Everyone, over these seven trading days, $NEAR has been taking the steps apart one by one, downward.

The last six daily closes make it clear: 4.431, 4.289, 3.866, 3.833, 4.008, 3.661,
with the current price at 3.771. That 4.008 in the middle was the only bounce, and it was pushed back down the next day.

The 20-day range is 3.625 to 5.459. It’s now at the 7.96th percentile, just four percentage points above the lower end.

I’ve looked at several sources. Here’s my synthesis: what’s worth talking about with this trend isn’t how much it’s fallen, but where the money has moved.

At the same time, $ZEC rose 1.568% against the trend, while $BTC fell 5.441%. Among the major names, privacy was the only one in the green.

The scarcity hasn’t disappeared; it has shifted elsewhere. New money is moving out of the public-chain narrative and crowding into a narrow track.

That’s the thing about a niche sector: the pool is only so big to begin with.

Just how narrow is it? That depends on whether it can hold up. It’s like a reservoir with only one channel left open, so all the water pours into that one outlet.

The number of contracts held fell just 1.71% over 24 hours, while notional value fell 10.08%. That suggests the price fell, rather than positions being cut.

The funding rate is still sitting at the upper edge of 0.01% positive. Longs are still paying, and no one is actively closing out.

The aggressive-trade ratios for the last four hourly candles were 0.9714, 0.9259, 1.0599, and 0.7969. Three show selling pressure. I checked twice before I believed it.

The disagreement isn’t about direction, but about who will let go first.

Don’t treat the 7.96th percentile as a safety cushion. It just means the water level is low; it doesn’t mean the bottom is right under your feet.

What do you think?

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The above reflects personal trading-system records and observations of data, and does not constitute investment advice.