Top 10 Privacy Crypto Projects: Growth & Financial Milestones Privacy is back. Here's what the data actually shows: $XMR: ATH of $799.89 hit January 14, 2026, +46.72% year-over-year, market cap ATH $12.5B (ranked #17-20), Seraphis + FCMP++ upgrades live, Grease L2 payment channel announced $ZEC: Zashi 2.0 launched, Ztarknet devnet live, Grayscale ETF decision pending, market cap ATH $10.B, entire dev team resigned shifting to decentralized development $DASH: Evolution platform fully launched, iOS DashPay Wallet live, market cap ATH $11.2B, 12% price growth in 2025 $DCR: Strong Q4 2025 performance, market cap ATH $2.8BM, part of broader privacy sector boom $ARRR: 168% weekly price surge, Orchard/Halo2 milestones hit, BTCPay Server integration live, market cap ATH $1.7B $NOCK: Emerging privacy contender, Pioneered the world's first zkPoW (Zero-Knowledge Proof-of-Work) Layer-1 blockchain, Operates the largest ZK proving network globally (self claimed), Built and released the complete vertically integrated Nock stack, market cap ATH $217M. $FIRO: Spark Assets mainnet launched with advanced Lelantus privacy protocol, market cap $15M With surveillance increasing globally, privacy tech becomes MORE valuable, not less. Which privacy coin are you most bullish on?