lowers its stated coverage. It ranks research attention within one theme, never portfolio action, and it is not comparable across themes.
This weakens if: The read weakens if 90-day RS versus BTC falls below zero with two weekly closes below the 200-DMA, or native activity contracts for two complete calendar quarters.
No valuation section exists on this page, for any coin. There is no company-style P/E or PEG for a token, and historical market capitalisation is not held at all — only a dated current snapshot — so no ten-year valuation band can be built honestly. Where a protocol publishes fees or revenue, the yield against that dated snapshot is shown above instead.
05 · the theme it competes in
How does Zcash compare with other Privacy coins?
Zcash is one of 27 Privacy coins here, 24 of which carry enough evidence to be rated and ranked. Zcash ranks 1 of those 24 on 50% evidence. The table below is the theme's own scorecard, in its own order, with this coin marked.
The Privacy scorecard in its own order, with this coin marked. Scores are within-theme and are not comparable with coins in another theme. See the full Privacy page.
Methodology · boundaries make the answer useful
What can make this page misleading?
This page names 5 ways its own evidence about Zcash can mislead, all listed below. The largest is that crypto network activity is not company earnings: protocol revenue does not automatically accrue to token holders. Price runs through 2026-07-31; market capitalisation is a separate snapshot dated 2026-07-04.
Crypto network activity is not company earnings. Protocol revenue does not automatically accrue to token holders.
Market capitalisation is a dated snapshot, not a point-in-time historical supply series, so yields computed against it inherit that lag.
No valuation band exists for any coin: historical market capitalisation is not held at all.
Funding rates, open interest, liquidations, exchange flows, unlock schedules and developer activity are not held and are not inferred.
The research score is relative to this coin's own theme only. It is not comparable across themes and is not an entry signal.
Price and technicalsThrough 2026-07-31, from exchange closes; moving averages are computed, never scraped.
Protocol activityThrough 2026-07-31, for the series this token publishes.
Market capSnapshot dated 2026-07-04; no historical supply series is implied.
Decision useResearch priority within one theme. Not entry, exit, sizing or leverage instructions.
Questions the page should answer directly
Crypto analysis FAQs
These 7 answers cover the questions this page can settle from data it holds — what the category is, how the score is built, what the coverage gaps are, and what would change the read. Every answer below is also present in the page’s FAQ schema and in its plain-text rendition. None of them is a recommendation.
What is Zcash (ZEC)?
Zcash is a Privacy cryptocurrency tracked here by price, market capitalisation and strength against Bitcoin, with on-chain activity from chain TVL. It is one of 27 Privacy coins on this site. Readings are as of 2026-07-31.
What is the market cap of Zcash?
Zcash's market capitalisation is $7.8B, ranking it 15 in the top-1,000 crypto universe. That figure is a dated snapshot from 2026-07-04, refreshed separately from the daily price series, so it can lag the price shown above.
Is Zcash beating Bitcoin?
Zcash is +38.2% against Bitcoin over 90 days, and its own theme, Privacy, is +15.3% over 13 weeks. It trades above its 200-day average as of 2026-07-31.
Does Zcash have a P/E ratio?
No. There is no company-style P/E or PEG for a crypto token, and no valuation band is shown on this page because the data to build one honestly does not exist: historical market capitalisation is not held, only a current snapshot. Where a protocol publishes fees or revenue, this page shows the yield against that dated snapshot instead.
What is Zcash's research score?
68.7/100 within Privacy, ranked 1 of 24 rated Privacy coins, on 50% evidence: 32.2 + 15.0 + 10.0 + 11.5 = 68.7. It is labelled “Tape-led · on-chain proof incomplete”. The score ranks research attention inside one theme, never portfolio action.
How much Zcash history does this page show?
Five years of weekly closes where they exist, plus 20 complete calendar quarters of on-chain activity for the metrics Zcash actually publishes. Here that is total value locked.
Does Zcash generate total value locked?
Zcash's latest quarter total value locked is $1.7M. Network activity is not token-holder earnings: whether it accrues to the token depends on the protocol's own burn, buyback and distribution rules.