NEAR Protocol briefly reached around $3.50 after rising 30.8% in 24 hours, extending a September rally supported by confidential perpetual positions, more than $70 million in Confidential Intents total value locked and heavy trading. The move occurred as AI-linked crypto tokens gained 9.4% to a combined market value of about $18.6 billion, although King Charles III’s AI-safety summit announced no blockchain integrations, token purchases, decentralized-AI funding or direct cryptocurrency support.