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Near Protocol (NEAR)
Large Price Change: +68.54% in 7 days.
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The recent price increase of Near Protocol is mainly due to three protocol upgrades focusing on privacy, AI integration, and network scaling, which boosted investor confidence. Additionally, since February 2026, fees from the NEAR Intents cross-chain settlement system have been programmatically converted into NEAR tokens, creating direct open-market buying pressure tied to ecosystem activity. This, combined with a surge in short liquidations and positive AI sector momentum, contributed to a strong rally in May 2026.
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Last Updated: 5/23/2026 02:00 UTC
Sentiment
Shows the token's social media mindshare and sentiment over time
$near is a decent short term trade but ultimately its just a hyperliquid cope play
the chain's lifetime revenue is $17m..... vs a $3.6b mkt cap
they halved emissions to 2.5% to try to stretch out incentive to keep people's capital on the chain
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5/25/2026 22:01
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The @NEARProtocol, ZEC, HYPE Trifecta Bull Thesis with @CryptoHayes & @ilblackdragon
Timestamps
00:51 Arthur's Macro Thesis
01:32 AI Is National Defense
04:10 Full Port NEAR Zcash Hype
05:23 L1 Consolidation Has Begun
08:26 Why Arthur Loves Zca...
5/25/2026 13:31
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$NEAR pumped cuz the market saw it as real AI infra.
ethereum:0x7cf9a80db3b29ee8efe3710aadb7b95270572d47 is sitting in the same spot now.
Private compute, the unglamorous infra agents actually need, still priced as a narrative.
Same setup, one ca...
5/24/2026 11:56
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🔥PRIVACY TOKENS ARE ON ABSOLUTE FIRE RIGHT NOW
Railgun’s RAIL has surged more than 150% in just 7 days, while Near Protocol has jumped another 50% over the same period.
The privacy trade is rapidly roaring back into focus after Zcash’s explosive r...
5/24/2026 08:07
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Austin Barack on why Near is compelling even before you get to the AI narrative:
"Near is interesting even outside of AI. They're powering so much of cross-chain swaps."
"Near Intents powered the Zcash surge in October/November, best cross-chain sw...
5/23/2026 21:36
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the popular trades seem to be $hype $zec $near
i personally choose no diversification
the clear winner of these is $hype
its also the new coin, the hot coin, the first-cycle coin
convincing tradfi institutions to buy dino coins is harder
and e...
5/23/2026 17:07
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NEAR is up 94% from the March low. Nobody big has come out on it yet.
The bear case first.
$5.6B moved through NEAR Intents last month, and NEAR earned $34K in fees.
The activity is real, the chain just isn't capturing much of it.
"AI chain" is a...
5/23/2026 15:32
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Austin Barack (@AustinBarack) on Why Venice, Grass, and NEAR Are The Most Undervalued AI Plays
Timestamps
00:00 Venice Grass NEAR AI Thesis Intro
01:30 Venice Privacy Overview
02:03 AI Uses 100x More Data
05:14 Three Million Users
05:14 VVE And DM T...
5/22/2026 22:44
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🚨ARTHUR HAYES PUSHES $NEAR UP 30%
NEAR protocol surged 30% after BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes called it part of the “holy trinity” of altcoins.
The token traded near $2.23 as traders reacted to one of crypto’s loudest voices backing the move. ht...
5/22/2026 19:08
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Feels like late 2023 right now when alts started to wake up after about a year and a half of complete decimation. I made a lot of money off of Near, Sei, Sui and others. Ultimately it's the narratives that matter. Never fall in love with the protocol...
5/22/2026 17:44
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near:native deserves to be a top 10 crypto asset.
100% up-time since launch on a globally sharded system.
Intents is working and scaling.
Confidential compute is working.
@ilblackdragon and team have been grinding for two full cycles.
They've ea...
5/22/2026 14:33
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Big FOMO HOUR coming in 25 minutes!
@punk9059 joins us first as we talk markets, Hype, Near, Cuban selling BTC, ETH hate and more
Then @eli_schein comes on to talk state of high end NFTs + what trends he's seeing as a broker
Live at 10 am ET
http...
5/22/2026 13:35
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$NEAR has built the value capture stack everyone keeps demanding from protocols.
@NEARProtocol' data shows it's running but small atm👇
➥ All time fees of $34.99M
➥ $4.69M revenue captured
➥ 30D fees of $3.25M, captured $162K
➥ 70% of base-layer fe...
5/16/2026 07:24
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David Burt @BermudaPremier on Why Bermuda Is The World's Digital Finance Capital
Timestamps
00:00 Bermuda's Digital Finance Vision
02:01 AI And Digital Assets Converging
02:29 Innovation In Bermuda's DNA
03:38 The Real Bermuda Triangle
05:10 Buildin...
5/14/2026 21:41
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Premier David Burt explains why Bermuda partnered with NEAR to make government services easier, faster, and more trusted.
“People want better administration.”
“The ability to use artificial intelligence to power better administration, to make thing...
5/13/2026 21:15
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“Trust me bro” doesn’t work for sovereign AI.
CLO at NEAR, Abhishek Vaidyanathan explains why government AI needs verifiable privacy, secure runtimes, and cryptographic proof, especially when citizens’ personal data is involved. https://t.co/NrVD8ao...
5/13/2026 20:53
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$NEAR: Everyone is shilling this one, I haven't traded it in a bit. It's always one of the better coins for a lot of reasons: It's AI adjacent, it's a L1, it's also got great tokenomics and high float (no VCs to dump on you). It's got a cracked team ...
5/12/2026 11:56
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My thesis for $NEAR is simple.
AI agents are becoming the primary users of chains. Every one of those agents needs three things:
1. An identity layer that works across chains
2. Private execution so strategies aren't front-run
3. A settlement laye...
5/9/2026 08:02
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Tony Margarit says @zodl_app integration solves the shielded-Zcash usability problem:
"Zcash had groundbreaking zero-knowledge tech since 2016, but it was isolated in its own ecosystem. Through Near Intents and Cross Pay, you can store your wealth s...
5/8/2026 00:30
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George Zeng, GM Near AI, explains how AI agents need security and privacy as separate layers:
"LLMs are the brains. Agent frameworks are the bodies. The brain can think, but the body has to act."
"Ironclaw is built in Rust, sandboxed with Docker, ...
5/7/2026 21:30
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$NEAR looks strong...I've been posting about this one for a while. I think it's great because it checks a lot of boxes: high float L1 with an AI focus and not as much sell pressure like some of the newer projects. Great team, etc. Definitely 1 of th...
5/6/2026 12:23
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Michaël van de Poppe says 99% of tokens have no purpose and no value:
"NEAR is one of the prime tokens we hold because of the revenue it generates and the growth rate it has."
"You can model it for the coming years and build a fuel where the curre...
5/4/2026 16:00
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Multiple hacks per day in crypto.
Many recent hacks involve (1) small amounts, (2) niche sectors, and (3) relatively older protocols.
Sweat, for example, launched in 2022 as a walk-to-earn app.
The exploit targeted the SWEAT token contract on NEAR...
4/30/2026 09:30
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Description
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Near Protocol is a community-run cloud computing platform that uses a layer-one blockchain with high performance, security, and interoperability. It supports EVM smart contracts, native tokenization, and decentralized identity services for building web3 applications and ecosystems.
| Sector: | Layer 1 |
| Blockchain: | Near |
Social Statistics
Social media metrics tracking this token's online presence. Mindshare shows the percentage of crypto discussion focused on this token. Momentum indicates trend direction (rising or falling). Net Sentiment measures overall community sentiment (positive, negative, or neutral) based on the difference between positive and negative mentions.
Mindshare (24h)
4.27%
Mindshare Momentum
Down
Net Sentiment
Neutral
Sentiment Momentum
Down
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