Private execution layer aims to curb MEV and front-running as the token extends 40% weekly rally despite modest onchain earnings.
The move is backed by investors including Kraken and Fabric Ventures, and OceanPal's shipping business will continue to operate separately.
Zashi Swaps let users convert BTC, SOL, USDC and other supported assets directly into ZEC inside the app, where they can then be shielded.
NEAR faces significant selling pressure amid broader market uncertainties.
The token's sharp decline to $2.14 created a key buying opportunity as high-volume traders stepped in to establish support, signaling potential consolidation after recent turbulence.
A new proposal from HOT Protocol, a decentralized group operating on the NEAR Protocol, has called for a significant reduction in the AI crypto project‘s token inflation rate. On June 24, the decentralized organization submitted a plan to slash NEAR’s annual inflation rate from 5% to 2.5%. The proposal aims to enhance the long-term sustainability […]
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Despite market uncertainty, NEAR finds strong support at $2.11 level while testing key resistance.
Despite price volatility, NEAR's growing user base of 46 million shows adoption beyond speculation.
Uncertainty in the Middle East drove volatility despite protocol reaching 46 million monthly users.
Protocol demonstrates remarkable resilience despite broader market volatility triggered by geopolitical disputes.
NEAR showed resilience on Thursday with strong recovery from $2.42 support level, despite chaos in global markets.
NEAR has shown resilience with strong recovery from $2.42 support level.
Cryptocurrency shows strong technical breakout with cup-and-handle pattern formation as economic uncertainty drives market volatility.
Geopolitical tensions and shifting monetary policies create headwinds for the token as it tests critical price levels.
After launching Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, the crypto asset manager is expanding its focus—now to Near Protocol.
Bitwise Asset Management has taken a significant step toward launching a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) based on NEAR Protocol’s native token, NEAR. According to information on Delaware’s official state website, the firm registered a new entity called Bitwise NEAR ETF on April 24. The filing, listed under number 10174379, classifies the entity as a corporate […]
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A last-minute halt on a crypto announcement underscores how Nvidia still excludes blockchain projects from its flagship programs, despite continued outreach from the sector.
Prominent crypto analyst Ali Martinez has shared a bullish prediction on the NEAR market suggesting a potential 15% gain is on the horizon. Amidst a major downtrend, Martinez’s latest forecast reveals the altcoin could soon see a significant market rebound. Related Reading: Is It Time For Altcoin Season? Bitcoin Dominance Rises To Major Rejection Zone Inverse Head-And-Shoulders Pattern Forms As NEAR Prepares For Rally In an X post on April 11, Ali Martinez shows a technical analysis of the NEAR 3-day chart revealing the formation of an inverse head-and-shoulders pattern which signals a potential price upswing. In financial markets, the inverse head-and-shoulders pattern is a bullish formation that often acts as a reliable indicator of a trend reversal. As the name implies, it consists of three troughs in the form of the left shoulder, the deeper “head”, and the right shoulder as evidenced by the price action between April 7 and April 11 on the NEAR chart. Notably, a descending neckline connects the highs between these troughs and serves as a key resistance level. According to Ali Martinez, NEAR is gradually approaching this neckline, a decisive breakout above which would confirm the bullish reversal and initiate a price rally toward 2.40. Interestingly, NEAR’s relative strength index on its daily chart has recently left the oversold zone backing Martinez’s prediction of an impending price reversal. However, market bulls should still expect to face some resistance at the 1.000 and 1.272 Fibonacci extension levels at $2.10 and $2.34. On the other hand, if the NEAR bulls fail to break above the descending neckline, it could invalidate the current bullish setup and potentially force a price fall to support levels around the $1.96 and $1.82 price zones. Related Reading: XRP Price Flashes Symmetrical Triangle From 2017, A Repeat Could Send It as Flying To $30 NEAR Price Outlook At the time of writing, NEAR is trading at $2.09 following a price gain of 4.34% in the past day. On larger time frames, the altcoin is down by 16.12% on the weekly chart and 17.58% on the monthly chart showing short-term investors are holding significant losses. According to data from CoinCodex, the general sentiment in the NEAR market remains highly bearish. Meanwhile, the Fear & Greed Index stands at 25 reflecting an Extreme Fear among investors. Contrary to Martinez’s positive predictions, these analysts predict NEAR to maintain its current downtrend in the short term with predictions of $2.07 in five days and $1.90 in a month. In the long term, Coincodex still maintains a bearish outlook on the NEAR market projecting a market price of $1.58 in three months i.e. a potential 24% decline from current market prices. Featured image from Pintu, chart from Tradingview
The app currently has 500,000 monthly actively users.
In its recent analysis, market intelligence firm Messari has provided a comprehensive overview of the NEAR Protocol’s performance in Q4 2024. Despite facing headwinds in the broader crypto market, NEAR has demonstrated notable resilience through increased activity and strategic developments. Drop In Market Cap Ranking But Resilience Through Increased Activity During Q4, NEAR Protocol initially surged, reaching a token price high of approximately $8.19 in December before retracing to around $4.91 by the quarter’s end. This decline reflected a significant drop in market cap, which fell to approximately $5.73 billion—marking a 2.09% decrease quarter-over-quarter (QoQ). Consequently, NEAR dropped ten spots in market cap rankings, now sitting at 21st overall, indicating a performance lag compared to other leading assets. Despite the challenges in market pricing, NEAR’s revenue, derived from network transaction fees, saw a substantial increase. The revenue grew to about $2.11 million, representing a 26.81% QoQ rise. This growth can be attributed to heightened transaction volumes and decentralized exchange (DEX) activity. The average transaction fee during the quarter was roughly $0.0031, a 15.91% increase from the previous quarter, further highlighting the network’s operational efficiency. Related Reading: XRP Bulls Need This Break For A Shot At $6 The NEAR token plays a multifaceted role within the ecosystem, being essential for staking, transaction fees, and storage fees. The protocol maintains a flexible supply model, characterized by an annual inflation rate of 5%. Of the inflationary rewards, 90% are allocated to validators, while the remaining 10% supports the protocol’s treasury. As of the end of Q4, approximately 95.12% of NEAR’s total supply was in circulation, with about 49.08% actively staked. The annualized nominal yield from staking was reported at around 8.95%, with a real yield of 4.55%, providing attractive incentives for holders to stake their tokens. NEAR enjoyed a surge in address activity and transaction volume during Q4. The average daily active returning addresses rose by 15.82% QoQ, reaching 3.55 million, while the average daily new addresses surged by 29.05% to 361,046. However, the protocol faced a decline in developer activity, with weekly active core developers decreasing by 13.95% to 159 and ecosystem developers falling by 30.34% to 129. NEAR Balances Market Setbacks With Promising Innovations NEAR’s DeFi total value locked (TVL) concluded Q4 at approximately $240.16 million, reflecting a 4.48% decline from the previous quarter. The Liquid Staking TVL also experienced a decrease of around 10.32% QoQ, settling at about $250.81 million. Notably, the LiNEAR Protocol’s TVL was approximately $132.41 million, down 8.77%, while Meta Pool’s TVL declined by 11.78% to around $111.70 million. Related Reading: Bitcoin’s Grip Tightens — CZ Says There’s ‘No Escape’ From Crypto On a positive note, NEAR’s average daily DEX volume reached approximately $8.45 million, marking a 25.40% increase from the previous quarter. Ref Finance emerged as the leading DEX on the platform, accounting for an average daily volume of $8.35 million. Q4 also saw an uptick in NEAR’s stablecoin market cap, which grew to about $683.69 million—an increase of 1.88% QoQ and a staggering 880.71% year-over-year (YoY). As of now, the NEAR’s price stands at $3.52, recording a substantial 10% surge in the past two weeks. Yet, still 82% below its all-time record high. Featured image from DALL-E, chart from TradingView.com
Near Protocol (NEAR) has registered a significant price loss in the past 24 hours. Following this decline, renowned crypto analyst Ali Martinez has identified certain price levels critical to a potential recovery. Related Reading: Ethereum Indicator Flashes Buy Signal On The Weekly Chart – Potential For A Rebound? NEAR Must Reclaim $3.60 Support Level – Here’s Why According to data from CoinMarketCap, the price of NEAR has dropped by 2.98% in the last day forcing a fall below $3.40. In an X post, Martinez notes this price loss has caused the altcoin to dip below a parallel channel, suggesting bearish tendencies. On trading charts, a parallel channel is formed as the price moves within two parallel trend lines – one acting as resistance and the other acting as support as seen with $8.50 and $3.60, respectively on the NEARUSDT daily chart. When a price breaks out of this parallel channel, it signals a possible trend shift either bullish i.e. upward breakout above the upper boundary (resistance), or bearish i.e. breakout below the lower boundary (support). In the case of NEAR, its price has fallen below the support level signaling a potential downtrend. If this occurs, NEAR could slide as low as $1.5 suggesting a possible 55% on the coin’s current price. To invalidate this bearish postulation, Martinez states it is vital NEAR bulls reclaim and hold the $3.60 as support, building a bullish case for further price appreciation. If this positive scenario develops, Martinez predicts NEAR could reach a price target of $4.50 where some selling pressure may begin to develop. NEAR could also potentially rise to $5.50 which represents the mid-point of the parallel channel and strong psychological resistance level. Interestingly, the Relative Strength Index indicator (RSI) currently at 36.75 aligns with Martinez’s bullish prediction. An RSI at this level, trending in the upward direction, suggests much room for price growth before entering the overbought zone. Related Reading: Analyst Says Bitcoin Is ‘Primed For A Breakout’: Is BTC Heading For $150,000 Rally? NEAR Protocol Launches OmniBridge In other news, the development team behind the NEAR Protocol has unveiled OmniBridge, a cross-chain infrastructure. Among other functions, OmniBridge is designed to enable the seamless integration of NEAR-native assets across several blockchains. At the time of writing, NEAR trades at $3.38 reflecting weekly gains of 2.82% despite its recent dip. However, the coin’s general performance over the past month has been largely bearish with a reported price loss of 35.00%. However, with a market cap of $4.17 billion, NEAR continues to rank in the top 30 largest cryptocurrencies in the world. Featured image from iStock, chart from Tradingview
Wednesday morning's in line U.S. inflation data seemingly cleared the way for a Fed rate cut next week.
A recent report from research firm Messari provided an overview of the NEAR (NEAR) protocol’s performance during the turbulent third quarter (Q3) of 2024, when the broader cryptocurrency market experienced significant volatility. NEAR Protocol Q3 Performance Throughout Q2 2024, the crypto market saw a downturn that continued into Q3 for NEAR. The protocol’s circulating market cap fell to approximately $5.16 billion, reflecting a significant quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) decrease of about 27.52%. NEAR’s token price also retraced slightly, closing the quarter at around $5.29, a marginal decline of 0.21% QoQ. Despite these challenges, NEAR managed to maintain its position as the 17th largest crypto by market cap, indicating relative stability among leading digital assets. However, over the past three weeks, it has gained 54% in terms of market capitalization, rising to $7.99 billion amid the broader market rally led by Bitcoin (BTC) and the catalyst that was Donald Trump’s election. Related Reading: Ethereum Price On The Verge Of Repeating 2017-2021 Cycle Breakout, Target Above $20,000 One of the notable aspects of NEAR’s Q3 performance was its revenue, which measures network transaction fees while excluding storage staking. Revenue dropped to approximately $1.64 million, marking a 30.13% decline QoQ. This dip is particularly significant as it represents the first quarter in the past year where revenue ended lower than it began. The report attributes this to a decline in transaction volume, which resulted in reduced transaction fees—down by approximately 10.48% QoQ and 34.23% year-over-year. As of the end of Q3 2024, about 93.46% of NEAR’s total token supply was in circulation, with 52.36% of that supply staked. The annualized nominal yield from staking stood at approximately 8.60%, while the annualized real yield was 4.09%. Despite the challenges in transaction volume, NEAR experienced an uptick in address activity. The average daily active returning addresses increased by 7.27% QoQ, and the average daily new addresses rose by 11.06%. TVL Rises, Liquid Staking Sees Increase The report also highlighted a concerning trend in developer engagement. NEAR saw a significant drop in its weekly active core developers, decreasing by 41.28% from 177 to 104. Similarly, the number of weekly active ecosystem developers fell by 19.70%, from 286 to 230. In terms of decentralized finance (DeFi), NEAR’s Total Value Locked (TVL) recorded a modest increase, ending Q3 at approximately $251.44 million, which is a 7.63% rise from the previous quarter. Related Reading: Storm Ahead? Bitcoin Price Could Tumble 20% Due To M2 Supply Concerns Notably, NEAR’s liquid staking TVL also grew by 9.85% QoQ, reaching around $279.66 million. The LiNEAR Protocol accounted for a TVL of approximately $145.14 million, while the Meta Pool saw a 12.70% increase, totaling around $126.61 million. At the time of writing, the NEAR token is trading at $6.745 and has seen substantial gains of 27% and 46% in the fourteen and thirty day time frames respectively, while on a year-to-date basis it has seen a massive 266% surge. Featured image from DALL-E, chart from TradingView.com
While the market has rebounded following a poor start to the month in September, some altcoins are still struggling with the leftover bearishness. NEAR continues with the list of altcoins that keep up their losses even as the majors, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, recover from their respective slumps. According to CoinGecko, the token fell by 21% since last week despite the market’s 3%uptick today. Related Reading: SUI Crashes 23% As September Unleashes Market Panic—Is A Comeback Possible? Although NEAR is underperforming, developments on-chain continue to offset the market’s bearishness. One of the most notable developments on NEAR is Libre Capital offering tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) on chain, bringing institutional interest to the platform RWAs Create Buzz For The Protocol Libre Capital is a new crypto asset management firm supported by market giants like Brevan Howard, Hamilton Lane, and Nomura’s Laser Digital. It was founded four months ago and has since experienced huge upward momentum. According to Libre Capital Founder and CEO Avtar Sehra, Libre surpassed the $100 million asset under management mark, cementing the firm as one of the fastest-rising crypto asset management companies on the market. Libre has achieved many milestones since our MVP launch four months ago, surpassing our $100 million aum target and expanding to multiple chains. Launch on @NEARProtocol marks a crucial step towards our multichain wealth strategy. Learn more here: https://t.co/dGCqKENTXu — Avtar Sehra (@avtarsehra) September 2, 2024 NEAR and Libre’s partnership will enable NEAR users to access tokenized versions of RWAs. As of writing, users have access to Hamilton Lane’s credit Fund, Brevan Howard’s Master Fund, and Blackrock’s ICS Money Market Fund, bridging the gap between crypto and the traditional finance space. According to Sehra, the launch of Libre on NEAR is “a crucial step towards our multichain wealth strategy” which hints at future support for more blockchains other than NEAR. But for now, this development might help bring in more institutional investors on the platform. NEAR On Goldilocks Zone Trading Range As of writing, the bears experienced a strong rejection on the $3.8 price floor giving the bulls time to regroup and bounce. NEAR is now trying to stabilize between the $3.8-$4.3 trading range, allowing investors and traders to target $5.2 in the long term. Related Reading: Ripple Unleashes 1 Billion XRP: Could This Trigger A Price Tsunami? NEAR continues to experience a strong bearish momentum in the short term, but the bulls have since gathered enough momentum to cancel out the token’s decline. The problem now is when will NEAR have enough push to break through $4.3 in the medium term. The relative strength index (RSI) suggests that the token might experience a period of low volatility where the bears and the bulls will have an equally strong momentum. But after this, NEAR will have enough push to drive the bears out of the market, breaking through $4.3 in the medium term before settling on the $4.3-$4.7 trading range. However, this price movement is completely dependent on the broader market momentum. If Bitcoin and Ethereum continue to struggle, NEAR will have a lot of ground to retake if the bears succeed in breaking through $3.8. Featured image from Electromechanical Contractor Philippines, chart from TradingView
NEAR has continued to rally despite the market slipping by 2% today. According to CoinGecko, NEAR, the native token of the platform, achieved almost 23% gains since last week. This is largely due to positive on-chain developments, showing that the altcoin has enough muscle to remain in its current position within the market. Related Reading: Dogecoin Rally: Over 70% Of Holders Enjoy Profit As Memecoin Climbs 9% Just recently, NEAR announced that Nightshade 2.0, NEAR’s touted “novel sharding design”, was deployed on the platform’s mainnet, improving the already robust and reliable system users have been enjoying for years. Nightshade 2.0 Brings New Light To The Validators According to a recent blog post, network upgrade have brought in stateless validation, the new sharding architecture for the protocol. This new architecture improved upon the single-shard performance of the network. NEAR already has six shards deployed on the network with a target of ten by the end of the year. It also lowers hardware requirements to become a validator. Nightshade 2.0 improved the validator experience by omitting the need to track all of NEAR’s shards, stimulating the growth of the validator side of the crypto. “In particular, the new sharding implementation paves the way to significantly increase the coin’s already-fast transaction throughput,” said Bowen Wang, Head of Protocol at NEAR One. According to Illia Polosukhin, Co-Founder of NEAR Protocol and the CEO of the NEAR Foundation, the network upgrade fixes “the fundamental bottleneck issue on most L1s of how to scale while preserving both usability and security.” Rejection Candle Forms Marking Start Of NEAR Correction Phase With the market’s slippage on today’s trading activity, NEAR is currently trading on a red candle as the token is rejected by the $5.2 ceiling, flipping the momentum to the bears in the short term. This will make losses inevitable in the short term. Related Reading: Injective (INJ) Skyrockets 21% As Proponents Weigh In On New Developments With the market dip flipping the momentum to the bears, it will continue to affect the crypto’s performance if the bearishness continues. However, NEAR’s recent developments might slow the fear, uncertainty, and doubt as the recent development helps network growth in the long term. Once Nightshade’s effect matures, NEAR will have a solid base for investor confidence to stand on. Right now, NEAR has two possible paths that it may take in the medium term. If the market rebounds after the current dip, it has the potential to break through $5.7 in the coming weeks. However, if the dip continues to worsen by the day, NEAR might return to $3.8 with the worse-case scenario being at $3.0 if the situation worsen. For now, investors should be cautious by monitoring the market’s broader movement as any swing can affect the altcoin’s performance. Featured image from Rebank, chart from TradingView
The company will begin its AI initiative in the next 3-6 months according to a document reviewed by CoinDesk.
The price of Near Protocol’s native token, NEAR, has been on an upward momentum recently, with a crypto analyst projecting further price increases and suggesting that the coin could see a surge to more than $10 soon. Related Reading: Solana Primed For Takeoff? Expert Analysis Points To Buying Opportunity Near Protocol Price Poised For $10 Surge Popular crypto trader and analyst, identified as Bluntz on X (formerly Twitter) has unveiled a major price prediction for NEAR. The analyst disclosed that the price of NEAR is exhibiting historical patterns indicative of a bullish rally, potentially surpassing $10. $near turbo sends here imo pic.twitter.com/4o28UEsfE1 — Bluntz (@Bluntz_Capital) April 3, 2024 Bluntz, a pseudonymous analyst known for his eerily accurate prediction of Bitcoin (BTC) in June 2018, forecasted that the price of BTC would hit a bottom out at $3,200 after reaching an all-time high of $20,000 at the time. True to his foresight, Bitcoin dropped to around the projected price target by December of the same year. Now, using technical analysis based on the Elliott Wave principle, Bluntz has shared a price chart displaying Near protocol’s potential rally to over $10. NEAR market cap currently at $7.4 billion. Chart: TradingView.com The Elliott Wave theory, developed by Ralph Nelson Elliott is a technical methodology that analyzes recurrent and long-term price patterns related to persistent changes in investor sentiment and psychology. This technical tool is used to predict the price movements of cryptocurrencies based on greed and fear. Bluntz provided two charts depicting Near Protocol’s price movements against Tether (USDT) and another against Bitcoin. In both charts, Near Protocol had undergone a sequence of price fluctuations, moving between green and red zones before exhibiting strong price fundamentals that could potentially propel its price above $10. The crypto analyst has pinpointed a projected timeline for this price surge around mid April, specifically before the 15th. Insights Into NEAR’s Recent Price Movements Over the past month, the price of Near Protocol has been on a steady upward trend, boasting an impressive 26% increase. Moreover, the cryptocurrency’s total market capitalization has risen by over 6%, accompanied by a 25% increase in its 24-hour trading volume. Related Reading: Trouble Ahead? Binance Coin Futures Market Under Pressure With Negative Funding Rates At the time of writing, Near Protocol is trading at $7.09, reflecting a significant increase of 5.89% in just one day, according to CoinMarketCap. These developments highlight the increasing appeal and demand for the popular token within the dynamic crypto space. Illia Polosukhin, co-founder of Near Protocol has also commended the NEAR team’s consistent efforts in maintaining the cryptocurrency’s steady growth and development over the past few months. Polosukhin noted that due to the team’s dedication, Near Protocol’s capacity has surged by 50%, ensuring a more effective network to serve users. Featured image from Pexels, chart from TradingView
Layer-1 blockchain NEAR's native token {{NEAR}} has experience doubled since March 5, with hype surrounding Nvidia's upcoming annual conference driving AI-related tokens to the upside.
The firm says the cuts were necessary to consolidate the team and "focus on a narrower and higher-impact set of activities."