Privacy coins have recorded gains far exceeding those of other major sectors during the recent rebound in the cryptocurrency market, according to on-chain analytics firm Glassnode.
According to Glassnode, Bitcoin remains 36% below its October 2025 peak, while the median cryptocurrency among the top 200 by market capitalization is also 58% below its level at that time.
By contrast, the privacy coin sector has risen 213% on the same basis. Other major sectors—including DeFi, Layer 1, artificial intelligence, real-world assets (RWA), memecoins and Layer 2—have yet to recover to their peak levels at that time.
Over the past 30 days, privacy coins have also risen 90%, posting the strongest performance of all sectors.