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NEAR Protocol (NEAR) · price and where to buy

Buy NEAR with euros: which platform gives you the most?

1 NEAR ≈ €4.47mid-market price on 4 platforms · 17:02 CEST

For €100 you currently get the most NEAR on Bitvavo: 22.3327 NEAR after all fees (0.26%). On Bitstamp you would get 21.9569 NEAR, worth €1.68 less. Based on our comparison of 14 October 2026, 17:02 CEST, buying in the simple app with money already in your account.

NEAR Protocol

How will you pay?

Euros already in your account, for example after a bank transfer. Any deposit fee is not included.

How will you buy?

One tap to buy in the app. The price often includes a markup.

Most NEAR Protocol for your money: Bitvavo, 22.3327 NEARSee the comparison

Comparison result

€100 of NEAR Protocol, Euro balance, simple app. Calculated at .

  1. Bitvavo

    Most crypto for your money

    You get

    22.3327 NEAR

    Costs

    €0.26 0.26%

    Go to Bitvavo (opens in a new tab)
    Cost breakdown
    Payment fee
    €0.00
    Trading fee
    €0.25
    App markup (0.00%)
    €0.00
    Price difference and order book
    €0.01
    Total
    €0.26

    You effectively pay €4.48 per NEAR. Market data from . No markup: Bitvavo fills app orders at order-book prices (source: Bitvavo helpcenter: eenvoudig kopen is een marktorder op het orderboek; het prijsverschil gaat niet naar Bitvavo, 7 October 2026). Read our Bitvavo fee guide

  2. OKX

    €0.86 more than Bitvavo

    You get

    22.14 NEAR

    Costs

    €1.12 1.12%

    Go to OKX (opens in a new tab)
    Cost breakdown
    Payment fee
    €0.00
    Trading fee
    €0.00
    Maximum app markup (1.00%)
    €0.99
    Price difference and order book
    €0.13
    Total
    €1.12

    You effectively pay €4.52 per NEAR. Market data from . We use the maximum markup OKX publishes; the actual markup may be lower (source: OKX Buy/Sell/Convert spread disclosure: maximaal 1,00%, 11 August 2026). Read our OKX fee guide

  3. Bitpanda

    €1.33 more than Bitvavo

    You get

    22.0343 NEAR

    Costs

    €1.59 1.59%

    Go to Bitpanda (opens in a new tab)
    Cost breakdown
    Payment fee
    €0.00
    Trading fee
    €1.49
    App markup (0.00%)
    €0.00
    Price difference and order book
    €0.10
    Total
    €1.59

    You effectively pay €4.54 per NEAR. Market data from . Bitpanda publishes no markup on top of its fee, so we add none (source: Bitpanda Cost Transparency v4.0.0: vast tarief op de eigen koers ("Offer Price"), geen aparte spread gepubliceerd, 8 July 2026). Read our Bitpanda fee guide

  4. Bitstamp

    €1.68 more than Bitvavo

    You get

    21.9569 NEAR

    Costs

    €1.94 1.94%

    Go to Bitstamp (opens in a new tab)
    Cost breakdown
    Payment fee
    €0.00
    Trading fee
    €0.00
    App markup (1.80%)
    €1.77
    Price difference and order book
    €0.17
    Total
    €1.94

    You effectively pay €4.55 per NEAR. Market data from . The app markup is published by Bitstamp (source: Bitstamp fee schedule (geldig vanaf 01-09-2026): Basic spread 1,8%, bij volatiliteit tot 0,5% extra, 1 September 2026). Read our Bitstamp fee guide

Not in this comparison

  • Kraken: On its trading screen (Kraken Pro) you get 22.1934 NEAR, with a 0.80% trading fee (€0.88 in costs overall). The regular buy button charges a 1.00% fee plus a markup Kraken does not publish.

    Go to Kraken (opens in a new tab)

  • Coinbase: This platform does not publish its app fees or markup (you only see them at checkout), so we cannot rank it fairly.
  • Crypto.com: This platform charges a 0.80% fee in its app plus a markup it does not publish, so we cannot rank it fairly.
  • Bybit EU: This coin cannot be bought with euros here.

Bitpanda: based on the platform’s public price plus its published fee. Any extra markup in the app is not published by the platform.

All results are estimates based on public market data and the fees the platforms publish. They are not financial or tax advice. How we compare

NEAR Protocol price

NEAR in US dollars · CoinGecko

as of 17:02 CEST

$4.99

Down 0.59% past 24 hours

Currency
Period

NEAR Protocol, past 24 hours: from $5.02 to $4.99 (down 0.59%). High $5.18, low $4.88.

Average price across exchanges. Data provided by CoinGecko. Past prices say nothing about future prices.

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NEAR Protocol price, past 24 hours
TimePrice
Tue 17:05$5.02
Tue 20:25$4.98
Tue 23:50$5.08
Wed 03:25$5.13
Wed 06:55$5.10
Wed 10:20$5.07
Wed 13:55$5.08
Wed 17:02$4.99

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NEAR Protocol price per platform

Price of 1 NEAR per platform at 17:02 CEST
PlatformPrice per NEAR
Bitvavo€4.47
Bitstamp€4.47
Kraken€4.47
OKX€4.47
Bitpandapublic price€4.47

Mid-market price before fees, at 17:02 CEST. What you actually pay depends on the fees: you can see those in the comparison above. Not available in euros on: Bybit EU.

Background

What is NEAR Protocol?

By PlatformCrypto.eu editorial team · checked on

NEAR Protocol is a proof-of-stake blockchain for applications, and NEAR is the coin that keeps it running. Its founders, Illia Polosukhin and Alexander Skidanov, first tried to build AI that writes software from plain-language instructions; according to the project's own history, they turned to blockchain in 2018. The main network opened up in stages during 2020. On 13 October that year, validators and the holders who had delegated to them voted on-chain to lift the last limits on transfers, the first community vote in the network's history.

According to that same history, the goal was a blockchain that scales and is easy to use. An account can carry a readable name such as maria.near instead of a long code, which makes addresses easier to share and check. To keep up as usage grows, NEAR splits its workload across shards that process transactions side by side, an approach it calls Nightshade. The first phase, with four shards, went live in November 2021.

The coin has three everyday jobs. It pays for gas, the fee on every action, and that fee is largely burned. It serves as a deposit for data held on the chain, at 1 NEAR per 100 kB. And it is staked to secure the network; validators and those who delegate to them receive newly issued NEAR for this.

That issuance changed recently. NEAR started with 1 billion coins and creates new ones every epoch, 90% for validators and 10% for a protocol treasury. The yearly ceiling was 5% until an upgrade at the end of October 2025 halved it to 2.5%. The new rule only took effect after validators holding 80% of the stake had switched to the new software.

NEAR has no price floor of any kind, so a holding in NEAR can be worth far fewer euros a few weeks from now.

Official website: near.org

In four steps

How to buy NEAR Protocol

  1. Choose a platform

    At the top you can see where your amount buys the most NEAR, with every fee included.

  2. Open an account

    Sign up and verify your identity. Licensed platforms are required to check who you are; it usually takes a few minutes.

  3. Add euros

    For example by SEPA bank transfer or by card. Check the deposit fee on the platform first: it differs per method.

  4. Buy NEAR

    Enter the amount and confirm. Before you do, check the fee and the price the platform shows you.

Questions about NEAR Protocol

How much is 1 NEAR Protocol worth right now?

On 14 October 2026 at 17:02 CEST, 1 NEAR was worth €4.47 on average: the median mid-market price on 4 platforms. The price changes all the time, and what you pay on a platform also depends on its fees.

Why do NEAR addresses look like names?

Because NEAR supports named accounts, which work a bit like web domains: lucas.near is a valid address, and its owner can create sub-accounts such as app.lucas.near. An account ID uses only lowercase letters, digits and the separators full stop, hyphen and underscore, and it is between 2 and 64 characters long. There are also implicit accounts, a 64-character string derived from a public key. Either kind can receive NEAR, so check every character before you send.

How much new NEAR is created each year?

At most 2.5% of the supply, a cap that has applied since the end of October 2025; before that it was 5%. The new coins are paid out every epoch, with 90% going to validators and 10% to a protocol treasury. The network began with 1 billion NEAR, and there is no fixed maximum.

Why does a NEAR account need to keep some NEAR?

Data stored on NEAR is paid for with a deposit rather than a one-off charge. The account that owns the data locks 1 NEAR for every 100 kB it uses. Locked tokens cannot be spent or staked, but they become available again once the data is deleted.

How are fees paid on NEAR?

Every action on the network costs gas, and gas is always settled in NEAR. The protocol recalculates the gas price in each block based on demand, with a minimum it cannot fall below, and most of the fee is burned. You do not pay gas yourself when you buy NEAR on a trading platform; it arises once coins move on the blockchain, for example when you use an app from a wallet of your own.

What does NEAR have to do with AI?

The founders started out in AI: in 2017 Illia Polosukhin, a co-author of the research paper "Attention Is All You Need", set up NEAR AI with Alexander Skidanov to build models that write code. They moved to blockchain in 2018. Since 2024 the project has presented itself as the "Blockchain for AI", and in November 2024 it launched NEAR AI as a research arm.

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