NEAR keeps 2.5 percent emission instead of 1.6: what you can do about the staking yield

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 cut in NEAR emission to 1.6 percent is not in the protocol; it is a draft and needs a validator upgrade. Our own survey: 601.0 million NEAR sit with 403 validators, and a staking ratio of 45.90 percent pushes the gross yield down to 4.90 percent.The NEAR mainnet still mints up to 2.5 percent new tokens a year. The proposal to cut that ceiling to 1.6 percent was not part of the protocol on October 18, 2026. It still carries draft status, and by its own wording it cannot take effect through a vote alone. Anyone staking NEAR should therefore keep calculating with the old rate until a protocol upgrade lands. The price is moving the other way. NEAR trades at $4.69, down 6.2 percent over 24 hours and 17.56 percent over the past week. That makes NEAR the weakest of the 25 largest cryptocurrencies on a weekly view, ahead of Zcash at minus 16.52 percent and Cardano at minus 15.88 percent. Bitcoin lost 3.23 percent over the same stretch, Ether 7.33 percent. Every price in this article...