Historical replay · NEAR/USD

NEAR Protocol's May 2026 Breakout Rally

In under a week in May 2026, NEAR Protocol surged from around $1.70 to an intraday high near $2.98 — a gain of more than 75% at the peak. Watch the climb candle by candle.

Sep 18, 2026

NEAR Protocol is a layer-1 blockchain built around ease of use for developers and, more recently, a growing narrative tying it to AI-agent infrastructure. Through most of May 2026 the token had traded in a fairly narrow band under $1.60, showing little of the volatility that would follow.

Within the window replayed here, NEAR broke sharply higher — from an open around $1.70 on May 20 to an intraday high of $2.98 on May 26, a gain of more than 75% from trough to peak of the move. The most explosive single session came as the token gapped from roughly $2.40 to briefly above $2.80 in the space of a day.

Moves this fast in a mid-cap token are rarely one-directional in a straight line: after tagging its high, NEAR gave back a meaningful chunk of the gain within 48 hours, a pattern common after a rapid, sentiment-driven spike rather than a slow grind higher on steadily building volume.