Gate News Bot Update, February 26 — According to CoinMarketCap data, at press time, NEAR (NEAR Protocol) is trading at $1.17, up 16.48% in the past 24 hours. The price reached a high of $1.25 and a low of $0.96. Its current market cap is approximately $1.507 billion, an increase of $213 million from yesterday.
NEAR is a modular high-speed protocol designed for AI, serving as the execution layer for AI-native applications. It enables intelligent agents to hold assets, make decisions, and trade freely across networks. NEAR’s vision is to build a better internet path where AI is not confined to closed corporate systems. Agents can operate freely, trade securely, and protect user privacy.
NEAR empowers developers through multiple core technologies: NEAR AI provides the protocols, computing, and infrastructure needed for autonomous agents, supporting encrypted model execution, verifiable computation, and cross-chain operations; intent and chain abstraction technologies simplify blockchain user experience, with agents defining outcomes while NEAR handles cross-chain routing, signing, and execution in the background—no wallet, bridging, or tokens required; dynamic sharding infrastructure achieves global-level performance with finality times under 600 milliseconds, designed for low latency, parallel execution, and thousands of concurrent agents.
Reasons developers choose NEAR include: accelerating deployment with modular SDKs and open agent infrastructure; skipping wallet UX, bridging, and blockchain friction; deploying privacy-first, user-owned applications; and entering the growing AI-native ecosystem. Whether building assistants, agents, marketplaces, or coordination tools, NEAR simplifies complexity, allowing developers to focus on creating truly usable experiences.
1️⃣ NEAR.com Super App Officially Launched
On February 23, NEAR officially launched the NEAR.com super app, emphasizing AI capabilities and privacy trading features. This marks a significant breakthrough in the practical application layer of the NEAR ecosystem. The super app integrates multiple core features aimed at providing users with a more convenient and secure on-chain experience. Its release strengthens NEAR’s positioning as an AI-native execution layer and helps attract more developers and users to the NEAR ecosystem.
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