--- title: "Why did Zcash go up 1.6% on October 26, 2026?" language: en canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/zcash/2026-10-26" date: 2026-10-26 --- # Why did Zcash go up 1.6% on October 26, 2026? On October 26, 2026 (UTC), ZEC went from about $1,213.56 to $1,233.40 (+1.61%) on OKX · USDT, trading between $1,177.68 and $1,268.38. ZEC is within a usual day's range. ZEC rose further than this on 10 of the past 29 days. 1 ZEC report is on the timeline below. Timing alone does not show what caused the move. - Day open / close: $1,213.56 → $1,233.40 (24 hourly candles, OKX · USDT) - Day range: $1,177.68 – $1,268.38 - Versus the past month: 10 of the past 29 days rose further; +1.61% in the 24 hours to Oct 27, 2026, 00:00 UTC, 0.5× a typical day (3.6%). - 30-day range: 26.8% below the high · 17.6% above the low; From hourly highs and lows on the same venue - 24h volume: 1.2×; of its prior 30-day daily average Computed from OKX · USDT hourly candles for the 24 hours to Oct 27, 2026, 00:00 UTC. ## ZEC timeline around October 26, 2026 - Oct 27, 2026, 06:14 UTC: [Zcash co-founder proposes halting automatic grants funding as committee treasury tops $125 million]() · CoinDesk — Zcash co-founder Sean Bowe published a draft proposal to end automatic funding for the network's community grants program, according to CoinDesk, which reported that the redirect would send the committee's remaining 8% share of newly… Prices, market readings and reports are shown side by side; timing alone does not show what caused a move. ## Same-day movers · 2026-10-26 (UTC) - [Quack AI (Q) +248.57%]() - [USD.AI (CHIP) +15.90%]() [Zcash (ZEC) price and news]() [Methods and limitations]()