We are excited to announce that NEAR Intents has integrated with Starknet, bringing chain-abstracted, intent-based swaps directly to our ecosystem. Users can now move seamlessly between Starknet and the rest of the crypto world without the complexity and multi-step processes that accompany bridging.

NEAR Intents is built on the NEAR Layer 1 protocol, designed specifically to handle cross-chain interoperability at scale. In recent weeks, NEAR Intents reached $5 billion in all-time volume and the NEAR Protocol reached 1 million transactions per second (TPS). By integrating this impressive network with Starknet, we are removing the walls that separate Starknet liquidity from other major networks.

How Users Benefit

What does this mean for users? Users can now swap assets from any of NEAR Intents’ ~25 supported chains directly into Starknet. Supported ecosystems include:

  • Bitcoin
  • Ethereum
  • Zcash
  • NEAR
  • Arbitrum
  • Sui
  • Stellar
  • TON
  • Tron
  • Aurora
  • Berachain
  • BNB
  • Gnosis
  • Polygon
  • X Layer
  • Monad
  • Cardano
  • Dogecoin
  • Litecoin
  • Avalanche
  • Aptos
  • Bitcoin Cash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In addition to gaining access to the above ecosystems, users can buy STRK with over 100 tokens, including BTC, ETH, and SOL, and many more.

NEAR Intents achieves all this through “chain abstraction,” which reduces the friction that arises when users are forced to navigate complex, multi-step bridging or wrap complex assets manually, resulting in fragmented user experiences. With chain abstraction, the complexity happens in the background, so the user experience remains smooth.

Builder Benefits

This integration brings advantages to builders and devs, as well. NEAR Intents is an API-first protocol, meaning that Starknet dApps can integrate cross-chain swapping capabilities directly into their own UIs. Discussions between NEAR Intents and key ecosystem players – including DEXs, aggregators, yield protocols, and wallets – are underway and we anticipate widget and API integrations in the near future.

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Future Roadmap

Whether you are a builder onboarding new users from Zcash or you’re looking to diversify your portfolio into Bitcoin, this integration makes Starknet a central hub for multi-chain activity. Starknet is building the future of scalable blockchain infrastructure and pioneering the financial activation of Bitcoin. With NEAR Intents, we are building a future that is connected, accessible, and boundless, and one that further strengthens the BTCFi flywheel.

Start Exploring Now

To experience all that the Starknet x NEAR Intents integration has to offer, you can:

  • Visit the NEAR Intents frontend to start swapping
  • Check out the NEAR docs if you’re a builder interested in integrating cross-chain swapping functionality
  • Watch this space for announcements about upcoming integrations with Starknet ecosystem dApps and wallets.

We’ll be announcing another exciting integration with NEAR Intents in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!

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