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BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes predicted Zcash will surpass Ripple’s XRP, whereas Arkham Intelligence mentioned he’s dumping Ethereum and different cryptos.

In a sequence of posts on X, Hayes declared “$ZEC > $XRP” and mentioned its chart is “simply so stronk I aped extra.” His promotion of the crypto comes amid a parabolic rally for the privateness coin regardless of a broader market hunch .

This chart is simply so stronk I aped extra.$ZEC > $XRP pic.twitter.com/2l0u1I8n7R

— Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) November 15, 2025

All Hayes Desires For Christmas Is ZEC

In a follow-up X publish, Hayes mentioned that each one he desires for Christmas is ZEC. 

Zcash is at the moment the Twelfth-largest crypto with a market capitalization of $11.014 billion. XRP is ranked fourth with a market cap that exceeds $135.78 billion.

Hayes’s curiosity in ZEC comes amid a hovering rally for the altcoin in latest weeks. The privateness coin has surged greater than 22% up to now week, 217% within the final month and 1,628% within the 12 months.

Regardless of Hayes’ feedback, it’s tumbled 4% up to now 24 hours to commerce at $672.77 as of two:04 a.m. EST, based on CoinMarketCap. 

ZEC worth (Supply: CoinMarketCap) 

Earlier this week, Hayes predicted that the ZEC/BTC pair will soar to 0.2, from $0.00714 at the moment, based on TradingView knowledge. If his prediction performs out, ZEC would acquire round 2,701% in opposition to the main crypto. 

Lately, Hayes has additionally urged buyers who maintain ZEC on centralized exchanges to withdraw their crypto into self-custodial wallets “and protect it.” 

Hayes Dumps Different Cryptos

Whereas Hayes could also be bullish on ZEC, the crypto mogul seems to have trimmed many holdings in different digital property amid the latest market downturn.

In an X publish earlier in the present day, on-chain analytics agency Lookonchain, citing knowledge from Arkham Intelligence, mentioned Hayes “is dumping his baggage closely.”

Arthur Hayes(@CryptoHayes) is dumping his baggage closely.

He simply offered 260 $ETH($820K), 2.4M $ENA($651K), 640K $LDO($480K), 1,630 $AAVE($289K) and 28,670 $UNI($209K).https://t.co/Y9pQIJy4fa pic.twitter.com/HQy88Wf1YR

— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) November 16, 2025

Based on the publish, Hayes offered 260 ETH price $820K, 2.4 million ENA valued at $651K, 640K LDO price $480K, 1,630 AAVE valued at $289K, and 28,670 UNI price $209K.

ETH, UNI, and AAVE gained 1%, 3%, and 0.5%, respectively within the final 24 hours. Conversely, ENA and LDO dropped over 1% and 0.4%. 

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