The cryptocurrency market witnessed a significant surge in privacy-focused tokens this week. Total value for these coins climbed close to $14.4 billion, showing a 0.7% increase in the past 24 hours according to CoinGecko data. Leading the pack are Monero (XMR) and Zcash (ZEC), which boast market caps exceeding $6.2 billion and $5.6 billion respectively. Monero’s popularity is fueled by its trading volume, which surpassed $155 million in the past 24 hours, adding to a 10.4% surge over the past seven days. It currently trades at $340, marking only a modest 0.7% increase from yesterday. Meanwhile, Zcash (ZEC) is trading at $336, down slightly from the previous day (-2.4%) after experiencing impressive gains over the last week, surging over 24%. This comes with high trading activity exceeding $720 million in volume, and a massive 795% increase in value over the past three months.