{"id":47314,"date":"2026-09-21T13:22:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=47314"},"modified":"2026-09-21T13:22:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:22:36","slug":"near-protocol-near-soars-25-daily-is-that-the-easiest-crypto-to-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=47314","title":{"rendered":"Near Protocol (NEAR) Soars 25% Daily: Is That the Easiest Crypto to Hold?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<p>NEAR has been in a massive uptrend lately, gaining an additional 25% over the past 24 hours to briefly surpass $4.40. As of this writing, it trades at roughly $4.30 (per CoinGecko), up about 120% on a monthly basis.<\/p>\n<p>Most analysts think the asset is ready to pump even more in the short term, with some anticipating a jump to a new all-time high. On the other hand, two important factors suggest a pullback may also be approaching.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-much-more\">How Much More?<\/h2>\n<p>The cryptocurrency market saw another sharp uptick today (September 21), with Bitcoin (BTC) <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/liquidations-top-750m-as-btc-eth-and-xrp-rocket-to-new-local-peaks\/\">climbing<\/a> to nearly $2,500 and Ethereum (ETH) clearing $2,700. The green wave is perhaps the main catalyst for NEAR&#8217;s price ascent, but not the only one.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, American President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/sep\/19\/donald-trump-ai-force\">vowed<\/a> to create a so-called &#8220;AI Force&#8221; and appoint an AI czar. Although details are still unclear, the announcement has boosted cryptocurrencies tied to Artificial Intelligence, with NEAR no exception. Prior to that, NEAR Protocol <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/near-hits-highest-price-in-20-months-why-one-analyst-calls-the-chart-phenomenal\/\">revealed<\/a> on X that users trade perpetual futures by default, a feature provided by Hyperliquid.<\/p>\n<p>X user Lucky <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LLuciano_BTC\/status\/2101952572223566276\">said<\/a> that NEAR holders deserve the latest pump since they have been waiting for such green days for a long time. For his part, Michael van de Poppe <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CryptoMichNL\/status\/2101967420126859321\">described<\/a> the asset&#8217;s rise as &#8220;fantastic&#8221; and stated that he will be &#8220;very pleased&#8221; if it breaks through here.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;In the short term, I doubt it. I think that liquidity will flow towards other narratives that are going to follow NEAR in its footsteps,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The analyst expects the price to consolidate at current levels and even head south to $3 if BTC corrects. After that, though, he anticipates a fresh rally in Q4.\u00a0In a previous post, van de Poppe <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CryptoMichNL\/status\/2101717020022862237\">described<\/a> the digital asset &#8220;as one of the easiest ones to hold in this bull market,&#8221; saying he has been &#8220;happily accumulating&#8221; at $1.20-$1.50.<\/p>\n<p>CryptoBullet was much more bullish, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CryptoBullet1\/status\/2101800764972618225\">arguing<\/a> that NEAR&#8217;s macro structure resembles &#8220;a giant double bottom.&#8221; The X user set $8 and $20 as the next targets, claiming the token could even skyrocket to a new historic peak of as high as $40.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-bearish-factors\">The Bearish Factors<\/h2>\n<p>Earlier today, NEAR&#8217;s Relative Strength Index (RSI) spiked above 91, reaching a record high. Such levels signal that the asset has reached extreme overbought territory and could be gearing up for a move south. Later on, the RSI retraced to the current 74, which is still in the bearish zone.<\/p>\n<div>\n<dl id=\"attachment_1449208\">\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/NEAR-RSI-1.png\"><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd>NEAR RSI, Source: CryptoWaves<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>The token&#8217;s recent exchange netflow also suggests that a correction could be on the way. Over the past several days, inflows have surpassed inflows, hinting that some investors have shifted from self-custody to centralized platforms, thereby increasing immediate selling pressure.<\/p>\n<div>\n<dl id=\"attachment_1449209\">\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/NEAR-Exchange-Netflow-1.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/NEAR-Exchange-Netflow-1.png\" alt=\"NEAR Exchange Netflow\" width=\"1381\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd>NEAR Exchange Netflow, Source: CoinGlass<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/near-protocol-near-soars-25-daily-is-that-the-easiest-crypto-to-hold\/\">Near Protocol (NEAR) Soars 25% Daily: Is That the Easiest Crypto to Hold?<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/near-protocol-near-soars-25-daily-is-that-the-easiest-crypto-to-hold\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEAR has been in a massive uptrend lately, gaining an additional 25% over the past 24 hours to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-crypto","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}