Why Every Chain, Wallet & App Is Integrating NEAR Intents | Kendall Cole

NEAR wants users to stop thinking about blockchains altogether. Proximity Labs co-founder Kendall Cole joins David to explain how NEAR Intents connects 35 chains, powers products like Infinex, brings tokenized assets and confidential transactions into one seamless experience, and turns fragmented crypto markets into a single account where users see assets, not infrastructure.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

2:29 Chains Need Neutrality

4:20 Near’s Chain Abstraction Vision

6:03 Wallets to Retail Expansion

9:30 Bootstrapping Liquidity and Partners

11:23 RWA Asset Explosion

15:00 Tokenized Stocks on Near

15:57 One App Across Chains

19:01 Near as Chain Abstraction

21:35 Trading Bots and Payments

24:54 MiCA’s Market Shock

28:16 Noncustodial Compliance Strategy

29:17 Euro Onramps into Near

31:38 Regulation Meets On-Chain Freedom

38:09 Confidential Intents Launch

41:15 Privacy for Users and Firms

43:36 Private Zcash Routing

46:50 Privacy for AI Models

49:52 Near’s Fee Capture Model

52:19 Crypto as Exchange Infrastructure

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RESOURCES

Kendall Cole

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kendall-cole-91b00534/

Proximity Labs