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.
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.
Hannon added that supporting Sui as a destination allows Intents Connect to handle its technical differences for users while giving developers access to funds held on other networks.
Sui applications gain access to external liquidity
For developers, the integration creates a route from wallets on supported chains into Sui-based products without requiring each application to build separate bridging and execution systems. Aurora Labs said one Intents Connect integration can make an application accessible to users and assets across every network supported by the service.
NEAR Intents coordinates the system through a solver network. Solvers compete to satisfy a user’s requested outcome, while the infrastructure manages liquidity and settlement across the connected blockchains.
Aurora Labs reported that the network has routed more than $30 billion to date. The company did not provide a Sui-specific volume figure or identify the first applications using the new destination support.
The added connection arrives as Sui developers build more lending products for retail and professional users. In August, crypto.news reported that NAVI Protocol had launched NAVI Prime, an on-chain lending framework made for funds and other professional market participants.
At the time, DefiLlama tracked approximately $124.6 million in total value locked across the NAVI Protocol group, including NAVI Lending, Volo LST and Volo Vault. Active loans stood at about $65.8 million, while supported lending assets included SUI, USDC, USDT, wrapped Ether and wrapped Bitcoin.
Sui’s stablecoin infrastructure has also expanded. The Sui Foundation said USDsui entered mainnet in March 2026 through Bridge’s Open Issuance platform, while the network had processed more than $111 billion in stablecoin transfers during January.
One-signature access reduces wallet steps
Wallet access remains an important part of Sui’s user experience because support differs across providers. Phantom announced in August that it would end Sui support on Sep. 24, removing Sui balances, transaction tools and application connections from its interface.
Phantom said the change would not delete or move user assets. Holders could retain access by importing their credentials into another compatible Sui wallet, though the company warned users to avoid unsolicited migration help and never disclose recovery phrases.
Intents Connect takes a different approach by allowing a user to begin from a wallet on another supported blockchain. Aurora Labs said the application manages the route into Sui, including the destination action, without asking the user to change wallets or hold SUI before starting.
The model does not remove the blockchain transactions involved in settlement. Instead, according to the company, it removes the need for the user to arrange each transaction, asset transfer, and gas payment separately.
Developer support is available immediately, with Aurora Labs publishing technical guides for applications that want to add Sui as a destination. The documentation covers transaction construction, address requirements and the steps needed to integrate Intents Connect into an application.
U.S. users already have regulated SUI exposure
For U.S. market participants, the new service adds an on-chain access route alongside products already offered through regulated and centralized platforms. Coinbase opened SUI staking access for eligible customers in July, setting a one-token minimum and estimating annual rewards of 1.4% to 3.3% at launch.
CME Group also introduced cash-settled SUI futures in May 2026, giving traders a way to gain price exposure without holding SUI in an on-chain wallet. CME offers standard contracts representing 50,000 SUI and micro contracts covering 5,000 SUI, with both settled against the CME CF Sui-Dollar Reference Rate.
