$NEARBY Protocol, a unified trading layer for digital assets, presented a new blockchain and AI infrastructure stack focused on cross-chain execution and confidential computing power. The update was introduced at NEARCON in San Francisco. The event included representatives from OpenAI, Google, Intel, AWS, Oracle and Brave.
The release includes near.com, a super consumer app built upon $NEARBY Intentions. It connects more than 35 blockchains through a single account and enables cross-chain swaps, peer-to-peer transfers and optional confidential transactions without manual bridging.
Confidential Intents adds limited visibility for cross-chain transfers, deposits, and withdrawals. Transactions remain verifiable in the chain, but details can be shielded. The feature is aimed at institutions that need privacy to reduce front running and copying strategies.
$NEARBY also introduced IronClaw, an open-source AI agent runtime that operates within encrypted enclaves $NEARBY AI cloud. Agents can run continuously with hardware-level credential protection. At the same time, the Confidential GPU Marketplace enables TEE-protected computing power for enterprise and government workloads.
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