NEAR is open infrastructure that is designed to support any chain, any model, any payment rail, and any on/off-ramp an agent may use.
NEAR’s aim is to provide an agnostic and universal coordination layer for the agent economy 🧵
"The thesis behind Aero is that it will also be able to dominate on Ethereum mainnet, which in TVL terms, represents a ~10x increase in the total addressable market." - @taowatts
NEAR Protocol upgrade 2.13 is live on testnet.
This includes 2 upgrades that have been years in the making: post-quantum safe access keys, so accounts can defend against cryptographic threats ahead, and dynamic resharding, so the protocol scales automatically as demand grows 🧵
🚨🇻🇪BREAKING: A magnitude 5.4 earthquake just struck Venezuela, the latest aftershock to rattle a nation already in crisis.
-Reuters reports the 5.4 quake hit roughly 15 minutes ago
-It follows this week's devastating twin quakes, a 7.2 foreshock and 7.5 main shock, that collapsed buildings near the coast
-The region remains on edge as rescue crews dig through rubble and the death toll climbs
-Aftershocks like this threaten already-weakened structures and complicate search and rescue
Crews are still pulling survivors from the wreckage of the first quakes, and every fresh aftershock risks bringing down damaged buildings on rescuers and trapped victims alike.
With $150 million in U.S. aid mobilizing, the Pentagon moving assets, and Starlink restoring connectivity, the relief effort is racing against an earth that won't stop shaking.
Source: Reuters / Writer: Daniel
NEAR is about to let its blockchain add capacity on its own
@NEARProtocol's v2.13 upgrade lands this month, introducing dynamic resharding that auto-splits shards as demand grows, with no validator votes or manual coordination. It also adds post-quantum-safe signing. The pitch: become the settlement layer for autonomous AI agents.
NEAR Intents has processed ~$20B in volume, with fees auto-buying $NEAR on the open market. Bitwise's NEAR Staking ETP is seeing steady inflows.
Layer by layer, NEAR has been uniquely architected to ensure users control their assets, data, and power of choice in the agent economy.
Here's how NEAR is built to power user-owned AI, and proof of the vision in production:
Introducing the @KASTxyz x Pudgy Penguins Soulbound Token Series.
These commemorative SBTs celebrate the Huddle and the rapidly growing Pengu Card community.
More information below.
NEAR Intents is now integrated into SimpleSwap, a self-custodial aggregator which has processed 20M+ swaps.
NEAR Intents powers cross-chain swaps across @SimpleSwap_io's web app, mobile app, and API ecosystem, already integrated by 150+ applications.
More flow. More Intents.
All-Time Volume Soars Past $400 Billion 🛫
It took 15 months for Aerodrome to reach its first $100 billion in volume.
Fast forward 17 months, that total has quadrupled.
The path to 1 Trillion accelerates.
All-time volume on NEAR Intents just crossed $20 billion.
This milestone is the result of a series of technical breakthroughs that removed some of the biggest constraints in cross-chain execution.
A deep dive on Intents' rapid momentum 🧵
65% of https://t.co/YBUSFVdjxE traffic is mobile.
Yet much of DeFi still builds like users are sitting at a desk. They’re not.
Users have already moved to mobile.
Try https://t.co/YBUSFVdjxE on your phone. You’ll see why.