ZCash Breaks 8-Year Downtrend – What’s Driving ZEC’s 73% Surge?
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ZCash Breaks 8-Year Downtrend – What’s Driving ZEC’s 73% Surge?

ZCash has delivered a breakout performance this week, surprising the crypto market with robust price action and investor interest. Over the past month, the ZEC price has soared by over 73%, driven by a combination of technical, product, and sector-wide factors. Talking about numbers, the coin’s daily volume sits at $215.77 million, taking its market cap to $1.12 billion. It is worth noting that this rally is not just another speculative run but signals deep changes in ZEC’s narrative, positioning, and adoption profile.Top Reasons Behind ZCash’s Price SurgeRecent product developments have added substance to this rally. The launch of Zashi CrossPay on September 16 enabled shielded ZEC transfers across 20+ blockchains. Plus, ZEC’s market cap ranking improved, and adoption metrics for shielded transactions in Q4 are worth monitoring closely. The broader privacy coin sector is also trending...
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Intelsat 33e breaks up in geostationary orbit
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Intelsat 33e breaks up in geostationary orbit

Top Stories Tamfitronics An artist's concept of a Boeing-built Intelsat EpicNG satellite. Credit: BoeingThis article was updated Oct. 21 with more details about the incident.TAMPA, Fla. — The Intelsat 33e satellite has broken up in geostationary orbit (GEO) and lost power, ceasing communications services for customers across Europe, Africa and parts of Asia Pacific.Intelsat said in an Oct. 19 news release it was working with satellite maker Boeing to address an anomaly that emerged earlier that day, but added it was “unlikely that the satellite will be recoverable.”In an Oct. 21 update, Intelsat declared the satellite a total loss. The company said it is working with government agencies to analyze data and observations, and has set up a Failure Review Board to investigate the anomaly’s cause.An Intelsat spokesperson said the satellite was not insured at...
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