NEAR Surge Linked to Zcash Rally, Analyst Predicts Price Increase
Near Protocol (NEAR) surged over 10% on Sunday after analyst Michaël van de Poppe linked its rally to Zcash's performance, citing a near one-to-one correlation between the two assets.
Zcash surpassed Hyperliquid to become the top altcoin by market cap, with a record $2.4 billion open interest. Van de Poppe pointed out that the correlation between NEAR and ZEC is nearly 1:1.
Van de Poppe wouldn't be surprised to see NEAR hit $4.50-$5.00 in the next few weeks, suggesting a potential over 100% price increase from its current trading price of $2.42.