NEAR to Algorand bridge

Send NEAR from NEAR to Algorand through the Wormhole Token Bridge, along with Wormhole tokens held on NEAR such as wrapped ALGO. NEAR arrives on Algorand as a Wormhole-wrapped ASA, which can later go back to NEAR.

Send from NEAR to Algorand

Tokens you can send

A token can go to Algorand only if it already has a Wormhole-wrapped asset there. On 25 October 2026, one token from NEAR did:

NEAR is NEAR's own coin and needs no address. For a Wormhole token on NEAR, paste its token account, which ends in .contract.portalbridge.near, on the To Algorand page. The wrapped assets page lists every NEAR token on Algorand.

Tokens that left Algorand through Wormhole go home the same way. Wormhole-wrapped ALGO on NEAR (9.contract.portalbridge.near) arrives on Algorand as ALGO.

How long it takes

Wormhole guardians usually sign a transfer from this chain within about 15 seconds. Then you redeem the transfer on Algorand, which takes a few seconds.

How to send from NEAR to Algorand

1. Connect a wallet for NEAR in the wallet bar: Meteor or HOT, as a browser extension, Meteor's web wallet, or the HOT app through a QR code. WalletConnect is not offered for NEAR. Connect your Algorand wallet too, Pera or Lute, to redeem.
2. On the To Algorand page, choose the token and amount, and enter the Algorand address that should receive it. An Algorand account has to opt in to an asset before it can hold it, which sets aside 0.1 ALGO of minimum balance. The page checks the recipient and offers the opt-in if it is needed.
3. Review the transfer and approve it in your NEAR wallet. You pay NEAR's network fee; this site charges nothing.
4. Wait for the guardians to sign the transfer. The page shows when it is ready.
5. Redeem it on Algorand. The fees are usually under 0.01 ALGO, and any Algorand account can pay them. If the recipient has not opted in yet, the recipient has to redeem, because the opt-in goes into the same group.

Large transfers

Wormhole's Governor holds a single transfer worth more than $10,000 from NEAR for 24 hours, and these do not count toward its daily limit. Smaller transfers from NEAR share a limit of $100,000 over any 24 hours: one that would take the total above it waits until there is room again, or for 24 hours at most. A held transfer is not lost: the guardians sign it when the hold ends, and you redeem it as usual. (Limits on 25 October 2026.)

Good to know

• NEAR's own fungible tokens, such as the USDC issued on NEAR, have no wrapped asset on Algorand, so they cannot be sent there. Only NEAR itself and Wormhole tokens can.
• NEAR cannot simulate a transaction before it is sent. The page checks your balance and your bridge registration instead.
• The bridge carries at most 8 decimals, so amounts go in steps of 0.00000001 NEAR. Max keeps back 0.05 NEAR for gas.
• Sending a Wormhole token needs your account to be registered with the bridge. If it is not, the page registers it first, for 0.002 NEAR.

A transfer that did not arrive can be finished later. See stuck transfers.

Going the other way? See the Algorand to NEAR bridge.