💥 Announcing NEAR Dev: a NEAR DevHub spinout NEAR Dev is a new, independent entity supporting top application developers and partners within the NEAR ecosystem. The team, comprised with extensive NEAR tech experience, will deliver expert support, tools, and resources to accelerate Web3 innovation ▶️ Learn more in our latest blog post

💥 We're LIVE with a Bitcoin Workshop by Proximity Labs Tune In:

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gm NEARians! 🌟 ✨ Quiz Night is #near — are you ready? 🗓 When? Thursday, 30 January, 5 PM UTC 📍 Where? NEAR Protocol's Telegram chat 🎁 Prizes: 10 NEAR & HOT FIREDROP for all participants 🔥 ✨ Pro tip: Read the NEARWEEK Newsletter #196 to prep for the quiz. You'll thank us later! Check the event rules here and bring your A-game to ace the quiz! 💬 alpha: Participate in the Near Fitness League & NEAR Lunar Year Giveaway.

💥 NEAR One released the latest Chain Signatures Roadmap IBRL - 300x Improved Bandwidth & 50% Reduced Latency Learn more about what's to come next in the blog post

🌟 GM NEARians! Ready for an AMA with Lisa? Join Joshua, Operations Lead at Lisa—a liquid staking platform for Bitcoin Staking—as he shares how they’re leveraging NEAR’s tech stack to enhance cross-chain compatibility and improve user experience. 🗓 When? Friday, Jan 31 📍 Where? @cryptonear on Telegram 🕔 Time: 2:00 PM UTC 🔘 Rewards: Participate and win a share of upto $50 in rewards! ✍️ Prep Work: Check out the AMA Rules to ensure you’re all set.

A(I) New Frontier Join the NEAR Ecosystem at ETH Denver 2025 for a premiere AI Roadshow - The Road to One Trillion Agents - alongside happy hours, mixers, and more! Check out the blog for a full list of events from around the NEAR Ecosystem

🧧 Announcing the NEAR Community Lunar New Year Giveaway! Celebrate the Year of the Snake 🐍 with red packets filled with NEAR memes including BlackDragon, Lonk, Shitzu and Neko! 🗓 28th Jan to 2nd Feb How to participate? 1️⃣ Vote for your favorite projects & individuals at the NEAR Year Awards - powered by Potlock. Each vote increases your chances (up to 5 votes) 2️⃣ Send DragonMail red packets to your friends on and get a surprise red packet from us! 🧧 🔗 More details on participation rules and prize pool can be found under this tweet Celebrate, vote, and share for a chance to win! 🎉 Happy Lunar New Year! 🐲✨

🌟NEAR AI is kicking off the One Trillion Agents Hackathon with $100K in prizes Join to build autonomous AI agents from Jan 31 to Feb 21, 2025 and shape the future of autonomous AI The best submissions will be get a chance to pitch to funds managing over $7B as well get featured during ETH Denver 👨‍💻The hackathon will be fully remote with 3 tracks: DeFi, Social & Absurd (AI chess battles, betting markets, experimental systems, etc.) Submissions will be evaluated on their implementation with NEAR, thoughtful user experience, ecosystem impact, innovative approach, and long-term sustainability. ➡️ Register Here:

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🌟 NEAR AI Paper Club - DeepSeek V3 & R1 Join the NEAR AI Paper Club as Alex Skidanov dives into DeepSeek V3 - a groundbreaking 671B parameter Mixture of Experts (MoE) model pushing AI boundaries! 🗓 Jan 27, 6:30PM PT 📍 SF led by Alex Skidanov 📁 Paper:

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gm NEARians! 🌟 👀 Quiz Night is almost here—are you ready? ✨ ⏰ When? Thursday, 23 January, 5 PM UTC 📍 Where? NEAR Protocol's Discord chat 🎁 Prizes: 10 NEAR & HOT FIREDROP for all participants 🔥 Happening in ~12 hours; after the AMA with DeltaBot. ✨ Pro tip: Read the NEARWEEK Newsletter #195 to prep for the quiz. You'll thank us later! Check the event rules here and bring your A-game to ace the quiz! 🗓 Mark your calendars—we do this every Thursday at 5PM UTC!

🌟 GM NEARians! Ready for an AMA with DeltaTrade? Discover how DeltaTrade is enabling DeFi on Bitcoin with NEAR Chain Signatures as Aescobar, BD Lead at DeltaTrade, joins us for the discussion. ➡️ Join us on January 23 | 3:00 PM UTC (Thursday) to ask your questions and qualify for rewards. 500 DELTA Points will be shared among 5 participants. ✍️Prep Work: Check out the AMA Rules to ensure you’re all set.

📺 Episode #32 of the NEAR AI Office Hours is now LIVE with PIN AI, the first personal AI network ➡️ Watch Here

🌟 The Singularity has never been this NEAR. 2025 is the year of NEAR AI.

🌟 The third Chain Abstraction Day in Brussels was a resounding success with 250+ in attendance and prepping to build a better Web3 for everyone 🤝

We just wrapped up Q2 with a live review and blog post. Learn more about what goes on at DevHub and what we have cooking 🧑‍🍳.... (https://x.com/NEARDevHub/status/1810341811094704595) 📰 Read the blog:

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Hey everyone! Check out the latest on fetching receipt outcomes with nearcore’s RPC, the fresh features in near-sdk-rs v5.2.0, and some useful tips on handling NEAR transactions. 👉NEAR Dev NEWS #19

🌟 The latest from the quill of Illia Polosukhin, Co-Founder of NEAR Protocol. "Regulation Alone Will Not Save Us from Big Tech" ➡️ Read about humanity's race against time. The race for our minds. And the role user owned AI, through NEAR, plays.

🎉 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝗔𝗟𝗣𝗛𝗔 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪 Bringing you the latest alpha updates from the NEAR ecosystem today at 5pm UTC! Speakers: Bitte Protocol, Shitzu Community, TENAMINT, Luacantu, Monza; hosted by Cade Bergman. 🗓 June 26 | 5 PM UTC ➡️ Set a Reminder

🎙 Live Now! NEAR AI Office Hours with Bitte & Exabits! ➡️

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🌟 Ref Finance & Burrow Merge is NEAR! gm degens! Join Ref Finance in the NEAR DeFi Takeover and win $150 in rewards! ➡️ Get Started: Campaign Link

🌟AMA with Bitte, an AI-powered ecosystem that simplifies blockchain onboarding and transactions for users, brands, and developers through the Bitte Wallet, Agent API, and Sponsored Relayer. Built by the Mintbase team known for their NFT Market and Creator Suite. GM NEARians! We've got something special for you – an AMA with @staRpauSe, the director of growth at Bitte 🗓 When? Friday, June 28th 📍 Where? @cryptonear on Telegram 🕔 Time: 4:00 PM UTC ⭐️ Rewards: Participate and win a share of $100 in NEAR! Get ready to dive into exploring Bitte, it's journey, impact on defi and future plans ✍️ Prep Work: Check out the AMA Rules to ensure you’re all set.

The 17th edition of NEAR Dev NEWS has been released 🚀 This week, we cover the significant performance improvements in QueryAPI, the success of the NEAR Toronto Hackathon, and the introduction of the new NEAR Wallet Selector for a better user experience. 👉 Read here

gm NEARians! 👀 NEAR Quiz Night is back! - When? Thursday, 5 PM UTC. - Where? @cryptonear on Telegram. Prizes? Yes, $100 in NEAR tokens! 🏆 Check the updated rules here. Get ready for quiz this Thursday! 🎉

🌟 gm NEAR Community, NEAR.AI unveils its Master Plan for Open Source and User-Owned AGI (Artificial General Intelligence)! The vision is to create AI that belongs to everyone. Here’s the plan: ✅ AI Developer: Teaching machines to code. ✅ AI Researcher: Advancing research with AI Developer. ✅ User-Owned AGI: Bringing AGI to benefit everyone. As a non-profit, the NEAR Foundation is committed to open source. The focus starts with the AI Developer, creating secure applications from user intents, including Web3 apps. This is about empowering users with control, privacy, and customization. Join in building a future where technology truly belongs to all. ➡️ Read More

The bois are back for another AI Office Hours ft. Alex Skidanov & Illia, Co Founders of NEAR 🐉 Special guests include EQTY Lab & Theoriq AI - get to know a 'lil more about AI x Web3 with some of the builders at the front of it all. 🗓 18th Jun, 16:30 UTC. ➡️ Set your reminders

The NEAR ALPHA SHOW is live now with POTLOCK, Meta Pool and ecosystem frens! 💥🔮 Tune in:

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gm NEARians! 👀 NEAR Quiz Night is back! - When? Thursday, 5 PM UTC. - Where? @cryptonear on Telegram. Prizes? Yes, $100 in NEAR tokens! 🏆 Check the updated rules here. Get ready for quiz this Thursday! 🎉

🌟 Chain Abstraction Day @ EthCC 2024 The NEAR Eco is heading to ETHCC. Alongside speakers, side events, and more. The ecosystem, in association with Agoric, will be bringing back Chain Abstraction Day. If you're heading to Brussels next month, come along - free food, drinks, and, of course, an opportunity to learn all about Chain Abstraction. ➡️ Register Here

🌟 AMA with Tradeport, the leading NFT marketplace and developer platform on Near, Sui, Aptos, and Stacks GM NEARians! We've got something special for you – an AMA with kailani.btc, the Lead Customer Success Team at Tradeport. 🗓 When? Friday, June 14th 📍 Where? @cryptonear on Telegram 🕔 Time: 2:00 PM UTC ⭐️ Rewards: Participate and win a share of $100 in NEAR! Get ready to dive into exploring Tradeport, it's journey, impact on defi and future plans ✍️ Prep Work: Check out the AMA Rules to ensure you’re all set.

🏏 The ICC T20 Cricket World Cup is back with NEAR enabling an immersive Web3 fan experience for cricket enthusiasts If you're a fan of cricket and you're hyped up for the biggest sporting event of the year, tune into the ICC x NEAR Livestream tomorrow 12 PM UTC to learn how NEAR is shaking up fan engagement in sport 💯 🗓 June 7 | 12 PM UTC The stream will be available both on Twitter X and on Youtube

🌟 Live Now! Illia Polosukhin and Alex Skidanov, Co Founders of NEAR unpack NEAR AI and discuss the latest AI topics in NEAR's User Owned AI Ep. 4. ➡️

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🎉 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝗔𝗟𝗣𝗛𝗔 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪 Bringing you the latest alpha updates from the NEAR ecosystem today at 5pm UTC! Speakers: CodeXchain, Open Forest Protocol, Survival is NEAR, Monza, Luancan, Vandal; hosted by Cade Bergman. 🗓 June 5 | 5 PM UTC ➡️ Set a Reminder

Your network. Your choice. Prepare for the proposal of a novel governance framework from the NEAR Ecosystem - penned by the NEAR Foundation in collabaration with Gauntlet. ➡️

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🌟 Join us for the upcoming NEAR June Town Hall! 🌟 Set your reminder for the upcoming Town Hall & catch up on ALL the latest UPDATES from NEAR Eco. What’s on the agenda? ✅ Exclusive Deep Dives w/ NEAR Projects ✅ NEAR Foundation Insights ✅ NEARWEEK Highlights 🗓 When? June 6 | 3 PM UTC ➡️ Set a Reminder Here ⛓ Tune In Here

🌟 NEAR is now supported on OKX Wallet Now, seamlessly manage your NEAR assets directly from your OKX Wallet, offering you easy access to the NEAR ecosystem. OKX Wallet is a leading multi-chain wallet with 95+ networks and over 50 million users! ➡️ Begin your NEAR journey with OKX Wallet today: Get Started 👨‍💻 Attention Developers! Seamlessly integrate OKX Wallet into your dApp using the Wallet Kit: Explore the OKX Wallet Builder Kit for NEAR

🌟 NEAR is now supported on Stargate Finance V2. Skip CEXs. Directly bridge native USDC from 15 chains to NEAR via Aurora, the NEAR EVM. As the NEAR EVM, Aurora is not a separate chain, but a smart contract on the NEAR mainnet. Wondering how to bridge Native USDC from any Stargate chain to NEAR? Check out our guide here: Guide Link Now, you can now explore: 1️⃣ Stargate's USDC pools 2️⃣ Stablecoin ecosystems on NEAR DeFi And look forward to an abstracted frontend for Stargate, where users can bridge to NEAR dApps directly without going through Aurora! ➡️ Learn More

🌟 Starting in 30 mins! Join NEAR AI Office Hours w/ Illia & Alex, Co-Founders, NEAR Protocol. An hour to chat AI with a few projects, discuss different challenges people have, and discuss news. ➡️

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🤘 Say gm to *NEAR name tokens, powered by D3 Following the recently announced partnership between NEAR Foundation and D3, we’re excited to introduce *NEAR Name Tokens; a multichain, cross-platform digital identity for web3 and beyond. ➡️ Read More

gm NEARians! 👀 NEAR Quiz Night is back! - When? Thursday, 5 PM UTC. - Where? @cryptonear on Telegram. Prizes? Yes, $100 in NEAR tokens! 🏆 Check the updated rules here. Get ready for quiz this Thursday! 🎉

🎉 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝗔𝗟𝗣𝗛𝗔 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪 Bringing you the latest alpha updates from the NEAR ecosystem this Wednesday at 5pm UTC! Speakers: D3 Network, Unifat, Keypom, Monza, Luancan, Aescobar & Cade Bergman 🗓 MAY 29 | 5 PM UTC ➡️ Set a Reminder

⭐️ AMA with EastBlue, The Universal Application Layer for Bitcoin, Powered by NEAR's Chain Abstraction! GM NEARians! We've got something special for you – an AMA with Abeng, the Growth Lead at East Blue. 🗓 When? Friday, May 31st 📍 Where?

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🕔 Time: 3PM UTC ⭐️ Rewards: Participate and win a share of $100 in NEAR! Get ready to dive into how Eastblue unlocks $1 Trillion of Bitcoin Economy for the masses! ✍️ Prep Work: Check out the AMA Rules to ensure you’re all set.

MEGA EPISODE, LIVE this Thursday! First, Jutsu will be on to discuss their app, building tools, and AI development. Then, Keypom, fresh off their new ticketing system release comes on to discuss that development and more. You DO NOT want to miss this one. Streaming live on X, Twitch, and YouTube at 5pm UTC, Thursday. YouTube:

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⚪️ User Owned AI is NEAR It’s time to reclaim your sovereignty Today marks the establishment of NEAR AI, an R&D lab led by Illia Polosukhin & Alex Skidanov, the founders of NEAR Protocol. In addition, the NEAR Foundation has launched an AI-focused incubator and investment wing focusing on AI projects. Apply here. The goal is to create an alternative solution to closed, centralized players and enable a future where super-powerful AI truly benefits users and communities, drives new economies, and accelerates innovation & creativity. ➡️ Learn More

gm NEARians! 👀 NEAR Quiz Night is back! - When? Thursday, 5 PM UTC. - Where? @cryptonear on Telegram. Prizes? Yes, $100 in NEAR tokens! 🏆 Check the updated rules here. Get ready for quiz this Thursday! 🎉

⭐️ NEAR Threads Contest: Final Call! Calling all NEAR Content Creators! We still have time! You have 2 days to win your 300$ 🏆 ✍️ Task: Get creative with your content (thread/videos) centered around the Intersection of Web3 & AI on NEAR! ➡️ Thread contest 📌 Be sure to review the Contest Rules for all the details. Hurry, submit your entries before the end of tomorrow! Good luck! 🤘

🌟 Unlocking Multichain Web3 with NEAR Chain Signatures ⭐️ Learn just how powerful Chain Signatures are on NEAR Protocol and how they can unlock the true vision of a multichain future. TL;DR: • Demystifies NEAR’s new protocol feature, Chain Signatures, both for developers and end users. • Compares how multichain Web3 apps work, before and after Chain Signatures. • Presents two multichain app examples in which Chain Signatures improves DevX and UX: a DAO and NFT minter. • Describes how Chain Signatures can add a layer of smart contract functionality to non-smart contract chains through a Bitcoin Runes airdrop example. ➡️ Read More Here

DEVS, BUILDERS, ALL! Join us today as we dive into using the NEAR tech stack with Frol * CLIs for productivity * Dev kit * Testing kit * Deployment Add a reminder to your calendar for DevHub LIVE: 👇 - (Google 🗓)

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⭐️ AMA with Arkana: Exploring Arkana, Membership and Reward Network on NEAR. GM NEARians! We've got something special for you – an AMA with Abeng, the Growth Lead at Arkana. 🗓 When? Friday, May 17th 📍 Where?

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🕔 Time: 3PM UTC ⭐️ Rewards: Participate and win a share of $100 in NEAR! ✍️ Prep Work: Check out the AMA Rules to ensure you’re all set.

gm NEARians! 👀 NEAR Quiz Night is back! - When? Thursday, 5 PM UTC. - Where? @cryptonear on Telegram. Prizes? Yes, $100 in NEAR tokens! 🏆 Check the updated rules here. Get ready for quiz this Thursday! 🎉

🎉 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝗔𝗟𝗣𝗛𝗔 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪 Bringing you the latest alpha updates from the NEAR ecosystem this Wednesday at 5pm UTC! Speakers: Mintbase, Sortbet, Delta Trade, Monza, Luancan, Aescobar & Starpause 🗓 MAY 15 | 5 PM UTC ➡️ Set a Reminder