Railgun (RAIL) Soars 300% to New Record High — Is the Privacy Coin Super Cycle Beginning?

Railgun (RAIL) hit a new All-Time-High today amid a strong rally that has pushed its price up more than 300% over the past week.

The price increase comes amid renewed momentum in the privacy coin market, with top privacy-focused cryptocurrencies also posting strong gains throughout October.

Railgun (RAIL) Price and TVL Soar in October Bull Run

Railgun is a privacy-focused protocol on Ethereum (ETH). It allows users to cloak transactions, Token Swap , and interact with DeFi protocols securely using zk-SNARKs. The protocol's native Token , RAIL, has seen a notable price surge recently.

Data from BeInCrypto Markets shows that the altcoin has increased in value by 330% over the past week. It hit a record high of $5.48 in early Asian trading today.

At the time of writing, RAIL's price has corrected to $5.3, up 107.6% over the past day. This increase has also made the coin the top daily gainer on CoinGecko .

In addition to the price, the network itself has also seen significant growth this month. According to data from defillama, the TVL increased by nearly 7% in October and is approaching an All-Time-High. At the time of writing, it stood at $113.09 million.

“@RAILGUN_Project ( $RAIL ) has emerged as one of the leading security solutions on @ethereum. In 2025, Railgun's monthly volume Medium $151.4 million,” one analyst noted .

Why is Railgun on the rise?

Railgun's success fits with explosive growth across the privacy coin market. Privacy coins have emerged as one of the best-performing cryptocurrency sectors in 2025 , outperforming both Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Altcoins like Zcash (ZEC) have seen significant gains and reached multi-year highs, with most of the industry gaining in the past week. Data from CoinGecko shows that the market Capital of privacy coins has increased by 15% over the past day to reach $12.9 billion. Meanwhile, volume has increased to over $2 billion, reflecting growing investor confidence in privacy-focused assets.

Additionally, Railgun has received support from big names like Vitalik Buterin, who has repeatedly praised Railgun and even uses the protocol regularly.

Railgun's involvement also extends to Kohaku, an SDK for integrating security into EVM wallets that the Ethereum Foundation is developing with partners like MetaMask and OKX Wallet. Kohaku natively supports Railgun, which could increase its appeal.

“Security is a 1000x opportunity in crypto, ZEC ’s rise is proof positive of the need for privacy. Institutions & retail investors will likely favor a solution like Railgun, which can be integrated into their favorite wallets and allow them to hide stablecoins, DeFi positions, etc,” one analyst said .

He added that Railgun earns revenue with a flat fee of 0.25% on TVL when entering or leaving security pools. Therefore, as more wallets and DeFi platforms move to a security-first strategy, the market could expand dramatically for Railgun.