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@superfly_5104NEAR Intents: Liquidity Dynamics, Whale Behavior & Retail User Trends
Flipside AI
NEAR Protocol experienced remarkable growth in January 2025, with intent transactions surging 1,200% from 200 to 2,544 daily transactions, while simultaneously witnessing a 4,200% increase in whale transaction volume from $17K to $72.8M. The blockchain's user retention showed promising signs, peaking at 158 new users and 51 retained users in a single day, despite the token price declining from $5.07 to $3.44 USD. Notably, the network saw extreme liquidity fluctuations in decentralized exchanges like ref-finance, ranging from $120B to $23T USD, and experienced a dramatic 1.6M% spike in total liquidity, reaching a peak of $72.8M on a single day.
Introduction
The NEAR blockchain is evolving towards an AI-driven ecosystem, where automated agents optimize user experiences and transaction execution. NEAR Intents play a crucial role in this transformation by enabling efficient, high-volume transactions with enhanced cross-chain interoperability. Understanding liquidity dynamics, whale activity, and retail user behavior is essential for assessing how NEAR Intents impact the ecosystem’s growth and user retention.
Objective
This dashboard aims to provide insights into:
🔹 Liquidity Trends – Monitoring token flows and market depth driven by Intents.
🔹 Whale Behavior – Identifying large transactions, accumulation patterns, and their influence on the market.
🔹 Retail User Activity – Analyzing smaller transactions, user engagement, and participation trends.
By leveraging the defi.fact_intents table and other relevant datasets, this dashboard uncovers key trends in NEAR Intents adoption, helping both analysts and developers understand their implications on liquidity, users, and execution strategies.
