Horizen (ZEN) Price Up 34.6% Over Last Week

Horizen (ZEN) traded up 15.4% against the dollar during the 1 day period ending at 8:00 AM E.T. on July 5th. Over the last seven days, Horizen has traded 34.6% higher against the dollar. One Horizen coin can now be bought for $9.01 or 0.00016270 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. Horizen has a market cap of $136.66 million and approximately $40.04 million worth of Horizen was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

Here’s how similar cryptocurrencies have performed over the last 24 hours:

• Bitcoin Gold (BTG) traded down 4.2% against the dollar and now trades at $22.41 or 0.00040480 BTC.
• Zcash (ZEC) traded 10.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $17.40 or 0.00031432 BTC.
• Komodo (KMD) traded down 8.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.26 or 0.00000478 BTC.
• Pirate Chain (ARRR) traded 6.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.17 or 0.00000304 BTC.
• ZClassic (ZCL) traded 1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0449 or 0.00000081 BTC.

About Horizen

ZEN is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the Equihash hashing algorithm. Its launch date was May 1st, 2017. Horizen’s total supply is 15,175,912 coins. The Reddit community for Horizen is /r/Horizen/ and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. Horizen’s official website is www.horizen.io. Horizen’s official message board is forum.horizen.global. Horizen’s official Twitter account is @horizenglobal and its Facebook page is accessible here.

According to CryptoCompare, “Horizen is an ecosystem that rewards contributors and empowers everyone. Its scalable platform allows businesses and developers to create public or private blockchains easily and affordably using the largest node network in the industry. The Sidechain SDK provides all the necessary components for quick deployment of a fully customizable blockchain. The native cryptocurrency, ZEN, is a mineable PoW coin traded on various exchanges, and integrated on major wallets including Sphere by Horizen, a multifunctional wallet that serves as an interface with most Horizen products and services.”

Buying and Selling Horizen

It is usually not possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Horizen directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to trade Horizen should first buy Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Gemini, GDAX or Coinbase. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to buy Horizen using one of the aforementioned exchanges.

ZEN/USD price chart by TradingView