# Zcash Advances 5.02% in an Hour to $1,201 as 24-Hour Gain Hits 7.23%

By Enna Lee

Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/36064
Published: 2026-10-20T22:53:59.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-20T22:53:59.000Z
Section: Investing

> TokenPost’s Binance spot snapshot showed a $1,143 price an hour earlier; short liquidations across three exchanges totaled $2.97 million.

Zcash (ZEC) climbed 5.02% in one hour to $1,201 by 10:02 a.m. ET (14:02 UTC) Oct. 20, based on TokenPost’s direct collection of public exchange quotes.

The observed price was $1,143 one hour earlier on Binance’s spot ZEC/USDT market, a $58 increase over the measured interval. ZEC was also up 7.23% from its level 24 hours earlier. TokenPost used the Binance spot pair for the price snapshot and comparison.

During that same hour, TokenPost’s tally across Binance, Bybit and OKX showed $2.97 million in short liquidations and $20,000 in long liquidations. Short liquidations were nearly 149 times the long total. The figures cover liquidations across those three exchanges, while the quoted asset price comes from Binance spot trading.

ZEC’s market capitalization was about $19,827,170,000, ranking it 10th among crypto assets. Its 24-hour increase of 7.23% was larger than the one-hour gain of 5.02%, marking gains across both measured windows.