NEAR Protocol price rises 5.01 percent to 5.02 USD

Published on 10/21/2026 at 07:38 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

A governance vote targets a 1.6 percent annual issuance rate. NEAR Protocol price data show a 6.56 billion USD market cap.

Issuance and network figures

House of Stake voting began on October 20, 2026, on a proposal to lower annual issuance from 2.5 percent to 1.6 percent.
NEAR Intents surpassed 32 billion USD in cumulative volume and 52 million USD in fees during Q3.
The NEAR Protocol price stands at 5.02 USD as of October 21, 2026, 5.01 percent above the UTC daily close of October 20, 2026.
Lifetime fee capture reached 16.4 percent as of October 6, 2026.

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NEAR Protocol (NEAR) faces a House of Stake vote opened on October 20, 2026, on a proposal to reduce annual issuance from 2.5 percent to 1.6 percent over 24 months, according to NEAR Governance. The proposal keeps the existing 90/10 staking and treasury split. The NEAR Protocol price stands at 5.02 USD as of October 21, 2026, up 5.01 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 20, 2026, according to Investing.com.

HSP-029 sets a 24-month issuance path

HSP-029 would reduce the annual maximum issuance rate in stages over 24 months. The proposal says the change would result in 11.8 million fewer NEAR tokens issued over two years and 66.1 million fewer over six years, while projected staking yield would decline from 5.268 percent to 3.372 percent, according to NEAR Governance. Staking is the process of locking tokens to help secure the network and receive protocol rewards.

The proposal concerns future protocol parameters rather than an immediate change to the live network. As of October 18, 2026, the mainnet still used a maximum annual emission rate of 2.5 percent, and a House of Stake vote alone could not activate the lower rate, CryptoTicker reported.

NEAR Intents passed 32 billion USD in Q3

NEAR Protocol reported that cumulative NEAR Intents volume surpassed 32 billion USD in the third quarter of 2026, while cumulative fees exceeded 52 million USD. More than 8 million USD was captured for NEAR buybacks, and lifetime fee capture reached 16.4 percent as of October 6, 2026, according to NEAR Protocol. Fee capture refers to the share of swap fees collected for the protocol.

A separate market figure came from October 19, 2026, when the Bitwise NEAR spot ETF, an exchange-traded fund holding the cryptocurrency, recorded a daily net inflow of 2.61 million USD, according to CryptoNews. The inflow is a fund-flow figure and does not establish a cause for the price move.

NEAR Protocol price reaches 5.02 USD

The NEAR Protocol price is 5.02 USD as of October 21, 2026, 5.01 percent above the UTC daily close of October 20, 2026, according to Investing.com. The daily high is 5.09 USD and the daily low for the UTC day is 4.91 USD. Market capitalization is 6.56 billion USD, ranking NEAR 16th, while 24-hour volume is 1.30 billion USD. Circulating supply is 1.31 billion NEAR.