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title: "Why did NEAR Protocol drop 8.8% on October 24, 2026?"
language: en
canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/near/2026-10-24"
date: 2026-10-24
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# Why did NEAR Protocol drop 8.8% on October 24, 2026?

In the 24 hours to Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 UTC, NEAR went from about $4.69 to $4.50 (-8.80%) on OKX · USDT, trading between $4.43 and $4.71. NEAR largely moved with the market. NEAR fell further than this on 2 of the past 29 days. No NEAR report was collected from the day before to the day after; the cause is unresolved.

- Day open / close: $4.69 → $4.50 (12 hourly candles, OKX · USDT)
- Day range: $4.43 – $4.71
- Versus the past month: 2 of the past 29 days fell further; -8.80% in the 24 hours to Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 UTC, 1.7× a typical day (5.2%).
- 30-day range: 25.4% below the high · 4.6% above the low; From hourly highs and lows on the same venue
- Other tracked coins: 12 of 19 others also fell 2.9% or more; 1 rose that much
- 24h volume: 0.7×; of its prior 30-day daily average

Computed from OKX · USDT hourly candles for the 24 hours to Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 UTC.

Prices, market readings and reports are shown side by side; timing alone does not show what caused a move.

## Same-day movers · 2026-10-24 (UTC)

- [Irys (IRYS) -47.17%](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/irys/2026-10-24>)

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