# Zcash Rises 3.95% in Four Hours to $1,290 on Binance Spot

By Enna Lee

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Published: 2026-10-21T11:11:06.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-21T11:11:06.000Z
Section: Investing

> ZEC gained 12.77% over 24 hours. Short liquidations totaled $780,000 across three exchanges in a one-hour window.

Zcash (ZEC) rose 3.95% in four hours to $1,290 at 8:50 p.m. ET on Oct. 20 (00:50 UTC on Oct. 21), extending its 24-hour gain to 12.77%.

The move compares a $1,241 price four hours earlier with the $1,290 observation. TokenPost collected the prices directly from Binance’s ZEC/USDT spot market and calculated the percentage change from those quotes. Over the 24 hours ending at that observation, ZEC gained 12.77%, a larger increase than its four-hour move.

Short positions worth $780,000 were liquidated in the same one-hour window across Binance, Bybit and OKX. Long liquidations on those three exchanges totaled $0. TokenPost compiled the liquidation figures directly from the exchanges for that hour.

Zcash ranked 10th among crypto assets by market capitalization, at approximately $21.38 billion. The four-hour price change and one-hour liquidation figures cover different time windows.