- Dash price surged to around $50 with a 30% jump in the past 24 hours.
- Monero also climbed as privacy-focused coins gained momentum.
- DASH outperformed both XMR and Zcash.
Dash and Monero rallied with double-digit gains early Tuesday as privacy-focused tokens posted renewed advances.
Zcash, which has struggled in recent weeks, showed signs of recovery, while other privacy coins such as Verge and Horizen recorded intraday gains.
These sector-specific gains come amid an otherwise uncertain market, where both Bitcoin and Ethereum remain at key levels.
Dash jumps 30% to lead privacy coins higher
Dash (DASH) rose more than 30% over the past 24 hours, trading near $50 as price action signaled bullish sentiment.
“Privacy coins are trending today, led by $XMR and $DASH as the two most searched coins over the past 3 hours,” wrote CoinGecko on X.
Market data shows the asset trading within an intraday range of $37.20 to $49.47 at the time of writing on January 13.
The buyer side showed up in a sharp increase in 24-hour trading volume.
According to CoinGecko, volume jumped 212% to over $234 million.
Key technical levels for DASH include near-term support in the $36–$38 price band.
Meanwhile, a resistance cluster has formed around $47–$53.
A decisive break above that resistance band could lead to a potential breakout to higher levels.
Monero extends gains with a 17% rise
Monero (XMR) has emerged as a focus among privacy-centric cryptocurrencies in early 2026, even though Zcash led the sector for much of last year and analysts remain positive on ZEC.
Attention is increasingly turning to XMR, widely regarded as a benchmark for transaction privacy because of its default use of obfuscation techniques.
Supporters argue this design makes Monero one of the more robust privacy coins on the market.
The token climbed sharply, gaining about 17% over the past 24 hours and trading above $680.
The move was accompanied by a notable rise in trading volume, signaling strong market participation.
From a technical standpoint, traders are watching whether momentum can push prices toward the $700 level.
The $650–$615 zone is viewed as important support to sustain the current advance.
If the rally continues, market participants see the $800–$880 range as a potential next resistance zone, with the psychologically significant $1,000 level as a longer-term upside target.
Outlook for Dash and Monero
Despite the recent gains, analysts note that liquidity in the privacy-coin segment remains relatively thin compared with larger cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum.
As a result, assets such as Dash and Monero are more susceptible to sharp price swings.
That said, privacy-focused tokens have begun to reclaim important technical levels amid renewed investor interest, increasing the chance that the positive trend could continue.
Alongside Dash, Monero, and Zcash, traders are also closely watching Verge and Horizen for additional signals from the sector.