Although I didn’t really want to bring this up—after all, there was quite a bit of criticism back then about him leaving the Ethereum community—but from a returns perspective, I have to give credit where it’s due. This move was seriously sharp: Bankless founder David Hoffman sold his ETH and reallocated to targets like ethereum:0x232ce3bd40fcd6f80f3d55a522d03f25df784ee2 and zcash:native, achieving returns that significantly outperformed ethereum:native. In one of his earlier articles, he even mentioned that by 2026, near:native could become the next big thing after ETH and SOL! Chart via @DefiIgnas