NEAR Protocol price gains 5.01 percent to 5.02 USD

Published on 10/21/2026 at 13:15 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

NEAR captured 16.4 percent of fees by October 6, 2026. More than 5 million NEAR was staked while the NEAR Protocol price was tracked.

Fees, staking and issuance

NEAR fee capture reached 16.4 percent on October 6, 2026.
Q3 Intents volume exceeded 32 billion USD and cumulative fees topped 52 million USD.
The NEAR Protocol price stands at 5.02 USD as of October 21, 2026, 5.01 percent above the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026.
The issuance vote is scheduled to end on November 2, 2026.

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NEAR Protocol (NEAR) posts a 5.01 percent gain, putting the NEAR Protocol price at 5.02 USD as of October 21, 2026. Separately, the project reported a 16.4 percent lifetime fee-capture rate as of October 6, 2026, according to NEAR Protocol.

The gain is the main market development for the token at the latest available stand. The project report dated October 19, 2026, covers activity through the third quarter and describes the network's fee and staking activity without linking it to the price move.

NEAR Intents volume exceeded 32 billion USD in Q3

NEAR Protocol said cumulative NEAR Intents volume exceeded 32 billion USD in the third quarter, up 45 percent from the second quarter. Cumulative fees exceeded 52 million USD, while more than 8 million USD had been captured by NEAR for buybacks, according to NEAR Protocol.

The same report said more than 5 million NEAR had been staked through the platform and that the July 20, 2026, version 2.13 release introduced dynamic resharding, which lets the network split shards as demand grows, alongside post-quantum account signing.

Issuance vote runs through November 2, 2026

A House of Stake proposal would reduce maximum annual NEAR issuance from 2.5 percent to 1.6 percent over 24 months. The vote opened on October 19, 2026, and is scheduled to end on November 2, 2026, according to TokenPost.

Approval alone would not change the issuance rate: validators would need to adopt a separate protocol upgrade, and the proposal includes a 90-day grace period after ratification. The live protocol still allowed up to 2.5 percent annual issuance on October 18, 2026, according to CryptoTicker.

NEAR Protocol price reaches 5.02 USD

According to Investing.com, the NEAR Protocol price is 5.02 USD as of October 21, 2026, 5.01 percent above the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026. 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.