NEAR Protocol Faces Correction Risk Amid Technical Indicators and Stellar's Institutional Adoption Catalyst

NEAR Protocol has been experiencing technical difficulties as its price stalls at $2.12, prompting concerns of a potential correction risk. The protocol's inability to sustain rallies above $2.30 over the past several trading sessions has led analysts to predict a target of $1.80 by end-2026.

The technical indicators are not in favor of NEAR Protocol as the RSI is parked at 49.53, the MACD histogram sits at absolute zero, and the Stochastic oscillators have entered oversold conditions. The moving average structure shows that NEAR trades above its 50-day and 200-day SMAs but has failed to reclaim the 20-day SMA at $2.33.

The DTCC's tokenization partnership with Stellar, on the other hand, may generate explosive upside potential targeting $0.35-$0.40 by Q4 2026. The partnership represents the largest institutional adoption catalyst in cryptocurrency history and has the potential to drive significant price appreciation for XLM.