Zcash (ZEC)
Rank #15 · Layer 2 · launched 2016-10-28 · data since 2016-10-29 · last close 2026-07-26
24h
+4.74%
7d
-7.27%
30d
+21.28%
YTD
-0.78%
1y
+1132.78%
Zcash (ZEC) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -40.8 | -27.3 | 12.7 | 41.2 | 62.2 | -29.8 | 27.3 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | -23.1 | -13.0 | 4.7 | -8.6 | 40.8 | -24.4 | -3.5 | 10.1 | 83.3 | 445.3 | 5.4 | 19.7 |
| 2024 | -19.3 | 28.4 | 9.3 | -29.8 | 25.9 | -22.4 | 61.3 | -4.3 | -13.8 | 32.4 | 61.4 | -5.5 |
| 2023 | 21.0 | -4.7 | -10.0 | -2.7 | -14.6 | 5.0 | -10.4 | -18.3 | 8.9 | 5.1 | 4.2 | -8.7 |
| 2022 | -35.4 | 25.4 | 50.0 | -35.9 | -18.2 | -41.6 | 18.3 | -7.2 | -7.0 | -5.6 | -17.7 | -13.8 |
| 2021 | 34.0 | 28.0 | 43.0 | 56.4 | -33.9 | -19.4 | -14.7 | 29.0 | -25.7 | 55.9 | 32.2 | -33.6 |
| 2020 | 140.8 | -25.9 | -37.0 | 44.8 | 14.9 | -0.2 | 44.6 | 6.6 | -17.0 | -11.9 | 34.4 | -18.1 |
| 2019 | -13.3 | 5.8 | 12.9 | 3.5 | 49.4 | 13.7 | -33.7 | -34.3 | -13.5 | -2.1 | -23.4 | -4.9 |
| 2018 | -21.3 | -4.0 | -51.4 | 53.7 | -13.8 | -33.3 | 27.8 | -28.3 | -12.2 | -12.5 | -29.9 | -30.1 |
| 2017 | -21.7 | -7.8 | 115.2 | 21.0 | 151.2 | 31.3 | -45.9 | 61.4 | 5.5 | -16.8 | 28.6 | 63.9 |
| 2016 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | -89.0 | -85.2 | -27.9 |
| Avg | 2.1 | 0.5 | 14.9 | 14.4 | 26.4 | -12.1 | 7.1 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 40.1 | 1.0 | -5.9 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +2.1% | +0.5% | +14.9% | +14.4% | +26.4% | -12.1% | +4.9% | +1.6% | +0.9% | +40.1% | +1.0% | -5.9% |
| Win rate | 30%/10 | 40%/10 | 70%/10 | 60%/10 | 60%/10 | 30%/10 | 44%/9 | 44%/9 | 33%/9 | 40%/10 | 60%/10 | 20%/10 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-99.6%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±55.7%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
44%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+445.29%
2025-10
Worst month
-89%
2016-10
Longest streaks
5▲ / 6▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Zcash
Zcash is currently #15 by market cap, a certified crypto elder (class of 2016), and considers gravity more of a suggestion, in both directions. Since 2016 it is down 15% overall — surviving is its own genre of awesome.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was October 2025 at +445.29%; its worst, October 2016 at -89%.
- It has closed March in the green 7 out of 10 times — not a promise, just a suspicious habit.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.