Bankless Ventures Partner: ZEC in 2026 Is Like ETH in 2021, Absorbing Some Bitcoin Holders' Buying Pressure

Odaily reports that David Hoffman, founding partner of Bankless Ventures, posted that the crypto market occasionally sees a single asset concentratedly absorbing capital transfers from Bitcoin holders. ETH exhibited a similar pattern in 2021, and ZEC in 2026 is becoming a new consensus allocation target for some Bitcoin capital.

Hoffman stated that ZEC's market cap has risen from approximately $200 million to around $26 billion, but remains small compared to Bitcoin's market cap of roughly $1.7 trillion. It would only take convincing a small portion of Bitcoin holders to allocate a modest amount to ZEC to potentially generate sustained buying pressure. Additionally, he believes NEAR is absorbing the relatively weaker "smart contract buying pressure" in 2026.