# NEAR Protocol Rises 5.94% in Four Hours, Reaching $5.42

By Enna Lee

Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/27618
Published: 2026-10-07T20:12:40.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-07T20:12:40.000Z
Section: Investing

> The token was up 5.70% over 24 hours as short liquidations reached $860,000 across three exchanges.

NEAR Protocol (NEAR) climbed 5.94% in four hours to $5.42 at 4:11 p.m. ET (20:11 UTC) Oct. 7, extending its 24-hour gain to 5.70%.

The token rose from $5.12 over the four-hour period. NEAR ranked 20th by market capitalization at about $6.98765 billion.

Short liquidations across Binance, Bybit and OKX totaled $860,000 during the same one-hour period, compared with $10,000 in long liquidations. The figures reflect TokenPost’s direct collection and calculation of publicly available exchange prices and liquidation data.