Market speculation $NEAR isn't due to any AI agent release. I've seen many analysts miss the mark. The hype around NEAR isn't short-term driven by AI agents, but rather by privacy, as ￥$ZEC needs NRAR to set up the shielded pool. ZEC's heavy privacy trading is getting done through NEAR, which is why institutional players are so thirsty for it.
ZEC's transfers are split into on-chain transfers and shielded pools; you can see that since last year, ZEC's shielded pool has been on the rise, with a lot of big money relying on ZEC for privacy protection, otherwise their transaction paths would be exposed. This proves ZEC is genuinely being utilized.
What powers ZEC's shielded pool?
It's powered by NEAR, and Wall Street has been scrambling to grab NEAR lately.