NEAR Protocol (NEAR) Price Prediction 2026 to 2030: Can NEAR Reach $10?

Last Updated: October 27, 2026

Quick Answer: NEAR Protocol (NEAR) trades near $4.54 as of October 27, 2026, with a market cap of about $5.95 billion (#16 on CoinMarketCap). It is up about 200% since the end of 2025 but about 78% below its all-time high of $20.42 from January 2022. Central estimates from the models we track put NEAR between about $1.81 (CoinLore) and $4.57 (Traders Union) at the end of 2026, three of them below today’s price and Traders Union’s roughly level with it, and between about $0.84 (Traders Union) and $4.09 (CoinLore) in 2030. In September, the Bitwise NEAR ETF began trading on NYSE Arca.

NEAR Protocol is a proof-of-stake layer 1 blockchain that launched in 2020, and NEAR is its native token, used for fees, staking and governance. In 2026, NEAR began using revenue from its NEAR Intents cross-chain swap system to buy back NEAR, added automatic resharding and post-quantum signatures, and gained a US spot ETF. The price fell to a 2026 low of $0.86 in February, rose about 590% to $5.96 by October 12 and has since fallen about 24%.

This update covers the current NEAR price, the main 2026 developments, the latest forecasts for 2026 to 2030 and 2040, and what it would take for NEAR to reach $10.

Key Takeaways

• NEAR trades about 78% below its all-time high of $20.42, set on January 16, 2022, but is up about 200% since the end of 2025, according to CoinMarketCap
• It fell to $0.86 on February 6, rose 179% in September, its best month, and peaked at $5.96 on October 12, its highest price since January 2025
• The Bitwise NEAR ETF (NRR) began trading on NYSE Arca on September 29 and plans to stake all of its NEAR; Grayscale’s ETF application has not yet taken effect
• Since a halving upgrade in late 2025, NEAR’s maximum annual inflation is 2.5%, and since the end of February part of the revenue from NEAR Intents has gone to buying back NEAR
• The 2.13 upgrade in July made resharding automatic and added a post-quantum signature scheme, and NEAR targets post-quantum consensus by the end of 2027
• Central estimates from current models put NEAR between about $1.81 and $4.57 at the end of 2026, three of the four below today’s price, and between about $0.84 and $4.09 in 2030

NEAR Protocol (NEAR) Key Data (October 2026)

Sources: CoinMarketCap, CoinGecko and DefiLlama. CoinMarketCap counts NEAR’s whole supply as circulating, and NEAR has no maximum supply, so its fully diluted value equals its market cap. CoinGecko ranks NEAR #19 and lists an all-time high of $20.44 and an all-time low of $0.5268. This article measures the year-to-date change from the December 31, 2025 close; CoinMarketCap’s own figure starts from the January 1 close and shows a gain of about 179%.

What Is NEAR Protocol (NEAR)?

NEAR Protocol is a proof-of-stake layer 1 blockchain developed from 2017 by Illia Polosukhin and Alexander Skidanov. It splits its workload across shards, and since 2025 it produces blocks about every 600 milliseconds, with finality in about 1.2 seconds, according to NEAR’s official blog. The token pays fees, is staked by the validators who produce blocks and carries votes in House of Stake, NEAR’s on-chain governance body. Its main products are NEAR Intents, which lets users swap assets across more than 35 blockchains, Chain Signatures, which lets NEAR accounts sign transactions on other chains, the near.com app and NEAR AI.

NEAR has no maximum supply. It started with 1 billion tokens, and about 1.31 billion exist today. The protocol issues up to 2.5% new supply a year, 90% of which goes to validators, while 70% of each transaction fee is burned, according to Bitwise’s ETF prospectus. Data provider StakingRewards puts about 45% of the supply in staking, with a reward rate of about 5% a year. More background is available on the official NEAR website.

NEAR Protocol News: What Has Happened in 2026

Halving, fee switch and buybacks. A halving upgrade in late 2025 cut NEAR’s maximum annual inflation from 5% to 2.5%. In February, NEAR’s official blog said the token supply “is now fully unlocked” and described tools such as buybacks, noting that “no specific mechanism is guaranteed or committed to.” At the end of February, NEAR switched on protocol fees for NEAR Intents: since then, “a portion of every dollar flowing through Intents is taken as protocol revenue and used to buy back NEAR,” according to its second-quarter report. A testnet version of the next upgrade, 2.14, would also stop paying smart contracts 30% of the gas they burn, under governance proposal HSP-027.

Network upgrades. The 2.13 release in July made resharding dynamic, so that shards “split automatically at epoch boundaries based on runtime state size,” and added ML-DSA, a post-quantum signature scheme, as a third way to sign transactions. Validator voting on the upgrade began on July 20. NEAR’s quantum-safe roadmap, published in August, expects post-quantum consensus to be ready by the end of 2027. In October, NEAR said its Chain Signatures network now runs inside Intel TDX trusted execution environments, so signing operations can be verified on-chain.

Products. The near.com app, launched on February 24, combines cross-chain swaps with confidential accounts, and on September 22 it added tokenized US stocks and ETFs from Ondo, such as NVDA and SPY. Confidential Intents became available to all developers on July 7, when NEAR said Intents had moved more than $22 billion in cross-chain volume since launch. In July, NEAR also let users pay for NEAR AI, which offers 43 AI models, by staking NEAR.

ETFs and regulation. The Bitwise NEAR ETF (NRR) began trading on NYSE Arca on September 29, five days after its registration statement took effect. Its prospectus sets a 0.75% annual fee and says “The Trust intends to stake 100% of the Trust’s NEAR,” with the fund keeping about 67% of the staking rewards. Grayscale filed in January to convert its Grayscale Near Trust into an ETF on NYSE Arca and amended the filing in June; we found no notice on SEC EDGAR that it has taken effect. In 2023, the SEC named NEAR among 13 crypto assets it alleged were securities in its lawsuit against Coinbase, then dismissed the case in February 2025, “not on any assessment of the merits of the claims alleged in the action.”

Treasury buyer. SVRN, a Nasdaq-listed company formerly called OceanPal, said on August 27 that it holds more than 55.5 million NEAR, about 4% of the supply, with “a stated target of accumulating 10% of the NEAR token supply over time.” On October 8, it said it had acquired FastNEAR, a NEAR infrastructure provider.

Governance and network activity. House of Stake approved proposal HSP-007, which pays the operators of Chain Signatures nodes from protocol emissions instead of grants, and in October Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz joined the NEAR Foundation Council, the Foundation’s governing body. DefiLlama counts about $207 million in DeFi value locked on NEAR, up about 75% in 2026 but far below the record of $482 million from May 2022.

NEAR Price History

NEAR hit its all-time low of $0.526 three weeks after its first trading day. It rose more than tenfold in 2021, and its market cap peaked at about $12.4 billion on January 14, 2022, on a daily closing basis; two days later it reached its all-time high of $20.42. NEAR last closed above $10 on May 8, 2022, and ended that year down 91%. It recovered in 2023 and 2024, closing as high as $8.88 in March 2024, then lost 69% in 2025.

In 2026, NEAR fell about 16% on February 5, when a market-wide sell-off cut Bitcoin by about 14%, and touched its 2026 low of $0.865 the next day. It rose 79% in May and reached $3.07 on June 3, but fell 22% on June 4 and lost 23% in June, its worst month. NEAR gained 179% in September, its best month: a run from $2.62 on September 16 to $5.37 on September 27 coincided with the final steps toward the Bitwise ETF, from an amended filing on September 16 to its first trading day on September 29. NEAR set its 2026 high of $5.96 on October 12, its highest price since January 2025, and is down about 16% for October through October 26.

NEAR Price Prediction 2026

With about two months left in the year, the central estimates of three of the four models we track put NEAR below today’s price at the end of 2026, and the fourth, Traders Union, is roughly level with it.

CoinCodex expects about $4.26 by the end of the year, roughly 6% below today’s price; its headline target of $4.23 sits inside its narrow December range. Traders Union expects about $4.57, roughly level with today’s price, although its page summary quotes $5.96, which is its November average. Changelly’s December average of $4.23 is about 7% below today’s price, although its 2026 summary gives $4.27, its November figure, and older answers on the page still show unfilled placeholders. CoinLore’s base case of $1.81, given only in its text, would be a fall of about 60%, while its bull case of $7.67 would be about 1.7 times today’s price. All four pages are dated October 27 and show a price close to today’s.

We do not use the figures from CoinDataFlow, whose NEAR forecasts were almost the same multiples of the current price as its forecasts for Cardano and Polkadot, or from BeInCrypto, whose NEAR page shows placeholder values such as a $0.00 price.

NEAR trades about 5% above its 50-day moving average of $4.31 and about 86% above its 200-day average of $2.44, with a 14-day RSI of about 46, according to CoinCodex.

Range of central 2026 estimates: about $1.81 to $4.57.

NEAR Price Prediction 2027

The central 2027 estimates range from about $0.94 at Traders Union to $4.50 at CoinCodex, which is about level with today’s price, and CoinCodex’s monthly figures range from a high of $5.22 in February to a low of $3.37 in November. Traders Union’s monthly table ends in October 2027 at an average of $5.43, so its year-end figure, about 79% below today’s price, has no matching December row and should be treated with caution. Most of these models are built mainly on past prices.

NEAR Price Prediction 2028 and 2029

For 2028 and 2029, central estimates range from about $0.66 to $3.35, all below today’s price. CoinLore’s bull case for 2029 ($29.85) is higher than its bull case for 2030. Changelly’s figures for 2028 to 2030 and 2040 match CoinCodex’s yearly ranges exactly, so the two sources are probably not independent, and we show only CoinCodex’s for those years.

NEAR Price Prediction 2030

Most 2030 estimates sit below today’s price. CoinCodex’s average of about $4.00 and CoinLore’s base case of $4.09 imply declines of about 10% to 12%, while CoinCodex’s headline target of $4.71 would be about 4% above today’s price. Traders Union expects about $0.84, roughly 82% lower. CoinLore’s bull case of $20.22, about 4.5 times the current price, is the only 2030 figure close to NEAR’s all-time high.

All forecasts are third-party model estimates, not investment advice.

NEAR Price Prediction 2040

Long-range forecasts are highly speculative. CoinCodex projects about $3.55 by 2040, within its December 2040 range, and Traders Union about $0.93. CoinLore is far more optimistic, with a base case of $30.83 and a bull case of $89.19; its page says peak prices could reach about $89 by 2040, which is its bull case.

What Drives the NEAR Price?

• Supply and buybacks: NEAR issues up to 2.5% new supply a year, and CoinMarketCap’s supply count grew about 2.0% between the end of 2025 and October 26, while buybacks funded by NEAR Intents revenue work in the other direction.
• ETF and treasury demand: the Bitwise NEAR ETF plans to stake all of its NEAR, Grayscale’s ETF application is pending, and SVRN holds more than 55.5 million NEAR with a goal of 10% of the supply.
• Network use: NEAR Intents had handled more than $22 billion in cross-chain volume by July, according to NEAR.
• Upgrades: NEAR targets post-quantum consensus by the end of 2027, after adding post-quantum signatures in July.
• Regulation: the 2023 SEC case against Coinbase that named NEAR was dismissed in 2025. A March 2026 SEC interpretive release did not name NEAR among its examples of digital commodities, but it says it picked assets that underlie futures on a CFTC-regulated exchange and that an asset need not underlie such futures to be a digital commodity.
• The wider market: like most altcoins, NEAR tends to move with Bitcoin and overall risk appetite, as on February 5, when NEAR fell about 16% and Bitcoin about 14%. Our Bitcoin price prediction covers the market leader.

Can NEAR Reach $10?

Not on the central estimates of any model we track before 2034; until then, only bull cases go above $10, starting with CoinLore’s $12.18 for 2027. NEAR last closed above $10 on May 8, 2022. With about 1.31 billion NEAR in existence, each price level implies a market cap that can be compared with other coins.

At $10, NEAR’s market cap would be about $13.1 billion, about 6% above its record of about $12.4 billion from January 2022, because CoinMarketCap now counts about 1.31 billion NEAR in circulation, against about 614 million then. Matching that record today would take a price of about $9.46, and a return to the $20.42 all-time high would require about $26.8 billion, more than twice NEAR’s highest market cap so far. Among central estimates, only CoinLore’s base cases from 2034 ($10.34) onward pass $10; no CoinCodex, Changelly or Traders Union model figure reaches $10, even for 2050. Our Algorand price prediction covers another proof-of-stake layer 1.

Key Risks of NEAR

• Deep drawdowns: NEAR trades about 78% below its 2022 high, lost 91% in 2022 and 69% in 2025, and has fallen about 24% since its October 12 peak
• A fast rally: NEAR rose about 590% from its February low to its October high, and three of the four models we track have a central 2026 estimate below today’s price, with the fourth roughly level
• No supply cap: NEAR issues up to 2.5% new supply a year, and NEAR’s official blog says of tools such as buybacks that “no specific mechanism is guaranteed or committed to”
• Concentrated holders: SVRN alone holds more than 55.5 million NEAR, about 4% of the supply, and aims for 10%
• Self-reported data: NEAR Intents volume and buyback figures come from NEAR’s own reports
• Model limits: most forecasts extrapolate past prices, Traders Union’s long-term figures conflict with its own monthly table, and central 2030 estimates range from about $0.84 to $4.09

Where to Buy NEAR

NEAR has spot markets on major exchanges including Binance (NEAR/USDT, NEAR/USDC, NEAR/BTC and NEAR/TRY), Coinbase (NEAR/USD), Kraken (NEAR/USD and NEAR/EUR), OKX (NEAR/USDT) and Crypto.com (NEAR/USD). CoinGecko also lists active NEAR markets on Gate, KuCoin, Bybit and MEXC. In the US, the Bitwise NEAR ETF (NRR) trades on NYSE Arca. Availability depends on your country, so check what each platform offers where you live. Our guide to the best crypto exchanges compares fees and features.

NEAR is the native token of the NEAR blockchain, so it must be sent on the NEAR network to a wallet that supports it; check the network before withdrawing from an exchange. NEAR’s official wallet page lists NEAR Mobile, Meteor Wallet, HOT Wallet, Intear Wallet, Nightly Wallet and Sweat Wallet, and Ledger hardware wallets support NEAR, including staking, through Ledger Live. Our crypto wallets guide explains the trade-offs between wallet types. Before acting on market-moving claims about NEAR, such as ETF filings or treasury purchases, check them against primary sources; our guide on how to verify crypto news and rumors explains how.

Is NEAR Protocol (NEAR) a Good Investment?

That depends on your view of NEAR’s technology, whether its usage can grow and your tolerance for risk. The bull case rests on the growth of NEAR Intents, buybacks funded by its revenue, lower inflation since the 2025 halving, a US spot ETF and a Nasdaq-listed company building a NEAR treasury. The bear case is that NEAR has already tripled in 2026, remains about 78% below its 2022 high, has no supply cap and relies on self-reported usage figures, and that the central estimates of three of the four models we track see NEAR ending 2026 below today’s price, with the fourth roughly level with it.

Further large moves in either direction are possible. Demand for the Bitwise ETF, a decision on Grayscale’s application, the size of the buybacks, SVRN’s purchases and the 2.14 upgrade are the main known factors that could affect NEAR over the next year. For more forecasts across the market, see our crypto price predictions.

Data sources: CoinMarketCap (price, market cap, supply, all-time high and low, price history), CoinGecko, NearBlocks, NEAR’s official website and blog, Near One, nearcore release notes, the SEC (EDGAR filings by Bitwise, Grayscale and SVRN, the 2023 Coinbase complaint, press release 2025-47 and interpretive release 33-11412), StakingRewards, DefiLlama (TVL), Ledger, exchange data from Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, OKX and Crypto.com, reporting by crypto.news, and the forecast pages of CoinCodex, CoinLore, Traders Union and Changelly, as of October 27, 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the NEAR Protocol price prediction for 2026?
Central estimates from current models put NEAR between about $1.81 and roughly its late October price of about $4.54 at the end of 2026. CoinCodex expects about $4.26 and Changelly about $4.23, CoinLore’s base case is $1.81, and Traders Union’s December figure is close to the late October price. CoinLore’s bull case is $7.67.

What is the NEAR Protocol price prediction for 2030?
Central 2030 estimates range from about $0.84 to $4.09. CoinCodex’s average of about $4.00 and CoinLore’s base case of $4.09 point to declines of about 10% to 12% from the late October price of about $4.54, while Traders Union expects about $0.84. CoinCodex’s headline target is $4.71, and CoinLore’s bull case is $20.22.

Can NEAR reach $10?
Not on the central estimates of any model we track before 2034, when CoinLore’s base case reaches $10.34. Only bull cases pass $10 sooner, starting with CoinLore’s $12.18 for 2027. NEAR last closed above $10 in May 2022. At $10, it would need a market cap of about $13.1 billion, about 2.2 times its late October value and slightly above its January 2022 record.

What is NEAR Protocol and how does it work?
NEAR Protocol is a proof-of-stake layer 1 blockchain launched in 2020. It splits its workload across shards, and validators who stake NEAR produce blocks about every 600 milliseconds. The NEAR token pays fees, secures the network through staking and carries votes in governance. NEAR Intents lets users swap assets across more than 35 blockchains, and Chain Signatures lets NEAR accounts sign transactions on other chains.

What factors influence the NEAR price, and can it be predicted?
The main factors are the wider crypto market, supply growth of up to 2.5% a year, buybacks funded by NEAR Intents revenue, demand from ETFs and treasury companies, network use and upgrades. No method predicts prices reliably. Forecast sites mostly extrapolate past prices, and their central 2030 estimates range from about $0.84 to $4.09, so treat any single figure with caution.

Is NEAR Protocol a good investment?
That depends on your risk tolerance and your view of the network. Supporters point to the growth of NEAR Intents, buybacks funded by its revenue, lower inflation and a US spot ETF from Bitwise. Critics point to a 78% fall from the 2022 high, no supply cap, self-reported usage figures and a 200% rally in 2026. Most central forecasts see NEAR lower at the end of 2026.

Where can I buy NEAR, and which wallets support it?
NEAR trades on major exchanges including Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, OKX and Crypto.com, and availability depends on your country. To hold it yourself, use a wallet that supports the NEAR network, such as NEAR Mobile, Meteor Wallet, HOT Wallet or a Ledger hardware wallet through Ledger Live. Check the network before withdrawing from an exchange, because tokens sent on the wrong network can be lost.

Nothing in this article is financial advice. Cryptocurrency investments carry substantial risk.