BlockBeats, Sept 7 – In the year through Sept 6, privacy assets were the best-performing crypto sector. Total market cap of privacy tokens rose from $7.1 billion to $33.6 billion, a roughly 3.7x increase, with nearly half of the gains coming in the last 30 days.
ZEC led the rally, surging 2,496% over the year. It now makes up about 62% of the sector's market cap, jumping from 82nd to 7th place among crypto assets.
XMR doubled in price over the same period. DASH, XMR, and ZEN all outperformed BTC in the last 90 days. Across the top 200 crypto assets, 91.5% posted gains in the past 30 days, but only 25 assets were up over the full year. The privacy sector is the only one where the total market cap currently exceeds the level on Oct 6, 2025, trading 213% above that point.
Excluding ZEC, the privacy asset index still rose 85% over the past year, indicating the rally is not solely driven by a single token.