Crypto Folks Run Hide and Seek – Privacy Coins Up 80%, and That Ain’t No Joke!

Well now, it looks like folks are in quite a pickle trying to hide their shiny bits from prying eyes, and they’re hitching their wagons to a new breed of digital hideouts called privacy coins. Seems like a good way to keep your business outta the town gossip, if you ask me – or if you’re just trying to dodge Uncle Sam’s nosey parkers. The demand for keeping things under the hat has set these coins a’blazing, rallying up around 80%, which would make even a Mississippi riverboat gambler turn his hat.

Just last week, the total value of these privacy-preserving coins crept past a staggering $24 billion – a sum that might make Old Miss Columbia blush. But of course, by the time I got around to writing this, they had pulled back a mite, settling at about $23.7 billion – probably tired from all that sprinting. That’s what I call a rollercoaster, sure enough.

Meanwhile, Dash (DASH) and Zcash (ZEC) were out in front, with Dashing Dash gaining 65% and that sassy Zcash puffing up over 9%. It’s like watching a couple of rogues at a poker game outshine all the rookies.

Now, all this hullabaloo happened even as the whole crypto world took a nosedive – down about 3.7%, no less, from nearly four trillion to just over 3.8 trillion dollars. But wouldn’t you know it, even amidst the collapse, these privacy coins kept on climbing like a cat after the cream, showing that some folks just prefer whispering in the dark over shouting from the rooftops.

These sneaky coins, like Zcash and Monero, are like the masked bandits of the crypto wild west, disguising who sent what and to whom. They’re the digital equivalent of hiding the silver spoon behind your back – much more private than just calling it “pseudonymous,” which is a fancy word for hiding in plain sight. 🤫👀

“Privacy is the New Black,” Says Some Fancy Pants Analyst

According to Jake Kennis, a big shot at Nansen, folks are starting to see privacy not as a luxury but as a necessity, like a good biscuit in the morning. With improvements like the Zashi wallet and a twist of Solana, these private transactions are becoming easier to pull off than sneaking a cigar into church.

He even compared Zcash to “encrypted Bitcoin,” which sounds about right – just a Bitcoin in a secret cloak. Powered by zk-SNARKs, these tricks make sure no one can follow the trail, even if they’re sniffing from the other end of the blockchain. A little cryptographic magic that’s about as subtle as a thundering herd.

Arthur Hayes Bets Big and Zcash Gets a Raise – Over Eight Years High!

Hold onto your hats, because Friday, Zcash shot up to over eight years’ worth of worth – hitting $388, just shoving Monero aside like a common scribe. Now, that’s quite a feat, and it got a nudge from none other than Arthur Hayes, who boldly predicted Zcash would hit $10,000. That’s enough to make a banker’s eye twitch.

In the hours that followed, Zcash’s value jumped from $272 to a whopping $355 – a real highfalutin’ rise, and no mistake. The crowd was abuzz, and the rumors of a privacy coin revolution grew louder than a riverboat whistle at midnight.

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2025-11-03 17:22