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NEARCON 2022 was epic. NEARCON 2023 was iconic. NEARCON 2024? Not this year. Gm to . is a global convergence to shape the future of User-Owned AI and Chain…

In everyday life, fist bumps are used to create, celebrate, deepen connections between two humans. In Web3 the core concept is the same, only this time…

The NEAR Foundation is pleased to announce the six AI teams selected for the first NEAR Horizon AI Incubation Program, launched earlier this month. By…

The NEAR Foundation announces the launch of Nuffle Labs, a new venture spinning out from Pagoda and the NEAR Foundation. Founded by the core contributors…

In a recent interview, when asked about the position of HERE and HOT wallet, HERE CEO and founder, Peter Volnov, had a really clear picture of what he…

Since September 2023, CosmoseAI’s KAI-Ching has been number 1 dApp with the most Unique Active Wallets (UAW) in all of web3, hitting numbers like 700k…

Following the recently announced partnership between NEAR Foundation and D3 , we’re excited to introduce *NEAR Name Tokens; a multichain, cross-platform…

NEAR Foundation announces today that NEAT, a rollup protocol designed for scaling AI applications on NEAR, has received 1 million $NEAR token staking…

AI is going to fundamentally change the way we interact with computing and coordinate with each other. NEAR has become one of the dominant consumer…

Written by: Matt Lockyer & Proximity Labs TL;DR: Demystifies NEAR’s new protocol feature, Chain Signatures, both for developers and end users. Compares how…

TLDR: NEAR is growing fast, leading to a need for more capacity, so it increased its shards from 4 to 6 to handle more transactions smoothly. This upgrade…

The NEAR Foundation announced a slew of partnerships and developments at this year’s International Tech Summit in Bermuda, organized by Penrose Partners…

Today NEAR Foundation announced a partnership with Lulo X and Peersyst Technology. The goal of the collaboration is to redefine the parameters of digital…

NEAR has seen a massive surge in users and transactions over the last few months. It’s important to have a smooth-running blockchain for project and…

After making waves at last year's Singapore edition, we're turning up the heat for TOKEN2049 in Dubai, the city that's rapidly becoming a hotbed for…

Last week, Korea BUIDL Week was the epicenter of cutting-edge thought leadership in Web3. From cross-chain innovations to the convergence of AI and…

The NEAR Horizon Accelerator (HZN) is continuing to nurture early-stage open founders by launching its third cohort, HZN3. As part of NEAR’s Summer of…

LiNEAR , the leading DeFi protocol on NEAR with the highest TVL, is planning to enhance the security of NEAR's Chain Abstracted network through restaking…

Today at BUIDL Asia in Seoul, Korea, NEAR Co-Founder and NEAR Foundation CEO Illia Polosukhin announced the launch of Chain Signatures on NEAR. Chain…

At NVIDIA GTC 2024––the flagship conference of the AI hardware supercompany in San Jose, California––the spotlight was on the intersection of AI…

MARCH 26 - APRIL 2, 2024 As the sun rises in the east, a new dawn breaks for NEAR. Fresh from ETHDenver, where we planted a firm flag in the ground to own…

The Graph Foundation recently announced the inclusion of NEAR into its expansive subgraph support, now encompassing over 40 leading L1 and L2 blockchains…

Frax Finance announced the launch of FRAX stablecoin on NEAR via Ref Finance and Burrow through FraxFerry and the Rainbow Bridge. This marks a significant…

NEAR Foundation is proud to announce the inaugural launch of Near Public Goods Funding (NEARPGF) together with PotLock , a new quadratic funding (QF)…

NEAR's presence at ETHDenver was nothing short of a triumph, demonstrating that collaboration is the key to success in the ever-evolving world of…

Ditch the ETHDenver small talk and brace yourself abstractooors! The NEAR Ecosystem is crashing the scene, armed with next-level chain abstraction…

Since the start, the focus for the NEAR ecosystem has been on advancing Chain Abstraction , or hiding the elements of the blockchain (“abstracting away”)…

In collaboration with Edge and Polygon Labs, the NEAR Foundation will co-sponsor a Decentralized AI Summit and “Autonomous Agent,” an AI x Web3 Hackathon…

The NEAR Foundation, in partnership with D3, a leading digital infrastructure provider specializing in domains, is applying to obtain the '.near' Top-Level…

TL;DR: The Enterprise Node Operators program aims to onboard top-tier Institutions and companies into the NEAR Ecosystem. Meta Pool, the liquid staking…