NEAR Protocol Smashes $3.5 Barrier After Explosive Price Surge

NEAR Protocol has broken through the $3.5 barrier after surging by more than 40% in just three days.

The price jump follows a series of strong developments for the project, including its growing focus on cross-chain execution and the launch of confidential trading features.

Its NEAR Intents infrastructure allows users to express an intended outcome while competing solvers determine execution routes across supported networks. The system has reportedly handled more than $28 billion in cumulative Intents volume across 34 chains.

The platform's expansion gives the current price move a broader foundation, as it now offers a unified interface for trading over 100 assets across 35 or more chains, reducing the need to manage bridges and individual gas requirements.