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🐋 NEAR Protocol (NEAR) on 2026-10-08: price, whales and market data

Snapshot taken at 07:51 UTC from live data. It is never edited afterwards.

Snapshot of NEAR Protocol (NEAR) on 2026-10-08: the price was 5.40 USD, up 4.36% over the previous 24 hours, with 24-hour volume of $323.85M and open interest of $423.74M. This permanent page records what NEAR Protocol whales were doing that day (long or short, entry price, open profit or loss), the futures funding rate and the spot-versus-futures flow, so you can compare it with today's live page.

Why did NEAR Protocol move today? What the data shows

  • Flow that day: spot made up 12% of trading volume, open interest moved +8.15% over 24 hours and the hourly RSI was 50. Among the whales we track, 3 were long and 13 short.
  • Futures funding is positive (0.0017% per hour, about 15% a year): longs pay shorts, so traders are crowding into long positions. Open interest is $423.74M.
  • 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

Price (USD)5.40
24h+4.36%
24h volume$323.85M
Open interest$423.74M
Funding / hour0.0017%

NEAR Protocol whales: who is long, who is short

WhaleSidePosition sizeEntry priceOpen PnLLeverage
0x7737…bf66Long$29.79M2.35$16.24M10x
0xdd53…2b13Short$21.78M2.31-$12.06M3x
0xfe7c…b7aeShort$16.91M2.93-$7.34M10x
0x7fda…17d1Short$7.99M3.87-$2.01M10x
0xb695…a92dShort$6.38M4.57-$742.1K10x

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Educational, based on public data, not financial advice. Whales lose money too and leverage can wipe out a deposit.