NEAR and Ondo Finance Launch Tokenized US Stocks on NEAR Protocol
NEAR Protocol (NEAR)
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Eugene Serbin
cryptowisser.com reports that NEAR Protocol announced a partnership with Ondo Finance on Tuesday to bring tokenized US stocks and ETFs to Near.com. Users can now purchase these assets using stablecoins or supported crypto across more than 30 chains from a single account. The initial offering includes actively traded equities such as NVDAon, TSLAon, AAPLon, GOOGLon, METAon, MSFTon, and AMZNon, alongside SPYon and QQQon.
Ondo’s tokens act as total return trackers, providing economic exposure to price movements and reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes. Fractional tokens are supported, allowing investors to buy a slice of a stock with a single dollar. NEAR Protocol utilizes its Nightshade consensus mechanism to provide dynamic scalability and stabilize fees for these transactions.
The network is designed for User-Owned AI and Chain Abstraction, aiming to eliminate blockchain complexity for seamless transactions. Ondo Finance, founded in 2022, bridges traditional finance with blockchain technology through its ecosystem. The ONDO token serves as a governance token for the Ondo Finance DAO, influencing policies and decisions. Currently, ONDO is trading at $0.4348, having risen 0.4% in the last 24 hours.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for NEAR, measured when this story was written up on 23 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
NEAR is trading at $4.43 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 52.0%, indicating a slight shift toward buying pressure compared to the 49.0% seen in the 4-hour window. Over the past 24 hours, the buy ratio sits at 49.9%, suggesting a near-even split between buyers and sellers. The 1-hour volume delta is positive at $3,073,237, showing immediate buying interest, whereas the 4-hour delta is negative at -$2,262,773, indicating earlier selling pressure. The 24-hour volume delta is -$345,918, and the Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) for the 24-hour close is -$304,543, reflecting net selling over the full day. Spot volume for the period reached $288,598,940 across 1,739,860 trades. Buying pressure appears to be building in the immediate short term but has faded over the longer 24-hour period.
The latest daily buy ratio of 50.8% sits at the 68th percentile of the last 323 days, against a median of 49.7% - ordinary for this coin.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for NEAR, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
The current 24-hour buy ratio of 49.9% is marginally below the 7-day average of 50.1%, showing a difference of 0.2 percentage points. Trading volume is 1.36 times the average, indicating significantly higher activity than usual. This day is part of a week where net buying occurred on 5 of the 7 days. Over the preceding 8 days, the price increased by 89.4%, with a total volume delta of $14,684,541. While today's buying ratio is slightly lower than the weekly norm, the elevated volume suggests sustained interest in the asset.