NEAR Protocol activated post-quantum signing support on its mainnet on July 20, 2026, becoming one of the first major blockchains to ship a production-ready quantum-resistant signature scheme. The upg…
On August 23, 2026, the Responsible Fintech Institute convened a cross-regional pilot consortium to test post-quantum cryptography in institutional digital asset workflows on NEAR Protocol's quantum-r…
NEAR Protocol launched two new staking models designed for AI infrastructure: IronClaw staking converts user commitments into hosting credits, and $NEAR AI staking converts commitments into confidenti…
NEAR Protocol's NEAR AI division launched a 'Staking for NEAR AI' feature on July 30, allowing users to stake NEAR tokens for confidential AI compute credits, and within two weeks, over 500,000 NEAR t…
NEAR AI, an initiative within the NEAR Protocol ecosystem, is building a confidential AI platform that uses Intel TDX and NVIDIA confidential computing to run AI models inside hardware-isolated Truste…
NEAR Protocol co-founder Illia Polosukhin warned that AI-assisted hacking on blockchain systems began emerging in October and called for the industry to use AI to improve formal verification of smart …
NEAR Protocol cut its maximum annual inflation rate from 5% to 2.5% in a Q4 2025 Halving Upgrade, activated a fee-switch mechanism that diverts protocol revenue into $NEAR buybacks, and launched AI-fo…