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ZEC this week: +36% in seven days, negative funding on perps

Zcash closed the week at $1,155.16 (+36.4% in 7 days, +121.4% in 30). Market cap, the seven-day range and what the ZIPMEX perp market is charging to hold a position, with sources.

· By ZIPMEX · 1 min read

Zcash (ZEC) trades at $1,155.16 on September 8, 2026: -2.8% over 24 hours, +36.4% over seven days and +121.4% over thirty. That leaves it 64% below the all-time high of $3,191.93 set on 2016-10-28. Here is what the market and the ZIPMEX perp book say about the week, with every number sourced.

The numbers

Price$1,155.16
24 hours-2.8%
7 days+36.4%
30 days+121.4%
Market cap$19.6B
24h volume (all venues)$912.5M
Market rank#9
Perp open interest$347.7K
Perp 24h volume$664.0K
Max leverage20x

Perps: funding and open interest

On ZIPMEX Perps the ZEC/USDC market shows an estimated funding rate of -0.0016% per eight hours (last settled: +0.0058%), $347.7K of open interest and $664.0K traded in 24 hours. Negative funding means shorts are paying longs: leveraged traders lean bearish. Max leverage is 20x.

Levels from the last seven days

The seven-day high was $1,246.06 on 2026-09-06 and the low $794.98 on 2026-09-02, a 57% range. Reclaiming the all-time high would take a 2.8x from here. We do not publish price predictions; these are the levels the market actually printed.

Method and sources

Snapshot taken 2026-09-08 13:34 UTC. Price, supply and market cap: CoinGecko. Perps: ZIPMEX Perps public market data. Volume across all venues and all-time high: aggregated market data. This digest is generated from those feeds and reviewed by ZIPMEX Research; numbers on the ZEC landing refresh every minute.

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Updated on Sep 8, 2026