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Zcash (ZEC): price and where to buy in Spain

$1,247.94

€1,081.83 at the exchange rate of September 16, 2026, 17:00

Last 30 days, one price per day in USD.

ATH (all-time high)

$3,191.93

% from its ATH

-60.90 %

% price change, 24 hours

11.23 %

% price change, 1 hour

-0.03 %

Market data updated on September 16, 2026, 16:00 (UTC).

How much is Zcash (ZEC) worth today?

The current price of Zcash is $1,247.94 USD. At the exchange rate of September 16, 2026, that comes to €1,081.83. Its all-time high (ATH) was $3,191.93. It is now trading 60.90% below that high. Over the last 24 hours its price has moved 11.23%.

The market capitalisation of Zcash is $21,124,818,221 USD, which reflects the total value of every coin in circulation.

What if Zcash had Bitcoin's market cap? Work out what each ZEC would be worth with the market cap calculator.

Where to buy Zcash in Spain

Since 1 July 2026 only platforms authorised under MiCA may operate in Spain. These ones are and have the pair open — two different things, and both worth checking. You can verify the authorisation yourself in the register we keep up to date:

Is this your first purchase? Before opening an account, read how to buy cryptocurrency in Spain step by step: the right order, what they will ask you for and what you pay extra if you press the wrong button.

  • Kraken — ZEC/EUR, ZEC/USD. You can pay in euros. Payward Europe Solutions Limited, authorised by Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) since 06/2025.
  • Coinbase — ZEC/USD. No euro pair: you would have to swap into another coin first, and that swap is taxable in Spain. Coinbase Luxembourg S.A., authorised by Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) since 06/2025.

Being authorised does not mean they are the best option for you: it means they may operate legally. Fees and service are something you have to look at separately. This is not investment advice.

Availability checked on 14/09/2026. We cannot say either way for Bitpanda: it does not publish its list of trading pairs.

And when you sell at a profit, it has to be declared: work out what you pay in Spanish income tax using the FIFO method the tax office requires. And if you hold more than €50,000 on platforms outside Spain, you also have to file form 721, which is informational and costs nothing.

What is Zcash

Zcash trades under the ticker ZEC and ranks #10 by market capitalisation in the CoinGecko catalogue. It runs on its own blockchain, using the Equihash algorithm. Its genesis block is dated 28 October 2016. CoinGecko lists it under smart contract platforms, privacy coins and layer 1 chains.

Project description from CoinGecko

Zcash is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that uses trustless zero-knowledge proofs to enable fully encrypted transactions while maintaining blockchain transparency and security. It was the first cryptocurrency to implement zero-knowledge encryption for private peer-to-peer payments, addressing the fundamental privacy gap in traditional cryptocurrencies that expose transaction details publicly. With a fixed supply of 21 million ZEC and a halving schedule similar to Bitcoin, Zcash allows users to prove transactions are valid without revealing sensitive information like wallet balances, transaction amounts, or participant identities, making it suitable for everyday payments, long-term savings, and cross-border money transfers where financial confidentiality matters. The protocol operates on its own blockchain currently using Proof-of-Work consensus, though it's evolving toward Proof-of-Stake through the planned "Crosslink" upgrade to enhance security, scalability, and energy efficiency. Zcash employs trustless zero-knowledge proofs (Halo) within its Orchard shielded pool to verify transactions without revealing sender, receiver, or amount information. Users can choose between transparent public transactions and shielded private transactions through Unified Addresses, which work with both types. The network is faster and cheaper than Bitcoin, with new blocks mined every 75 seconds and transaction fees typically just a fraction of a cent. Privacy adoption has surged in 2025, with over 30% of total ZEC supply now held in fully shielded pools. Zcash was created by a group of scientists in 2013 who initially proposed Zerocoin as a privacy extension to Bitcoin before building a standalone protocol. The ecosystem operates with a self-funded development model where block rewards support independent teams through the Zcash Community Grants Committee and a new Coinholder-Controlled Fund.

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Website

https://z.cash/

Blockchain explorer

https://cipherscan.app/ https://3xpl.com/zcash

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Categories

Smart Contract Platform | Privacy Coins | Layer 1 (L1) | Zero Knowledge (ZK) | Proof of Work (PoW) | Pantera Capital Portfolio | Made in USA | Coinbase 50 Index | Quantum-Resistant | Privacy |

BTC equivalent

1 zec = 0.0164847200 BTC

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Frequently asked questions about Zcash

Zcash is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that uses trustless zero-knowledge proofs to enable fully encrypted transactions while maintaining blockchain transparency and security. It was the first cryptocurrency to implement zero-knowledge encryption for private peer-to-peer payments, addressing the fundamental privacy gap in traditional cryptocurrencies that expose transaction details publicly. With a fixed supply of 21 million ZEC and a halving schedule similar to Bitcoin, Zcash allows users to prove transactions are valid without revealing sensitive information like wallet balances, transact...

Four steps: open an account with a provider authorised to operate in Spain, verify your identity, deposit euros by SEPA transfer and buy Zcash in the matching pair. If you plan to hold for a long time, consider withdrawing to a wallet you control: moving your coins to your own custody is not a sale, so it is not taxed. Selling Zcash at a profit is, and you can work out how much.

You can buy it with euros on Kraken (ZEC/EUR). It also trades on Coinbase (ZEC/USD), but with no euro pair: you would have to swap into another coin first, and that swap is taxable in Spain. Checked on 14/09/2026. We cannot say either way for Bitpanda: it does not publish its list of trading pairs.

The all-time high of Zcash was $3,191.93. It currently trades 60.90% below that level.

1 ZEC is worth 0.01648 BTC at the current rate.
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Price scenarios

What distance Zcash would have to cover to reach its historical reference points.

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Zcash price scenarios

Zcash trades today at $1,247.94. Its all-time high was $3,191.93, reached on October 28, 2016. Going back to that level would mean a rise of 155.8% from the current price, that is, multiplying it by 2.56.

At the other end, its all-time low was $16.08 on July 4, 2024: from there the price has multiplied by 78. That path already happened and says nothing about the next one.

Recent path

Zcash price change over different periods.
PeriodChange
24 hours up +11.23%
7 days down -1.69%
30 days up +143.06%
1 year up +2,301.36%

Why you will not find a price prediction here

There is no method that reliably predicts the price of a cryptocurrency. It depends on regulation, on adoption, on interest rates, on the decisions of a handful of very large firms and on market sentiment — none of which follows from today's price. A figure twelve months out would not be analysis: it would be an invented number that looks like data.

What you can look at is right above, and it is verifiable: the all-time high and low with their dates, how far away each one is and the recent path. With that you decide for yourself, which is rather more than a figure with nothing behind it gives you.

This page is not investment advice. Cryptocurrencies are a volatile asset and are not covered by any deposit guarantee scheme: you can lose all the money you put in. Read up and decide for yourself.

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