{"id":15485,"date":"2025-11-07T15:47:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/zcash-jumps-to-2nd-largest-holding-in-arthur-hayes-family-office-crypto-portfolio\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T15:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:47:09","slug":"zcash-jumps-to-2nd-largest-holding-in-arthur-hayes-family-office-crypto-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/zcash-jumps-to-2nd-largest-holding-in-arthur-hayes-family-office-crypto-portfolio\/","title":{"rendered":"Zcash jumps to 2nd largest holding in Arthur Hayes\u2019 family office crypto portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">The Zcash price rally has made the privacy coin the second-largest crypto holding for Maelstrom, Arthur Hayes\u2019 family office.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_24cb86664195609188b348f1541fe2a2\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arthur Hayes says Zcash now ranks second in his family office\u2019s crypto portfolio.<\/li>\n<li>ZEC price gains have helped push the privacy coin into the spot behind Bitcoin.<\/li>\n<li>The altcoin\u2019s price has skyrocketed in recent weeks as the privacy narrative picks momentum.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>Arthur Hayes announced on November 7 via X that the recent surge in the altcoin\u2019s price has pushed it into second place among Maelstrom\u2019s largest and most liquid cryptocurrency holdings.<\/p>\n<p>Zcash (ZEC) price gains currently have ZEC sitting behind Bitcoin (BTC) in terms of the family office\u2019s digital assets holdings by value, according to Hayes, the co-founder of crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX and chief investment officer of Maelstrom. He noted:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cDue to the rapid ascent in price, $ZEC is now the 2nd largest *LIQUID* holding in the Maelstrom portfolio behind $BTC.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hayes comments came as Zcash witnessed another bullish flip on Friday, with the privacy coin\u2019s native token jumping to highs of $656. The intraday gains have extended ZEC\u2019s rally to its highest mark since 2018, putting current levels at eight-year highs.<\/p>\n<p>Hayes recently shared a \u201cludicrous\u201d ZEC price prediction. Also shared on X, he posted that the top privacy coin could hit $10k, accompanied by a chart showing ZEC\u2019s staggering gains.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#8217;s just ludicrous.<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ZEC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$ZEC<\/a> to $10k <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EfyiPB2Azl\">pic.twitter.com\/EfyiPB2Azl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CryptoHayes\/status\/1986692678310899854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">November 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why is Zcash price up?<\/h2>\n<p>Driving the privacy coin\u2019s price rally, now an impressive 3,800% bounce from lows of $15 in early June 2024, has been market exuberance around its shielded transactions. The token is up over 340% in the past month and by more than 1,300% in the past year.<\/p>\n<p>Zcash\u2019s privacy technology uses zero-knowledge proofs to allow users to \u201cshield\u201d their transactions by encrypting addresses, transaction amount and memo field. The key is having ZEC use as completely private. The shielded ZEC supply on the network has soared to nearly 5 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hayes says shielded transactions are key to the next phase of adoption across decentralized exchanges.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201c$ZEC shielded tx are going to power the next wave of true DEXs. What are your picks for the winners of a true privacy enabled DEX?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The altcoin\u2019s price has surged amid this growth. <\/p>\n<p>Other tokens, including Dash, have also benefited from the privacy narrative.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zcash price rally has made the privacy coin the second-largest crypto holding for Maelstrom, Arthur Hayes\u2019 family office. 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