What NEAR shipped in Q3 2025 ↓
PROTOCOL
✦ NEAR mainnet scaled to 9 shards for 12.5% increased throughput.
✦ NEAR mainnet increased chunk validator seats from 300 to 500.
✦ NEAR monthly active addresses surpassed 52M.
AI
✦ Shade Agent Sandbox released for devs to launch verifiable AI agents with NEAR’s stack.
✦ NEAR integrated with IQ AI’s Agent Development Kit to enable autonomous cross-chain agents.
✦ FractionAI integrated NEAR Shade Agents to power AI agent prediction market.
✦ NEAR Foundation partnered with Margarita Finance to launch agentic yield-bearing tokens.
✦ Unity Wallet leveraged NEAR to launch a built-in AI Assistant.
✦ NEAR has partnered with The Rollup on a new “AI Supercycle” podcast.
CHAIN ABSTRACTION
✦ NEAR Intents hit $1.3B+ in total volume, with 3M+ total swaps and 117 supported assets.
✦ NEAR Intents expanded to 5 major blockchains: Tron ($6B+ TVL), Sui ($2B+ TVL), Aptos ($740M+ TVL), Cardano ($320M+ TVL), and Stellar ($140M+ TVL).
✦ NEAR-based Rhea Finance went live on BNB Chain, unlocking chain-abstracted liquidity.
✦ MoreMarkets mainnet launch, using NEAR’s Chain Signatures to unlock cross-chain liquidity.
✦ SurgeSwap alpha went live, 1-click cross-chain swaps using NEAR Intents.
✦ HOT Craft launch, the first chain-abstracted NFT marketplace, powered by NEAR Intents.
STAKING
✦ NEAR Staking ETP launched with Bitwise, one of the world’s largest crypto index fund managers with $12B+ in AUM.
✦ NEAR House of Stake AI Copilot proof of concept from Meta Pool.
✦ Meta Pool’s NEAR Liquid Staking Contract successfully completed a comprehensive security audit.
✦ House of Stake alpha release went live on NEAR mainnet.
✦ Total NEAR staked broke through 600M.
ECOSYSTEM
✦ NEAR partnered with Everclear, a clearing and settlement protocol with $1B+ in total transaction volume.
✦ NEAR-native stablecoins now supported on BitGo to expand institutional-grade coverage of NEAR assets.
✦ Zashi integrated NEAR to power a private, decentralized off-ramp for shielded ZEC.
✦ NEAR-powered Templar Protocol launched on mainnet, the first cypher lending protocol for Bitcoin.
TOOLING
✦ NEAR Playground went live to accelerate dev onboarding with 30-second deployments.
✦ Privy’s wallet infrastructure now integrates with NEAR-implicit accounts to rapidly onboard blockchain devs.
✦ NEAR Intents went live on Range’s cross-chain explorer for real-time monitoring.
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