diff --git a/apps/minifront/package.json b/apps/minifront/package.json
index f11286e202..7272f57220 100644
--- a/apps/minifront/package.json
+++ b/apps/minifront/package.json
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@chain-registry/types": "^0.45.38",
+    "@eslint/compat": "^1.1.0",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.17.4",
     "@types/react": "^18.3.2",
     "@types/react-dom": "^18.3.0",
diff --git a/apps/minifront/src/components/dashboard/assets-table/index.tsx b/apps/minifront/src/components/dashboard/assets-table/index.tsx
index 315efa32b9..6c7658472e 100644
--- a/apps/minifront/src/components/dashboard/assets-table/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/minifront/src/components/dashboard/assets-table/index.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import { BalancesByAccount, groupByAccount, useBalancesResponses } from '../../.
 import { AbridgedZQueryState } from '@penumbra-zone/zquery/src/types';
 import { shouldDisplay } from '../../../fetchers/balances/should-display';
 import { sortByPriorityScore } from '../../../fetchers/balances/by-priority-score';
+import { LineWave } from 'react-loader-spinner';
+import { cn } from '@penumbra-zone/ui/lib/utils';
 
 const getTradeLink = (balance: BalancesResponse): string => {
   const metadata = getMetadataFromBalancesResponseOptional(balance);
@@ -34,18 +36,26 @@ const byAccountIndex = (a: BalancesByAccount, b: BalancesByAccount) => {
 
 const filteredBalancesByAccountSelector = (
   zQueryState: AbridgedZQueryState<BalancesResponse[]>,
-): BalancesByAccount[] =>
-  zQueryState.data
-    ?.filter(shouldDisplay)
-    .sort(sortByPriorityScore)
-    .reduce(groupByAccount, [])
-    .sort(byAccountIndex) ?? [];
+): AbridgedZQueryState<BalancesByAccount[]> => {
+  const data =
+    zQueryState.data
+      ?.filter(shouldDisplay)
+      .sort(sortByPriorityScore)
+      .reduce(groupByAccount, [])
+      .sort(byAccountIndex) ?? [];
+  return {
+    ...zQueryState,
+    data,
+  };
+};
 
 export default function AssetsTable() {
-  const balancesByAccount = useBalancesResponses({
+  const balances = useBalancesResponses({
     select: filteredBalancesByAccountSelector,
     shouldReselect: (before, after) => before?.data !== after.data,
   });
+  const balancesByAccount = balances?.data;
+  const loading = balances?.loading;
 
   if (balancesByAccount?.length === 0) {
     return (
@@ -114,6 +124,17 @@ export default function AssetsTable() {
           </Fragment>
         ))}
       </Table>
+      {(loading ?? balancesByAccount === undefined) && (
+        <div className='mt-5 flex w-full flex-col items-center justify-center'>
+          <LineWave
+            visible={true}
+            height='70'
+            width='70'
+            color='white'
+            wrapperClass={cn('mb-5 transition-all duration-300')}
+          />
+        </div>
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/apps/minifront/src/fetchers/balances/index.ts b/apps/minifront/src/fetchers/balances/index.ts
index 7c0a5d24a4..74771de0ed 100644
--- a/apps/minifront/src/fetchers/balances/index.ts
+++ b/apps/minifront/src/fetchers/balances/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { AddressIndex } from '@penumbra-zone/protobuf/penumbra/core/keys/v1/keys
 import { ViewService } from '@penumbra-zone/protobuf';
 import { penumbra } from '../../prax';
 
-interface BalancesProps {
+export interface BalancesProps {
   accountFilter?: AddressIndex;
   assetIdFilter?: AssetId;
 }
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ interface BalancesProps {
 export const getBalances = ({ accountFilter, assetIdFilter }: BalancesProps = {}): Promise<
   BalancesResponse[]
 > => {
-  const req = new BalancesRequest();
+  const req = new BalancesRequest({});
   if (accountFilter) {
     req.accountFilter = accountFilter;
   }
@@ -26,3 +26,18 @@ export const getBalances = ({ accountFilter, assetIdFilter }: BalancesProps = {}
   const iterable = penumbra.service(ViewService).balances(req);
   return Array.fromAsync(iterable);
 };
+
+export const getBalancesStream = ({
+  accountFilter,
+  assetIdFilter,
+}: BalancesProps = {}): AsyncIterable<BalancesResponse> => {
+  const req = new BalancesRequest();
+  if (accountFilter) {
+    req.accountFilter = accountFilter;
+  }
+  if (assetIdFilter) {
+    req.assetIdFilter = assetIdFilter;
+  }
+
+  return penumbra.service(ViewService).balances(req);
+};
diff --git a/apps/minifront/src/state/shared.ts b/apps/minifront/src/state/shared.ts
index 78d95822b5..83371495ae 100644
--- a/apps/minifront/src/state/shared.ts
+++ b/apps/minifront/src/state/shared.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ import { BalancesResponse } from '@penumbra-zone/protobuf/penumbra/view/v1/view_
 import { ZQueryState, createZQuery } from '@penumbra-zone/zquery';
 import { AbridgedZQueryState } from '@penumbra-zone/zquery/src/types';
 import { SliceCreator, useStore } from '.';
-import { getAllAssets } from '../fetchers/assets';
-import { getBalances } from '../fetchers/balances';
 import { getStakingTokenMetadata } from '../fetchers/registry';
+import { getBalancesStream } from '../fetchers/balances';
+import { getAllAssets } from '../fetchers/assets';
+import { uint8ArrayToHex } from '@penumbra-zone/types/hex';
 
 /**
  * For Noble specifically we need to use a Bech32 encoding rather than Bech32m,
@@ -33,9 +34,37 @@ export const { stakingTokenMetadata, useStakingTokenMetadata } = createZQuery({
   },
 });
 
+const getHash = (bal: BalancesResponse) => uint8ArrayToHex(bal.toBinary());
+
 export const { balancesResponses, useBalancesResponses } = createZQuery({
   name: 'balancesResponses',
-  fetch: getBalances,
+  fetch: getBalancesStream,
+  stream: () => {
+    const balanceResponseIdsToKeep = new Set<string>();
+
+    return {
+      onValue: (
+        prevState: BalancesResponse[] | undefined = [],
+        balanceResponse: BalancesResponse,
+      ) => {
+        balanceResponseIdsToKeep.add(getHash(balanceResponse));
+
+        const existingIndex = prevState.findIndex(bal => getHash(bal) === getHash(balanceResponse));
+
+        // Update any existing items in place, rather than appending
+        // duplicates.
+        if (existingIndex >= 0) {
+          return prevState.toSpliced(existingIndex, 1, balanceResponse);
+        } else {
+          return [...prevState, balanceResponse];
+        }
+      },
+
+      onEnd: (prevState = []) =>
+        // Discard any balances from a previous stream.
+        prevState.filter(balanceResponse => balanceResponseIdsToKeep.has(getHash(balanceResponse))),
+    };
+  },
   getUseStore: () => useStore,
   get: state => state.shared.balancesResponses,
   set: setter => {
@@ -61,7 +90,7 @@ export const { assets, useAssets } = createZQuery({
 
 export interface SharedSlice {
   assets: ZQueryState<Metadata[]>;
-  balancesResponses: ZQueryState<BalancesResponse[]>;
+  balancesResponses: ZQueryState<BalancesResponse[], Parameters<typeof getBalancesStream>>;
   stakingTokenMetadata: ZQueryState<Metadata>;
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/minifront/src/state/staking/index.test.ts b/apps/minifront/src/state/staking/index.test.ts
index f21051a091..78c0095faa 100644
--- a/apps/minifront/src/state/staking/index.test.ts
+++ b/apps/minifront/src/state/staking/index.test.ts
@@ -67,9 +67,10 @@ vi.mock('../../fetchers/registry', async () => ({
 }));
 
 vi.mock('../../fetchers/balances', () => ({
-  getBalances: vi.fn(async () =>
-    Promise.resolve([
-      {
+  getBalancesStream: vi.fn(() => ({
+    [Symbol.asyncIterator]: async function* () {
+      await new Promise(resolve => void setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+      yield {
         balanceView: new ValueView({
           valueView: {
             case: 'knownAssetId',
@@ -93,8 +94,8 @@ vi.mock('../../fetchers/balances', () => ({
             },
           },
         }),
-      },
-      {
+      };
+      yield {
         balanceView: new ValueView({
           valueView: {
             case: 'knownAssetId',
@@ -118,8 +119,8 @@ vi.mock('../../fetchers/balances', () => ({
             },
           },
         }),
-      },
-      {
+      };
+      yield {
         balanceView: new ValueView({
           valueView: {
             case: 'knownAssetId',
@@ -142,9 +143,9 @@ vi.mock('../../fetchers/balances', () => ({
             },
           },
         }),
-      },
-    ]),
-  ),
+      };
+    },
+  })),
 }));
 
 vi.mock('../../prax', () => ({
diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index 0a3d1a1eb2..b556d4153e 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export default tseslint.config(
 
   {
     name: 'custom:import-enabled',
-    plugins: { import: import_ },
+    plugins: { import: fixupPluginRules(import_) },
     settings: { 'import/resolver': { typescript: true } },
     rules: {
       // be aware this rule doesn't always provide correct fixes. its bad fixes
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 0ecc60dde0..c4cf3178d2 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@ importers:
       '@chain-registry/types':
         specifier: ^0.45.38
         version: 0.45.38
+      '@eslint/compat':
+        specifier: ^1.1.0
+        version: 1.1.0
       '@types/lodash':
         specifier: ^4.17.4
         version: 4.17.6