Near Protocol (NEAR) Slides 30% From Peak to Test $4.00 Support

NEAR Correction Reaches $4.10

Near Protocol (NEAR), a Layer 1 blockchain protocol, traded around $4.10 early on Tuesday, extending a short-term correction that has taken the token roughly 30% below its October peak near $5.90. The wider tape offered little help: Bitcoin changed hands near $77,140, down 1.3% over the past 24 hours, while Ethereum held about $2,259 with a 0.6% daily loss. NEAR's pullback followed a September advance that carried the price from roughly $1.80 to nearly $5.90 by early October, a gain the market has since been unwinding through lower highs and growing selling pressure. The latest daily candles show bullish momentum fading, with price below its short-term moving averages.

The 4.40-4.50 region mattered because it had been acting as dynamic support, and its breakdown hands sellers control of the immediate trend. The daily RSI has fallen into the 40-45 band, deteriorating momentum that stops short of oversold and therefore leaves room for more downside before a meaningful technical recovery. Support and resistance mapping puts the first floor at $4.00, followed by $3.80 and $3.60. A decisive daily close below $4.00 could accelerate selling toward the rising 100-day moving average.

The broader structure is not broken. NEAR Protocol (NEAR) still holds above its 100-day and 200-day averages, so the larger uptrend from September has not been invalidated. On the upside, reclaiming 4.40-4.50 would stabilize the near-term picture, and a sustained breakout above $4.70 would strengthen the recovery case and open the 5.00-5.30 zone. Below $4.50 the token stays vulnerable to more downside; a hold of the 3.80-4.00 zone could instead set the stage for renewed accumulation. The next daily close at $4.00 is the level that decides which path the market takes.

XRP, Zcash and SHIB Under Pressure

The same early-Tuesday weakness runs through three other major altcoins. XRP traded near $1.25, below every major moving average on the daily chart, after October's recovery attempt toward $1.60 was rejected and left a run of lower highs and lower lows. The 1.30-1.35 area, a former consolidation zone the price could not hold, now caps the market, and the RSI sits around 35-40, approaching oversold without producing a convincing bullish reversal signal. Stabilization near 1.24-1.25 has come on modest volume, so there is little sign of aggressive accumulation. Immediate support is $1.20, with further downside targets at $1.15 and $1.10; reclaiming $1.30 would be a first improvement, but challenging the bearish structure needs a move above 1.35-1.40, where several moving averages converge.

Zcash (ZEC), the privacy network whose founding trusted setup became known as the Zcash Ceremony, is consolidating between $1,150 and $1,350 after a September rally from about $500 to nearly $1,700 in early October. Heavy selling near the peak sent ZEC sharply lower before it settled into that range. Buyers are defending roughly $1,250 on the latest daily candles but have repeatedly failed to sustain momentum above $1,300, and volume is down from September's breakout, pointing to less speculative participation. The RSI hovers near the neutral 50 level. Support sits at $1,200, then $1,150 and $1,050; immediate resistance is 1,300-1,350, and a confirmed breakout above it targets $1,400 and eventually $1,500.

Shiba Inu (SHIB) carries the weakest structure of the four at around $0.00000464, below all major moving averages, after breaking below the ascending support trendline that dated from August. A decline toward $0.00000450 was followed by a modest stabilization attempt on low buying volume, which suggests demand is still too weak for a convincing reversal. Immediate support is $0.00000450, then $0.00000430 and $0.00000410; initial resistance is 0.00000490-0.00000500, with $0.00000520 the level a short-term recovery would need to clear and $0.00000550 standing as the longer-term barrier.

Where the Four Setups Diverge

The four charts split into two camps, and the split should guide expectations. NEAR Protocol (NEAR) and ZEC still trade above their 100-day and 200-day moving averages, so their corrections are unfolding inside technically intact uptrends, with defined accumulation zones at 3.80-4.00 and 1,150-1,200. XRP and SHIB sit below every major daily average; a single strong close will not repair those structures, and their rallies stay vulnerable to renewed selling until resistance at 1.35-1.40 and 0.00000490-0.00000500 gives way. Our live monitoring shows Bitcoin near $77,140 with a modest 1.3% daily loss, a backdrop of mild softness rather than a broad risk-off impulse. That leaves Tuesday's closes as the decisive input: NEAR at $4.00 and SHIB at $0.00000450 are the levels that settle near-term direction.