$BTC Bitcoin has always been cyclical! 👀 2013: -87.06% 2017: -83.46% 2021: -78.57% 2025: some people see a small bounce and scream “TO THE MOON!” - then call me dumb for staying cautious. $ETH
In every cycle, I used to just say:
“Sure, maybe I’m dumb.”
But guess what? When the market pumps, no one sends me profits. When it dumps, no one apologizes.
So this time in 2025, my answer is simple:
Trade your own conviction. You win - you keep it. You lose - you own it.
$ZEC vs $XMR - Only One is Built for Global Rails 🔐
The @Zcash vs @monero debate was framed wrong from the very beginning... 🚀
It was never about which coin is more private $SOL
It is about which privacy tech can actually scale into the real market over decades
Here are the differences ⤵️
> Monero is private by default > Ring signatures, stealth addresses, RingCT > Strong ideology. Strong community
It also gives regulators zero levers And that matters
Zcash took a different path:
> Zcash uses zero knowledge proofs > Zcash allows for public commerce by using transparent (t-addresses) transactions > With Orchard and Halo, shielded transfers hide sender, receiver, and amount using a modern ZK stack that aligns with where crypto is going (z-addresses)
Since NU5, trusted setup concerns are outdated Halo removed that requirement
Monero optimizes for always private money Zcash optimizes for privacy when you need it, and composability when you do not
That difference decides distribution
Zcash gives users and institutions options Transparent when required Shielded when it matters Selective disclosure when auditability is needed
Those knobs are why ZEC survives regulated rails
Monero’s strength is also its weakness Private by default makes it the first target for delistings
→ Kraken discontinued Monero support in Europe in late 2024 → Several other platforms and CEXs followed
So ask: can a privacy coin without enough distribution be dominant in the long-term?
Now look at 2025 data
→ Coin Metrics documented a breakout year for Zcash driven by rising shielded usage → Coinbase research highlighted growing shielded transaction counts and supply → Roughly 23 percent of ZEC supply now sits in the shielded pool
Recently, Monero agents acknowledges its current system needs heavy iteration to scale securely
Whispers have started circulating about how to trace Monero transaction and how many federal agencies have Monero nodes running recon
Zero knowledge privacy is the endgame Zcash is native ZK money
Someone pointed out that the PA started earlier than I thought and I added the all time low into the chart. $ANIME
This changes things since #ASTER can now dump all the way down to $0.1 AND still reach the $3.9 target.
This would probably take years to complete... $SOPH
Anyway! More short term outlook: Next stop is likely that broken wedge backtest at $0.79 if rejected -> $0.36 is the downside target. IF passed $1.5 to the upside is possible.
Bitcoin dominance on the weekly timeframe is still holding the demand zone of 57.7-58.5%. $ANIME
If the momentum continues, then we may see it at the 62% area. This bias is valid until the demand zone sustains. We may only see BTC.D moving towards 54% or below once it closes below the demand zone. $SOPH