Zcash vs Monero: Who will win?

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Recently, Zcash experienced a surge in price going from $50 a coin all the way up to almost $700 in less than a month. Meanwhile, a hardened privacy coin such as Monero is being left behind in the dust. Exchanges continue to de-list it, while XMR it's far below its last-recorded ATH of $500+ per coin (May 2021). It experienced a short pump, going all the way towards $400. If governments are so against privacy coins, why is there a lot of hype? I mean, these coins will eventually get de-listed from every single CEX. Isn't that a bad thing? At least, for Monero which enforces privacy at the protocol level.

Do you think Zcash's upward trend in price is short-lived? Or will it sustain its value for a while? At the time of this writing, XMR and ZEC are "neck-in-neck" in terms of market cap. Will XMR be able to surpass ZEC's and rise among the top-10 coins by market cap?

Your input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.