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Soaring both in growth and interest in 2022, the Open Web movement has become a cultural zeitgeist. Cryptocurrency and blockchain, critical to reimagining…

NEAR Foundation is thrilled to announce the launch of Kenya Regional Hub in partnership with Sankore , a Kenya-based NEAR Guild. The Kenya Regional Hub…

NEAR’s explosive and diverse ecosystem growth continued into the spring. As always, the NEAR Town Hall is a virtual venue for the growing global NEAR…

Spring is in swing, and things haven’t slowed down a bit for the NEAR ecosystem and community. In April, NEAR cemented exciting new partnerships, expanded…

As the decentralized economy expands, it’s no surprise that musicians are turning to the blockchain. NFTs , digital autonomous organizations (DAOs)…

Hello, NEAR world. The global Web3 community rolled into France on April 12-14 for the Paris Blockchain Week Summit. Several key NEAR figures were there to…

New music tools and platforms are popping up on blockchains, like NFTs , music software , Metaverse gatherings , and decentralized streaming platforms…

Blockchain technology and Web3 are on their way to transform everything—particularly the world of art and music. Right now, the music industry is very much…

Sweatcoin , the London-based tech company on a mission to inspire a healthier planet by incentivizing people to move more, has partnered with the NEAR…

After more than two years of a global pandemic, following what seemed to be a never-ending sequence of postponements, rescheduling, and cancellations, live…

In the first quarter of 2022, the NEAR Foundation saw an explosion of activity in the ecosystem. The NEAR Town Hall is a great place for the growing global…

Web3 users looking for an easy way to interact with the NEAR blockchain using their wallet of choice now have a slew of options. Wallet Selector , a new…

The NEAR community’s extraordinary momentum continued into March, with a number of exciting launches, partnerships, hackathons, and more happening across…

For the last three months, NEAR developers and entrepreneurs from across the globe have been hard at work on the MetaBUILD 2 hackathon . For the NEAR…

In “ DAOs of the Near Future ” Part I, we explored how DAO tooling, coordination, and standards will be crucial going forward. Now that we can imagine the…

NEAR Foundation is excited to announce that Orange DAO , a crypto collective created by Y Combinator alumni for backing Web3 startups, has selected NEAR as…

Hello, NEAR World. 2022 is shaping up to be the year of the DAO. Join the community for NEAR's March Town Hall on March 21, 5:00pm GMT (1:00PM EDT/10:00am…

When DAOs, or decentralized autonomous organizations, entered the cultural lexicon in 2015, they were theoretical. No one had yet created one. Fast forward…

NEAR is excited to announce a new partnership with SailGP, one of the world’s fastest-growing sailing events. As part of this ground-breaking multi-year…

In 2016, a few members of the Ethereum community came together to create a platform that would allow individuals to pitch project ideas. Community members…

DAOs are transforming the way things are done—be it in the business world, creative spaces, social arenas, and the charity sector. From artists and…

The global community is being heard. Web3 continues to surge in popularity as developers and end-users alike instill confidence in decentralized…

The NEAR community’s big-picture vision has always been straightforward — onboard billions of people into Web3. In this new iteration of the Internet…

The NEAR network is reimagining how decentralized applications and platforms are built, playing a major role in transforming the internet from the…

Web3 users looking for an easy bridge between fiat (currencies like the US Dollar and the Euro) and crypto needn't wait any longer. NearPay , the first…

One of NEAR Foundation’s core missions has been to create a network that empowers users to take control of their data, their finances, and the tools to…

Since its inception, NEAR Foundation has been committed to not only helping build a fast, secure and scalable blockchain, but to facilitate the…

Web3 is a vast, interconnected global network of open source protocols, projects, and apps. As Web3’s momentum grows, the NEAR Foundation is seeing…

The NEAR community did a lot in February: events, hackathons, launches, and even the Lunar New Year. If you blinked, you might have missed a number of…

Couldn’t make it to the NEAR Lounge for # BUIDL Week at this year’s ETHDenver ? This post has you covered with highlights from events at the NEAR Lounge…