NEAR Protocol Launches Staking-Based Payment for AI Fees, Unlocking Access to All 43 Models on NEAR AI

Odaily Planet Daily News: NEAR Protocol announced that users can pay for confidential inference and continuous agent operation fees by staking NEAR tokens, without needing to link a credit card. The staked NEAR is converted into monthly computing credits, with the credit amount growing in line with the staked volume. The funds themselves are not consumed and can be withdrawn after unstaking. All 43 models on NEAR AI, including those from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google, are accessible through this staking mechanism.