Dash leads the privacy coin rally with over 100% weekly gains.
Dash (DASH) climbed over 100% and surpassed Monero (XMR) to become the leading weekly performer among the top 300 cryptocurrencies.
This momentum shows increased demand for privacy coins and demonstrates DASH's potential to compete with Monero. Accelerating merchant adoption and improved accessibility are helping to drive this trend.
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DASH will be a highly traded privacy coin with weekly gains of over 100%.
Data from BeCrypto Markets shows that DASH price appreciated by 102.5% last week. Yesterday, the altcoin reached its highest price in 2 months at $88.5.
DASH rose by 33.2% in the last day alone. At the time of writing, it traded at $82.27. In addition, the daily transaction volume exceeded $1.3 billion, making it the largest transaction in the privacy coin sector, according to CoinGecko.
DASH's rise is part of a broader sector-wide rally. According to CryptoRank, 14 privacy tokens with a market capitalization of more than $100 million have provided positive returns since January 1.
“80% of privacy tokens will increase by 2026. As the privacy meta continues to shine, many tokens are reaching new highs,” he wrote.
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Stricter know-your-customer and anti-counterfeiting laws are driving renewed interest in financial privacy, bringing privacy-focused cryptocurrencies back into focus. Zcash was the top performer in the sector in 2025, but recent concerns with its development team have dampened its sentiment.
This may have triggered capital rotation away from ZEC into the privacy space. DASH is also taking advantage of the broader shift, with increasing adoption helping to boost sentiment and support its recent outperformance relative to Monero.
On January 13, Alchemy Pay announced that it has started supporting fiat on-ramp access for DASH. This partnership allows users in 173 countries to purchase DASH using local fiat payments. This wide geographic reach improves accessibility and addresses one of the long-standing barriers facing privacy coins.
“By integrating DASH into the fiat on-ramp, Alchemy Pay expands access to the Dash digital currency ecosystem and supports its use in payments, savings and Web3 applications,” the team wrote.
Meanwhile, long-term adoption data puts DASH ahead of privacy rivals. Cryptorc's analysis shows that 1,682 merchants now accept DASH. The altcoin ranks seventh in overall merchant adoption, boasting a popularity rating of 23.12%. Monero ranks tenth, accepted by 1,225 merchants and has an adoption rate of 16.84%.
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This gap in merchant adoption highlights DASH's practical edge. With 457 more merchants accepting DASH than Monero, adoption is about 37% higher than its predecessor.
DASH Price Outlook
As the violent movement continues to build, analysts are divided on whether there is more room for the rally or whether corrective action is possible. The analyst pointed out that Ardee's privacy coin has shown “crazy strength”.
“If this momentum continues, ~$77 is the first liquid support to jump. Otherwise, $71-$73 will be a testing ground. Hold those levels and $98-$103 is next. Privacy szn,” he wrote.
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Analyst Jens sees the overall trend as positive and considers any price declines as buying opportunities, which could reach $100.
“After a long base at $36-40, buyers stepped in and reversed the momentum. Now the price is testing the $85-90 resistance zone. Here a clean case opens at $100+. Even a return to $60-65 would be healthy,” the analyst said.
However, some in the market remain cautious, suggesting that a correction may follow.
Again, technical indicators offer probabilities, not certainty. In order for Dash to continue its rally, it must continue to grow the grassroots, adoption and overall privacy-coin sector. In terms of technique, infrastructure and utility speed, Dash remains a key privacy coin to watch alongside rivals like Monero.
