- Privacy-focused cryptocurrencies rose even as the wider market fell and nearly $1 billion in positions were liquidated.
- Monero and Dash led gains; Monero hit a fresh high and trades near $644, while Dash trades around $81.61.
- On-chain alerts that stolen Bitcoin and Litecoin were converted into Monero boosted volume in a thin market.
- Analysts say tighter regulations, more on-chain surveillance and low correlation to Bitcoin pushed defensive demand for privacy coins.
- Prediction-market users showed strong optimism for Bitcoin’s next move, while sentiment on ZCash remained split.
Privacy-focused cryptocurrencies, including Monero and Dash, jumped over the past 24 hours despite a broader crypto sell-off that liquidated nearly $1 billion in positions. Traders and analysts pointed to on-chain activity and shifting investor views on privacy and surveillance as drivers of the moves.
Data shows privacy coins rose about 4% on the day and 13.1% over the week while Bitcoin fell about 2.3% and most altcoins were down 3%–10%. Dash gained roughly 1.9% on the day and has climbed about 119% over the week to trade near $81.61. Monero rose about 8.3% and trades around $644 after hitting a new all-time high last Thursday. Privacy token DUSK surged more than 118% in 24 hours and about 354% for the week, according to its market listing on CoinGecko.
Rachel Lin, co-founder and CEO of SynFutures, said the rally combined short-term catalysts with a narrative shift. “Reflects a combination of short-term catalysts and a deeper shift in investor narrative,” she said, and added that volumes rose after on-chain investigator ZachXBT flagged large amounts of stolen Bitcoin and Litecoin being converted into Monero, which helped push prices higher.
Shivam Thakral, CEO of Indian exchange BuyUCoin, described the moves as defensive positioning amid geopolitical uncertainty. “Privacy coins tend to move counter-cyclically during periods of heightened uncertainty,” he said, and added that “Crypto institutionalization has made public blockchains more traceable, not less, creating demand for opt-in privacy.”
Users of prediction market Myriad remained optimistic for Bitcoin’s upside, assigning an 83.7% chance to a move to $100,000. Zcash was an outlier, down about 6.8% on the day and 6% on the week after recent turmoil at the Electric Coin Company, and Myriad users placed a 51% chance on its next move reaching $550 rather than $250.
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