Zcash (ZEC) perpetual on Arcus
ZEC-USD · Crypto · USDG-margined, no expiry
Mark priceMax leverage 10x
Showing the build-time reading (October 2, 2026, 05:21 UTC) until live data loads. Source: GET /v1/markets on the public Arcus API. Open interest is one side, valued at the mark price.
What the ZEC-USD market is
Zcash, a cryptocurrency with optional shielded (private) transactions. ZEC-USD is a USDG-margined perpetual future on Arcus that follows the ZEC price through a Pyth oracle feed, with no expiry and funding charged every hour. When this page was built on , Arcus allowed up to 10x at all hours. The live panel above shows the current price, volume, open interest and funding.
Crypto perps on Arcus have no session schedule: margin and funding rules are the same at 3 a.m. on a Sunday as on a weekday afternoon.
ZEC-USD contract at a glance
Read from GET /v1/markets and GET /v1/feetiers on . Max leverage is 1 divided by the initial margin fraction.
| Underlying | Zcash (ZEC) |
|---|---|
| Arcus market | ZEC-USD |
| Category | Crypto |
| Max leverage | 10x |
| Initial margin | 10% |
| Maintenance margin | 6.6667% |
| Minimum order | $5.00 notional |
| Funding | Hourly; base 0.01% per 8h |
| Session | 24/7, no session schedule |
| Collateral | USDG, cross or isolated margin |
| Taker / maker fee (Base tier, beta) | 0.0225% / 0% |
Candles from GET /v1/candles. Arcus builds bar prices from the market's oracle feed, not from executed trades.
Who lists and runs this market
ZEC-USD is one of Arcus's own markets. Arcus picks the listings, sets each market's margin fractions, and matches orders on its own off-chain order book, which its architecture docs describe as centrally operated, with a permissioned validator set re-checking the results and settlement on Robinhood Chain. There is no outside market deployer to vet. The oracle price comes from Pyth (feed id 66 in the API).
Questions about ZEC-USD
What is the maximum leverage on ZEC-USD?
10x, which is 1 divided by the market's initial margin fraction of 10%. Crypto markets have no off-hours regime, so this does not change at night or on weekends. Read from GET /v1/markets on October 2, 2026.
What does it cost to trade ZEC-USD?
Arcus charges the same perp fee schedule on every market. On October 2, 2026 the live beta rate at the Base tier was 0.0225% taker and 0% maker, from GET /v1/feetiers. Arcus's help center lists standard post-beta rates of 0.045% taker and 0.015% maker at Base, with no end date for the beta. Signing up with a referral code takes 5% off trading fees, according to the Arcus app.
How often is funding paid on ZEC-USD?
Every hour. With no premium the rate sits at the crypto base of 0.01% per 8 hours (0.00125% per hour); a premium between the perp and the oracle moves it up or down, capped at 4% per hour. A positive rate means longs pay shorts.
Who lists and runs the ZEC-USD market?
Arcus does. ZEC-USD is one of Arcus's own perp markets, matched by Arcus's off-chain order book and priced from a Pyth oracle feed. There is no third-party deployer; margin settings come from Arcus's market configuration.
Arcus perpetuals are not available to persons in the United States, Canada or the United Kingdom.
How this market data is sourced
Live figures. Price, 24h change, 24h volume, open interest, funding and the off-hours band state for the ZEC-USD market are read in your browser from the public Arcus API (GET /v1/markets), cached for 60 seconds and refreshed while the tab is open. The chart reads GET /v1/candles. The numbers are shown as the API returns them; nothing is hand-adjusted.
Static figures. Leverage limits, margin fractions, OI caps and the market list come from a read of /v1/markets taken when this page was built, on . Arcus can change any of them; the live panel is the more current source.
Editorial. The plain-English description of each underlying is written by Concept211. This is an independent site: Arcus does not review or approve it. Read the full editorial methodology for how figures are sourced and corrected.
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Where the figures come from. Contract parameters are from GET https://api.arcus.xyz/v1/markets and the fee rate from GET /v1/feetiers, read on October 2, 2026. Price, volume, open interest and funding on this page refresh from the same API every 60 seconds. Contract parameters were last reviewed ; this page has been published since 2026.
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