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Brothers, stop staring at those meme coins that have already skyrocketed! Today, Lulu wants to introduce you to a true “tech-savvy big shot,” which is NEAR Protocol, recently heating up on the charts and even showing signs of a main upward wave! 🐾
If you haven't jumped in yet, or are still hesitating about what this coin actually is, quickly spend three minutes to read this “life-saving” science popularization.
🚀 What is NEAR? (Explain in one sentence)
NEAR is not just an ordinary token; it is a high-performance, low-cost, developer-friendly underlying blockchain (Layer-1). You can think of it as a super spacious, congestion-free digital highway where all applications and AI robots can run at lightning speed.
🔥 Why is NEAR “going crazy”? (This is the key point!)
1. Pure AI lineage: NEAR’s founder Illia Polosukhin is one of the authors of the paper “Attention Is All You Need,” which laid the foundation for modern AI (the core technology of ChatGPT). This means NEAR inherently has “AI genes,” and is being hailed by the market as the “King of AI Infrastructure.”
2. NVIDIA positive catalyst: Just yesterday (May 21, 2026), NVIDIA released explosive earnings, with profits reaching $58.3 billion. This directly ignited the entire AI sector, and NEAR, as the sector leader, surged accordingly.
3. “Chain abstraction” revolution: Now NEAR has achieved account universality across the entire network. Through Chain Abstraction technology, you can use a NEAR account to sign transactions on Ethereum, Bitcoin, and even Solana. This “multi-chain unification” operation makes it a traffic gateway for the entire network.
The AI wave has not yet receded, and NEAR’s narrative has just entered its climax. It is one of the few projects with top-tier technical backing and large-scale application scenarios.
“Missing the boat is more painful than losing money; small positions to get in early and feel the rhythm—this is always the wisdom of veteran investors.” #$NEAR $NEAR