Bankless · Friday, September 18, 2026
Non-blue chip cryptocurrencies like Zcash and Near are outperforming, with Zcash reaching all-time highs and Near seeing significant adoption of its confidential services. This trend suggests a recovery in the middle segment of the crypto market, which had previously been struggling.
“But actually, we've had some non-blue chip coins massively outperform lately, particularly on the week. So Zcash, all-time highs. Am I correct in that?”
“Yeah, Zcash all-time highest broke $1,500, and it was just $1,200 last week. So the momentum behind Zcash is just absolutely astounding.”
“NIR specifically is just seeing adoption of their confidential intense products. So $30 billion crossed by NIR in their confidential intense, which is I kind of put it shoulder to shoulder with Zcash in the privacy angle of things.”