5 Soaring Privacy Coins This Week — With One Surging Over 76%

Jakarta, Pintu News – Privacy tokens took center stage this week, defying the weakening trend sweeping the crypto market in general.

A number of prominent observers in the crypto sector have predicted a rise in the price of privacy coins over the past few months, and now those projections seem to be starting to be realized.

Some have questioned the possibility of a coordinated effort to boost the price of privacy coins. Executive Director of the Zcash Foundation, Alex Bornstein, told Cointelegraph that Zcash’s recent success is related to widespread concerns over potential government infringement of users’ privacy rights.

A combination of market sentiment and technical factors have brought privacy coins back to the forefront, while other crypto assets are still under pressure.

Zcash

Privacy coin Zcash (ZEC) recorded a significant surge, with its market capitalization increasing by more than 10% in the past week. The price of ZEC rose more than 76% in the last seven days to reach $632, making it the largest privacy coin by market capitalization after surpassing Monero (XMR).

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This price increase comes after a major update from the network’s developer, Electric Coin Company. At the beginning of the month, the company introduced cross-chain exchange and private payment features through integration with the Near Intents transaction layer.

The integration triggered a surge in Zcash transaction volume on Near Intents and expanded the “shielded pool” – the pool of encrypted addresses where ZEC is stored.

In his interview with Cointelegraph at the Chain Reaction event, Alex Bornstein stated that “a strong narrative is forming, and I think people are starting to realize the true potential of Zcash.”

Monero

Monero (XMR), previously the largest privacy coin on the market, recorded a price increase of almost 10% over the past week. Its market capitalization increased by 2.7% to $6.62 billion.

On October 8, the Monero blockchain network launched the Flourine Fermi update aimed at improving user protection against the presence of “spy nodes.”

In Monero technical terms, spy nodes refer to malicious nodes-both individuals and bot networks-that are capable of analyzing transactions and matching them with addresses on the Monero network.

Amid the increasing difficulty of using privacy coins due to delisting from exchanges, strict regulations, and threats from spy nodes, the Monero community continues to defend its blockchain privacy principles.

As part of the security measures, by the end of 2024, Monero Research Lab proposes that node operators can compile a ban list for suspected spy nodes based on their IP addresses.

Dash

The price of Dash (DASH), one of the privacy coins, surged more than 130% in a week, ending a seven-day period above $107.

On November 2, decentralized exchange Aster DEX launched perpetual trading of DASH futures with up to 5x leverage. This listing increased the liquidity and visibility of the token.

Analysts noted that some of the price increase was influenced by the growing narrative about privacy coins.

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ZKsync

The price of ZKsync (ZK) rose 113% during the week and was trading at $0.063.

ZKsync is an Ethereum (ETH) Layer 2 solution that utilizes the zero-knowledge (ZK) rollup mechanism to process transactions outside the main chain. The project is considering major changes to its governance token.

On Tuesday, one of its creators, Alex Gluchowski, stated that the network has come a long way since its initial launch, and now includes various interconnected zero-knowledge chains.

He emphasized the importance of aligning usage with value, maintaining economically sustainable decentralization, and ensuring the network can capture economic value from its activities. Gluchowski proposed a tokenomic revision for tokens to derive value from transaction fees between chains as well as through commercial licensing of software components used by large corporate entities.

Decred

Decred (DCR) also recorded sharp gains this week. The token price surged on Monday and despite a correction, closed up 90% at $30.

Over the past two years, DCR’s price has been within a relatively narrow range. The latest spike suggests a narrative-driven push that is in line with other privacy coin rallies.

On November 3, CoinMarketCap officially classified Decred as a privacy coin, which helped raise attention to the project’s staking and governance system. Decred uses a hybrid proof-of-work (PoW) and proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus model to prevent domination by a single entity and ensure that changes to the network can only be made through community participation.

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Reference:

• Cointelegraph. 5 privacy coins that are pumping this week. Accessed on November 10, 2025