NEAR Protocol
NEARLayer 1 · Built in London · NEAR One Limited
Delisted on 2026-09-14
Neither the principal protocol contributor nor the foundation is a US entity. NEAR One Limited is registered in the United Kingdom with its principal place of business in London, and the NEAR Foundation is based in Switzerland, so Tests 1 and 4 and the foundation carve-out fail. The record stays up for transparency; this is not a current US listing.
The verdict on record
Pathway: Foundation with a US principal contributor. Needs Tests 1 and 4, plus 2 or 3.
Test 1 · not met
Headquartered in the United States
NEAR One Limited is not recorded with a US headquarters.
Test 4 · not met
Registered in a US state
NEAR One Limited is registered in GB, not a US state.
Test 2 · not met
American founding team
0 of 2 named founders are established US persons holding operational roles today; a majority is required.
Test 3 · not met
Primary operations in the United States
No US primary-operations claim is supported by a primary document or two independent sources.
Legal entities
NEAR One Limited
United Kingdom · principal contributor · London
3 sources· 2 primary
- Registryfind-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15…2026-09-14
- Legal termsnearone.org/privacy2026-09-14
- Projectnearone.org2026-09-14
Founders
Illia Polosukhin
US status not established · no operating role today
1 source
- Projectnear.org/roadmap-history2026-09-14
Alexander Skidanov
US status not established · no operating role today
1 source
- Projectnear.org/roadmap-history2026-09-14
Record history
2026-09-14 · delisted
Delisted: principal contributor NEAR One Limited is UK-registered and the NEAR Foundation is Swiss; no US operating entity or principal contributor remains.
2026-09-14 · correction
Principal contributor corrected from NEAR Inc. (San Francisco) to NEAR One Limited (UK, London), the protocol R&D team spun out of Pagoda, which wound down its operations; removed unsourced HQ, audits and investors.
2026-04-29 · listed
Listed in the v0.1 allowlist.
About NEAR Protocol
NEAR is a sharded Layer 1 network founded by Illia Polosukhin and Alexander Skidanov. Protocol research and development is led by NEAR One Limited, a UK company with its principal place of business in London. The NEAR Foundation is a non-profit based in Switzerland.