How Zcash and NEAR Are Driving This Crypto Bull Run

Zcash and NEAR's outsized rallies are being attributed by their builders to a real institutional/business demand for on-chain privacy, not speculation.

• Rally drivers: Zcash rose 32% in a week (near ATH, #9 on CoinGecko) and NEAR rose 69% (#23), driven by privacy narrative rather than pure speculation.
• Privacy vs confidentiality split: Zcash uses user-generated zero-knowledge shielded transactions (no shared state, limited programmability); NEAR uses MPC plus secure enclaves to enable 'confidential DeFi' with programmable smart contracts, lending, and perps.

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