Zcash ($ZEC ) showed an increase of approximately 600% since the beginning of the year, while Monero ($XMR ) — about 120%, according to CoinMarketcap data on December 18. Their market capitalization reached $6.5 billion and $7.9 billion, trading at around $400 and $430 respectively.
ZECUSDT
Perp
393.84
+1.05%
The current price of the assets is far from record values — for XMR, the maximum was around $520 and was reached in 2021. For ZEC, the peak indicator was about $2,500 and was recorded at the start of trading for the coin in 2016.
XMRUSDT
Perp
441.81
+2.46%
In comparison, BTC and ETH lost about 8% and 15% since the beginning of the year, trading at prices around $86,500 and $2,830. The peak price of Bitcoin in October 2025 was around $126,200, while Ethereum reached nearly $5,000 in August of the same year. The decline from the peaks is 32% and 43% respectively.
ETHUSDT
Perp
2,856.6
-2.40%
Such dynamics sharply contrast with a prolonged period of stagnation, in which anonymous assets have been due to increased global regulation of private transactions.