ZEC also up about 50% so clearly something driving money into the privacy coins.
I know several - well, three - hedgies that were suckered into ZEC. Seeing transactions unwound right in front of them wasn't enough to derail their unquestioning faith in mossad math and zooko "theranos" wilcoxism.
Cant see Monero losing out to Zec at this point.
Monero will be 2k by end of 2019