$NEAR's SHIELD just flexed hard—blocked over $50M tied to the Bitget hack from moving, plus froze another $503K mid-transaction.

This is cross-chain protection working in real-time. Not just reactive—preventive.

If protocols keep building this kind of on-chain security layer, we might actually see fewer bridge exploits turn into full exits. Still early, but this is the direction infrastructure needs to go.

Watch how other L1s respond. Security theater vs actual execution.