Near Protocol price

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$2.683
-$0.09 (-3.25%)
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Market cap
$3.35B #20
Circulating supply
1.25B / 1.27B
All-time high
$20.6
24h volume
$262.48M
4.0 / 5

About Near Protocol

NEAR Protocol ($NEAR) is a user-friendly blockchain platform designed to make decentralized applications (dApps) accessible to everyone. Built with cutting-edge technology, NEAR focuses on scalability, speed, and low transaction costs, making it ideal for developers and users alike. Its unique approach includes a feature called 'sharding,' which helps the network handle more transactions efficiently. $NEAR is the native cryptocurrency of the ecosystem, used for transaction fees, staking, and governance, allowing holders to participate in decision-making. Whether you're exploring decentralized finance (DeFi), NFTs, or innovative Web3 applications, NEAR empowers creators and users to interact seamlessly. With its emphasis on simplicity and performance, NEAR is paving the way for a more inclusive and sustainable blockchain future.
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Near Protocol’s price performance

Past year
-35.94%
$4.19
3 months
-0.96%
$2.71
30 days
-0.15%
$2.69
7 days
+1.51%
$2.64

Near Protocol in the news

CoinDesk|15 Aug 2025
NEAR Protocol Faces Heavy Institutional Selling, Recovers Slightly Amid Ongoing Volatility

ChatGPT said: NEAR Protocol swung between $2.78 and $3.05 as nearly 20 million tokens changed hands during peak sell pressure, before buyers stepped in to lift prices back toward $2.82.

CoinDesk|14 Aug 2025
NEAR Rallies on Institutional Inflows, Surges Past Resistance Before Volatile Pullback

NEAR Protocol surged on strong institutional inflows and rising user growth, overcoming multiple resistance levels before short-term volatility set in.

CoinDesk|11 Aug 2025
NEAR Shows Volatile Recovery Amid Wave of Sell Pressure

NEAR Protocol whipsawed through a $0.12 range before a late selloff drove prices to key support, as institutional crypto inflows signal resilience amid broader market caution.

CoinDesk|8 Aug 2025
NEAR Protocol Posts 5% Recovery Amid Volatility Surge

NEAR Protocol surged 5% in a 24-hour rally before late-session volatility erased gains, as institutional flows met resistance amid shifting macroeconomic conditions.

CoinDesk|6 Aug 2025
NEAR Protocol Registers Volume-Backed Breakout Amid Broad Market Consolidation

NEAR Protocol registers a volume-backed breakout, climbing above key resistance as institutional activity and cross-chain development fuel bullish sentiment.

CoinDesk|4 Aug 2025
NEAR Protocol Surges 4% Amid Institutional Activity and Ecosystem Expansion

NEAR Protocol breaks through key resistance levels as Aurora Labs showcases incubator graduates and Subzero Labs secures $20M funding.

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Near Protocol on socials

Bowen Wang
Bowen Wang
Horizontal scaling through sharding is the only way the blockchain industry will support the flood of AI agent volume. Most people know that @NEARProtocol is a sharded blockchain. But the way to fully leverage the power of sharding is to shard actual smart contracts. Large DeFi contracts like @near_intents account for a majority of transactions and state. NEAR has already built a global contract design and is developing a user account storage solution to bring sharding to the contract layer. And then things will get very interesting.
NEAR Protocol
NEAR Protocol
Trillions of AI agents are coming and most chains won’t survive the load. FORK static infra. FORK scaling bottlenecks. Choose NEAR. Sharded, dynamic, and built to scale with demand, live. Nightshade 2.0 makes NEAR the best infra in the game for founders building the agentic future.
Meta Pool
Meta Pool
Now, you don’t need to log in with your NEAR wallet — just enter your wallet name to access the dashboard, where you can: 🔹Copy your referral link (if you already have one). 🔹View the total staked share count.
币圈荒木
币圈荒木
Recently, something interesting is happening in the market — public chains are shining, who will be the one to "take the baton and sprint"? Let me introduce you to the three "players" I've been keeping an eye on: @Aptos, @PythNetwork, @NEARProtocol. 1️⃣ @Aptos — The tech whiz turned financial street king This guy @Aptos was born with a buff; his parents are blockchain big shots from Meta, and he carries the technical genes of Diem in his DNA. When he first came out, everyone said he was a tech show-off, "Sure, he shows off, but can he make money?" But he really turned the show into real skills: trading speed skyrocketed, after the Baby Raptr upgrade, validator latency dropped by 20%, block time is 130ms, and user confirmation is 650ms. Even more impressive, the ecosystem took off too, with the stablecoin market cap rising to 1.2 billion USD, and RWA assets ranking third across the network. In short — @Aptos has transformed from a "lab prodigy" to a "regular at the financial exchange". 2️⃣ @PythNetwork — The price information dealer @PythNetwork is an information dealer, but a top-tier intelligence boss. With a solid background — Jump Crypto supported it from @solana in 2021. Unlike other oracles, it doesn't "ask others for prices"; it directly gets quotes from first-hand sources like Wall Street and exchanges. Data updates are ridiculously fast, sub-second, and it operates across more than 20 chains. You can think of it this way: Chainlink is a newspaper, @PythNetwork is a real-time financial influencer, with its own screens, exchange backend, and all original data at hand. 3️⃣ @NEARProtocol — The ideal land for AI geeks @NEARProtocol's founder Illia was a Google big shot who wrote the Transformer paper (a pioneer in large models). Originally, he wanted to create NEAR AI to teach machines to code, but halfway through, he pivoted to building a public chain, integrating distributed systems and machine learning. Its Nightshade sharding technology is like a multi-lane highway, fast and smooth, with human-readable account names, account abstraction, progressive security... the experience is so good that even newbies can get started. Now @NEARProtocol boldly calls itself the "AI-native blockchain", with 1-second confirmations, optimized for AI and smart agents — it feels like it will soon become the base for AI DApps. In summary: @Aptos: Financial expert + performance monster @PythNetwork: Financial information dealer @NEARProtocol: Paradise for AI geeks Once the bull market arrives, these three might just become the "new darlings" of institutions, pouring money, getting things done, and creating momentum all in one go. What do you think, which one will be the next to explode?

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Dive deeper into Near Protocol

In 2020, the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector saw significant growth, leading to a surge of decentralized applications (dApps) on the Ethereum network. This surge underscored some of Ethereum's scalability challenges, pointing to the necessity for a more robust solution. Responding to this need, Near Protocol emerged as a community-oriented cloud computing platform aiming to mitigate these constraints.

What is Near Protocol 

NEAR is a community-driven cloud computing platform that adopts the Proof of Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism. With its user-friendly interface and smart contract capabilities, NEAR seeks to empower developers to effortlessly design and deploy innovative dApps and DeFi solutions. Furthermore, its unique design allows users to engage with dApps and smart contracts without requiring a wallet.

The Near Protocol team

Erik Trautman, an entrepreneur boasting Wall Street experience and founder of Viking Education, pioneered NEAR. Alongside him are co-founders Illia Polusukhin, a former Google employee, and Alexander Skidanov, an ex-Microsoft staffer. Under their leadership, NEAR has amassed a skilled cohort of developers, featuring International Collegiate Programming Contest gold medalists.

How does Near Protocol work

Utilizing sharding technology, NEAR improves transaction speed and volume. By distributing its computational load across multiple shards, each node runs only the relevant code for its assigned shard, optimizing scalability. NEAR's Blockchain Operating System (BOS), grounded in JavaScript, ensures developers can use a familiar programming language. The platform provides ready-made components, facilitating quicker product development. Moreover, users can swiftly access the system without needing to own or use cryptocurrency.

NEAR tokenomics

NEAR's native token, NEAR, was launched on October 13, 2020, with a total supply of 1 billion tokens. The token offers several use cases, from paying transaction gas fees to staking for rewards. Additionally, it plays a role in governance, data storage, and access to services and applications on the Near Protocol.

NEAR distribution

NEAR was distributed in the following way:

  • 17.2 percent: Community grants and programs
  • 15.23 percent: Seed round
  • 14 percent: Core contributors
  • 11.76 percent: Early ecosystem development
  • 11.4 percent: Operation grants
  • 12 percent: Community sales
  • 10 percent: Foundation
  • 8.41 percent: Venture round

Near Protocol: The road ahead

Created for robustness and efficiency, NEAR offers a platform free from intermediaries, permitting users to independently publish and host applications. This commitment to progress is reflected in their Q3 2023 announcement, heralding phase 2 of sharding to enhance the sharding process and improve scalability.

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Market cap
$3.35B #20
Circulating supply
1.25B / 1.27B
All-time high
$20.6
24h volume
$262.48M
4.0 / 5
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