Privacy coin Zcash up 40% in a day; Is $100 next?

The privacy-focused cryptocurrency, Zcash ( ZEC ), has climbed as much as 40% in a day and soared more than 70% over the past seven days. A major catalyst for the rally came from decentralized exchange ( DEX ) THORSwap, which announced full support for Zcash swaps, allowing users to trade the asset against top performers like Bitcoin ( BTC ), Ethereum ( ETH ), and Solana ( SOL ). Meanwhile, network activity also picked up, as Zcash Community Grants recently launched a Rust repo for Multi-Factor Key Derivation Function (MFKDF), giving developers new tools to experiment ￰1￱ the time of writing, ZEC is trading at $92.62, up 42.18% on the 24-hour chart and posting the best daily performance in percentage terms among all crypotcurrencies in the top 100 by market cap, as per CoinMarketCap data retrieved by ￰2￱ a market cap of over $1.5 billion, it is currently the 65th largest crypto.

Top-performing cryptocurrencies.) of 83.69 and the moving average convergence divergence (MACD) level of 7.95 reinforce the bullish ￰3￱ analyst and commentator Vini Barbosa discussed the climb in market cap, noting that ZEC had climbed past the likes of TRUMP ( TRUMP ) and Immutable ( IMX ), going from the 92nd to the 65th largest crypto in only nine ￰4￱ IN: $ZEC is ranked #65 @ $1.52B market cap 1 ZEC = $93.70 (+230% YoY, +130% MoM) > 18 hours ago, ZEC was #72 @ $1.19B, > only seven days ago it was #87 @ $880M, > nine days ago, Zcash was a #92 coin @ $775M Still below BONK, SKY, and Filecoin, passing TRUMP, JUMP, and IMX ￰0￱ ￰5￱ — Vini Barbosa (@vinibarbosabr) October 1, 2025 Accordingly, if the trend continues in the following days, a $100 price target appears more than likely, although any long-term strength will hinge on the positive reception of the new integrations and network ￰6￱ image via Shutterstock