Zcash (ZEC) perpetual futures
ZEC perpetual contracts on 3 reviewed venues.
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Funding rates
Annualized rates across exchanges
Open interest
Per-exchange open interest
What the ZEC data shows
12 of 21 venues quote the same ZEC funding rate, +10.95% a year. The exceptions are Deribit at +68.29%, Kraken at +39.81%, Bitget at +27.48%, and 6 more.
CoinGecko ranked ZEC number 10 by market value on October 3, 2026, at $22.34b. Its price fell 14.2% in the 7 days before that date. The open interest in this read equals 9.0% of that value.
No venue holds half of the $2.00b in reported ZEC open interest. Binance has the largest share, 31.0%, and Hyperliquid is next with 28.0%.
The ZEC settlement periods differ: 13 venues settle every 8 hours; 4 venues settle every hour.
Aster quoted ZEC at $1 317 and Apex Omni at $1 315, a gap of 16.0 bps.
- Source: public APIs of 21 venues for ZEC, read at October 3, 2026, 09:49 UTC.
- Market value: CoinGecko snapshot of October 3, 2026.
Where to Trade Zcash (ZEC) Perpetual Futures
Fees and leverage limits apply venue-wide; confirm ZEC limits with the venue.
Zcash (ZEC) market overview
Zcash is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency using zero-knowledge proofs (zk-SNARKs) to enable shielded transactions. ZEC perpetual futures are available on major centralized exchanges. ZEC perps are the most liquid privacy coin derivative, seeing increased volume when regulatory pressure on transparent chains drives interest toward privacy-preserving alternatives.
Frequently Asked Questions — Zcash (ZEC)
What funding data is available for ZEC?
21 venues report a ZEC funding rate in this read.
An annualized ZEC rate extrapolates one reading and does not predict a return.
What open interest data is available for ZEC?
17 venues report positive ZEC open interest in this read.
The ZEC total leaves out venues outside the read.
Which mapped venue has the lowest recorded ZEC taker fee?
SynFutures lists 0.020% and dYdX lists 0.050%, the two lowest of 2 mapped ZEC maker/taker schedules.
1 ZEC venue charges a position fee and is not compared.
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