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Arpit Sharma Joins NEAR as Managing Director for India, Asia, and Middle East Expansion
The NEAR ecosystem is getting a huge boost in the eastern hemisphere today. NEAR Foundation is appointing Arpit Sharma as managing director for India, South East Asia, and the Middle East to help expand NEAR’s presence in those specific regions and beyond. Sharma brings regional expertise as well as leadership experience from the Polygon ecosystem. […]
NEAR Foundation PR Roundup for February
As February draws to a close, NEAR Foundation wanted to share some of the best news headlines from the Near ecosystem and community. Let’s take a look at some of the biggest stories from NEAR in February. NEAR partners with NYU for Web3 learning workshop NEAR attracted over 135 pieces of global coverage this month. […]
Update on Near Decentralized Funding, DAOs, and Accelerator
Hello Nearians, We are more than halfway through the first quarter of 2023 and wanted to share a quick update on the progress NEAR Foundation has made on community funding and accelerator strategies. First, if you are a project building on NEAR or interested in building on NEAR and need some immediate support, please fill […]
Near and RECUR to Make Building on Web3 Easy for Web2 Brands
Near Foundation is excited to announce a new integration with RECUR, a Web3 platform helping major enterprises launch innovative, digital collectible experiences. With RECUR Builder, an enterprise-grade SaaS, the company is making it easier than ever for projects of all sizes to seamlessly build, scale, and integrate Web3 experiences into their existing products, marketing stack, […]
Keypom Brings Frictionless Onboarding to Near and Web3
A key roadblock to mass Web3 adoption is onboarding. People want to get into Web3 and crypto, but they don’t know how. Seed phrases, private keys, smart contract transactions, technical knowledge and crypto jargon are massive barriers to Web3 entry. With Keypom, that’s about to change. Keypom is a new zero friction onboarding protocol with […]
NEAR and Startup Wise Guys Partner on MetaBUILD’s Pre-Accelerator Program
NEAR Foundation is excited to announce a new partnership with Startup Wise Guys — Europe’s biggest startup accelerator, which has empowered over 350 projects across the world. Together with SWG, the Foundation will bring 20 winning projects from the MetaBUILD III hackathon into an 8-week pre-acceleration program to grow and prepare these new teams to […]
Open Call for NEAR Accelerator Partners
The NEAR blockchain is an open-source, decentralized blockchain protocol designed to be scalable, developer-friendly, and able to support a wide range of decentralized applications (dApps) and smart contracts. The NEAR Foundation is the non-profit organization behind the NEAR blockchain, responsible for the development and maintenance of the NEAR Protocol and its associated ecosystem. Since the […]
NEAR Foundation PR Roundup for January
NEAR Foundation hopes all of you are having a great start to the year. Here are some of the top news stories from the NEAR Foundation and our thriving ecosystem, as well as press headlines from around the globe. Calimero raises $8.5 million in funding In an exclusive with The Block, London-based startup Calimero announced […]
NEAR Now Integrated into Ledger Live For More Security and Ownership
Wallet security can be intimidating, especially for newcomers. But it just got a whole lot easier for NEAR users. NEAR Foundation is excited to announce full integration with Ledger Live, making it easier than ever for NEAR holders to secure their assets using Ledger’s devices and software. Ledger Live is Ledger’s all-in-one digital asset management […]