NEAR Protocol Co-founder to Present AI Advances at TOKEN2049
NEAR Protocol (NEAR)
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Eugene Serbin
Coinfomania.com reports that NEAR Protocol is preparing for TOKEN2049, where co-founder @ilblackdragon will showcase the platform's progress in artificial intelligence. The presentation aims to highlight how NEAR integrates AI with blockchain to enhance user ownership and privacy in digital finance. By focusing on these innovations, NEAR hopes to redefine how users interact with decentralized applications and financial services.
This strategic emphasis on user-owned AI could help the protocol attract new enterprise clients and broaden its appeal in a competitive market. The event is expected to increase NEAR’s visibility and potentially drive user adoption as demand for privacy grows. Currently, the protocol shows no specific trading volume, suggesting the market is waiting for developments from the conference.
Traders are watching to see if the presentation will influence engagement metrics and market sentiment. NEAR remains focused on facilitating decentralized services while leveraging AI to improve user experiences. The outcome of the event will be crucial for understanding how these technologies impact NEAR’s position in the crypto landscape.
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 Protocol is trading at $4.43 with a 24-hour spot volume of $288,598,940. Short-term buying pressure appears balanced, with buy ratios holding near 50% for both the 1-hour and 4-hour windows. However, the 24-hour buy ratio sits slightly lower at 49.9%, indicating a marginal shift toward selling over the longer timeframe. Volume delta shows positive inflows of $176,420 in the last hour and $319,513 over four hours, contrasting with a net outflow of $345,918 over the full day. This suggests that while recent activity is buying-heavy, the daily average is being dragged down by earlier selling. The cumulative volume delta for the day closed at +$4,622,079, with net buying occurring in 17 of the last 24 hours.
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.
Over the preceding week, NEAR experienced a significant price increase of 89.4% over eight days. The 7-day average buy ratio was 50.1%, making the current 24-hour ratio of 49.9% nearly identical to the weekly norm. Volume activity was elevated, reaching 1.36 times the average level, with a total volume delta of +$14,684,541 for the period. This indicates that today’s trading is part of a broader, unusually active week rather than an isolated event. The coin saw net buying on five out of the seven days, reinforcing a generally bullish trend leading up to the announcement.