NEAR Protocol Partners With Oracle on Stablecoin Payments and AI
NEAR Protocol (NEAR)
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Eugene Serbin
Tron Weekly reports that NEAR Protocol is expanding its ecosystem through new developments in payments and artificial intelligence. Oracle and SVRN have created a proof of concept for stablecoin payments on Oracle Simphony, a point-of-sale system processing over 6.3 billion transactions annually. This system settles payments on NEAR with checkout times under three seconds, allowing settled funds to be used for treasury operations and supplier payments.
Oracle selected NEAR for its fast processing, lower fees, and ability to settle on various chains via NEAR Intents. The integration also supports delegated authorization, enabling one account to operate on behalf of another for tasks like AI agent transactions. Simultaneously, NEAR AI Cloud has become a provider on OpenRouter, making its GLM 5.3 Flash Model available through the platform.
This model features a 1 million-token context window and allows developers to access NEAR AI infrastructure via an existing model routing system. These developments highlight NEAR's focus on providing infrastructure for value movement and information processing. The payment solution is currently in the testing phase before potential real-world implementation. Meanwhile, the OpenRouter integration expands the coverage of NEAR AI’s cloud network for developers.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for NEAR, measured when this story was written up on 30 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
NEAR is trading at $4.89 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 52.8%, indicating immediate short-term buying pressure. However, this momentum fades over longer timeframes, with the 4-hour buy ratio dropping to 48.3% and the 24-hour ratio settling at 47.7%. Volume delta reflects this shift, showing a net inflow of $455,571 in the last hour but a net outflow of $717,247 over four hours. Over the full day, the cumulative volume delta is -$9,639,685, with a closing CVD of -$9,636,033. This indicates that while there was brief aggressive buying, the broader 24-hour trend is dominated by net selling. Spot volume for the period reached $205,643,613 across 933,587 trades.
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.
Compared to the preceding week, the current buy ratio of 47.7% is 3.0 percentage points lower than the 7-day average of 50.7%. Volume is also subdued, trading at 0.75x the weekly average. While the price has risen 10.4% over the past eight days, the current day shows less aggressive accumulation than the weekly norm. Only four of the past seven days saw net buying, suggesting this is a relatively quiet day for accumulation. The total volume delta for the week was +$19,132,912, contrasting with the current day's net outflow.