According to CoinMeta, the market value of the privacy coin sector has increased from $11.97 billion to $36.51 billion over the past five months, an increase of $24.54 billion. Among them, Zcash ( zec ) saw a market value increase of $20.27 billion, and Monero ( xmr ) increased by $4.33 billion. In January, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) concluded its investigation into Zcash Foundation. On August 25th, Grayscale converted Zcash Trust into ZCSH spot ETF and listed it on NYSE Arca. On September 8th, Digital Currency Group ( DCG ) exchanged ZEC for approximately $100 million worth of ZCSH ETF shares. During the same period, the price of ZEC rose from $319 to $1,507, and that of XMR rose from $330 to $555.