NEAR Protocol rallies 80% as TVL nears $190 million
NEAR Protocol (NEAR)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
cryptocurrency.com.tr reports that NEAR Protocol extended its rally into September 21, gaining more than 80% over the past week. The token climbed from around $2.20 to roughly $4.20, marking one of its strongest rallies in months after breaking sharply higher from the $2.30-$2.50 range. It pushed through previous resistance around $2.80-$3.00, which has now become an important support zone if price pulls back. Total value locked is approaching $190 million, with recent data placing TVL at roughly $187 million.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for NEAR, measured when this story was written up on 21 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
NEAR trades at $4.17 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 49.8% and a 4-hour buy ratio of 49.2%, both slightly below the 50.5% ratio seen over the last 24 hours. The 1-hour volume delta is -$36,792 and the 4-hour delta is -$795,948, indicating that selling pressure is currently outweighing buying pressure in the short term. Volume delta measures the net difference between buy and sell volume, so negative numbers mean more volume was executed at the ask price than the bid price. Despite this short-term outflow, the 24-hour volume delta remains positive at +$3,005,977, showing that net buying has dominated the full day. The cumulative volume delta closed at +$7,520,777, confirming that buyers have controlled the flow for 15 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, the buy ratio averaged 49.5%, with the latest day showing a ratio 1.0 point higher than that average. Spot volume was 2.48 times the average, and the coin saw 4 days of net buying out of 7. The price increased by 81.3% over 8 days, driven by a total volume delta of +$3,609,502. While the 24-hour buy ratio of 50.5% is slightly higher than the weekly average, the current short-term negative deltas suggest a pause in the aggressive accumulation seen over the week.