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The new company will use NEAR’s blockchain and NVIDIA technology to build privacy-preserving AI infrastructure, while offering exposure to the NEAR token. Nasdaq-listed OceanPal Inc. has raised $120 million through a private investment in public equity deal to launch SovereignAI, a new subsidiary focused on commercializing the NEAR Protocol and developing AI infrastructure. According to a Tuesday announcement, SovereignAI will implement a crypto treasury strategy, with plans to acquire up to 10% of the NEAR (NEAR) token supply. The move, developed in partnership with the NEAR Foundation, makes OceanPal a public vehicle for exposure to the crypto protocol’s native token. OceapPal said the partnership with the NEAR Foundation is based on a shared vision of “universal AI sovereignty.” Read more

Geneva, Switzerland, September 4, 2025  – TRON DAO, the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet through blockchain technology and decentralized applications (dApps), today announced a strategic collaboration with NEAR to integrate NEAR Intents on the TRON blockchain. The integration enables seamless swaps through a frictionless, intent-based experience for users and ecosystem […] The post NEAR and TRON Enable Seamless Cross-Chain Stablecoin Transfers with NEAR Intents Integration appeared first on CryptoSlate.

In Q1 2025, NEAR made significant strides toward chain abstraction with the expansion of Chain Signatures and Intents across key applications, launched OmniBridge to enhance multichain liquidity, and deepened its User-Owned AI strategy with verifiable AI agents, SDKs, and launched shade agents. All reinforcing its role as a foundational layer for next-gen decentralized and AI-native ecosystems. NEAR also upgraded from 6 to 8 shards and dropped its block time to 600ms and 1.2s finality.