Interesting News for XRP and ZEC Cryptos

Recently, there have been decidedly interesting news for XRP, and especially for Zcash (ZEC).

To be honest, Zcash has been the protagonist of a genuine rally, the likes of which haven’t been seen for months on this crypto, while for XRP the impact of the news on the price was less significant. 

It is important to specify that these are two very different entities that practically have almost nothing in common with each other. 

The ZEC Boom

ZEC is the native crypto of the Zcash project.

The recent surge in its price is remarkable: +% in the last thirty days, and an astonishing +1,100% in the last ninety days.

ZEC entered the crypto markets back in 2016, although the initial offering price turned out to be completely incorrect because it was extremely overvalued. 

During the altseason of late 2017/early 2018, it reached an all-time high well over $700, which has not been surpassed since. 

In fact, in 2021 it barely managed to surpass $300, after plummeting below $30 in 2019.

It seemed like it was a doomed project, so much so that during the mini-bubble at the end of 2024, it barely managed to climb back to $70 after hitting all-time lows just a few months earlier below $16.

However, starting from October of this year, it has awakened. 

In less than a month and a half, it has indeed surged from $60 to $730, even gaining enough momentum to surpass the all-time high from early 2018. 

If it hadn’t mistakenly debuted at over $4,000 in 2016, last week’s figure would be its new all-time high. 

It is noteworthy, however, that in the last seven days it has dropped back below $500. 

ZEC News

Zcash is one of the leading cryptocurrencies with a high level of privacy. 

The recent bullish momentum in its price is primarily due to its upcoming halving scheduled for November, which will reduce block rewards from 3.125 ZEC to 1.5625 ZEC. 

Additionally, the shielded pool has reached a record of 4.9 million tokens (approximately 30% of the circulating supply), thereby reducing liquidity and supporting price stability. 

In addition to all this, the Winklevoss twins, founders of the American crypto exchange Gemini, have invested over 50 million dollars in the new company Cypherpunk Technologies (formerly Leap Therapeutics) to accumulate at least 5% of the total supply of ZEC: they have already purchased 203,775 ZEC at an average price of $245.

This was seen as a signal of institutional validation, similar to their early investment in Bitcoin in 2013, and the news has sparked attempts at emulation. 

Moreover, the launch of ZPay Protocol on Solana is scheduled for November 20, which aims to integrate Zcash’s privacy features with Solana’s DeFi ecosystem. 

XRP Performance

The price of XRP, on the other hand, is up 10% compared to seven days ago.

After the rally at the end of 2024, which pushed it above $2 for the first time since early 2018, a prolonged period of consolidation has begun, which still appears to be ongoing. 

From December 2024 to June 2025, it consistently fluctuated between $2 and $3, with rare exceptions, while from July to September, it oscillated between $2.8 and $3.5, with some exceptions. 

However, starting from October 10, it returned to oscillate within a lower price range, between $2.2 and $2.6 with rare exceptions. 

It is, however, a more compressed range compared to the beginning of the year, and especially with a slightly higher low. 

That said, the +10% of the last seven days actually takes a back seat, although it helped to break out of the mini-downtrend from early November that seemed capable of bringing it back below $2.1. 

XRP News

In the USA today, the first spot XRP ETF (XRPC by Canary Capital, on Nasdaq) was approved. 

In reality, many expected this news to have a greater impact on the price of XRP than it actually did, especially since today it barely moved. However, XRPC has not yet gone public, so the future might still hold surprises from this perspective. 

Additionally, the SEC is reviewing applications for the issuance of at least 7 more ETFs, so there may be further developments in the coming months. 

In addition to all this, it should be noted that Ripple, the company that created XRP, has acquired GTreasury for one billion dollars, and is planning an institutional XRP treasury vehicle through a one billion dollar SPAC.