Harvest Moon exploit takes 1.04 million GEAR: What it means for the NEAR Protocol price

Published on 10/28/2026 at 13:22 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

The contract attack involved 1.04 million GEAR tokens. The NEAR Protocol price is 4.60 USD on October 28, 2026, up 2.00 percent.

Application attack on October 27

A Harvest Moon report on October 28, 2026 cited 1.04 million GEAR tokens taken.
NEAR Intents processed 32 billion USD in cumulative volume by October 6, 2026, while fees exceeded 52 million USD.
The NEAR Protocol price stands at 4.60 USD as of October 28, 2026, 2.00 percent above the UTC daily close of October 27, 2026.
MyNearWallet is scheduled to stop service on October 31, 2026.

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NEAR Protocol (NEAR) faces a Harvest Moon smart-contract exploit that withdrew 1.04 million GEAR tokens and 25,000 USD Coin on October 27, 2026. The NEAR Protocol price is 4.60 USD as of October 28, 2026, up 2.00 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 27, 2026.

Harvest Moon attack involved 1.04 million GEAR

The attack targeted the Harvest Moon game contract on NEAR Protocol and took place at 08:03 UTC on October 27, 2026, according to The Crypto Times. The stolen assets included 1.04 million GEAR and 25,000 USD Coin held by the project team.

The same report said player wallets and in-game assets were not affected, and that the stolen tokens were sold into a GEAR/NEAR liquidity pool on Rhea Finance. The incident involved a single application contract rather than the NEAR Protocol base layer or NEAR Intents, according to The Crypto Times.

NEAR Intents passed 32 billion USD in volume

NEAR Intents, the cross-chain transaction system linked to the network, passed 32 billion USD in cumulative volume by October 6, 2026, while cumulative fees exceeded 52 million USD and more than 8 million USD was captured for buybacks, according to NEAR Protocol. The project also reported that 5 million NEAR had been staked through the platform.

A separate access change affects users of the ecosystem wallet. MyNearWallet is scheduled to stop service on October 31, 2026, with migration guidance covering more than 30 chains, according to PANews.

NEAR Protocol trades at 4.60 USD

NEAR Protocol price data show a price of 4.60 USD as of October 28, 2026, up 2.00 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 27, 2026. The daily high is 4.62 USD and the daily low for the UTC day is 4.39 USD. Market capitalization is 5.98 billion USD, ranking NEAR 16th, while 24-hour volume is 610.47 million USD and circulating supply is 1.31 billion NEAR, according to Investing.com.