**Cryptocurrency News**

**NEAR Protocol Fake Social Media Hack**

- NEAR Protocol ran a marketing campaign simulating a hack of their social media accounts.

- The campaign included parody tweets and a video of a character named HiJack criticizing Web3 and cryptocurrencies.

- The campaign was aimed at drawing attention to a hackathon in Thailand in November.

- The community reaction was mixed, with negative feedback predominating.

- The price of the NEAR token has fallen by 2% in the last 24 hours.