NEAR Protocol rises 11% as OI hits $300M and $60M new longs build

NEAR Protocol (NEAR) was up 11% over the past day at press time, as derivatives positioning and on-chain activity strengthened. Open Interest climbed about 20% in 24 hours to $300 million, including $60 million in newly opened leveraged positions, while spot net inflows totaled $454,000 in the same window. On the network side, holder count reached 11,720 and monthly transactions were reported near 209 million, with 87 million labeled private transactions.