# NEAR Protocol Drops 3.85% in One Hour, Falling to $5.02

By Enna Lee

Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/24950
Published: 2026-09-28T14:35:23.000Z
Updated: 2026-09-28T14:35:23.000Z
Section: Investing

> NEAR was down 3.83% over 24 hours at 10:32 a.m. ET on Sept. 28, while long liquidations reached $160,000 across three exchanges.

NEAR Protocol (NEAR) fell 3.85% in one hour to $5.02 at 10:32 a.m. ET (14:32 UTC) on Sept. 28, extending its 24-hour decline to 3.83%.

The token dropped from $5.22 one hour earlier to $5.02. The price was recorded from Binance’s spot NEAR/USDT market using exchange prices collected directly for the calculation.

Long liquidations totaled $160,000 across Binance, Bybit and OKX during the same hour, compared with $10,000 in short liquidations.

NEAR ranked 21st by market capitalization at approximately $6.85051 billion when the price was recorded.