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Bryan Kerr retweeted
Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz joins NEAR Foundation Council theblock.co/news/business/20…
Bryan Kerr retweeted
for crypto to win, we need the best ecosystems working together
NEAR is how
trillions
Helius CEO @mert has joined the NEAR Foundation Council, NEAR Foundation’s governing body.
An early NEAR Intents user and leading voice on privacy, Mert brings an operator’s view to how NEAR builds and grows.
“For crypto to win, we need connected, unstoppable liquidity at planetary scale. A market of markets. Neither Solana, Zcash, or Bitcoin can win on their own, we must work together. And NEAR is how."
near.org/blog/mert-mumtaz-jo…
Bryan Kerr retweeted
Libs last month: Sydney Sweeney is bad for taking off her clothes in a sports betting ad
Libs this month: Shane Gillis is bad for making fun of women who get naked in public
Bryan Kerr retweeted
LATEST: 🤖 Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says his bull case for NEAR doesn't depend on AI agents ever materializing, as he's "buying an exciting blockchain business" where the AI upside is pure "gravy."
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Holy fuck!
. @RobinhoodCrypto Chain is live on near.com.
Swap ETH and USDG against 180+ assets across 30+ chains. Deposit, withdraw and pay to and from Robinhood Chain.
No navigating bridges, no new app.
Bryan Kerr retweeted
FULL CONVERSATION: Matt Hougan & Sal Ternullo: NEAR Is The Best Positioned Asset In The Market (Here's Why Bitwise Launched NRR)
I sat down with Matt and Sal late last week to catch up on the latest in the NEAR ecosystem.
Be more bullish.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:41 NEAR Is Fundamentally Mispriced
03:53 Why Bitwise Chose NEAR For Its Latest ETP
05:03 NEAR's AI Privacy Stack vs. Frontier Labs
08:56 How To Explain NEAR To Investors
12:59 Buybacks, Fee Switch, And Token Value Accrual
16:18 A Differentiated Bull Market: Winners And Losers
19:45 The Hyperliquid Effect On Token Design
23:34 Virtual Cards vs. Stablecoins For Agents
27:28 24/7 Markets And Why TradFi Isn’t Ready
@Matt_Hougan @sal_ternullo @NEARProtocol @Bitwise
Annie jacobsen's new bioweapon book is coming true.
Bryan Kerr retweeted
Anthropic's latest, live on NEAR AI Cloud:
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Claude Opus 5.5
Claude Fable 5.1
One API key for all three. 👇
Claude Opus 5.5 is live on NEAR AI Cloud.
Always-on adaptive reasoning, 1M context, 128K output, built for long-running agentic coding.
$4/$20 per MTok.
Try it free in the playground: near.ai/models/anthropic/cla…
Why would I run @cohere 's models, AND pay for onsite hosting overhead if I can use @near_ai and the latest Claude models completely privately? Choosing Sovereignty over the best tools is a tough call.
Cohere: 218B parameters
Near + Sonnet: more than 2-3T parameters
Bryan Kerr retweeted
The future is NEAR.
Introducing $NRR—the Bitwise NEAR ETF—giving investors exposure to the emerging agentic economy.
$NRR is the first spot $NEAR ETP in the U.S. and offers in-house staking to maximize NEAR's ~5% staking rewards.*
Why @NEARprotocol?
↳ Built at the intersection of AI x crypto by foundational AI researchers: The team helped shape modern AI, and now they're building its transaction layer.
↳ Growing quickly: NEAR Intents has processed $32B+ in volume, up from under $1B a year ago.
↳ Designed for security: NEAR Intents settle cross-chain transactions through smart contracts to avoid the potential risks of centralized bridges.
↳ Made for scale: Transactions finalize in ~1.2 seconds and cost a fraction of a cent.
↳ Smart tokenomics: With a ~$6B market cap, NEAR's supply is fully unlocked, inflation was recently halved to 2.5% per year, and fees now fund buybacks.
Why in-house staking?
Staking in-house brings Bitwise's institutional expertise directly to NRR investing with transparency, security, and oversight.
As AI and crypto converge, the Bitwise NEAR ETF ($NRR) gives investors straightforward exposure to the network leading the charge.
Learn more at nrretf.com
