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Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan sees NEAR up 40x by 2030 in base case

  • —Bitwise base case puts NEAR at $155.85 by 2030, about a 40x gain
  • —Bull case is $562.81; bear case sees a drop to $1.63
  • —Base case assumes 328M AI agents making 1,000 transactions a year at $5 each
  • —NEAR Intents has processed nearly $30 billion in cross-chain transactions
Why it matters: The forecast reinforces the AI-agent narrative around NEAR and its spot ETF NRR, drawing investor attention to the token.
Source: Cryptopolitan