NEAR's 16.4 percent fee capture: What it means for the NEAR Protocol price

Published on 10/20/2026 at 13:22 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

NEAR recorded 5 million staked tokens in Q3. The NEAR Protocol price is 4.69 USD on October 20, 2026, down 3.32 percent.

Network use and token supply

By October 6, 2026, NEAR had recorded 16.4 percent lifetime fee capture, according to the protocol.
More than 5 million NEAR was staked through the platform during the third quarter of 2026.
The NEAR Protocol price stands at 4.69 USD as of October 20, 2026, 3.32 percent below the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026.
On October 18, 2026, 601.0 million NEAR was bonded to 403 active validators, equal to a 45.90 percent staking ratio.

NEAR Protocol, XCRYPTONEAR9, Illustration mit AI erstellt.

NEAR Protocol (NEAR) reported 16.4 percent lifetime fee capture as of October 6, 2026, according to NEAR Protocol. The NEAR Protocol price stands at 4.69 USD as of October 20, 2026, down 3.32 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026, according to Investing.com.

NEAR reports 16.4 percent fee capture

The protocol's Q3 2026 update dated October 19, 2026 said lifetime fee capture reached 16.4 percent by October 6, 2026, compared with 11.5 percent in the second quarter. Fee capture refers to the share of network fees retained by the protocol rather than passed through to another participant. The same update said total perpetual trading volume exceeded 150 million USD and that more than 5 million NEAR had been staked through the platform.

NEAR AI also reported more than 750,000 NEAR staked for confidential inference in the update dated October 19, 2026. Staking means locking tokens to help secure a network or qualify for a related service. The report described this use as a way to connect NEAR holdings with recurring compute credits.

601 million NEAR remains bonded

A separate October 18, 2026 review by CryptoTicker counted 601.0 million NEAR bonded to 403 active validators. That represented a 45.90 percent staking ratio, while the live protocol still allowed annual issuance of up to 2.5 percent.

The same review said a proposed reduction to 1.6 percent remained a draft on October 18, 2026 and would require a validator upgrade before it could take effect. The issuance proposal and the current 2.5 percent parameter therefore describe different stages of the token supply process.

October 20, 2026 market data

According to Investing.com, NEAR trades at 4.69 USD as of October 20, 2026, down 3.32 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026. The daily high is 5.06 USD and the daily low for the UTC day is 4.63 USD. Market capitalization is 6.15 billion USD, ranking NEAR 16th, while 24-hour volume is 759.39 million USD. Circulating supply is 1.31 billion NEAR.