Aurora Intents adds one-signature execution on Sui

Aurora Intents has added Sui as a destination for one-signature cross-chain transactions, extending access to a solver network that Aurora Labs says has routed more than $30 billion. Summary Users can fund and complete actions on Sui from supported external chains with one signature. Intents Connect removes separate bridging, wallet switching and SUI gas management from the process. NEAR Intents supplies the liquidity, settlement system and chain connections behind the service. Sui applications can use the integration for lending, trading, staking and yield-based products. In a Sep. 17 press release shared with crypto.news, Aurora Labs said its Intents Connect product can now route supported assets from other blockchains directly into applications built on Sui. Rather than leaving users with bridged funds in a Sui wallet, the system can deliver the assets into a completed position. Depending on the application, a transaction could end with the user lending an asset, entering a trade, or depositing funds into a yield product. The company said users do not need to open a separate bridge, change wallets, or obtain SUI tokens to manage network fees. Intents Connect handles the process through the application the user already has open, while NEAR Intents provides the underlying liquidity, settlement, and connections between chains. You might also like: Bitcoin Suisse may cut 60 Swiss jobs in overhaul Aurora Intents turns transfers into completed Sui actions Cross-chain services often focus on moving a token from one blockchain to another, leaving the user to complete the remaining steps. According to Aurora Labs, about three-quarters of the applications it speaks with need more than asset delivery because their users arrive intending to stake, lend, or trade. Intents Connect is designed to bundle the transfer and the requested on-chain action. A user begins with an asset on a supported source chain, approves the transaction once, and receives the intended position on Sui without arranging each step separately. For example, Aurora Labs said a Solana user depositing USDC into a Sui protocol would previously have needed to move between two wallets, bridge the funds, and buy SUI for gas. Through the new integration, the user can authorize the full process inside the Sui application with one signature. Sui’s design required additional work because it does not use the Ethereum Virtual Machine model followed by many other chains supported by cross-chain products. Its object-based programming system, address format, and transaction structure differ from Ethereum-compatible networks. Aurora Labs CEO Declan Hannon said Sui is only the second non-Ethereum-style blockchain supported by the service after Solana. “We chose Sui because the engineering challenge is exactly what makes this integration meaningful,” Hannon said.