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Zcash slips out of crypto’s top 10 after 14.4% drop

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ZEC slid to number 11 by market cap as post-upgrade profit-taking, long liquidations and Grayscale trust outflows piled up Zcash has lost its seat at crypto’s top table. ZEC fell 14.4% and dropped out of the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, landing at number 11. The timing stings. Just days earlier, the privacy-focused coin was celebrating a major network upgrade and trading well above $1,300. The selloff hit on November 10-11, 2026. ZEC touched lows somewhere between $963 and $1,000 before recovering slightly to close the session at around $1,045 to $1,094. That move left Zcash with an estimated market capitalization close to $16.5 billion to $17 billion. Respectable money, but not enough to hold a top 10 spot. Traders were clearly paying attention.

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