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What is wNEAR?
wNEAR (wrapped NEAR) is NEAR as a standard NEP-141 token, issued by the wrap.near contract and always worth exactly 1 NEAR. Pools trade tokens, not native NEAR, so swaps wrap your NEAR on the way in and unwrap it on the way out. On nearswaps, wrapping and unwrapping carry no site fee and happen inside the swap.
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Why wNEAR exists
Tokens on NEAR follow one standard, NEP-141, so every app handles them the same way. NEAR itself is older than that standard. The wrap.near contract holds the NEAR you deposit and gives you the same amount of wNEAR, and gives the NEAR back when you unwrap. 1 wNEAR is always 1 NEAR.
Facts
- Contract
- wrap.near
- Decimals
- 24
- Main pool (20 Oct 2026)
- Rhea pool 6063
- Liquidity (Intear index)
- about $4.26M
More on the wNEAR token page.
Where you meet wNEAR
- Swaps: wrapped and unwrapped for you inside the transaction.
- Your wallet: some routes leave wNEAR behind, for example the part above the guaranteed minimum on a two-exchange trade. Swap wNEAR to NEAR to unwrap it.
- 1-click: the NEAR you deposit is held as wNEAR in your trading balance.
- Auto orders: most orders settle in wNEAR pools; sells on Intear DEX pay out native NEAR.
- Cross-chain: paying in from another chain delivers wNEAR to your NEAR wallet.
Wrapping by hand
In the swap, choose NEAR to wNEAR to wrap or wNEAR to NEAR to unwrap. It costs only gas. The first time you hold wNEAR, your account is registered on the contract with a one-time deposit of about 0.00125 NEAR.