Is Zcash outperforming Bitcoin?

Zcash is ahead of Bitcoin over 30 days (+20.3%) and beats it in 5 of 5 measured windows, from 7 days to one year.

What is Zcash's all-time high?

Zcash's all-time high is $3,191.93, and it trades 60.4% below it today.

How many ZEC are in circulation?

About 17.03M ZEC are in circulation out of a maximum supply of 21M.

How is Zcash compared with Bitcoin here?

Each window compares ZEC's percentage return with Bitcoin's over the same period. A coin counts as outperforming when its return is higher. Prices come from CoinGecko and refresh several times a day.

Zcash ZEC vs Bitcoin

#10

Data as of November 7, 2026 · Source: CoinGecko

$1,264.28 -7.0% 24h

0.016681 BTC +0.5% vs BTC · 7d

$1,250.9424h Range$1,365.73

Outperforming BTC Zcash is beating Bitcoin in 5 of 5 time windows.

Market Cap: $21.53B
24h Trading Volume: $755.12M
Circulating Supply: 17.03M 81% of max
Total Supply: 17.03M
Max Supply: 21M
All-Time High: $3,191.93 -60.4%Oct 28, 2016
Bitcoin Price: $75,791.00
BTC Dominance: 59.31%

ZEC price, last 7 days

High $1,348.02 · Low $1,128.02

1h+0.2%
24h-7.0%
7d-1.9%
30d+12.4%
200d+293.7%
1y+86.7%

Period	ZEC USD	vs BTC	Result
7 Days	-1.87%	+0.54%	Beating BTC
30 Days	+12.40%	+20.34%	Beating BTC
90 Days	—	+121.78%	Beating BTC
200 Days	+293.69%	+294.37%	Beating BTC
1 Year	+86.68%	+148.59%	Beating BTC

Zcash vs Bitcoin over time

30-Day Relative Performance

View recent values as a table

Recent Zcash performance relative to Bitcoin
Date	Relative performance
Oct 27, 2026	-13.18%
Oct 28, 2026	-13.86%
Oct 29, 2026	-1.17%
Oct 30, 2026	-7.57%
Oct 31, 2026	+1.12%
Nov 1, 2026	-1.82%
Nov 2, 2026	+3.53%
Nov 3, 2026	+0.44%
Nov 4, 2026	+7.77%
Nov 5, 2026	+4.06%
Nov 6, 2026	+13.31%
Nov 7, 2026	+20.34%

About Zcash vs Bitcoin

Zcash (ZEC) is ranked #10 by market capitalisation, at $21.53B, and trades at $1,264.28 — 0.01668 BTC. Its price moved -7.0% in the last 24 hours.

Measured against Bitcoin rather than the dollar, Zcash is ahead over 7 days (+0.5%), 30 days (+20.3%), 90 days (+121.8%), 200 days (+294.4%), one year (+148.6%). It beats Bitcoin in 5 of 5 windows, so this tracker currently reads it as outperforming Bitcoin. A positive figure means ZEC gained more, or lost less, than BTC over the same period.

Zcash's all-time high is $3,191.93, set on October 28, 2016; it now trades 60.4% below that level. About 17.03M ZEC are in circulation, 81% of a fixed maximum supply of 21M.

Zcash is one of the 50 altcoins behind the Altcoin Season Index, which counts how many of them are beating Bitcoin. The index currently reads 41/100; the altcoin season zone starts at 75.

How these figures are calculated

ZEC questions

Is Zcash outperforming Bitcoin?: Zcash is ahead of Bitcoin over 30 days (+20.3%) and beats it in 5 of 5 measured windows, from 7 days to one year.
What is Zcash's all-time high?: Zcash's all-time high is $3,191.93, and it trades 60.4% below it today.
How many ZEC are in circulation?: About 17.03M ZEC are in circulation out of a maximum supply of 21M.
How is Zcash compared with Bitcoin here?: Each window compares ZEC's percentage return with Bitcoin's over the same period. A coin counts as outperforming when its return is higher. Prices come from CoinGecko and refresh several times a day.

Similar relative strength

Related Coins

View full leaderboard →

MoneroXMR · Rank #12 +23.60% vs BTC

LEO TokenLEO · Rank #16 +11.64% vs BTC

JUSTJST · Rank #68 +10.44% vs BTC

AsterASTER · Rank #54 +6.47% vs BTC

Discussed in the community briefing

Daily summaries of r/CryptoCurrency that covered Zcash.

Browse every briefing