Zcash (ZEC)

Zcash ranks #7 of 534 cryptocurrencies. On a list that also counts wrapped coins, staked derivatives and stablecoins it appears at #9: 2 of the 8 things ahead of it are claims on assets already counted.

Rank among cryptocurrencies#7
Rank counting claims#9
Market capitalisation$26.1B
Price$1,540
Circulating supply16,949,703 ZEC
Maximum supply21,000,000 ZEC
Consensus familyProof of Work
Consensus mechanismEquihash (200,9)
Own hashrate29 GH/s
Network purposePrivate payments
Ledger typeSingle-asset ledger

Market figures from the 25 September 2026 build snapshot. Open the live view for real-time exchange prices and charts.

Supply

16,949,703 of a maximum 21,000,000 ZEC have been issued, 80.7% of the total that will ever exist.

The work behind it

Zcash is secured by 29 GH/s of its own work. Hashrate does not compare across algorithms — a SHA-256 hash and a Scrypt hash cost different amounts to produce.

What a regulator has said

No SEC/CFTC determination — unclassified.

Reported as the regulator's position, not ours. Assets nobody has ruled on are left unclassified rather than sorted by our own guess.

Why this ranking is shorter than the others

An asset counts once. Wrapped coins, staked derivatives and stablecoins are claims on something already in the list, so they are listed separately rather than added to the total. That's why Zcash sits at #7 here versus #9 elsewhere — the 2 positions between them are claims we don't count as separate assets. The methodology sets out both rules, and the counting rule argues for them.

See the 2 wrapped and staked claims on Zcash →

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