Why NEAR leads the AI narrative: chain abstraction, agents and compute
Lists why NEAR is ahead of other L1s for agents: live onchain agent capabilities, a research hub, native chain abstraction, a NEAR x Delphi AI accelerator, social agents interacting and a Nillion partnership for private LLM work.
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How the call played out · since 29 Nov 2024
Prices as of 23 Oct 2026This piece takes a view on $NEAR, so that move is read against the call.
Live onchain agents, native chain abstraction, a Delphi accelerator and the Nillion private LLM partnership put NEAR ahead of other L1s on AI.
- At publication
- $7.03
- Now
- $4.89
- vs BTC
- −18%
- After 1 month
- −24%
- After 3 months
- −57%
- After 1 year
- −73%
- High since
- +14% 07 Dec 2024
- Low since
- −86% 12 Feb 2026
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