NEAR Protocol Price Surges 7.6% on Airdrop Milestone
NEAR Protocol (NEAR)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
cryptocurrency.com.tr reports that NEAR Protocol (NEAR) is the second-best-performing cryptocurrency among the top 30 by market cap in the last 24 hours. The token rose 7.59% to trade at $2.51 following the attainment of the “[email protected]” Milestone. NEAR Protocol rewards ecosystem growth by airdropping NEAR tokens to eligible users whenever its conditions are met. This milestone achievement drove the significant price increase observed in the market.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for NEAR, measured when this story was written up on 16 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Current Whalio data shows NEAR trading at $2.34 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 50.2% and a 4-hour buy ratio of 53.3%, compared to a 24-hour buy ratio of 46.6%. The positive volume delta of +$7,820 in the last hour and +$1,966,106 over four hours indicates immediate buying pressure, contrasting with a negative 24-hour volume delta of -$2,838,031. A buy ratio above 50% means buyers are outnumbering sellers, while a positive volume delta signifies that buy volume exceeds sell volume. This suggests that recent short-term buying is building, reversing the broader 24-hour selling trend where net outflows totaled nearly $2.8 million. The cumulative volume delta (CVD) closed at +$1,560,538 for the 24-hour period, indicating that despite the daily negative delta, net buying pressure accumulated over specific intervals.
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 experienced a 0.7% price change with a total volume delta of +$910,828. The 7-day average buy ratio was 50.1%, while the latest day showed a buy ratio 3.5 points lower than that average. Trading volume was 0.65x the weekly average, indicating significantly lower activity compared to typical days. Net buying occurred on 5 of the 7 days, suggesting a generally positive but inconsistent trend. Compared to the 24-hour period where volume delta was negative, the weekly total remains positive, though the recent day underperformed the weekly average in terms of buy ratio strength.