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
https://x.com/proximityfi
Near Intents
https://x.com/near_intents
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