Privacy coin development is intensifying, with Dash emerging as the leader in GitHub code activity over the past month. This surge in development activity underscores a renewed focus on maintenance and upgrades within the privacy coin sector. While meme coins show little overlap in this trend, other privacy projects like NYM and HOPR are also gaining traction. Monero maintains steady development, and Santiment data highlights a wave of technical upgrades across the sector. Despite broader market concerns about inflation, these protocol improvements suggest a promising long-term potential for privacy coins.