NEAR’s December Momentum: Bulls Hope for a Solid 2025 Finish

• Recently, NEAR Protocol has reached over 1 million transactions per second (TPS) in a publicly verifiable benchmark
• There are also chances of a year-end repositioning by investors that can boost the token’s performance
• The present utility case gives a base for structural demand, more than just speculation

As 2025 is coming to an end this month, the attention toward NEAR coin is increasing. Investors and traders hope the token can give a strong finish to 2025. At press time, the coin is trading at $1.86 with a 5.92% increase in rate. The market cap of the coin has exceeded almost $2.39 billion, and the volume of the coin is around $203.37 million.

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Ecosystem Fundamentals and What NEAR Has Going

The Protocol keeps on carrying smart contracts, decentralized applications (dApps), and decentralized finance (DeFi). These features help in highlighting its long-term use cases. Its structure is made to adapt to scalability and usability, which assists in making the developers choose the platform. This present utility case gives a base for structural demand more than just speculation, which can give the coin a larger base during high-volatility phases.

Recently, the coin has reached over 1 million transactions per second (TPS) in a publicly verifiable benchmark. The test used real NEAR core code, realistic workloads, and cost-efficient Google Compute Engine C4D machines distributed across 70 shards.

The benchmark was meant to be more representative of practical use cases as opposed to lab environments. They utilized 1 million accounts for each shard and represented cross-shard traffic accurately.

Catalysts That Could Drive a December Upswing

According to data from CoinCodex, the average price and the maximum price of the token in December might be $1.92 and $2.12, respectively. The potential ROI of the token can be 13.65% this month.

There are many factors that influence the token to finish this year with strong momentum. If the larger market sentiment goes through a new interest from the part of traders, the coin could also show a bullish rally this month. On-chain use could fuel this renewed momentum as developers keep on deploying the network’s dApps by improving its staking and utility metrics. There are also chances of a year-end repositioning by investors that can boost the token’s performance.

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