Spent some time exploring @IronClawAI recently and wanted to share a few thoughts. At first I expected another AI product where everything looks impressive in demos but becomes complicated once you actually start using it. After spending time with it, my impression changed. What stood out to me wasn’t only the AI part. It was how the platform feels more focused on connecting workflows and making things usable instead of only generating outputs. While exploring, I checked different integrations, tested deployment flows, connected services, and spent time understanding how the ecosystem works together. A few things I liked: → clean setup experience → integrations feel practical instead of forced → easy to experiment and test ideas → feels more focused on execution than just chat From what I explored, there seems to be real attention on infrastructure and making agents useful beyond simple prompts. Still early for me and there’s obviously more to explore, but the experience so far has been interesting. Curious to see how @IronClawAI evolves from here @NEARProtocol $NEAR

the chain's doing real work and now the fits are catching up NEAR Merch Summer '26 just dropped and honestly these are absolutely fire 🔥 @nearmerch - grab yours at nearmerch(.)com 🔗

Perps are live on NEAR. com Any asset. Any chain. Direct access to Hyperliquid liquidity. Confidential perps soon 👀 @NEARProtocol 🤝 @HyperliquidX

You dumped, we don’t give a fuck, we buy back. Over the last 7 days, NEAR Intents generated ~$1M in fees for NEAR buybacks.

“Illia, so while everyone was calling NEAR a dead chain, you kept building crosschain infrastructure?” “That’s correct Dave.” “And you used that infrastructure to process $20B through Intents across chains?” “I did, Dave.” “So when you actually shipped privacy, Confidential Payments and chain abstraction, the market still didn't fully price it in?” “Sadly true, Dave.” "And you kept shipping AI infrastructure, IronClaw and integrations even during slower market conditions?" "Yes, Dave." "So in the process of building crosschain rails, privacy infrastructure and AI tooling... you ended up creating one of the strongest theses in crypto?" "Very astutely observed, Dave."

Last night, I received 300 NEAR for reaching Vanguard, marking the biggest reward I've earned in the NEAR ecosystem so far. More than the reward itself, it made me reflect on how much I've learned and how far this journey has come since 2023.. When I joined $NEAR in 2023, I knew almost nothing about crypto. Blockchain, wallets, DeFi, smart contracts, and Web3 were all new concepts to me. I joined with curiosity and a desire to learn, not knowing how much this journey would change my life. Over time, NEAR became much more than just a blockchain ecosystem for me. It became the place where I learned about crypto, explored new technologies, connected with amazing people, and found opportunities to grow. Through NEAR, I learned about blockchain technology, content creation, community building, Chain Abstraction, AI, and the broader vision of Web3. What I admire most about NEAR is its focus on making blockchain simpler and more accessible for everyone while continuously pushing innovation forward. But if I'm being honest, the best thing NEAR gave me wasn't rewards. It was the people. Over the last few years, I've met some incredible friends who supported me, guided me, answered my questions, shared opportunities, and helped me whenever I got stuck. Many of them started as online connections but eventually became genuine friends. A special shoutout to @Ombaba77 , @SandyXeth , @Aryanbabariy , @XRJ37 @Gocdrop , @rishuz321 , and many others who have been part of this journey. Thank you for all the support, discussions, learning experiences, and memories we've shared together. I would also like to thank brother like mentors @_fiatisabubble bhai @rahul_goel_007 bhai @halfbld bhai @loveonnear bhai for their guidance and encouragement throughout my journey in the ecosystem.... Recently, I was fortunate enough to win a NEAR merch competition and received 100 NEAR as a reward. And now, reaching Vanguard and receiving 300 NEAR makes this milestone even more memorable. Along the way, we even launched a meme token in the NEAR ecosystem together. These experiences helped me understand Web3 not just as a technology, but as a community driven movement where people learn and grow together. For some people, this may just be a reward. For me, it's a reminder of how far I've come since 2023. From knowing almost nothing about crypto to becoming part of an ecosystem that has taught me so much and introduced me to so many amazing people. And this is only the beginning. I still have a long way to go in NEAR. We want to keep learning, building, creating, supporting each other, and achieving bigger milestones together. I truly believe the best part of our journey is still ahead of us. Here's to more growth, more friendships, more achievements, and many more memories in the NEAR ecosystem. Thank you, NEAR 💚

Lately I've been thinking about how much my life in Web3 has changed over the last couple of years When I first joined @NEARProtocol , I honestly had no clue what I was doing.. I was just another curious guy trying to understand crypto, reading threads, joining spaces, asking questions, yapping on x and figuring things out one step at a time Looking back now, staying with NEAR was probably one of the better decisions I've made in this space Not just because of the rewards. Not because of the market.. Because this ecosystem gave me opportunities to learn. Over the years I've participated in content campaigns, community activities, merch design competitions, agent deployment campaigns, yapping contests and many other initiatives. And I won every campaign. But every one of them taught me something new And today that journey reached another milestone I recently reached Vanguard in @NEARLegion and received a 400 $NEAR reward Of course I'm happy about the reward, but what makes me happier is knowing how much I've grown between the day I joined and today. The biggest thing NEAR gave me wasn't reward It was access Access to builders, founders, developers, creators, community leaders and people I would've never met otherwise. A lot of conversations over the last some years genuinely changed the way I think about Web3.. That's why I always tell people the same thing... -> If you're here only to earn, you'll eventually get tired. If you're here to learn, improve yourself and build relationships, you'll always find reasons to stay And honestly, looking at everything happening around $NEAR right now, Intents, AI infrastructure, confidential transactions, IronClaw, privacy, chain abstraction and all the new products launching every month, it feels like we're still very early I'm grateful to be part of it Special thanks to @Cryptowithkhan, @_fiatisabubble, @halfbld @rahul_goel_007 and @loveonnear You guys helped me more than you probably realize And for anyone currently working toward Vanguard Keep showing up The reward is great, but the journey is where most of the value comes from.

Most Important Think (Read This 👿) Most people think the bull run is coming and they believe that the coins they are holding will give them good returns... Brooo, I think you are living in a dream. Yes !! bull run is definitely come. But here is the harsh truth: 90% plus of the coins that crashed during the bear market will NEVER fully recover. These coins have already dumped 70% to 90% from their all-time highs. Recovering from that kind of damage is not just difficult it is nearly impossible for most projects. So which coins actually have a chance? Only the coins that have: ✅ Strong fundamentals. ✅ An actively developing team. ✅ Real utility and contribution to the crypto ecosystem. ✅ A solid and growing community. The bull run is a tide but not every ship rises with it. So Stop holding dead projects coin out of hope. - Do your research - Reassess your portfolio - and invest in projects that actually deserve to survive. If you think I am wrong? Drop your thoughts in the comments 👇

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AI agents tend to look slick in demos but once you ask them to handle real tasks the cracks show. I Spentast few days testing @IronClawAI across different automations and it genuinely felt easier to use than most agent tools I have tried 🧵

okay so i've been quietly building stuff on @IronClawAI and it's actually insane what this thing can do 🤯🧵

Whole market bleeding, $NEAR still holding strong

and for those of you who are shilling zec and near, I wonder how many of you have used near.com and zodl wallet to buy and self-custody the coins privately (instead of cex). i had some extensive convo with @zooko on this two weeks ago here are some tips: - use near confidential swaps - withdraw to zodl wallet and actually use the rotating shielded addresses (instead of the transparent address even if it is more convenient) - if you make regular transactions, and want to be extra private, do it across irregular timestamps and amounts enjoyed nerding this stuff out hehe

INTERVIEW: Why $NEAR is Growing: The AI-Native Money Thesis - Intents, Privacy, & Tokenomics | @sal_ternullo @NEARProtocol is showing up more and more - Integrated in @zodl_app, right before the $ZEC explosion - Used in @AskVenice to create private AI inferece - @infinex uses Near Intents for creating a unified wallet What's going on over at @NEARProtocol, and how does Near adoption impact $NEAR? @sal_ternullo, CEO of @svrn_ai, joins us to explain why he thinks the original NEAR thesis finally coming into focus. They dig into NEAR Intents, AI money, tokenomics, privacy, fee capture, agentic commerce, and why SVRN is trying to commercialize the NEAR ecosystem rather than simply hold the asset. [TIMESTAMPS] 0:00 Intro 2:23 Why NEAR is Everywhere Lately 3:58 Pivot or Return to Roots? 7:41 The “AI Money” Thesis 9:54 Intents, Zashi, and Real Product Market Fit 11:38 Tokenomics, Buybacks, and Value Accrual 14:45 NEAR’s Different Approach From Ethereum 18:00 Fees, Scaling, and First-Party Apps 23:04 Cross-Chain Liquidity as NEAR’s Moat 28:27 The Contrarian Investor Case for NEAR 31:43 Privacy, Enterprises, and AI Agents 39:38 What SVRN Is Building for NEAR 46:00 Investor Sentiment and Final Thoughts

$NEAR Confidential Intents TLDR 📌 Private cross-chain payments - sender, recipient, amount, routing all shielded 📌 The unlock: agentic finance is limited if every trade, payment & position is visible as it happens 📌 $15M in TVL in ~3 months The privacy layer for AI agents. Breakdown 👇

asked an AI agent to build me stuff this week it actually did no code. no setup. just prompts. here's what happened 🧵 @NEARLegion @NEARProtocol @IronClawAI

crazy seeing people be short/bearish on crypto x ai when: - ai generates capability without trust. crypto generates trust without capability. two halves of the same coin. (verifiable inference, on-chain attestation) - ai centralizes by physics. crypto decentralizes by design. the only counterweight with equal pull in the opposite direction. (decentralized compute, open model networks) - ai makes everything infinite. crypto re-anchors the things that have to stay scarce - identity, authenticity, ownership. (proof of personhood, content provenance, tokenized data) - same substrate. zk, signatures, homomorphic encryption - the math that powers crypto is the math ai now needs. (zkml, fhe, private inference) - ai runs at machine speed. every human institution it touches breaks. crypto is the only rail that natively keeps up. (agent payments, stablecoins, programmable money) - ai without crypto is unaccountable. crypto without ai is inert. each is the other's missing half. (agent wallets, on-chain audit trails, smart contract guardrails) the timing isn't coincidence. both technologies have hit escape velocity in the same window because they were always converging. (the whole stack) and the list goes on. meanwhile the entire crypto x ai sector trades at ~$10b market cap. less than a single ai seed round. the most important intersection of the decade is being priced like a rounding error. not bullish enough is an understatement - this intersection is easily the most asymmetric bet on the market right now.

quietly becoming impossible to ignore. $NEAR 👀

$NEAR bout to hit $3 🎯 Careful out there bears

We got a long way to go ... pack your bags for da moon.