Zcash privacy tech drives ZEC price surge amid selective disclosure features
Zcash (ZEC)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
Zebpay.com reports that Zcash, launched on October 28, 2016, is a privacy-focused digital asset enabling users to transact without exposing sensitive financial information. The project evolved from academic research into Zerocoin and Zerocash before the Electric Coin Company formed in 2015 to implement the technology. Zooko Wilcox-O’Hearn led cryptographers like Matthew Green and Ian Miers to develop shielded transactions using zero-knowledge proofs.
These proofs allow the network to validate transactions without revealing sender, recipient, or amount details. The protocol supports both transparent transactions, which are visible on-chain, and shielded transactions that protect confidentiality. Network Upgrade 5 introduced the Orchard shielded protocol and Halo 2, which eliminated the need for a trusted setup.
Users retain control through selective disclosure, sharing viewing keys with authorized parties for audits or compliance. This architecture combines blockchain verifiability with strong cryptographic security for digital payments.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for ZEC, measured when this story was written up on 8 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
ZEC is trading at $1,140.16 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 63.6%, indicating strong immediate buying pressure. This short-term sentiment is higher than the 4-hour buy ratio of 56.7% and significantly above the 24-hour ratio of 47.9%. Volume delta shows a net inflow of $2,642,785 in the last hour and $4,715,005 over four hours, contrasting with a net outflow of $9,811,265 over the past day. The cumulative volume delta closed at $4,006,715 for the 24-hour period, suggesting recent aggressive accumulation. A buy ratio above 50% means buyers are actively outweighing sellers in the order book. Positive volume delta confirms that market participants are executing more buy orders than sell orders during these intervals.
The latest daily buy ratio of 52.9% sits at the 82nd percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 50.2% - stronger buying than most days.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for ZEC, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the average buy ratio was 50.0%, making today’s 24-hour ratio of 47.9% slightly below the weekly norm by 2.1 points. Spot volume over the last day reached $230,937,234, which is 1.04 times the weekly average, indicating elevated trading activity. The price has surged 34.4% over the last eight days, driven by a total volume delta of $4,446,240. Net buying occurred on only 3 of the 7 days in this period, showing inconsistent accumulation despite the price rise. This day represents a continuation of high volume but a dip in relative buying intensity compared to the weekly average.