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Bankless founder’s ETH exit yields 90-120% in 3 months

David Hoffman, co-founder of Bankless, sold his remaining ETH in late May and deployed funds into VVV, NEAR, ZEC, HYPE, and LIT. By early September, his portfolio gained an estimated 90-120%, outperforming ETH’s 17% rise by at least 70 percentage points. ZEC surged over 120% following Grayscale’s ETF listing, while LIT, his largest position, rose 135-210%.

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The notable angle here isn't the individual picks but the timing and rotation: exiting ETH at a relative peak into a basket of smaller, more volatile assets during a narrow window. This outperformance underscores how concentrated altcoin bets can outpace the largest crypto asset when liquidity rotates, but it also highlights the risk asymmetry—such gains are often tied to specific catalysts like ETF listings, which are hard to replicate. For market observers, the open question is whether this reflects a broader shift in institutional or retail appetite toward mid-cap tokens, or just a lucky window that closed. The divergence between ETH's modest rise and these outsized returns may signal where speculative flows are heading next, though sustainability remains unproven.

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