Key Summary

NEAR briefly traded above 3.45 USDT on Bitget at 12:46 on the 18th, its highest level since March 2025, with a 24-hour gain of 27.43% per Foresight News. Separate data showed an intraday high of $3.4540 and a close of $3.3848 for a 7.40% daily gain, and the gap versus the 24-hour figure reflects different measurement windows rather than conflicting prints. A near-30% single-day move in one large-cap altcoin usually signals leveraged positioning and rotation out of BTC/ETH into high-beta names, so the read to confirm is whether spot volume and funding rates hold up or the move retraces once perpetual longs are flushed.