--- title: "Why did Zcash go up 3.8% on October 30, 2026?" language: en canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/zcash/2026-10-30" date: 2026-10-30 --- # Why did Zcash go up 3.8% on October 30, 2026? On October 30, 2026 (UTC), ZEC went from about $1,223.81 to $1,270.14 (+3.78%) on OKX · USDT, trading between $1,182.22 and $1,290.17. ZEC moved much further than Bitcoin's move would suggest; no cause is identified. ZEC rose further than this on 6 of the past 29 days. No ZEC report was collected from the day before to the day after; the cause is unresolved. - Day open / close: $1,223.81 → $1,270.14 (24 hourly candles, OKX · USDT) - Day range: $1,182.22 – $1,290.17 - Versus Bitcoin: +3.78% / BTC -0.90%; 24 hours to Oct 31, 2026, 00:00 UTC; the headline uses the live price. About +5.8 points of the move is its own after allowing for Bitcoin - Versus the past month: 6 of the past 29 days rose further; +3.78% in the 24 hours to Oct 31, 2026, 00:00 UTC, 1.2× a typical day (3.2%). - 30-day range: 12.4% below the high · 21.1% above the low; From hourly highs and lows on the same venue - Other tracked coins: 20 of 31 others also rose 1.3% or more; 4 fell that much - 24h volume: 1.6×; of its prior 30-day daily average Computed from OKX · USDT hourly candles for the 24 hours to Oct 31, 2026, 00:00 UTC. ## ZEC timeline around October 30, 2026 Largest closed hourly move: -2.85%, Oct 30, 2026, 11:00–12:00 (UTC). Prices, market readings and reports are shown side by side; timing alone does not show what caused a move. ## Same-day movers · 2026-10-30 (UTC) - [MEET48 (IDOL) +71.13%]() - [Akedo (AKE) -33.40%]() - [Bitway (BTW) -26.77%]() - [Plasma (XPL) +12.06%]() - [Uniswap (UNI) +10.40%]() [Zcash (ZEC) price and news]() [Methods and limitations]()