Key notes
- NEAR Intents processed 15.7 million swaps with a face value of more than $10 billion, generating $17 million in fee revenue.
- The protocol was reported to be the “fastest growing cross-chain infrastructure” in 2025 and received a privacy award for Zcash integration.
- NEAR Intents continues to receive positive support and recognition from key thought leaders such as Cake Wallet founder Vik Sharma, Helius Labs CEO Mert, and other developers. .
NEAR Intents, an intent-based chain abstraction stack developed by the team behind the NEAR protocol, was reported to be the fastest growing cross-chain protocol in 2025. Its growth continues in 2026, now reaching $10 billion in record volume, fueled by continued industry support and increased adoption by major players.
Coinspeaker retrieved data from Dune Analytics on January 16, recording the $10 billion volume milestone for the protocol. Since its launch, NEAR Intents has processed over 15.7 million swaps and generated over $17 million in fees, most in the second half of 2025.
Of the historic volume of $10 billion, the last 30 days saw $2.15 billion, or 20% of the total, generated by 541,075 unique addresses. Over the past seven days, its cross-chain trades totaled over $600 million, through 137,961 unique addresses.
NEAR Intents Data Dashboard as of January 16, 2026 | Source: Dune analysis
NEAR Intentions Industry Growth, Adoption and Support
A 2025 retrospective post on the near.org blog highlighted NEAR Intents as the “fastest growing cross-chain infrastructure”, which was also reported by NEARWEEK on X, mentioning 28 integrated chains and notable partnerships with key wallets, networks, protocols, and more.
In 2025 @near_intentions has put its foot on the metal and become the fastest growing cross-chain infrastructure.
– 28 channels
– Partner integrations with @bitgetwallet, @ledger, @trustwallet, @kybernetwork, @OpenOceanGlobal, @infinex, @starknet, @shapeshift, @zashi_app, @adichain_,… pic.twitter.com/ptc65ilnGA– NEAR WEEK (@NEARWEEK) January 16, 2026
On October 30, Coinspeaker reported historic volume below $3 billion and growing support from the crypto industry for NEAR Intents. Three months later, historic volume has more than tripled, alongside industry-level adoption and support for the protocol.
For example, NEAR received the Best Privacy Project award from The Rollup Media for enabling easy ZEC trading in a privacy-focused, trust-minimizing venue. “Zcash
ZEC
$393.2
24h volatility:
3.0%
Market capitalization:
$6.49 billion
Flight. 24h:
$369.35 million
the trade would not have happened without NEAR Intents.
Andy and Rob crown NEAR as the winner for Best in Privacy. The catalyst?
“Zcash trading would not have happened without NEAR Intents”
They integrate AI with DeFi through Intents on 25+ chains, serving over 100 million users with unparalleled end-to-end data privacy. pic.twitter.com/xUfPCSWX93
– The roll-up (@therollupco) December 30, 2025
Additionally, Cake Wallet, a leading privacy wallet, added support for Zcash and implemented NEAR Intents for in-app exchanges on January 15. Cake founder Vik Sharma commented on X today saying he was “pleasantly surprised at the amount of Near Intents activity in Cake after launching with Zcash.”
I’m pleasantly surprised at the amount of Near Intents activity in Cake after launching with Zcash.
– Vik Sharɱa 🇺🇸 (@vikrantnyc) January 16, 2026
NEAR Intents has enabled unprecedented blockchain integrations, such as the recent Solana-Starknet partnership, also announced this Thursday, January 15, following the NEAR-related viral “Attention is All You Need” post from the official Solana Coinspeaker account covered a month ago, December 18, 2025.
There is a first time for everything.
Starknet’s STRK token is now active on Solana, enabled by NEAR Intents.
This integration uses NEAR’s cross-chain infrastructure to power a one-of-a-kind connection between @Starknet ↔ @solanaunlocking unified liquidity and swaps in 1 click. pic.twitter.com/xsosio4CTX
– NEAR Protocol (@NEARProtocol) January 15, 2026
Notably, many of Solana’s key opinion leaders have shown public support for NEAR Intents. Most recently, Helius Labs founder and CEO Mert doubled down on his support, testifying to his positive experience implementing the protocol in a Solana application he is developing. Anmol, a Jupiter developer, vouched for this in a response to Mert, saying that NEAR Intents was “underrated” and that it “blew me away” when he heard about it in March 2025.
I learned of my near intentions in March 2025 and it blew my mind
Underrated
-Anmol (@0xanmol) January 15, 2026
NEAR is also gaining support and growing adoption on other fronts, as Coinspeaker reported. To name just two, Brave is adopting the recently launched NEAR AI Cloud for verifiable privacy and NEAR joined NVIDIA’s Inception program for startup acceleration earlier this week.
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Vini Barbosa has been covering the crypto industry professionally since 2020, summarizing over 10,000 hours of researching, writing and editing related content for media outlets and major industry players. Vini is an active commentator and avid user of technology, sincerely believing in its revolutionary potential. Topics of interest include blockchain, open source software, decentralized finance, and real-world utilities.
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