NEAR Intents volume hits $27B as price jumps 11%
NEAR Protocol (NEAR)
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Eugene Serbin
ambcrypto.com reports that Near Protocol's Intents infrastructure has surpassed $27 billion in volume across 34 chains. This milestone highlights the system's role as cross-chain plumbing, with integrations from wallets like Ledger and browsers such as Brave. Platforms including Infinex and LI.FI are also connecting to the network, alongside Zcash moving to Solana and Confidential Hyperliquid perps extending private trading rails.
The native token, NEAR, rose over 11% from approximately $2.32 to $2.59. Technical indicators show an RSI of 74, marking overbought territory for the first time since May-June. Unlike the previous rally that stalled, current MACD lines sit above signal lines with growing histogram bars.
Aggregated Open Interest on NEAR reached $458 million, rising since the month's start. Funding rates remain positive at roughly 0.0117, suggesting traders are comfortable holding long positions. The price move coincides with the adoption milestone, though the source notes this does not prove causation. Rising open interest and positive funding indicate increasing trader participation in the rally.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for NEAR, measured when this story was written up on 10 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
NEAR is currently trading at $2.49 on Binance spot, showing a 1-hour buy ratio of 57.7% compared to a 4-hour ratio of 49.9%. The 24-hour buy ratio sits at 52.3%, indicating that short-term buying pressure is stronger than the broader four-hour trend. Volume delta reflects this imbalance, with a positive $220,434 in the last hour versus a negative $19,948 over four hours. Over 24 hours, the volume delta is +$5,157,302, and cumulative volume delta closed at +$6,767,024. These metrics mean that buy volume has exceeded sell volume, driving the current price action. Net buying occurred for 12 of the last 24 hours, supporting the asset's value.
The latest daily buy ratio of 49.0% sits at the 37th percentile of the last 324 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.
Over the preceding week, NEAR saw a 7-day average buy ratio of 50.1%, while the latest day registered 50.1%, a slight increase of 2.2 points. Spot volume for the 24-hour period was $111,781,445, which is 2.10 times the weekly average, marking an unusually high level of activity. This volume surge contributed to an 8-day price change of +31.6%. The 8-day volume delta totaled +$10,636,051, showing sustained accumulation over the week. With net buying occurring on 4 of the 7 days, this represents an unusual period of dominance for buyers compared to the recent 24-hour snapshot.