Zcash, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency, fell below $965 on Wednesday, extending a weekly decline of about 26%—roughly three times bitcoin's loss over the same period.
CoinGecko's price history put $ZEC at $962.71 at 6:30 p.m. ET on Nov. 11. That quote was below every hourly price sample in the preceding 28 days. This is a comparison of sampled prices, not a claim about the lowest trade on every exchange.
Gemini's trade records separately showed $ZEC changing hands at $956.19 at 6:13 p.m. ET, corroborating the move below $965.
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The retreat extends the selloff that took $ZEC below $1,100 on Nov. 10. Its circulating market capitalization was about $16.4 billion at 6:30 p.m. ET Wednesday, according to CoinGecko, compared with about $18.7 billion in the earlier report.
Weekly Loss Outpaces Bitcoin and Ether
Using identical hourly endpoints ending at 6 p.m. ET Wednesday, The Defiant calculates that $ZEC fell 26.0% over seven days, compared with bitcoin's 8.5% decline and ether's 15.6% drop.
Zcash's Weekly Loss Exceeds Both Benchmarks
Subject
Metric
Value
Period / as of
Zcash
Seven-day price change
-25.99%
7 days
Bitcoin
Seven-day price change
-8.45%
7 days
Ether
Seven-day price change
-15.63%
7 days
Zcash
28-day price change
-14.66%
28 days
Bitcoin
28-day price change
-9.48%
28 days
Ether
28-day price change
-15.01%
28 days
USD price changes. Source: The Defiant calculations using CoinGecko hourly prices. All windows end Nov. 11, 2026 at 6 p.m. ET (23:00 UTC); baselines are Nov. 4 and Oct. 14 at 23:00 UTC. Endpoint returns, not intraday lows or evidence of causation. (Zcash; Bitcoin; Ether)
The longer window gives a different comparison: $ZEC's 14.7% decline over 28 days was close to ether's 15.0% loss, while bitcoin fell 9.5%. The figures show relative performance; they do not establish what caused the selling.
The $962.71 quote also left $ZEC about 43% below the $1,680.73 recorded in CoinGecko's hourly series on Sept. 26, deepening the retreat from September's rally.
The slide followed a fresh promotional push by Grayscale. Its Zcash Invest website said on Nov. 10 that it was launching a national campaign and directing $1 million to nonprofit organizations and initiatives supporting the Zcash ecosystem.
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