Hassan Maishera
On Tuesday, the Near Protocol announced via X that NEAR Intents now supports Stellar, unlocking bridge-free swaps across 20+ chains and 100+ tokens. With this support, users can now swap into Stellar with assets like BTC, ETH, SOL & XRP, with no wrappers and no hops.
NEAR Protocol is a decentralized application platform designed to make apps similarly usable to those on today’s web. The network runs on a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism called Nightshade, which aims to provide dynamic scalability and stabilize fees. NEAR is trading at $2.526, up 2.4% in the last 24 hours.
Stellar is an open-source network with the mission to "create equitable access to the global financial system." Stellar is maintained by the Stellar Development Foundation, a non-profit organization established in 2014. XLM is up 1.39% in the last 24 hours and now trades at $0.4026 per coin.
