Quick snapshot (live / near-live figures)$ZEC
Price (approx, live snapshot): $342.5 USD. CoinGecko+1
24-hour volume / market activity: ~$740M – $750M (24h volumes vary by source). CoinGecko+1
Market cap / circulating supply (approx): ~$5.6B and ~16.4M ZEC circulating (CoinMarketCap snapshot). CoinMarketCap
Sources used for market snapshot and historical pages: CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap, Yahoo Finance, TradingView, CoinCodex. CoinCodex+4CoinGecko+4CoinMarketCap+4
What Zcash (ZEC) is — brief fundamentals
Zcash is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that launched in 2016 and uses zero-knowledge proofs (zk-SNARKs) to enable shielded (private) transactions while still allowing optional transparent transactions. (See CoinGecko / CoinMarketCap summaries for protocol description and project history.) CoinGecko+1
Supply: max supply commonly quoted as 21,000,000 ZEC (circulating supply differs by source and updates frequently). CoinMarketCap
Notable protocol upgrades in recent years included improvements to efficiency and privacy (Sapling, Orchard, etc.) — consult project release notes for exact upgrade dates. (Protocol upgrade details are available on Zcash project pages and major market trackers.) CoinGecko+1
