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NEAR Foundation’s Response to Tornado Cash, Ownership and Regulation
NEAR as an ecosystem identifies ownership––the ability for all people to control their own data, assets, and power of governance––as its most important shared goal. In light of recent regulatory developments concerning the cryptocurrency mixing service Tornado Cash and the ensuing banning of several services, it’s important to reiterate the Foundation’s views on privacy, ownership, […]
Why Web3 is Needed More than Ever
The world is literally on fire. Europe, Asia and parts of America have all experienced record temperatures this summer, causing wildfires and devastation. The world economy too, is running hotter than anytime in living memory. War wages in Europe, inflation continues to climb, energy supplies are dwindling, and food shortages are becoming the norm. Last, […]
The NEAR Foundation’s Vision for the Future
The past several weeks have been challenging for many within crypto. This downturn is also very different from the previous 2018/2019 crypto winter as it is occurring against the backdrop of surging inflation, rising interest rates and global instability. Crypto isn’t immune to these shocks, but the crypto ecosystem is more robust than it was […]
Music and Blockchain: The Rise of the New Musician
New music tools and platforms are popping up on blockchains, like NFTs, music software, Metaverse gatherings, and decentralized streaming platforms. With them, a new type of musician is coming into focus. One exploring novel creative technologies and more equitable revenue streams—on their own terms. How exactly are musicians navigating Web3 in 2022? Let’s take a […]
Music and Blockchain: Building a Record Label on the Blockchain
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 centralized, with Web2 streaming platforms (despite being extremely popular) often not getting the best deal for artists. Blockchain solutions are working to solve this. Decentralized streaming platforms, like the NEAR-based […]
Music and Blockchain: Introducing the Future of Sound
After more than two years of a global pandemic, following what seemed to be a never-ending sequence of postponements, rescheduling, and cancellations, live music has returned in full force. From destination festivals to elaborate arena shows or even regional theaters and local clubs, venues are opening their doors to once again allow artists to perform […]
NEAR in March: Unchain Fund, SailGP, and DAOs
The NEAR community’s extraordinary momentum continued into March, with a number of exciting launches, partnerships, hackathons, and more happening across the ecosystem. While the events unfolding in Ukraine had a profound effect on many of the teams in the NEAR ecosystem, projects continued to deliver on their roadmaps as a testament to the community’s resiliency […]
Register for NEAR’s March Town Hall: DAOs on NEAR
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 PDT) for a deep dive into NEAR’s ecosystem of DAOs. NEAR Foundation CEO Marieke Flament will open the Town Hall with some updates on the ecosystem […]
A Deep Dive into DAOs: How DAOs Are Changing Everything
The global community is being heard. Web3 continues to surge in popularity as developers and end-users alike instill confidence in decentralized blockchains, where information lives transparently and out in the open, in direct opposition to Big Tech’s private, opaque databases storing massive amounts of data. Just as NFTs went viral in 2021, DAOs are now […]