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We are thrilled to announce that John Smith has joined NEAR Inc as its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). John will be leading NEAR Inc's…

The NEAR ecosystem is announcing a monumental $800 million in funding initiatives targeted at accelerating growth. The announcement, which includes the…

If you are one of the lucky ones to grab a ticket to the event, things kick off on Tuesday, October 26 at the beautiful Carpintarias de São Lázaro in sunny…

NEAR is launching a marketing competition and virtual conference with more than $1 million in prizes and funding. Taking place between November 1-30 2021…

Astro , the platform for online communities to gather, vote, and govern has launched on NEAR. Astro is the next evolution of SputnikDAO, the hub for…

For business, privacy is important. Whether it be the transfer of confidential information to partners, or protecting customers’ data. Blockchain has…

On October 26th and 27th, we're hosting our inaugural NEAR|CON ! Taking place in Lisbon, Portugal we're celebrating our first anniversary since mainnet…

Over the last three weeks, as part of MetaBuidl , hackers from across the world have been busy creating incredible new ideas and projects that will shape…

NEAR is launching phase 0 of its roadmap towards a fully sharded blockchain. This phase, nicknamed Simple Nightshade, will kickstart a year of changes and…

TL:DR MetaBUIDL is a global hackathon hosted by NEAR with a $1M prize pool. NEAR powers a world where people control their money, power, and governance…

Aurora , an Ethereum scaling solution that allows projects built on Ethereum to utilise the cutting-edge technology of NEAR has teamed up with Etherscan…

In July 2021, Textile launched the Filecoin-NEAR bridge , taking the first step to provide simple, permissionless storage for smart contracts on NEAR — a…

We are excited to announce the first in a series of NEAR MetaBUIDL hackathons with $1M in prizes until the end of the year! While most activities at these…

The NEAR Foundation (“NF”) is a unique kind of organization. It helped to launch both a technological platform -- the NEAR Protocol -- and the ecosystem…

The NFT.HipHop marketplace auction of the Hip Hop Heads collection began on Juneteenth and will run for 37 days, until July 25. A celebration of the…

Why NFTs, DAOs and Open Finance will change the world for artists and their communities. Creators are Innovators Creative industries have always led…

Hey NEAR and Hip Hop Heads! Get ready for our first consumer-facing NFT pop-up shop! This project sprang from the mind of Ed Young, one of the co-founders…

After the boom of decentralized finance in 2020, the blockchain industry has turned its attention to NFTs. Artists, celebrities, and blockchain enthusiasts…

Partnership with Ceramic brings streaming data and cross-chain identity protocols to NEAR developers. Developers building on NEAR Protocol now have a…

Aurora Provides an Ethereum Layer-2 Experience The explosive growth of DeFi and NFTs frequently causes surges in Ethereum gas prices––a problem that…

Post by Yessin Schiegg Builders on NEAR, join us and offset your carbon footprint! How can a decentralized blockchain that uses energy be climate neutral?…

Arroz Estúdios is a Lisbon based Art Studio that has been open for more than two and a half years. With more than eight thousand members, the studio space…

Today the NEAR team is excited to announce that the Rainbow Bridge is live and ERC-20 tokens can now bridge to the NEAR blockchain and back to Ethereum. In…

Octopus Network Announcement: Seed Funding Round Complete! The Octopus Network Team recently announced the completion of a seed-funding round for building…

We’re proud to announce the launch of near.academy , a keystone of our educational onramp at NEAR Protocol. Powered by the same team and technology behind…

What are Berry Cards? Berry Cards is a marketplace for pixel art NFTs, which runs on the NEAR protocol, allowing peop le to buy artwork created with Berry…

The NEAR Ecosystem is excited to welcome Octopus Network onto NEAR Protocol. As a decentralized appchain network, Octopus Network inaugurates a new…

If you’re a developer who wants to see what building on NEAR is all about, check out the NEAR documentation to get started. If you want to be part of the…

- Guest Post by Yessin Schiegg The NEAR Blockchain is Climate Neutral. If you are concerned about climate change and the effect that blockchain is having…

NEAR is happy to announce that it has been listed as one of the Top 50 Blockchain Technology firms in Crypto Valley! NEAR is included in the 6th edition of…