TL;DR
- $GHOST returned 400%+ as traders leaned into GhostWareOS, GhostSwap updates, and a $PENGUIN whale rotation.
- Market cap expanded from under $2M to about $8M, with support described near a $7M zone after resistance broke quickly.
- ZEC is down nearly 30% after a 2025 run near $700, while XMR slipped from a $714 mid-January peak to below $480 as RSI cooled; the “distribution is changing” teaser keeps attention on $GHOST.
$GHOST is back on the tape after a sharp run that put privacy narratives ahead of legacy leaders. Capital is rotating toward smaller, execution-led privacy tooling, and $GHOST is the clearest beneficiary this week. The token has returned over 400% in recent days as traders turned bullish on GhostWareOS and reacted to updates around GhostSwap. A Lookonchain post also flagged a $PENGUIN whale rotating profits into $GHOST. Legacy names cooled: XMR fell from above $780 to below $500, and ZEC slid from around $700 to under $400. The divergence is forcing privacy reallocations.
Whale rotation and a teased release keep $GHOST in focus
Resistance broke quickly as market cap expanded from under $2 million to around $8 million. The speed of the move reads like strong conviction, not gradual accumulation, from traders. When price reprices that fast, the operating assumption is conviction-driven flows rather than slow accumulation. Execution helped: GhostPay launched through weakness, and GhostSwap plans kept the roadmap tangible as attention returned. The whale rotation reinforced a shift from meme profits into utility infrastructure. After the spike, support is described around a $7 million market cap zone, a checkpoint for sustaining momentum.
ZEC shows the other side of the trade. It is down nearly 30% over the past month after an exceptional 2025 that took it close to a $700 all-time high. Profit-taking plus developer-structure friction is pressuring ZEC’s ability to establish reliable support. The pullback is framed as gains being realized after last year’s run, while internal changes were poorly received by the community. On relative size, the piece cites roughly a $6 billion market cap for ZEC versus about $8 million for GhostWareOS, widening perceived upside dispersion.
Monero has held up better than ZEC, but it is still lagging the $GHOST burst. XMR’s relative resilience is not stopping flows from chasing higher-upside privacy bets when catalysts look closer. XMR is said to have closed 2025 around $500 and hit a new high near $714 in mid-January 2026, then fell roughly 20% in late January to just below $480. Price slipped under key moving averages as RSI cooled. GhostWareOS now teases a major release with “distribution is changing,” hinting at onboarding from a larger crypto community or platform.
