Alex Scharrer
@alex_scharrer
Followers
2K
Following
14K
Media
247
Statuses
2K
Institutional Growth @NEARFoundation | All views are my own
Vienna | London
Joined March 2022
The ticker is NEAR! ๐ Yesterday, we celebrated the launch of the @Bitwise_Europe NEAR Staking ETP @DeutscheBoerse Frankfurt - a major step for @NEARProtocol & user-owned AI. ๐ Huge thanks to @HHorsley @BradleyDukeBTC and the teams at Bitwise & NEAR for making this happen! ๐
28
11
106
Illia suited up! ๐
Interview at Maerki Baumann, one of the oldest Swiss private banks who has been providing services in crypto for over a decade now. Exciting to share NEAR's vision and how AI x blockchain changing the world!
0
1
23
Private Zcash transfers from Solana to Zcash are now possible through NEAR Intents ๐ก๏ธ๐
Buy $ZEC privately using your SOL/USDC Inspired by @0xMert_, we've built a bridging solution to send funds from @solana to @Zcash PRIVATELY with @near_intents Zolana Try it ๐ (link & steps in tweet below)
0
2
14
A new standard for stablecoin trading is here. NEAR Intents now delivers best execution for large-scale swaps, giving funds, traders, and power users the most capital-efficient way to move stablecoins across chains.
43
90
485
Encrypt your bitcoin with Near
Encrypt your bitcoin with Near
0
0
14
NEAR Intents just hit its all-time high in daily volume. Huge quarter for @NEARProtocol and chain abstraction.
CHAIN ABSTRACTION โฆ NEAR Intents hit $1.3B+ in total volume, with 3M+ total swaps and 117 supported assets. โฆ NEAR Intents expanded to 5 major blockchains: Tron ($6B+ TVL), Sui ($2B+ TVL), Aptos ($740M+ TVL), Cardano ($320M+ TVL), and Stellar ($140M+ TVL). โฆ NEAR-based Rhea
14
27
182
Glad to be working with NEAR. They are a great team and intents are the future of crypto
๐จ Cardano x NEAR Intents is LIVE ๐จ Swap $ADA across 20+ chains and 100+ assets such as, $BTC, $ETH, $SOL, $USDC, $USDT, and more โ๏ธ No bridges ๐ง AI-ready ๐ก Privacy-first infra ๐ Powered by NEAR Intents
52
286
2K
Today, Grayscale Near Trust (Ticker: $GSNR) has begun trading on OTCQB @OTCMarkets๐ Learn more about Grayscale Near Trust (Ticker: $GSNR) and see important disclosures: https://t.co/aSEy5DkRpc
16
39
147
.@IQAICOM ๐ค @NEARProtocol = Intelligent agents that trade, stake, and execute actions across chains without manual bridging ๐ค
Tokenized AI agents are no longer science fiction. @IQAICOM 's new integration with NEAR unlocks autonomous cross-chain actions that are fast, final, and secure. This is what Chain Abstraction in action looks like.
0
5
39
NEAR is the only open infrastructure provider in the world targeting all facets of the AI product stack: -Private compute -Model training -Monetization & hosting -Agents -Agentic protocols -Assistants All coordinated via @NEARProtocol
Everyone's building AI. Only one is building the future of AI. Not for platforms. For people. Private, open, autonomous, and yours. Fork that. NEAR is the next major AI company. Watch this.๐
7
10
57
Great chart showing the significance of giving 401(k) and other retirement plans access to digital assets. Even a tiny slice of 401(k) capital flowing into digital assets could meaningfully reshape the market.
๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฌ, ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐๐ซ๐ฌ โ $๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐
๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐
๐ฌ Crypto markets surged last week, outpacing traditional assets. Bitcoin hit $121K, approaching its all-time high,
0
6
24
The On-Chain AI Era is NEAR ๐ People talk about NEAR as 'The blockchain for AI' but what does that actually mean? Dive into NEAR's AI Ecosystem with key focuses on DCML, Agentic Protocols, and many strategic partners that make NEAR the home of User-Owned AI ๐
46
77
469
@Matt_Houganโno stranger to crypto bullishnessโwas taken aback by just how bullish Atkinsโ โProject Cryptoโ speech was. Here are the three main investment opportunities he sees coming out of it: - Layer 1s that support stablecoins and tokenization (ETH, SOL, ADA, XRP, AVAX,
3
11
41
This month in NEAR: โฆ NEAR Intents hit $570M+ in total volume, with 1.2M+ total swaps and 100+ supported assets. โฆ NEAR Staking ETP launched with Bitwise, one of the worldโs largest crypto index fund managers with $12B+ in AUM. โฆ NEAR partnered with Everclear, a clearing
94
89
549
I welcome in-kind creations and redemptions for crypto-asset ETPs, a feature that ETP sponsors and investors have wanted since the initial approvals of crypto-asset ETPs:
180
277
2K
NEAR is the coordination layer for the AI-native internet. ๐ค User-Owned AI โ autonomous agents optimize decisions for users ๐ Intents & Chain Abstraction โ seamless UX across chains โก Blockchain โ speed, scale & security for AI-native apps The future is agentic, on NEAR.
10
1
23
Coming to a bookstore near you - now 15% more expensive
2
1
10
Looking forward to speaking at @conf3rence this September - hosted at the legendary @SIGNALIDUNAPARK ๐กโซ๏ธโฝ๏ธ. I'll be diving into all things @NEARProtocol @near_ai. DM me if you'll be around - I've got 5 complimentary tickets to give away! ๐๏ธ
New speaker unlocked: Alex Scharrer, Head of Capital Markets at @NEARFoundation, joins CONF3RENCE 2025! From Goldman Sachs to #Web3 โ Alex drives capital markets strategy at one of the most forward-thinking L1 ecosystems.
8
3
38
Temporary blip or meaningful rotation? ๐
๐Weekly Global Crypto ETP Flows (mn USD) Bitcoin (BTC):ย -1403.3 Ethereum (ETH):ย +1557.5 Altcoins ex ETH:ย +155.6 First time I have seen such a big divergence between BTC and altcoin ETP flows, in particular ETH.
0
1
7