Market Report: Top 5 Cryptocurrency Gainers on December 20, 2025, with Zcash leading the gains

Gate News Bot Message, December 20, 2025. According to CoinMarketCap market data, the cryptocurrency market shows structural differentiation, with privacy coins and institutional application tokens performing relatively strongly, and capital rotation effects being evident. The following are the top five cryptocurrencies by gain in the past 24 hours:

1️⃣ ZEC (Zcash) 📈 Current Price: $447.15 | Change: +15.49% 📊 24H High/Low: $454.16 / $385.13 | Market Cap: $7.354 billion 💡 Privacy coins have gained market attention. Notable macro investor Raoul Pal analyzed that ZEC’s rise is due to capital rotation; meanwhile, ZcashFi lending products have launched new applications for the ecosystem, attracting continuous inflow of funds.

2️⃣ APT (Aptos) 📈 Current Price: $1.63 | Change: +14.34% 📊 24H High/Low: $1.66 / $1.43 | Market Cap: $1.225 billion 💡 Aptos proposed the quantum-resistant signature improvement proposal AIP-137, planning to support FIPS 205 standardized signature schemes, which will make it one of the first blockchains to natively support quantum-resistant accounts, reflecting technological innovation progress.

3️⃣ LEO (UNUS SED LEO) 📈 Current Price: $8.06 | Change: +13.17% 📊 24H High/Low: $8.14 / $7.02 | Market Cap: $7.433 billion 💡 Exchange tokens are gaining market popularity. The overall improvement in the crypto market liquidity has driven platform tokens higher.

4️⃣ CC (Canton) 📈 Current Price: $0.84 | Change: +11.47% 📊 24H High/Low: $0.84 / $0.74 | Market Cap: $3.066 billion 💡 The US DTCC is promoting the on-chain issuance of US bonds and deploying tokenized products on Canton Network; the Trump family WLFI project plans to deploy USD1 stablecoin on Canton; US regulators have officially removed cryptocurrencies from the “systemic risk” list, with a bright outlook for institutional on-chain financial applications.

5️⃣ VIRTUAL (Virtuals Protocol) 📈 Current Price: $0.705 | Change: +11.34% 📊 24H High/Low: $0.71 / $0.63 | Market Cap: $463 million 💡 Projects related to AI agent tracks benefit from the market’s continued focus on artificial intelligence applications, with stable capital support.

📊 Market Summary: The current market presents a “policy-driven + application innovation” dual-driven pattern. Privacy coins, Layer 1 public chains, and institutional financial application tokens are leading, reflecting market positive expectations for clearer regulation and practical application landing. The US financial system’s on-chain process acceleration provides fertile ground for the development of the digital asset ecosystem. Investors should closely monitor macro policy trends and ecosystem application progress.

Risk Warning: This message is not investment advice. The cryptocurrency market is highly volatile; ranking in gains does not indicate investment value. Investors should carefully assess risks and make rational decisions.