NEAR jumps to 17th in crypto market cap after QTC launch

NEAR Protocol rose 8.7% over the past 24 hours to rank 17th by cryptocurrency market capitalization, as a quantum-resistant token launched on the Near.com platform. The token is QTC, the native token of Quantus Network, and uses ML-DSA, a quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithm standardized by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology. NEAR was trading at $5.21.