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Near Protocol
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Near Protocol price

in USD
$2.170
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Market cap
$2.71B #28
Circulating supply
1.25B / 1.28B
All-time high
$20.6
24h volume
$162.15M
Rating
4.0 / 5
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About Near Protocol

NEAR Protocol (ticker: NEAR) is a cryptocurrency designed to power the NEAR blockchain ecosystem, which focuses on scalability, user-friendliness, and enabling decentralized applications (dApps). It is built on a cutting-edge technology called sharding, which dynamically splits the network to handle high transaction volumes efficiently. This makes NEAR fast, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly. NEAR is used for transaction fees, staking to secure the network, and governance participation, allowing holders to vote on network upgrades. Its ecosystem supports AI integration, cross-chain liquidity, and decentralized finance (DeFi) innovations, positioning NEAR as a versatile tool for developers and users. With its focus on accessibility and scalability, NEAR is paving the way for a decentralized future.
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Near Protocol’s price performance

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$4.81
3 months
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$2.82
30 days
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7 days
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$2.47
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Highest trending events in the last 24h 📈 🥇 +62 Views, +3 Votes $DOT (@polkadot) Oct 2025 Polkadot 2.0 👉 🥈 +24 Views, +2 Votes $ETH (@ethereum) 03 Dec 2025 Fusaka 👉 🥉 +18 Views, +1 Vote $ZEC (@zcash), $NEAR (@nearprotocol) 21 Oct 2025 Zcash Bridge to SOL Talk 👉 More highlights 👉
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Let's have a look into the 30D @BeldexCoin leaderboard and check the Beldex Community! Beldex is currently running a Yap campaign with 150K in total and 50K per month (3 months in total) Beldex is protocol that is concentrating on privacy with an own VPN, privacy first messenger and also easy to use account abstraction system called BNS. 1. Beingrich200 - 1.69% : One of the Korean Top yappers with more than 72LB on Gomtu. 2. AshLeeXBT - 1.56% - Mainly concentrating on Beldex but also active on Momentum. Grinding hard into the Beldex Leaderboard. 3. Marcus - 1.27% - On 13 different LB's with focus on Beldex, peaq, Billions, Katana but majorly a Near supporter. 4. hannax - 1.11% - 22 active LB's and 1st ranked on Beldex 7D. When hanna is targeting a LB than it is high ranked on 7D like Orderly, Metawin, peaq, Walrus and co. 5. jayplayco - 1.1% - active on 65 LB at the moment on Gomtu. Working active on about 30 of them. 6. fxyo - 1.03% - active on 7LB's and yapping and quacking also a lot on wallchain based projects. Ranking high on MoreMarkets and also Beldex. 7. doonbo - 0.95% - Illustrator and active on 6 LB's including Everlyn, Allora, Sonic, Infinit and Mira. Highly concentrated leaderboards with very high rankings on them. (Most of the within the top 5 of 7D) 8. Richoba - 0.9% - Account suspended. Had been active on 3LB's. 9. Khalixcode - 0.86% - Only active on Beldex and high ranking also in 7D. Writing actually only about Beldex. 10. Lexi Bitcoin - 0.78% - Active on 26 LB's including Multipli, Orderly and successfully had been in Limitless Epoch1. Knows how to target efficiently LB's. So if you are into Beldex and yapping about it, give these guys a follow, as they will probably stay there for the next 3 months. :)
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<Speaking about the industry truths that everyone is reluctant to say> Kite is truly rooted in North America. Led by PayPal Ventures, the standard of standards. GC has had two consecutive rounds, with Airbnb/Stripe in the same period, full of value. SBI, Samsung Next, and Hashed are on board, the lineup is like an All-Star weekend. In plain terms: both the money and the people are right, the credentials are solid. The Berkeley/Uber/UIUC three major Mafia have gathered, the configuration is impressive. The team doesn't pose; they build products, listen to the community, and take a long-term approach. Direction: AI intelligence + crypto, building infrastructure, not chasing gimmicks. Is there alpha? It's been written in the announcement early on. Product First, Buidl First, community first. @GoKiteAI @KiteAIChinese @Kite_Frens_Eco
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To be honest, Kite @GoKiteAI is truly "rooted and well-grown" in the North American tech circle. 🧐 Lead Investors: @PayPal Ventures: PayPal is the pioneer and universal standard of online payments, dominating the global (especially in the US and Europe) online payment platform market. @generalcatalyst: GC is the second largest VC in the US. While CT may not be familiar with it, anyone in investment certainly knows it, managing approximately $33 billion in assets, with a portfolio that includes tech giants like Airbnb, Stripe, Snapchat, HubSpot, and Canva. It is also one of Circle's largest external shareholders, having invested in Kite in both the seed and Series A rounds. Co-investors: Alumni Ventures and 8VC are also top VCs in Silicon Valley; Asian consortiums include SBI, Samsung's Samsung Next, and Hashed, which speaks for itself. Angel Investors, just to name a few: @EvanWeb3 - Co-founder and CEO of MystenLabs Hao Min - Vice President at Circle @edwinaoki - Senior Vice President at Nasdaq, former CTO of Blockchain at PayPal Frank Chang - Vice President at Uber @navinblockchain - CEO of Crystal Intelligence, former General Manager at Ripple Team Members: CEO @ChiZhangData PhD in Machine Learning from UC Berkeley, Product Leader at Databricks, one of the world's top AI/data companies. CTO @scottshics Founded the Scale AI team (over 200 people) at Uber, founding engineer in the AI department at Salesforce (the world's top CRM provider), graduated from UIUC. Berkeley Mafia + Uber Mafia + UIUC Mafia, you can check out the significance of these three Mafias in the North American tech circle. VP, Global Head of BD & Strategy @lei_lei0904 Harvard + MIT + 10 years of Wall Street experience, previously held leadership positions at @BlockFi, @AscendEX, and @NEARProtocol. The resumes of other members are also impressive, but due to space constraints, I won't elaborate here. If you're interested, feel free to research on your own. Perhaps elite resumes don't mean much, especially in the Web3 industry where heroes are everywhere. But what I see internally is: a professional team that listens to the voices of community users, diligently refines products, and quickly integrates past work experiences into exploring the cutting-edge fields of AI + Crypto, steadily moving towards the long-term vision of building "the infrastructure for the AI intelligent internet." The boss and the team are too low-key and humble. Recently, many friends have asked me what other alpha opportunities are available, and I said the alpha has long been hidden in past announcements. Buidl First Product First Community First Let's encourage each other, little kite family. 🪁
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Near Protocol FAQ

Near Protocol is a cutting-edge Layer 1 blockchain platform, known for its scalability and rapid transactions, courtesy of its sharding mechanism.

Near Protocol incorporates sharding, a technique that divides the network into smaller segments (or shards), thereby optimizing transaction speeds and overall network performance.

Easily buy NEAR tokens on the OKX cryptocurrency platform. Available trading pairs in the OKX spot trading terminal include NEAR/BTC, NEAR/USDC and NEAR/USDT.

You can also buy NEAR with over 99 fiat currencies by selecting the "Express buy" option. Other popular crypto tokens, such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Tether (USDT), and USD Coin (USDC), are also available.

Additionally, you can swap your existing cryptocurrencies, including XRP (XRP), Cardano (ADA), Solana (SOL), and Chainlink (LINK), for NEAR with zero fees and no price slippage by using OKX Convert.

To view the estimated real-time conversion prices between fiat currencies, such as the USD, EUR, GBP, and others, into NEAR, visit the OKX Crypto Converter Calculator. OKX's high-liquidity crypto exchange ensures the best prices for your crypto purchases.

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Thanks to the 2008 financial crisis, interest in decentralized finance boomed. Bitcoin offered a novel solution by being a secure digital asset on a decentralized network. Since then, many other tokens such as Near Protocol have been created as well.
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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
$2.71B #28
Circulating supply
1.25B / 1.28B
All-time high
$20.6
24h volume
$162.15M
Rating
4.0 / 5
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