$3.8 Million Back From the Attacker: Why the NEAR Price Is Up 7.8 Percent

The information provided in this article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Cryptocurrency investments carry a high degree of risk. Always conduct your own research.The attacker has sent back the full $3.8 million from the NEAR Intents exploit, and the NEAR price is up 7.8 percent at $5.23. What is behind the recovery, what role the Bitwise NRR ETF plays, and what follows from it for buying route, holding period and custody.The attacker who drained about $3.8 million from the cross-chain service NEAR Intents on October 1 has sent the money back in full. Since then the price of NEAR Protocol has turned higher: $5.23 on Tuesday morning, October 6, 2026, a gain of 7.8 percent within a day and of 14.4 percent over the week. Those are CoinGecko's figures. That made NEAR the only coin among the 25 largest crypto assets excluding stablecoins to move more than five percent on the day that morning. Two documented developments coincide here, and both are older than the price jump: the full return of the drained sum, and the launch of the first US spot ETF on NEAR on September 29. How much each contributes cannot be separated out. What can be said is ...