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alongside arthur hayes dumping his $NEAR bags this morning,
another wallet quietly dumped over $10M worth of $NEAR.
the wallet made roughly $9M profit after holding for just over a week.
which got me thinking...
People be like:
"Why launch a trading tool when there's no volume?" π€π
You're missing the point.
The alpha starts on X, Telegram groups, community chats, and shill rooms.
Normally, you spot something interesting, switch apps, open your trading terminal, search for the token, and then try to enter.
We're cutting all that friction out.
You spot alpha β you ape instantly.
One tap. Trade executed.
With 1-3 second finality, speed becomes the edge.
NEAR Intents just crossed $20B in all-time volume.
And it got there fast. The first $10B took until January. The second $10B took four months. The line isn't rising, it's bending.
One day last week cleared over $2B in cross-chain swaps. In January, that was a full month of volume.
25M+ swaps, 70+ assets, any chain to any chain, nothing to sign up for. It quietly turned into one of the busiest settlement layers in crypto while everyone argued about L2s.
Twenty billion, and the curve's going vertical.
RHEA Chain Abstracted Perp is now LIVEβοΈ
Trade perps on any EVM or non-EVM chain β 1 click, 1 wallet, 1 account.
No bridging, no switching networks. Just trade.
Powered by @HyperliquidX@near_intents@NEARProtocol βοΈ Abstraction.
Privacy feature coming soon π‘οΈ
Perp on RHEA https://t.co/HPh2ozLuwj
Building on @NEARProtocol?
We want to see what you're building.
From early concepts to live products, every builder has a story worth sharing.
Near Legion Builders is here to put that work in front of the community.
Drop your project below π
Mando shares the story of how he was struck by the product evolution of Near and got so bullish he messaged @ilblackdragon saying he bought a big bag.
"I was at Miami with @CryptoMichNL. He told me about Near. I looked into it and was like, this thing is the truth."
"Then I used @near_intents."
"Swap any coin to any chain, privately, fast, low fees. One of the best products in crypto since Hyperliquid."
A funfact
The next AI breakthrough won't be smarter agents.
It'll be trustworthy agents.
That's what makes @IronClawAI interesting to me.
An AI agent framework on @NEARProtocol focused on secure, autonomous, and verifiable execution laying the foundation for agents.
NEAR released something during a bear market which solved one of crypto's main problems - privacy
swap pretty much any coin to any chain - privately
how many charts look like this in crypto atm
even most perp dex metrics are trending down
One of my side quests π
For the $NEAR meme Communities .
Buy in one tap, Shill to your feeds, Grow your Community....
Confidential pool?? ππ
Thoonn.......
GM CT heard of IRONCLAW!?
Near Legion gave me the chance to actually explore it.
Using my own agent to complete tasks showed me what's possible when AI can take action, not just generate text.
Still learning, but this feels like a big step toward real AI autonomy on NEAR.
π Grayscale Research: @NEARProtocol went into building mode after the last cycle.
In 2026, it's back, and the story runs through AI.
β³ Chain abstraction
β³ NEAR Intents
β³ Roadmap built for AI agents.
Read the full article from @LowBeta on the Stack:
https://t.co/yKsxXTgMXG
The @NEARProtocol is currently the hottest AI Crypto in the market at the moment
I got @elliot_braem from the @NEARFoundation on to break down what's happening over at $NEAR
Timestamps:
0:00 The New #1 AI Coin
7:12 NEAR x ZEC (Intents)
12:31 Where The Fees Go
17:52 The AI Connection
23:14 Is AI Selling Your Data?
We go over:
>the privacy dilemma in AI
>why NEAR is the "best" blockchain out there
>why he got into NEAR
>what's the current focus
>prior narratives
>ironclaw, near intents, near(dot)com