{"id":2024,"date":"2025-12-28T09:23:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T14:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decentralnetwork.org\/news\/?p=2024"},"modified":"2025-12-28T09:23:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T14:23:26","slug":"zcash-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decentralnetwork.org\/news\/zcash-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Zcash Eyes 45% Upside as Futures Bets Hit Record Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-bc88b6fd\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-bc88b6fd\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decentralnetwork.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-2025-12-28T194720.672.webp\" alt=\"Zcash Eyes 45% Upside as Futures Bets Hit Record Levels\" title=\"Untitled design - 2025-12-28T194720.672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decentralnetwork.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-2025-12-28T194720.672.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.decentralnetwork.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-2025-12-28T194720.672-300x157.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.decentralnetwork.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-2025-12-28T194720.672-768x402.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zcash (ZEC) is back in the spotlight after a sharp rally pushed the privacy-focused cryptocurrency to its highest price since late November. The token has surged as investor interest in privacy coins grows, supported by rising trading activity and a major jump in futures market participation.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>ZEC recently climbed to around <strong>$513<\/strong>, marking a gain of more than <strong>70% from its monthly low near $302<\/strong>. This strong rebound has placed Zcash among the <strong>top-performing cryptocurrencies in the market<\/strong> over the past few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rally isn\u2019t happening in isolation. Demand for privacy-focused digital assets has been picking up across the board. <strong>Dash<\/strong> has jumped more than <strong>26%<\/strong> from its lowest level this month, while <strong>Monero<\/strong>, the largest privacy coin by market value, has rallied sharply to <strong>$452<\/strong>, up from <strong>$320 in November<\/strong>. Other privacy-oriented projects such as <strong>Horizen, Decred, and Midnight<\/strong> have also posted notable gains, reflecting renewed interest in privacy-focused blockchain solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the strongest signals supporting Zcash\u2019s price momentum comes from the derivatives market. <strong>Futures open interest has surged to nearly $1.3 billion<\/strong>, its highest level since <strong>November 17<\/strong>, and a massive jump from this month\u2019s low of <strong>$700 million<\/strong>. Rising open interest typically indicates that more traders are entering the market and placing bets on future price moves, often signaling increased confidence and liquidity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spot market activity tells a similar story. Trading volume on spot exchanges has climbed steadily over the past several days, hitting <strong>$4.18 billion on Sunday<\/strong>, the highest level recorded since <strong>December 12<\/strong>. This rise in volume suggests that the rally is backed by strong participation rather than thin trading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On-chain data also points to growing network usage. In the past 24 hours alone, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/z.cash\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/z.cash\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zcash <\/a>transactions rose to 46,600<\/strong>, while the network\u2019s <strong>shielded supply has surpassed 4 million ZEC<\/strong>, highlighting increased adoption of its privacy features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From a technical perspective, Zcash\u2019s chart structure remains bullish. On the daily timeframe, the price has moved decisively above the <strong>50-day Exponential Moving Average<\/strong>, a key signal that buyers are in control. ZEC has also broken past the important <strong>$470 resistance level<\/strong>, which previously capped gains in mid-December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the token is attempting to push above the upper boundary of the <strong>Supertrend indicator<\/strong>, a move that often confirms trend continuation. If momentum holds, analysts see Zcash targeting its <strong>year-to-date high of $746<\/strong>, which represents a potential <strong>45% upside<\/strong> from current levels. A clean breakout above that zone could open the door for a run toward the <strong>$800 psychological level<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For now, strong demand, rising futures activity, and bullish technical signals suggest Zcash may still have room to run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.decentralnetwork.org\/news\/xrp-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.decentralnetwork.org\/news\/crypto-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.decentralnetwork.org\/news\/crypto-8\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Crypto Weekly: Trust Wallet Compensation, Coinbase Arrest, UNI Fees Go Live<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zcash (ZEC) is back in the spotlight after a sharp rally pushed the privacy-focused cryptocurrency to its highest price since &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Zcash Eyes 45% Upside as Futures Bets Hit Record Levels\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.decentralnetwork.org\/news\/zcash-3\/#more-2024\" aria-label=\"Read more about Zcash Eyes 45% Upside as Futures Bets Hit Record Levels\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2626,643,2631,2630,2625,2627,2623,2628,2624,2629],"class_list":["post-2024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","tag-best-performing-privacy-cryptocurrencies","tag-privacy-coin-market-rally","tag-zcash-bullish-trend-analysis","tag-zcash-futures-open-interest-surge","tag-zcash-network-adoption-growth","tag-zcash-price-analysis-today","tag-zcash-price-prediction","tag-zcash-price-target-800","tag-zcash-trading-volume-increase","tag-zec-price-technical-analysis","resize-featured-image"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.decentralnetwork.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-2025-12-28T194720.672.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decentralnetwork.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decentralnetwork.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decentralnetwork.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decentralnetwork.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decentralnetwork.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.decentralnetwork.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2026,"href":"https:\/\/www.decentralnetwork.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024\/revisions\/2026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decentralnetwork.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decentralnetwork.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decentralnetwork.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decentralnetwork.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- This website is optimized by Airlift. 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