# Zcash Rises 4.13% in Four Hours to $1,261 on Binance Spot

By Enna Lee

Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/36557
Published: 2026-10-21T10:38:04.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-21T10:38:04.000Z
Section: Investing

> ZEC was up 10.34% over 24 hours. Short liquidations across three exchanges totaled $30,000 in the same one-hour window.

Zcash (ZEC) rose 4.13% in four hours to $1,261 on Binance’s spot market at 8:10 p.m. ET on Oct. 20 (00:10 UTC on Oct. 21), extending its advance over the previous 24 hours.

The earlier quote for Binance’s ZEC/USDT spot pair was $1,211 at 4:10 p.m. ET (20:10 UTC), a $50 increase over four hours. The 4.13% change uses directly collected prices from that pair. ZEC was also up 10.34% from 24 hours earlier.

In the one-hour window tied to the price update, a direct tally of Zcash liquidations across Binance, Bybit and OKX came to $40,000. Short positions accounted for $30,000, while long positions accounted for $10,000, leaving a $20,000 difference. Those totals cover the one-hour window and the three exchanges, while the spot-price change spans four hours.

Zcash ranked 10th among cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, with an estimated market value of $21.38 billion at the snapshot.