Cryptocurrencies focused on privacy have come onto investors’ radar recently, ranking among the most popular token categories.
According to CoinGecko, which tracks a combined market capitalization of almost $22 billion across privacy coins, their value rose 52.2% in the past 24 hours. Rival data aggregator CoinMarketCap places the category at nearly $55 billion, with Zcash (ZEC) now leading the pack.
One of the early privacy-focused cryptocurrencies, Zcash launched in October 2016. It traded below $80 at the start of this October but exploded 375%…








