CoinDesk 20 performance update: Avalanche (AVAX) gains 4% as index moves higher
Hedera (HBAR), up 3.6% from Tuesday, was also among the top performers.
By CoinDesk Indices Apr 1, 2026, 1:31 p.m. Make preferred on
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.
The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 1968.28, up 1.0% (+20.29) since yesterday's close.
Eighteen of 20 assets is trading higher.
Leaders: AVAX (+4.0%) and HBAR (+3.6%).
Laggards: BCH (-2.1%) and BNB (+0.0%).
The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple platforms in several regions globally.
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Encryption Supremacy: Zcash and Privacy in the Age of Scale
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Most crypto privacy models weaken as blockchain data grows. Encryption-based models like Zcash strengthen. CoinDesk Research maps the five privacy approaches and examines the widening gap.
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As blockchain adoption scales, the metadata available to machine learning models scales with it. Obfuscation-based privacy approaches are structurally degrading as a result. This report provides a comprehensive comparison of all five major crypto privacy architectures and a framework for evaluating which models remain durable as AI capabilities improve.
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CoinDesk 20 performance update: Bitcoin Cash (BCH) gains 1.5% as index trades flat
By CoinDesk IndicesMar 31, 2026
NEAR Protocol (NEAR), up 1.9% from Monday, joined Bitcoin Cash (BCH) as a top performer.
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