NEAR Protocol launches NEAR Business for confidential treasury management

NEAR Protocol has launched NEAR Business, a platform built to let crypto teams manage treasury operations privately across multiple blockchains. What NEAR Business actually does The service went live on October 20, 2026. It is a confidential multisig treasury management tool aimed at crypto-native teams and institutional players. NEAR Business folds several back-office chores into a single dashboard. Those include payroll, vendor payments, cross-chain swaps and capital allocation. The privacy piece runs on NEAR’s private shard infrastructure. Sensitive transaction details stay confidential, but they remain accessible for audit purposes. Under the hood, each organization gets a self-custodial Treasury Contract on NEAR’s mainnet. The contract follows SputnikDAO multisig principles. Chains, assets and the price tag The platform supports transactions across more than 35 blockchain networks. That list includes Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana, with support for more than 200 assets. Cross-chain moves rely on NEAR Intents rather than third-party bridges. A team can swap assets between chains without routing funds through a separate bridge service. The service is free to start, with no subscri...