quote: Bitwise's new report lays out how NEAR has built a "settlement engine fast and cheap enough for AI-scale commerce." Bitwise on NEAR's flywheel: "Each layer is built to feed the one beneath it. More AI agents mean more Intents transactions, and more Intents transactions mean more settlement on NEAR Protocol." Key growth metrics: ✦ $30B+ cumulative NEAR Intents volume ✦ $4B+ 30-day volume, up 896% year over year ✦ $2M+ 30-day revenue, up 512% year over year Bitwise also highlighted how NEAR Intents demonstrated significant growth through the late stages of the recent crypto winter, and demand surged when the market rebounded. Bitwise on what comes next: "If AI agents become the dominant users of digital infrastructure—as many technologists expect—and NEAR becomes the settlement layer where they transact, the value unlock would be enormous." | NEAR is building at the intersection of two problems for crypto and AI. Crypto has a usability problem. Hundreds of blockchains each have their own assets and rules, and moving money between them can be costly and risky. AI has a centralization problem. A handful of companies control the most powerful models and the data we hand them. New research from @Matt_Hougan and @RasterlyRock lays out why @NEARProtocol matters for AI agents, cross-chain trading, and the next wave of crypto adoption. Read "NEAR in Plain English”: https://bitwiseinvestments.com/crypto-market-insights/near-in-plain-english