NEAR Protocol activates onchain privacy for perpetual futures
NEAR Protocol (NEAR)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
digg.com reports that NEAR Protocol has activated onchain privacy for perpetual futures trading. According to Crypto.news, transaction activity is now confidential by default. This change allows traders to open and manage positions without publicly linking their trades to their accounts.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for NEAR, measured when this story was written up on 18 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
NEAR Protocol is trading at $3.15 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 51.9% and a 4-hour buy ratio of 51.3%. These short-term figures are slightly higher than the 24-hour buy ratio of 50.8%, indicating that buying pressure is building in the immediate term. The 24-hour volume delta is +$3,527,829, meaning buyers have executed $3.5 million more in volume than sellers over the last day. This net positive flow suggests sustained accumulation rather than distribution. Spot volume for the period reached $215,082,968 across 914,279 trades.
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 eight days, the price has risen by 28.9%, a significant move compared to the current trading session. Today's buy ratio of 51.9% is 1.6 percentage points above the weekly average of 49.2%, marking an unusual day for the coin. Volume is also elevated, sitting at 3.64 times the weekly average. Despite this surge in activity, the total volume delta for the week has been -$633,607, showing that larger historical flows have been net selling despite the recent price increase.