Odaily Planet Daily reports that Rhea Finance has announced a partnership with infrastructure provider Intellex to launch the first native lock-up contract on the $NEAR Protocol. This contract aims to provide a secure and transparent token release mechanism for projects within the $NEAR ecosystem. The contract supports an automated token release process to prevent early sell-offs and ensures compliance and traceability through Intellex's auditing infrastructure. This initiative fills the gap in native lock-up solutions on the $NEAR Protocol, offering security and a foundation of trust for projects built on $NEAR, especially those in the AI and DeFi sectors.