{"id":57738,"date":"2025-11-10T22:46:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T22:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=57738"},"modified":"2025-11-10T22:46:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T22:46:43","slug":"is-arthur-hayes-rotating-his-bitcoin-into-zcash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=57738","title":{"rendered":"Is Arthur Hayes Rotating His Bitcoin Into ZCash?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arthur Hayes says Zcash is now his second-largest liquid holding after Bitcoin, and the market took notice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The BitMEX co-founder <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CryptoHayes\/status\/1986772900070695039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">shared<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the update on X late Friday. He said his family office, Maelstrom, now holds more ZEC than anything else except Bitcoin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Due to the rapid ascent in price, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ZEC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">$ZEC<\/a> is now the 2nd largest *LIQUID* holding in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaelstromFund?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@MaelstromFund<\/a> portfolio behind <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">$BTC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CryptoHayes\/status\/1986772900070695039?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">November 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He posted the comment after a sharp jump in Zcash, which has sparked fresh talk about whether major traders are warming up to privacy coins again.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Why Has ZEC Become the Second-Largest Asset in Hayes\u2019 Portfolio?<\/b><\/h2>\n<div class=\"chart crypto-chart-instance\" id=\"crypto_chart_691269b895826\" data-coin-id=\"zcash\">\n<div class=\"chart__header\">\n<div class=\"chart__info\">\n<div class=\"chart__info-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<img id=\"crypto_chart_691269b895826-chart__info-icon-img\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"chart__info-name\" id=\"crypto_chart_691269b895826-chart__info-name\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-symbol\" id=\"crypto_chart_691269b895826-chart__info-symbol\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-current\">\n<div class=\"chart__info-price\" id=\"crypto_chart_691269b895826-chart__info-price\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-change\" id=\"crypto_chart_691269b895826-chart__info-change\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-extra\">\n<div class=\"chart__info-label\">Market Cap<\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-marketcap\" id=\"crypto_chart_691269b895826-chart__info-marketcap\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__controls\">\n<div class=\"chart__controls-group\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--24h\" id=\"crypto_chart_691269b895826-btn-24h\">24h<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--7d\" id=\"crypto_chart_691269b895826-btn-7d\">7d<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--30d\" id=\"crypto_chart_691269b895826-btn-30d\">30d<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--1y\" id=\"crypto_chart_691269b895826-btn-1y\">1y<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--all-time\" id=\"crypto_chart_691269b895826-btn-all-time\">All Time<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__container\">\n\t\t<canvas class=\"chart__canvas\" id=\"crypto_chart_691269b895826-cryptoChart\"><\/canvas>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hayes didn\u2019t say he sold Bitcoin to build the position. He described it more as a shift driven by recent price action rather than a big portfolio reshuffle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By early Monday, ZEC <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/zcash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">traded<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the mid-$600s while <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/bitcoin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bitcoin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> sat near $105,000. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a post on X, Hayes said ZEC climbed to the second-largest spot in his portfolio \u201cdue to the rapid ascent in price,\u201d hinting that the token\u2019s strong move shifted his overall allocation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Maelstrom, his family office, <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/maelstrom.fund\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">says<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> it invests in liquid tokens and private deals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hayes has spoken often about ZEC in recent weeks. He has shared long-term goals for the token on social platforms and during interviews.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Arthur Hayes on the Bitcoin Cycle, Dumping HYPE &amp; Zcash Predictions\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FiR06Klq7R8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He also suggested Zcash could claim part of Bitcoin\u2019s value if privacy becomes a stronger theme again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Those remarks coincided with outsized ZEC gains since October and fresh media coverage over the weekend highlighting its climb into large-cap territory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zcash is a Bitcoin-like asset with a 21M coin cap that adds shielded transactions through zero-knowledge proofs. This lets users keep amounts and addresses private when they choose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That feature set has returned to the spotlight as interest in on-chain privacy picks up again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCOVER:\u00a0<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-crypto-to-explode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">20+ Next Crypto to Explode in 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><b>Zcash Price Prediction: Is Growing Open Interest Showing Stronger Bullish Momentum?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zcash has been gaining traction over the past month. Futures activity picked up sharply, and Futures Taker CVD stayed positive for 30 days straight, a sign that buyers have been in control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-307228\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-2025-11-10T222444.137.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-2025-11-10T222444.137.png 1600w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-2025-11-10T222444.137-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-2025-11-10T222444.137-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-2025-11-10T222444.137-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-2025-11-10T222444.137-1536x867.png 1536w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-2025-11-10T222444.137-50x28.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coinglass.com\/currencies\/ZEC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Source: Coinglass<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Most traders in the futures market leaned toward the buy side, opening positions on both long and short trades to capitalize on the moves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lookonchain pointed to one large buyer after ZEC fell to $509.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A mysterious whale created a new wallet (0x6EF9) 14 hours ago and deposited 6.27M <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24USDC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">$USDC<\/a> into Hyperliquid, placing a limit long order at $509.5 on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ZEC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">$ZEC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>9 hours ago, the order fully filled \u2014 now holding 20,833 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ZEC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">$ZEC<\/a>($12M) with an unrealized profit of $1.44M.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eZt2TrirgV\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/eZt2TrirgV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lookonchain (@lookonchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1987339116930031649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">November 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the tracker, the whale sent $6.27 million to Hyperliquid and placed a limit-long order for 20,800 ZEC, worth approximately $ 12.12 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the market moved higher, the trader\u2019s position briefly showed approximately $1.51 million in unrealized gains. They later closed the trade and walked away with roughly $1.25M in profit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Futures activity also picked up. CoinGlass data shows Zcash open interest rose about 9.8% to $939.31M, suggesting more money is flowing into ZEC futures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-307227\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dewgf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dewgf.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dewgf-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dewgf-1024x539.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dewgf-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dewgf-50x26.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coinglass.com\/currencies\/ZEC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Source: Coinglass<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Long-short positioning also leaned slightly bullish. CoinGlass listed a 24-hour Long\/Short Ratio near 1.01.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Binance, top traders posted a higher reading of 1.11, showing more traders were still favoring long bets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>EXPLORE:\u00a0<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/crypto-presales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">The 12+ Hottest Crypto Presales to Buy Right Now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/altcoins\/is-arthur-hayes-rotating-his-bitcoin-into-zcash\/\">Is Arthur Hayes Rotating His Bitcoin Into ZCash?<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/\">99Bitcoins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arthur Hayes says Zcash is now his second-largest liquid holding after Bitcoin, and the market took notice. The BitMEX co-founder shared the update on X late Friday. He said his family office, Maelstrom, now holds more ZEC than anything else except Bitcoin.\u00a0 Due to the rapid ascent in price, $ZEC is now the 2nd largest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-57738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}