NEAR Protocol

/near248

The blockchain for AI.

Since January 2025, a total of 12.1 million $NEAR tokens have been swapped on Ethereum and BSC, with a combined value of nearly $43 million across 197,000 transactions.

https://flipsidecrypto.xyz/Masi/near-token-swap-activity-2025-I4nw5a
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The total staked $NEAR is 595.1 million, worth about $1.85 billion.

Since the start of the year, staked $NEAR has risen by 33.1 million from 562 million.

Currently, nearly 49% of the circulating supply is staked.

https://flipsidecrypto.xyz/Masi/overview-of-near-april-2025-qW9YRG
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Since the beginning of the year, NEARProtocol has processed nearly 855 million transactions, averaging 73 TPS in April.

So far, January remains the top month with 222m txns.

Hotdao_ and Kai-Ching still account for the largest share of transactions.

https://flipsidecrypto.xyz/Masi/overview-of-near-april-2025-qW9YRG
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The total staked $NEAR on Meta_pool has reached 27.5 million NEAR.

Since January 2025, the total staked NEAR has increased by 25%.

Currently, Meta Pool is the top liquid staking platform on Near.

https://flipsidecrypto.xyz/Masi/overview-of-meta-pool-6aRFDX
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Since January 2025, developer and creator activity on NEARProtocol peaked in April.

Nearly 2.4k new contracts were deployed in April, a 182% increase from March.

In total, 5.3k new contracts have been deployed this year.

https://flipsidecrypto.xyz/Masi/overview-of-near-april-2025-qW9YRG
In April, nearly 58% of March addresses returned to @NEARProtocol.

With 9M new addresses and a total of 45M, Near achieved an 80% retention rate.

55.8% of March addresses returned, with another 24.2% from earlier users.

https://flipsidecrypto.xyz/Masi/overview-of-near-april-2025-qW9YRG
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NEARProtocol’s April at a Glance:

- Total Accounts: 45M
- New Accounts: 9M
- Retention of March Addresses: 55.8%
- Total Transactions: 186M
- Stablecoin Market Cap: $665M
- Total Paid Fees: 120K NEAR
- New Contracts: 2.4k

https://flipsidecrypto.xyz/Masi/overview-of-near-april-2025-qW9YRG
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Near, Ethereum, Zcash & Solana dominate volume through NEARProtocol Intents, accounting for ~80% of total activity.

Weekly cross-chain swap volume has grown from under $500K to $2.9M recently.

https://flipsidecrypto.xyz/Masi/cross-chain-swap-via-near-intents-DsM1Hb
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Top cross-chain routes by NEARProtocol Intents (by volume):

Near → Ethereum, Bitcoin → Ethereum, and Ethereum → Near — $5.2M total.

By intent count, same leaders, plus Ethereum → zCash.

https://flipsidecrypto.xyz/Masi/cross-chain-swap-via-near-intents-DsM1Hb
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$NEAR ETF News: Bitwise Invest registers for a $NEAR @NEARProtocol Spot ETF in the State of Delaware
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🔥 Bitwise has officially registered a $NEAR ETF in Delaware!

A major step toward bringing NEAR Protocol to mainstream investors in 🇺🇸
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Bitwise just added $NEAR to its ETF.
Smart money sees what most miss.
NEAR isn't just another alt, it's the foundation for chain abstraction, UX, and Web3 scalability.
Narrative is catching up. Bags packed.



https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/1915761937813512263?s=19
Big moves brewing at the intersection of AI x Crypto with @nearprotocol

Ilia Polosukhin, co-founder of NEAR Protocol and co-author of the legendary 2017 Transformers paper that ignited today’s AI revolution,you’d better check it out👇🏼👇🏼

cc: @ilblackdragon

-User-owned AI is becoming reality models you actually control
-AI agents may soon replace websites and apps reshaping the internet itself
-NEAR Protocol is quietly scaling to power this “Agentic Internet”

The future is AI x Crypto If you’re not thinking AI x Crypto, start!

AI will be “user-owned” not corporate-owned
- AI agents will talk directly to services No websites needed❌
- Blockchains like NEAR will support this new internet

AI x Crypto will define:
- New identity layers
- New economic models
- New communication between machines and human
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Stablecoin market cap on NEAR Protocol just hit a 7 month high at $674.6M — led by USDT ($525M) and USDC ($123M), making up 96% of the total.
DeFi trust, liquidity, and adoption are clearly climbing.
$NEAR gearing up for a major breakout
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The top 3 chains by number of transactions over the past 7 days are:

1️⃣ Solana – 334.3M txns
2️⃣ TRON Dao – 58.8M txns
3️⃣ NEAR Protocol – 53.3M txns
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$NEAR’s March at a Glance:

- Total Accounts: 44M
- New Accounts: 9.6M
- Retention of February Addresses: 52%
- Total Transactions: 203M
- Swap Volume: $458M
- Stablecoin Market Cap: $659M
- Total Paid Fees: 125K NEAR
- New Contracts: 853
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In just 90 days, $NEAR dropped from a high of $8.27 to a low of $2.15 a 75% loss. Is this the end?

Other AI coins like $TAO, $ICP, $FIL, and $RENDER look similar. Market rotation into meme coins and DeFi is diverting funds from AI coins.

But this is the opportunity: 670% to the ATH—a potential 6.7x! Smart investors buy red candles, not green. Stay strong, Nearians—better times are coming! 💪
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