Railgun, ZCash hit multi-month highs as privacy tokens rebound

Privacy tokens like Railgun (RAIL) and ZCash (ZEC) returned to months-long highs, after the privacy narrative became relevant ￰1￱ use cases mean those tokens may become usable, despite previous regulatory ￰2￱ tokens like RAIL and ZEC are rallying again, as the tech is becoming relevant once ￰3￱ gained attention after Ethereum announced a new privacy cluster with varied confidentiality ￰4￱ recently reiterated the ‘privacy is normal’ slogan, which aims to lead at accepting verified, but non-transparent ￰5￱ is Normal. ￰0￱ — Zcash 🛡️ (@Zcash) October 8, 2025 The recent trend extended the gains of ZEC from its previous ￰6￱ recently peaked at $179.46, and is currently at the $173 ￰7￱ privacy coin is now trading at levels not seen since December ￰8￱ had its own private rally, as traders remembered the long-running ￰9￱ the past, ZEC has held several minor recoveries, though remaining far from its initial valuation in the ￰10￱ coin aimed at competing with BTC, though in the end it turned into a niche asset, with some limitations to being represented on ￰11￱ coins have also added unveiling technology for interacting with exchanges, removing their main obstacle to trading.

Additionally, decentralized activity may offer more cross-chain opportunities for permissionless or totally anonymous ￰12￱ most privacy coins and tokens are in the green, for now only the top assets are showing dramatic ￰13￱ (XMR) also rose alongside the general market trend, trading above $336. Why is ZEC making a return? ZEC already completed a 300% rally to a new price ￰14￱ time around, the expansion was not just a random market ￰15￱ privacy technology was trying to remain relevant, instead of a regulatory burden. Recently, the Zashi wallet was also added on the Solana app ￰16￱ gained representation through the ZCash Trust for accredited investors, showing acceptance of privacy assets.

Additionally, ZEC was added to ThorSwap, adding a layer of interoperability. Now, it is possible to swap between ZEC, BTC , and ETH, without unnecessary ￰17￱ are also paying more attention to privacy technology, to avoid harmful surveillance. On-chain data may be transparent, but institutions are already trying to protect their ￰18￱ expansion of treasury companies also calls for veiled transfers and ￰19￱ grows to one-year high Following the renewed interest in privacy technology, the native token of the Railgun mixer expanded to a one-year ￰20￱ went vertical as the privacy coin narrative returned, with additional attention from the Ethereum Foundation. |