Ledger Wallet’s swap experience just got smarter.
The world’s leading hardware wallet platform has expanded its cross-chain swap functionality — integrating NEAR Intents through SwapKit to deliver broader liquidity, faster routes, and enhanced reliability for its users.
This marks the next evolution in Ledger’s SwapKit-powered integration, originally launched with THORChain, and now upgraded to include NEAR Intents — one of the most advanced intent-based liquidity layers in Web3.
From THORChain to Multi-Provider Routing
Ledger Wallet users have long benefited from SwapKit’s THORChain-powered cross-chain swaps, enabling native asset exchanges between major blockchains like Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain, Avalanche, and more — all without wrapping or leaving self-custody.
With NEAR Intents now active, Ledger’s swap engine gains multi-provider routing, unlocking several key advantages:
- Extended routes — Support for new chain pairs like Solana, TRON, NEAR, and Base.
- Execution redundancy — Automatic fallback between THORChain and NEAR Intents for higher success rates.
- Faster, gas-abstracted swaps — NEAR’s intent model bundles gas and settlement for smoother user flow.
Best-price aggregation — SwapKit compares providers in real time to deliver optimal outcomes per swap.
Together, THORChain and NEAR Intents give Ledger one of the broadest decentralized liquidity coverages of any self-custodial wallet on the market.
Learn how to swap crypto with NEAR Intents through Ledger Wallet here.
Self-Custody Meets Seamless Cross-Chain UX
Ledger has always stood for security and user sovereignty — enabling millions to safeguard their crypto holdings offline.
Now, by layering cross-chain swap capabilities directly within Ledger Wallet, users can move assets across ecosystems without ever compromising on self-custody.
The integration powered by SwapKit ensures:
- Assets never leave the user’s control
- All swaps settle on-chain
- Liquidity is sourced permissionlessly from decentralized venues
Users retain the peace of mind of Ledger’s security model, paired with the convenience of multi-chain liquidity at their fingertips.
How It Works
Under the hood, SwapKit acts as the unified layer that connects Ledger Wallet to decentralized swap providers.
- THORChain handles native L1 swaps across major chains like BTC, ETH, and BNB.
- NEAR Intents introduces advanced multi-chain routing and gas abstraction for newer ecosystems like Solana, Base, Arbitrum, and TRON.
SwapKit’s router automatically determines the best route per transaction, balancing execution speed, pricing, and reliability.
This approach allows Ledger to activate new cross-chain venues instantly, without changing its core swap architecture.
Why This Matters
For users, this means broader coverage and fewer failed swaps.
For Ledger, it means a future-proof foundation for continuous expansion.
The result is a user experience that feels simple and unified, yet is powered by a complex and decentralized backend — exactly the kind of modular infrastructure needed for the next phase of Web3 growth.
The Cross-Chain Future Is Here
With NEAR Intents now live, Ledger users can experience the benefits of intent-based execution directly inside Ledger Wallet — making cross-chain swaps faster, safer, and more reliable than ever.
This upgrade underscores Ledger’s commitment to building the most comprehensive and secure self-custody ecosystem, and SwapKit’s role in making that possible through scalable, modular infrastructure.
The multi-provider era has arrived — and Ledger is leading the way.
About SwapKit
SwapKit develops technologies and operates services enabling non-custodial, permissionless cross-chain trading for wallets, dApps, and crypto platforms. Through its API and SDK, SwapKit enables seamless swaps across multiple chains – including Bitcoin — to let users trade native assets in a single transaction without handling the underlying complexity.
SwapKit integrators benefit from a unified API to get access to multiple providers, abstracting away integration complexities. Integrators can monetize their SwapKit integration using tailor-made tools to easily configure and collect swap fees. SwapKit supports address AML checks, transaction status tracking, and multi-chain wallet interaction. With fully open-source smart contracts and a continuously expanding chain / asset coverage, SwapKit empowers projects to embed composable cross-chain DeFi capabilities efficiently.
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