NEAR Protocol's price rose 15.8% from 4 p.m. ET on Friday to 3 p.m. ET on Monday. NEAR Intents handled a record $4.8 billion of swaps in September, and part of the resulting fees funds NEAR token buybacks. A governance proposal to cut annual token issuance from 2.5% to 1.6% over two years still needs validator approval. Traders betting against NEAR had about $6.5 million of short positions forcibly closed in a single day, which the article describes as a short squeeze. The price has more than doubled over the past month, helped by the Sept. 29 launch of the Bitwise NEAR ETF, the first U.S. spot exchange-traded product tracking the token.
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NEAR/USDT
▲ Likely positiveNEAR Protocol
Relevance: medium
| Market | Crypto |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Layer 1 |
| Market cap | $6.9B |
| Close on 10/11/2026 | 5.8960 |
| Change that session | +11.35% |
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