NEAR Protocol Drops 9.72% Before Rebounding Above $4.86 Pivot

NEAR Protocol (NEAR) lost 9.72% during the session, falling to an intraday low of $4.30 before recovering to $4.87, just above the $4.86 daily pivot.

NEAR traded within a $4.30 to $5.40 range. The nearest support level stood at $4.31, followed by stronger support at $3.76. Resistance was marked at $5.41 and $5.95.

Technical indicators gave no clear directional signal. The 14-period relative strength index was 57.06, while the moving average convergence divergence line and signal line were both 0.4777. The resulting MACD histogram was 0.0000.

The setup left NEAR between nearby support and resistance after the sharp decline. The price recovered from its session low but remained below the upper end of its trading range.

The NEAR network’s 2026 roadmap focuses on cross-chain financial infrastructure and autonomous artificial-intelligence agents.