# Near Protocol Drops 3.41% in One Hour, Trading at $4.48

By Enna Lee

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Published: 2026-09-23T15:43:42.000Z
Updated: 2026-09-23T15:43:42.000Z

Near Protocol (NEAR) fell 3.41% in one hour to $4.48 at 11:50 a.m. ET (15:50 UTC) Sept. 23, extending a sharp short-term decline for the 22nd-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.

NEAR dropped from $4.64 one hour earlier to $4.48 in Binance spot trading on the NEAR/USDT pair. The figures reflect TokenPost’s direct collection and calculation of publicly available exchange prices.

Long-position liquidations totaled $20,000 across Binance, Bybit and OKX during the same hour. Short-position liquidations totaled $0.

NEAR’s market capitalization was about $5.97003 billion at the time of the reading.