- Arthur Hayes has named HYPE, ZEC, and NEAR as his “holy trinity” coins.
- All three coins have outperformed BTC and have been the standout coins leading the altseason.
Arthur Hayes has made some bold predictions on three of the best-performing altcoins in the market. In a recent X post, the BitMEX founder named HYPE, ZEC, and NEAR as the holy trinity. Notably, the three coins have seen sentiment around them turn strongly bullish.
When you are in position, trading is easy, sit back and watch number go up.$HYPE, $ZEC, $NEAR the holy trinity!
— Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) May 22, 2026
Zcash (ZEC) Leads with Privacy Narrative
One of the most notable coins of the three is ZCash. According to analysts, the coin is gaining more attention due to its privacy nature. It has received backing from big names such as Ran Neuner, the Winklevoss brothers, Barry Silbert, and others. Neuner in particular argues that if crypto continues to fall deeper into institutional control, private money will be driving the market narrative, pushing ZEC to the top.
In addition to the privacy narrative, the coin is on track to become fully quantum-resistant. It has engineered a phased roadmap to transition the entire network to a post-quantum secure state by mid-2027, as ETHNews reported.
On-chain analyst Ali Charts has pointed out that ZEC has added 40% in the last week, with the coin now approaching the $700–$730 resistance position.
Zcash $ZEC has surged by more than 40% over the past week.
Price is now moving toward the same resistance zone that triggered a major rejection back in November, around $700–$730. https://t.co/u0GqJU86hN pic.twitter.com/Zbr7KNGIMm
— Ali Charts (@alicharts) May 23, 2026
As ETHNews reported, the coin is also in the process of getting an ETF. Grayscale submitted the plan to convert its Zcash Trust into a spot ETF in November 2025. Grayscale’s proposal seeks to list the product on NYSE Arca under the ticker ZCSH. If approved, the trust would become the first spot ETF tied to a privacy-focused crypto asset.
Hyperliquid (HYPE) Advances Trading Tools
Hyperliquid’s HYPE has also been a talk of the town. The project has set out a goal to become “the blockchain to house all finance.” It has generated more revenue than most established Layer 1s in Q1 this year. As ETHNews reported, this rapid growth is starting to alarm legacy players, and now they are launching similar products and calling on favors in Washington to crack down on it.
Earlier this month, the 21Shares Hyperliquid ETF, trading under the ticker THYP, recorded about $1.2 million in net inflows during its debut session. In addition, Ondo Finance has expanded Tesla, Google, Netflix, and 27 more tokenized stocks to Hyperliquid as the tokenization narrative grows.
HYPE has gained over 90% in the first five months of 2026. However, despite this bull run, Bitwise says HYPE is still undervalued and projects it will explode over the next few months. Bitwise CIO describes it as a new super-app that transcends crypto and is targeting the $600 trillion global asset market.
Hyperliquid is not a crypto app. It's a super app.
It's not targeting the $3 trillion crypto economy. It's targeting the $600 trillion global asset market.
Investors are valuing it as one thing. It's the other. https://t.co/DTdYf7FpGb
— Matt Hougan (@Matt_Hougan) May 19, 2026
NEAR Builds for the AI Future
NEAR is the third of the “holy trinity” coins Arthur Hayes is backing. The protocol has been heavily focused on AI and now has an AI Agent Market and a confidential GPU marketplace. This puts it ahead of its peers, who are only getting started in this field. As ETHNews reported, the project has recently received national endorsement. The government of Bermuda has partnered with NEAR AI for secure artificial intelligence across the public service sector.
Grayscale has signaled institutional demand after filing to convert its NEAR Trust into a spot ETF, trading under the ticker GSNR. The NEAR protocol has a major infrastructure upgrade coming in June 2026 that will see it introduce dynamic resharding.
At the time of writing, the coin is trading for $2.37 after a 16% rise in the past 24 hours, extending its monthly gains by 70%.
