1112 ET - High net-worth borrowers using cryptocurrency as collateral for their loans are shifting away from bitcoin reliance, incorporating a wider mix that includes privacy-coin upstart Zcash. According to data from CoinRabbit compiled by CryptoQuant, bitcoin represents 30.5% of the crypto collateral for loans in 2026. That's down from 57.8% last year, with most of that collateral now seen in Zcash. Zcash now represents 24.2% of collateral, versus being essentially zero last year. XRP's share of the collateral mix has grown this year, to 26.9%, and monero now represents 6.2% of the mix, versus 2.6% last year. "ZEC's rise as collateral is related to the sharp price rally that it experienced, growing from $50 in September 2025 to $800 today," says CryptoQuant in its note.
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