NEAR Protocol price gains 5.01 percent to 5.02 USD

Published on 10/21/2026 at 19:27 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

A vote would cut annual issuance from 2.5 percent to 1.6 percent. NEAR Protocol price is 5.02 USD on October 21, 2026, up 5.01 percent.

Price and dates at a glance

A proposal dated October 21, 2026, would lower annual issuance from 2.5 percent to 1.6 percent.
NEAR reported more than 32 billion USD in cumulative Intents volume and over 52 million USD in fees as of October 6, 2026.
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.
A spot NEAR ETF recorded a 2.61 million USD inflow on October 16, 2026.

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NEAR Protocol (NEAR) gains 5.01 percent to 5.02 USD, while a governance vote opened on October 21, 2026, proposes reducing annual token issuance from 2.5 percent to 1.6 percent. 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.

Issuance proposal targets 1.6 percent

According to TokenPost, House of Stake proposal HSP-029 would reduce the maximum annual issuance rate from 2.5 percent to 1.6 percent. The proposal keeps the allocation of new tokens at 90 percent for staking participants and 10 percent for the protocol treasury.

The proposal includes a 90-day grace period after ratification and a gradual change over 24 months, according to TokenPost. A separate validator upgrade would be required before the lower issuance ceiling could take effect, and the proposal models gross staking yield falling from 5.268 percent to 3.372 percent.

NEAR reports 32 billion in Q3 volume

NEAR Protocol reported more than 32 billion USD in cumulative NEAR Intents volume and over 52 million USD in cumulative fees as of October 6, 2026. More than 8 million USD had been captured by NEAR for buybacks, while lifetime fee capture reached 16.4 percent.

The same October 19, 2026 report said more than 5 million NEAR had been staked through the platform and more than 750,000 NEAR had been staked for confidential inference. A separate report from Coinotag said Bitwise's spot NEAR ETF recorded a 2.61 million USD net inflow on October 16, 2026.

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 15, 2026, with a daily high of 5.09 USD and a daily low of 4.91 USD. According to Investing.com, market capitalization is 6.56 billion USD, ranking NEAR 16th, while 24-hour volume is 1.30 billion USD and circulating supply is 1.31 billion NEAR.