# NEAR Protocol Rises 5.72% in Four Hours to Reach $5.51

By Enna Lee

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Published: 2026-10-01T06:04:56.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-01T06:04:56.000Z
Section: Investing

> NEAR was up 11.11% over 24 hours, while short liquidations reached $290,000 in the latest hour across three exchanges.

NEAR Protocol (NEAR) rose 5.72% in four hours to $5.51 at 2:03 a.m. ET (06:03 UTC) on Oct. 1, extending its 24-hour gain to 11.11%.

The price rose from $5.21 four hours earlier to $5.51 on Binance’s spot NEAR/USDT market. TokenPost directly collected the exchange price and calculated the change without rounding the reported figures.

Liquidations during the latest one-hour period totaled $290,000 in short positions across Binance, Bybit and OKX, while long liquidations totaled $0. NEAR’s market capitalization was about $7.15796 billion, ranking it 21st by market value.