RT Bitwise in Europe (@Bitwise_Europe)NEAR is a Layer 1 blockchain that positions itself as AI infrastructure, an area of growing interest across technology and digital asset markets. Co-founded by Illia Polosukhin, NEAR began as an AI research initiative before evolving into a blockchain platform. It aims to enable user-controlled AI agents across digital ecosystems through decentralised coordination layers.While most of its 41.5 million monthly users currently engage with non-AI applications, the project ...