NEAR Intents
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NEAR Intents is a cross-chain swap protocol built on NEAR Protocol by Aurora Labs, formerly known as Defuse Protocol, enabling trustless asset exchanges across 31+ blockchains using an intent-based architecture. On October 1, 2026, the protocol suffered a confirmed $3.8 million exploit traced to a vulnerability in the interaction between its Omni deposit and withdrawal infrastructure and its smart contract, resulting in unauthorized outflows from its BNB Chain hot wallet. The team patched the flaw, pledged full user reimbursement, and reported the incident to law enforcement; the breach occurred days after the protocol's SHIELD system intercepted $50 million in suspected Bitget hack proceeds, exposing a gap between external threat interception and internal security posture.
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“Protos reporting on the October 1, 2026 $3.8M exploit of NEAR Intents — new confirmed incident updating the existing near-intents entity page.”
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Timeline(10 events)
1 January 2023
Defuse Protocol concept developed by Aurora Labs as part of NEAR chain abstraction initiative.
LeoDex — What Is NEAR Intents?1 December 2024
Hacken completes smart contract security audit of Aurora Labs Defuse contracts, identifying five findings with 22% test coverage.
Hacken Audit — Aurora Labs Limited27 January 2025
Hacken audit report published. Two findings resolved, two accepted, one mitigated.
Hacken Audit — Aurora Labs Limited1 March 2025
NEAR Intents launches on mainnet at ETHDenver following rebrand from Defuse Protocol.
LeoDex — What Is NEAR Intents?11 February 2026
Aurora Labs releases Intents Widget, expanding NEAR Intents embeddability across third-party applications.
Chainwire — Aurora Labs Releases Intents Widget24 September 2026
Bitget exchange suffers approximately $387.5 million hack. Attackers subsequently attempt to launder funds through multiple protocols including NEAR Intents.
Cointelegraph — NEAR Intents says it blocked $50M tied to Bitget hackers29 September 2026
NEAR Intents publicly reports its SHIELD system blocked over $50 million in transfer attempts linked to Bitget hack wallets; $503,000 frozen mid-swap, $166,000 completed before block, remaining $50M+ rejected pre-execution. Team waives Bitget bounty.
CryptoTimes — NEAR Intents Blocked $50M in Bitget Hack Funds1 October 2026
Exploit begins: small test withdrawals of 10–11 USDT are made from NEAR Intents HOT Bridge treasury on BNB Chain, followed by five larger withdrawals totaling approximately 3.87 million USDT between 7:54 p.m. ET and 2:08 a.m. ET.
Unchained — NEAR Intents Pledges Full Compensation2 October 2026
NEAR Intents announces breach publicly at approximately 8:53 a.m. ET. Contract patched; cross-chain services suspended across 11 networks; law enforcement notified. NEAR token drops 7.5% to a low of $4.76.
CoinDesk — NEAR Intents hit by $3.8M exploit2 October 2026
ZachXBT publicly identifies the BNB Chain receiving address; traces stolen USDT to KuCoin and subsequent bridging to Bitcoin.
KuCoin News — NEAR Intents Confirms Security BreachDecision Log
- hash: ADkF68cmraux5M6fw6e4TqDcvud24JppMiLjuWk3k1zz
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (1 event). 14 of 15 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 10/1/2026, 5:03:45 PM
last updated: 10/2/2026, 3:30:05 AM
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