NEAR Protocol news today is dominated by the network’s expansion into tokenized traditional assets, privacy-focused trading and cross-chain transaction infrastructure. On September 22, 2026, Ondo Finance announced that tokenized U.S. stocks and exchange-traded products had gone live through NEAR.com and NEAR Intents, allowing qualified participants to access instruments such as Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon shares, as well as QQQ, SLV and IAU.