Zcash Leads Altcoin Board as Market Cap Slips
Privacy coin Zcash gains 16.96% in 24 hours, but the wider market sheds 1.70% and fear sentiment lingers.
Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:30:50 GMT · written by the desk from live feeds
Key points
- •Zcash rose 16.96% in 24 hours to $1,353.07, the largest gain among tracked assets.
- •Rain fell 8.20% on the day and 21.30% over seven days to $0.01286325.
- •Total crypto market capitalisation is $2.62T, down 1.70% in 24 hours, with BTC dominance at 58.35%.
- •The Fear and Greed index reads 50 (Neutral) against a desk sentiment value of 41 (Fear).
- •DeFi TVL stands at $87.53B, with Ethereum at $49.43B, and OKX BTC-USDT swap funding is 0.0064% per eight hours.
Zcash Sets the Pace
Zcash (ZEC) is the standout on the altcoin board, up 16.96% over 24 hours to $1,353.07 and 9.90% across the week. Its market capitalisation stands at $22.91B on $2.58B of daily volume, placing it tenth among the largest assets. NEAR Protocol follows with a 12.47% daily gain to $2.65, adding 5.40% over seven days. Aster rose 7.14%, Canton 7.01% and Uniswap 5.97%, the last of those up 12.30% on the week.
Rain Retreats as Sentiment Stays Cautious
Rain is the weakest name in the sample, down 8.20% in 24 hours and 21.30% over seven days to $0.01286325. Bitway fell 5.38% on the day even after a 61.90% weekly advance. Monero slipped 1.37%. The wider picture is soft: total crypto market capitalisation stands at $2.62T, down 1.70% in 24 hours, with Bitcoin dominance at 58.35%. The Fear and Greed index reads 50, labelled Neutral, down a point from yesterday's 51, while the desk sentiment reading sits at 41, labelled Fear.
DeFi and Derivatives in Focus
Total value locked across DeFi is $87.53B, with Ethereum commanding $49.43B of that. Solana follows at $5.84B, Base at $5.55B, BSC at $5.53B, Tron at $5.42B and Bitcoin at $4.13B. In derivatives, the OKX BTC-USDT perpetual swap carries a funding rate of 0.0064% per eight hours, with open interest of $2.20B.
Elsewhere, XRP gave back 6.60% over the week to $1.29, and Sui lost 6.20% across the same window. Gold-backed tokens moved lower, with PAX Gold down 0.85% to $4,294.66 and Tether Gold down 0.77% to $4,293.46. Bitcoin trades at $76,299, up 0.52% on the day but down 2.30% on the week.
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The exact data bank handed to the model (deepseek / deepseek-flash) at 2026-09-17T12:30:50.571Z. The model may use nothing else. Sources: CoinGecko, Alternative.me, DeFiLlama, mempool.space, OKX, and the RSS headlines listed.
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