NEAR Intents Says $3.8M Hack Funds Returned in Full

A full on-chain return is unusual in exploit outcomes, where funds typically move through mixers or sit dormant, so the recovery itself is the signal here rather than the loss. It matters for NEAR Intents' credibility with users and integrators, since the protocol had already committed to covering the shortfall regardless. The open question is whether the returned BTC is tied to the original attacker or a third party, and whether that distinction shapes how the protocol handles future incident response.