Zcash Soars Nearly 20% in a Day as Bitcoin Drifts Near $79K
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Zcash jumped 19.75% in 24 hours and 45.60% in a week, while Bitcoin slipped 0.22% to $79,716. The total crypto market cap stands at $2.80 trillion, and attention also turned to the Liquid Network halt after a $320 million withdrawal.
The broader crypto market is treading water while one top-cap project breaks away from the pack. Bitcoin is priced at $79,716 and is down 0.22% over the past 24 hours. Total market capitalization stands at $2.80 trillion. Over the same window, Zcash is up 19.75% and trades at $1,219.75, while its 7-day gain has reached 45.60%. That is the largest 24-hour move among projects in CryptoPulsar market data. Ethereum adds 0.43% at $2,496.85, Solana rises 1.46% to $105.21, while BNB drops 2.75% to $749.42. On the news front, the Liquid Network was halted after alleged white-hat hackers withdrew $320 million in bitcoin. This review relies strictly on numbers and events from contextual data: prices, volumes, on-chain metrics and RSS wires.
Top Gainers and Losers: Zcash Steals All the Attention
In the ranking of the 10 largest positions from CryptoPulsar price data, the market is split. One name is making a double-digit move, the rest are hovering around zero or sliding negative. Zcash is 19.75% higher over 24 hours and 45.60% higher over 7 days, with a market cap of $20.60 billion and volume of $1.83 billion. That is also one of the highest turnovers relative to market cap in this set.
Solana is the second gainer among large caps in the data: +1.46% to $105.21, market cap $61.58 billion, volume $3.69 billion. TRON adds 0.44% at $0.3356. Ethereum rounds out the positive four: +0.43% and a market cap of $304.69 billion. On the other side, BNB falls 2.75% to $749.42, although it still has +7.70% over 7 days. XRP gives back 0.31% at $1.41. Bitcoin, the market cap leader with $1.60 trillion, is down 0.22%.
| Crypto | Price | 24h | 7d |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zcash (ZEC) | $1,219.75 | +19.75% | +45.60% |
| Solana (SOL) | $105.21 | +1.46% | +1.10% |
| TRON (TRX) | $0.3356 | +0.44% | -1.10% |
| Ethereum (ETH) | $2,496.85 | +0.43% | +0.70% |
| Bitcoin (BTC) | $79,716 | -0.22% | +1.70% |
| XRP (XRP) | $1.41 | -0.31% | +2.10% |
| BNB (BNB) | $749.42 | -2.75% | +7.70% |
Stablecoins are holding their peg. Tether sits at $0.999952 with a market cap of $183.38 billion and the highest volume in the whole set: $42.72 billion. USDC is at $0.999930, market cap $74.55 billion, volume $10.41 billion. Figure Heloc (FIGR_HELOC) is at $1.055, market cap $23.52 billion and practically zero 24-hour change (-0.00%), while up 5.50% over 7 days. FIGR_HELOC volume is just $343,538, so this position is not driving market turnover.
| Crypto | Cap | Vol 24h | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin | $1.60T | $18.63B | #1 |
| Ethereum | $305B | $9.37B | #2 |
| Tether | $183B | $42.72B | #3 |
| BNB | $99.8B | $1.23B | #4 |
| XRP | $88.7B | $1.44B | #5 |
| USDC | $74.5B | $10.41B | #6 |
| Solana | $61.6B | $3.69B | #7 |
| TRON | $31.9B | $0.24B | #8 |
| Zcash | $20.6B | $1.83B | #9 |
Why Zcash Is the Only Double-Digit Story Today
Price data does not provide a catalyst for ZEC's rise. It shows the scale. A price of $1,219.75 against an ATH of $3,191.93 means the 24-hour and 7-day rally is happening far from the historical peak. Circulating supply is 16,918,228 ZEC out of a maximum supply of 21,000,000. That limit is structurally analogous to Bitcoin's limit (21,000,000), but this is a supply similarity, not a signal that the two assets behave the same way. Bitcoin has 20,080,684 out of 21,000,000 in circulation.
ZEC volume of $1.83 billion against a market cap of $20.60 billion is high compared with TRON ($0.24 billion turnover against $31.86 billion market cap) and comparable to XRP ($1.44 billion turnover against $88.68 billion market cap). The data suggests that the Zcash move is not happening on empty turnover. Historically, such a setup can go either way: either demand is real, or profit-taking after 45.60% in a week can quickly cut the candle short. The 24-hour data does not show the latter yet, because the change remains strongly positive.
💡 Worth knowing
Zcash has a hard cap of 21 million coins, just like Bitcoin. There are 16.92 million ZEC in circulation versus 20.08 million BTC. The ZEC price ($1,219.75) is still clearly below its ATH of $3,191.93, while Bitcoin ($79,716) is also trading below its own ATH of $126,080. The supply cap alone does not explain a 19.75% jump in a day. That catalyst is not present in the provided data, so we are not adding it.
In the trend data categories, Zcash is not listed as a top mover among L1 layers. There, other names lead. In the Layer 1 (UTXO) segment, the top movers are Bitcoin (-0.22%), Bitcoin Cash (-0.76%) and Litecoin (+0.01%). In Layer 1 (non-EVM), they are XRP (-0.31%), Solana (+1.46%) and Cardano (-0.15%). The double-digit ZEC therefore sits next to the main baskets rather than inside their daily leaders. This reinforces the picture of selective rotation, not broad risk-on.
Bitcoin and Ethereum: Flat Prices, Lively On-Chain Activity
Bitcoin at $79,716 has a 24-hour change of -0.22% and 7-day change of +1.70%. Volume is $18.63 billion. ATH is $126,080. The CryptoPulsar market cycle score for BTC is 34.3/50. The network processes around 1.32 million transactions per day. RSI is at 66.1: bullish but not overbought. MACD and the EMA 9/21 crossover point to buyer strength. The Fear and Greed Index is 73, which is greed territory. Perpetual contract funding is 0.00295% and remains neutral, which in cycle data is read as a lack of excessive leverage.
BTC cycle data says it plainly: if high on-chain transaction counts persist, demand may continue to stabilize the market, although euphoria at an index of 73 increases the risk of a sharper correction. That is a scenario from the market cycle module, not a fact. The 24-hour price already shows a slight 0.22% pullback, consistent with consolidation, not panic.
Ethereum is 0.43% higher at $2,496.85, with a market cap of $304.69 billion and volume of $9.37 billion. ATH is $4,946.05. Cycle score is 30.2/50. Over the last 4 hours, around 1,175 ETH flowed out of exchanges (netflow -1,174.6 ETH), across 77 outgoing transfers from exchanges.