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Yes, NEAR Protocol (NEAR) is treated as a Virtual Digital Asset under the Income-tax Act, so buying, holding, and selling are allowed, though it is not legal tender. India regulates crypto as a taxable, speculative asset, and platforms serving Indian users must be registered with FIU-IND under anti-money-laundering rules.

To buy NEAR Protocol for the first time, sign up on CoinDCX, complete KYC with your PAN and Aadhaar, deposit INR through UPI or IMPS, then open the NEAR market and confirm your order.

Add INR to your CoinDCX account by choosing UPI as the payment method, entering the amount, and approving the request in your UPI app. Once the balance reflects, open the NEAR market, enter your INR amount, and confirm.

NEAR supports fractional investing, so a small INR order buys a fraction of a token. The exact per-order minimum is shown on the CoinDCX order screen before you confirm.

Yes. Because NEAR is divisible, you can start with as little as ₹100. Open the app, search for NEAR Protocol, tap Buy, enter the rupee amount, and confirm.

NEAR trades directly against the rupee on FIU-IND registered Indian exchanges, so no stablecoin conversion is needed. Judge any venue on three points: FIU-IND registration under the PMLA, a direct INR pair, and published custody practices such as cold storage and Proof of Reserves.

Selling or swapping your tokens triggers a flat 30% tax plus 4% cess on profits, resulting in an effective tax rate of 31.2% under the Income-tax Act, 2025. Additionally, a 1% TDS is deducted from the total trade value upon transfer under Section 393(1) of the Act. Crypto losses cannot be set off against other income.

NEAR has fast, low-cost technology, a user-friendly design, real adoption, and strong backing. Against that, its supply grows through yearly issuance, it faces heavy competition from other blockchains, it is volatile and trades well below its high, and part of its recent story depends on unproven AI plans.

A single blockchain can become slow and expensive when everyone uses one shared lane to process transactions. Sharding splits that work into several lanes that run at the same time, so the network can handle much more activity at once. NEAR uses its own sharding design to keep transactions fast and cheap while still presenting a single, unified network to users and developers.

The NEAR token pays transaction fees, is staked or delegated to help secure the network and earn rewards, and is used to vote on decisions about the protocol. More recently, the project has focused on connecting different blockchains and on artificial intelligence, aiming to be a network where AI agents can act on a user’s behalf.

CoinDCX is considered one of the leading platforms in India, with FIU-IND registration under the PMLA, ISO/IEC certification, direct INR funding via UPI, IMPS, NEFT and RTGS, and published Proof of Reserves.

Enable app-based two-factor authentication rather than SMS, and use a password you have not reused elsewhere. Never share an OTP, seed phrase, or remote access to your screen. If you withdraw to a personal wallet, check the address carefully and send a small test amount first, because on-chain transfers cannot be reversed.