NEAR Protocol (NEAR) price today: analysis and whale activity
Updated: 2026-10-08 10:40 UTC
NEAR Protocol (NEAR) trades at 5.20 USD, up 3.48% in 24 hours and +0.23% over 7 days. This page explains why NEAR Protocol moved today, what NEAR Protocol whales are doing right now (who is long, who is short, at what entry and with how much profit or loss), where the buying volume came from across exchanges, and which news mattered. Everything below is computed live from public data and refreshes every few minutes.
Why did NEAR Protocol move today? What the data shows
- NEAR Protocol is up 3.48% in 24 hours, +0.23% over 7 days and +124.7% over 30 days; the 7-day range is 4.59–5.62 and the price is now 59% of the way from the low to the high.
- Bitcoin moved -1.12% in the same 24 hours, so NEAR Protocol outperformed it by 4.5 percentage points: this is a coin-specific move, not just the market.
- Trading volume is 1.7× the average of the previous days (24h volume $334.22M): unusually heavy activity, which usually means news or large buyers.
- RSI is 47: neutral, neither overbought nor oversold.
- Futures funding is positive (0.0013% per hour, about 11% a year): longs pay shorts, so traders are crowding into long positions. Open interest is $406.85M.
- Across 13 exchange markets we track, 0 show spot buying inflow and 0 show outflow; 0 futures markets show new longs opening with the price and 0 show new shorts.
- 16 of the whales we track hold NEAR Protocol: 3 long ($32.09M) against 13 short ($69.99M). The whale money is positioned for a fall.
Key numbers
NEAR Protocol candlestick chart (7 days, 1-hour candles) with volume and RSI
Green = price rose in that hour, red = it fell. Bars at the bottom of the price panel are volume; the lower line is RSI (above 70 overbought, below 30 oversold).
NEAR Protocol market data: rank, market cap and supply
NEAR to USD: what NEAR Protocol is worth
| Amount | Value (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1 NEAR | 5.20 |
| 5 NEAR | 26.01 |
| 10 NEAR | 52.01 |
| 50 NEAR | 260.06 |
| 100 NEAR | 520.13 |
| 500 NEAR | 2,601 |
| 1000 NEAR | 5,201 |
NEAR Protocol whales: who is long, who is short
This week among tracked whales: NEAR Protocol ranks #8 of 12 coins by whale position size ($102.08M, 4% of all tracked whale positions); 3 whales are long and 13 short.
16 tracked Hyperliquid whales have an open NEAR Protocol position. Long whales entered at an average 2.35 and short whales at 3.30; the average leverage is 8.3x and the combined open loss is $7.95M. A whale that is deep in profit may take it; one underwater with high leverage can be liquidated, which itself moves the price.
| Whale | Side | Position size | Entry price | vs now | Open PnL | Leverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0x7737…bf66 | Long | $29.79M | 2.35 | +121.0% | $16.24M | 10x |
| 0xdd53…2b13 | Short | $21.78M | 2.31 | -125.1% | -$12.06M | 3x |
| 0xfe7c…b7ae | Short | $16.91M | 2.93 | -77.5% | -$7.34M | 10x |
| 0x7fda…17d1 | Short | $7.99M | 3.87 | -34.2% | -$2.01M | 10x |
| 0xb695…a92d | Short | $6.38M | 4.57 | -13.7% | -$742.1K | 10x |
| 0x45d2…4029 | Short | $4.82M | 3.26 | -59.5% | -$1.86M | 10x |
| 0xfc66…ca06 | Short | $3.72M | 5.16 | -0.70% | -$7.1K | 10x |
| 0xdf95…7d72 | Short | $2.74M | 2.67 | -95.0% | -$1.33M | 10x |
| 0xeadc…9d55 | Long | $1.94M | 1.87 | +178.5% | $1.19M | 10x |
| 0x936c…bb0f | Short | $1.79M | 5.26 | +1.20% | $31.0K | 3x |
Where NEAR Protocol is traded: exchange volume, open interest and funding
| Exchange | Market | Price | 24h volume | Open interest | Funding | Flow signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BYBIT | Futures | 5.19 | $429.00M | $202.26M | -0.0306% | longs closing |
| OKX | Futures | 5.19 | $389.98M | $64.25M | - | longs closing |
| HYPERLIQUID | Futures | 5.19 | $335.29M | $405.76M | 0.0013% | longs closing |
| MEXC | Futures | 5.19 | $256.44M | $73.30M | -0.0027% | longs closing |
| BITGET | Futures | 5.19 | $155.33M | $81.76M | 0.0100% | longs closing |
| GATE | Futures | 5.19 | $68.89M | $221.02M | 0.0100% | longs closing |
| BINANCE | Futures | 5.19 | $0 | $300.11M | 0.0022% | longs closing |
| COINBASE | Spot | 5.19 | $65.55M | - | - | flat |
| OKX | Spot | 5.19 | $58.10M | - | - | flat |
| BYBIT | Spot | 5.19 | $44.77M | - | - | flat |
| GATE | Spot | 5.19 | $37.36M | - | - | flat |
| MEXC | Spot | 5.19 | $10.62M | - | - | flat |
| BITGET | Spot | 5.19 | $8.75M | - | - | flat |
Latest NEAR Protocol news
- NEAR enters crypto’s top 20 after 140% surge in 30 days Cointelegraph · 2026-10-08
Headlines come from Google News and are shown as published; we do not verify them.
Questions about NEAR Protocol
NEAR Protocol is up 3.48% in 24 hours, +0.23% over 7 days and +124.7% over 30 days; the 7-day range is 4.59–5.62 and the price is now 59% of the way from the low to the high. Bitcoin moved -1.12% in the same 24 hours, so NEAR Protocol outperformed it by 4.5 percentage points: this is a coin-specific move, not just the market. Trading volume is 1.7× the average of the previous days (24h volume $334.22M): unusually heavy activity, which usually means news or large buyers.
16 tracked whales hold NEAR Protocol: 3 long ($32.09M) and 13 short ($69.99M), combined open loss $7.95M.
The hourly RSI(14) is 47: neutral.
On MarketRadar Whale you can see the whale ranking, each whale's open positions and a daily "what did whales buy today" page, free and without sign-up.
NEAR Protocol has a market cap of $6.87B, rank #21 by CoinGecko, with 1,308,395,442 NEAR in circulation.
NEAR Protocol reached 20.44 USD on 2022-01-16; today's price is -74.3% from that high.
At today's price of 5.20 USD, 10 NEAR are worth 52.01 USD and 100 NEAR are worth 520.13 USD.
NEAR Protocol price history: the last 14 days
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | 5.34 | 5.61 | 5.18 | 5.21 | -2.39% |
| 2026-10-07 | 5.07 | 5.46 | 4.86 | 5.34 | +5.36% |
| 2026-10-06 | 5.30 | 5.37 | 5.03 | 5.07 | -4.39% |
| 2026-10-05 | 4.92 | 5.62 | 4.81 | 5.30 | +7.73% |
| 2026-10-04 | 4.83 | 5.05 | 4.74 | 4.92 | +1.79% |
| 2026-10-03 | 4.69 | 4.87 | 4.60 | 4.84 | +3.06% |
| 2026-10-02 | 4.81 | 5.07 | 4.59 | 4.69 | -2.44% |
| 2026-10-01 | 5.34 | 5.53 | 4.74 | 4.81 | -9.97% |
| 2026-09-30 | 4.88 | 5.51 | 4.83 | 5.34 | +9.35% |
| 2026-09-29 | 4.82 | 5.17 | 4.54 | 4.88 | +1.30% |
| 2026-09-28 | 5.39 | 5.43 | 4.65 | 4.82 | -10.6% |
| 2026-09-27 | 5.04 | 5.59 | 5.01 | 5.39 | +6.88% |
| 2026-09-26 | 4.95 | 5.07 | 4.72 | 5.04 | +1.86% |
| 2026-09-25 | 4.59 | 5.22 | 4.44 | 4.95 | +7.83% |
How to read the NEAR Protocol numbers
- RSI
- Relative Strength Index, from 0 to 100. Above 70 the price rose fast and may be stretched (overbought); below 30 it fell fast and may be washed out (oversold). It is a clue about momentum, not a forecast.
- Funding rate
- A small payment between long and short traders on perpetual futures. Positive funding means longs pay shorts (many people are betting on a rise); negative means shorts pay longs.
- Open interest
- The total value of open futures positions. Rising open interest with a rising price means new money is entering; rising open interest with a falling price means new shorts are being opened.
- Long and short
- A long wins if the price rises and a short wins if it falls. Whales often hold both to hedge, so one dominant side is a clue, not proof.
- Liquidation
- When a leveraged position loses so much that the exchange closes it by force. A cluster of liquidations can push the price further in the same direction.
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