ZEC extends rally to over $151 as attention shifted to older altcoins

ZEC entered an unstoppable rally loop, briefly breaking above $150. The privacy coin expanded its activity on Binance, as attention shifted to older ￰0￱ (ZEC) extended the week’s rally, breaking the $150 ￰1￱ asset returned to levels not seen since April 2022, but has yet to prove the rally is sustainable. Still, the token recovered above the levels from the end of ￰2￱ went vertical on a combination of short squeezes, liquidations, and hype on social media. |) October 2, 2025 Previously, Naval called ZEC an “insurance against Bitcoin,” based on its privacy features and claims of quantum ￰3￱ privacy narrative has also lifted XMR to over $317, near its one-month ￰4￱ is also attractive for its mining ￰5￱ now, privacy coins are still restricted on multiple exchanges, but they still find sufficient ￰6￱ is one of the few that preserved its listings on major ￰7￱ now, privacy coins are not represented on major perp DEX ￰8￱ is not available on Hyperliquid in any tokenized ￰9￱ XMR and have limited tokenized versions and have not been used as DeFi collaterals or for ￰10￱ assets retain their use case as untraceable payment tools, with few other use cases in the crypto ecosystem.

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