Privacy-focused crypto assets have become the best-performing sector of 2026, rising 213% since October 2025, Glassnode data shows. Bitcoin remains 36% below its October 2025 high, while the median top-200 asset is down 58% from that date, making privacy the only sector trading above its cycle peak. The privacy sector has gained 90% over the past 30 days, leading a broad market rebound. Its market capitalization rose from $7.1 billion a year ago to $33.6 billion, with nearly half of that growth added in the past month. ZEC climbed from 82nd to 7th by market capitalization after a 2,496% gain and now accounts for 62% of the privacy sector’s value. Excluding ZEC, the sector is still up 85% for the year, while only 25 of the top 200 crypto assets are positive over the same period.