Boomchange Looks at the New NEAR ETF and the Expansion of Altcoin Investment Products

The U.S. crypto investment market is gradually moving beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum. On September 29, 2026, Bitwise launched the first U.S. spot exchange-traded product focused directly on NEAR. Trading under the ticker NRR on NYSE Arca, the product gives investors another way to gain exposure to an altcoin through a traditional brokerage account. The launch is significant for more than just NEAR. It adds to a broader change across the crypto investment industry: financial firms are creating products around individual altcoins, staking strategies and specific parts of the digital-asset market.