NEAR Protocol Surges 8% as $70M TVL Milestone Sets Up Airdrop
NEAR Protocol (NEAR)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
cryptocurrency.com.tr reports that NEAR Protocol climbed 7.59% to $2.51 following a major milestone. Confidential Intents recently crossed $70 million in total value locked, triggering a planned airdrop. The figure reached $70.79 million in TVL after strong recent growth.
This represents a 129.3% climb during the past 90 days. DeFiLlama now places overall NEAR Intents TVL near $137.8 million. The milestone triggered the [email protected] Milestone Incentive Program.
The program distributes 333,333 locked [email protected] tokens among eligible users. Growing privacy adoption adds another layer to NEAR's bullish narrative. Traders now watch key support and resistance levels closely. The next move could depend on demand, volume, and broader market conditions.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for NEAR, measured when this story was written up on 20 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Whalio data shows NEAR trading at $3.59 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 59.0% and a 4-hour ratio of 50.5%. These short-term figures exceed the 24-hour buy ratio of 49.3%, indicating that buying pressure is building in the immediate term. The 1-hour volume delta is positive at +$1,287,480, while the 24-hour delta is negative at -$2,581,324. A positive volume delta means buyers are executing more trades than sellers, while a negative delta suggests sellers are dominating over the longer timeframe. CVD for the 24-hour close is -$1,308,575, confirming that net selling has outweighed buying over the full day. Spot volume reached $183,204,038 with 792,931 trades in 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 7-day average buy ratio was 49.8%, which is slightly lower than the latest day's 24-hour reading by 0.5 points. Volume was 1.60x the average, indicating an unusual level of activity compared to normal days. The price changed +51.3% over 8 days, with a total volume delta of +$1,605,255. Net buying occurred on 5 of the 7 days. This recent activity shows a strong upward trend with significantly higher volume than usual.