Demand for Centralized Exchanges Is Decreasing; NEAR Will Expand near.com's Fiat and Tokenized Stock Features

Odaily: Illia Polosukhin stated that as on-chain tools expand, users no longer need centralized exchanges for many crypto activities. near.com integrates cross-chain spot trading, tokenized stocks, yield products, and perpetual contracts into a single interface, and plans to add more fiat-related features, including bank withdrawals, tax transaction records, and selective disclosure for confidential transactions. NEAR has partnered with Monerium to support users in converting between euros in bank accounts and EURe via IBAN, with the ultimate goal of enabling NEAR Intents to support "any asset to any asset" swaps. After integrating Ondo Finance in September, near.com already offers tokenized stocks and plans to add stocks from more global markets; NEAR's Agent Market allows users to describe their needs in natural language, with the platform finding agents capable of executing the task, and funds will be released after the task is completed and verified.