glassnode: Privacy Sector Becomes the Year's Biggest Winner, ZEC Leads Gains Pushing Sector Market Cap to $33.6 Billion

Odaily News - glassnode stated on platform X that while Bitcoin remains 36% below its October 2025 high, most sectors in the crypto market are still at low levels. However, the privacy sector has become the only one outperforming its previous market peak, up 213% since October 6, 2025.

Data shows that all top 10 sectors have posted gains over the past 30 days, with the privacy sector leading at 90%. Currently, the total market cap of privacy-focused crypto assets ranked in the top 200 has risen to approximately $33.6 billion, a significant increase from $7.1 billion a year ago, with nearly half of that growth coming in the last 30 days. Among them, Zcash (ZEC) has jumped from 82nd to 7th place in market cap rankings, accumulating a 2,496% gain over the past year; Monero (XMR) has also doubled in price over the same period.

Although ZEC accounts for about 62% of the privacy sector's market cap and its strong performance has dominated sector gains, the privacy sector's rally is not driven by a single asset. All 8 privacy assets with at least one year of historical data have posted gains. Excluding ZEC, a weighted portfolio of privacy assets is still up 85% over the past year, and up 56% from Bitcoin's October 2025 high.

Among the top 25 assets by market cap, only ZEC, HYPE, XMR, and WBT are currently above their October 6, 2025 levels, with two of those spots occupied by privacy assets. Data indicates that 91.5% of the top 200 crypto assets by market cap have risen over the past 30 days, but only 25 assets have gained over the past year—suggesting the recent rebound has broad market participation, while the strong performance over the past year has been highly concentrated in the privacy sector.