CoinDesk 20 performance update: NEAR Protocol (NEAR) jumps 8.1% over weekend

CoinDesk Indices Share Share this article Copy link X icon X (Twitter) LinkedIn Facebook Email CoinDesk 20 performance update: NEAR Protocol (NEAR) jumps 8.1% over weekend Avalanche (AVAX), up 5.5% since Friday, joined NEAR Protocol (NEAR) as a top performer. By CoinDesk Indices Apr 6, 2026, 1:36 p.m. Make preferred on C oinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index . The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 1968.74, up 3.5% (+66.62) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday. Seventeen of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: NEAR (+8.1%) and AVAX (+5.5%). Laggards: BCH (-0.6%) and XLM (-0.3%). The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple platforms in several regions globally. CoinDesk Indices CoinDesk 20 charts Prices More For You Encryption Supremacy: Zcash and Privacy in the Age of Scale By CoinDesk Research Mar 31, 2026 Commissioned by GenZcash Most crypto privacy models weaken as blockchain data grows. Encryption-based models like Zcash strengthen. CoinDesk Research maps the five privacy approaches and examines the widening gap. Why it matters : As blockchain adoption scales, the metadata available to machine learning models scales with it. Obfuscation-based privacy approaches are structurally degrading as a result. This report provides a comprehensive comparison of all five major crypto privacy architectures and a framework for evaluating which models remain durable as AI capabilities improve. View Full Report More For You CoinDesk 20 performance update: Bitcoin (BTC) trades flat while altcoins rise By CoinDesk Indices Apr 3, 2026 NEAR Protocol (NEAR) gained 5.8% and Avalanche (AVAX) climbed 3.6%. Read full story Latest Crypto News Strategy added another 4,871 bitcoin for $330 million, with holdings nearing 767,000 BTC 1 hour ago Bitcoin has room to rally, but there's a catch 2 hours ago Bitcoin rallies on report of Iran ceasefire talks, Algorand extends gains 3 hours ago IMF warns tokenization could bring crypto risks into global financial markets 4 hours ago Inflation takes center stage: Crypto Week Ahead 5 hours ago China orders Apple to pull Dorsey's Bitchat, the messaging app used during Iran protests 5 hours ago Top Stories Circle future-proofs Arc blockchain against quantum computing threats 6 hours ago Bitcoin meltdown to $10,000 remains likely unless prices reclaim $75,000, analyst says 9 hours ago A simple explainer on what quantum computing actually is, and why it is terrifying for bitcoin 17 hours ago Drift says $270 million exploit was a six-month North Korean intelligence operation Apr 5, 2026 Traders are the big winners as 24/7 stocks will finally end the after-hours price 'manipulation' Apr 4, 2026 Bitcoin's $1.3 trillion security race: Key initiatives aimed at quantum-proofing the world's largest blockchain Apr 5, 2026