#PrivacyCoinsDiverge #PrivacyCoinsDiverge In 2026, most altcoins are still tied to Bitcoin’s mood swings. When BTC pumps, they surge even higher. When BTC dumps, they often drop harder. That’s the classic beta play — speculative leverage riding Bitcoin’s momentum.
Privacy coins — Monero (XMR), Zcash (ZEC), Dash, Pirate Chain (ARRR), Secret (SCRT), and a few others — are no longer playing that game. They are diverging from the herd. And this divergence is significant, both for traders and for the evolution of crypto itself.
Decoupling from BTC Correlation
Look at 3–12 month charts: most of the