--- title: "Why did NEAR Protocol drop 5.1% on October 30, 2026?" language: en canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/near/2026-10-30" date: 2026-10-30 --- # Why did NEAR Protocol drop 5.1% on October 30, 2026? In the 24 hours to Oct 30, 2026, 05:00 UTC, NEAR went from about $4.06 to $4.23 (-5.06%) on OKX · USDT, trading between $3.91 and $4.24. NEAR largely moved with the market. NEAR fell further than this on 8 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: $4.06 → $4.23 (5 hourly candles, OKX · USDT) - Day range: $3.91 – $4.24 - Versus Bitcoin: -5.06% / BTC -2.48%; 24 hours to Oct 30, 2026, 05:00 UTC; the headline uses the live price. About +1.0 points of the move is its own after allowing for Bitcoin - Versus the past month: 8 of the past 29 days fell further; -5.06% in the 24 hours to Oct 30, 2026, 05:00 UTC, 1.2× a typical day (4.4%). - 30-day range: 29.9% below the high · 8.2% above the low; From hourly highs and lows on the same venue - Other tracked coins: 18 of 23 others also fell 1.7% or more; 4 rose that much - 24h volume: 1.2×; of its prior 30-day daily average - Where it traded: Binance 24% · BTCC 10% · Coinbase Exchange 5% - Perpetual swap: funding negative · open interest flat; OKX perpetual swap NEAR-USDT-SWAP Computed from OKX · USDT hourly candles for the 24 hours to Oct 30, 2026, 05:00 UTC. ## NEAR timeline around October 30, 2026 Largest closed hourly move: +2.53%, Oct 30, 2026, 03:00–04:00 (UTC). Prices, market readings and reports are shown side by side; timing alone does not show what caused a move. ## Same-day movers · 2026-10-30 (UTC) - [MEET48 (IDOL) +71.13%]() - [Akedo (AKE) -33.40%]() - [Bitway (BTW) -26.77%]() - [Plasma (XPL) +12.06%]() - [Uniswap (UNI) +10.40%]() [NEAR Protocol (NEAR) price and news]() [Methods and limitations]()