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NEAR Blockchain Gets Major Upgrade to Add 'Stateless Validation'
The upgrade, known as "Nightshade 2.0," has been on the NEAR roadmap for years, with the first version introduced in 2022.
NEAR Pushes 'Signatures' on Mainnet, in Growing Trend of Chain Abstraction
The feature was introduced in testnet in March, and allows users with a NEAR account to sign transactions on blockchains it supports, without the need for cross-chain bridges.
CoinDesk 20 Index Fell More Than 20% During Overall Crypto Market Crash
The overall crypto market crashed as risk-off sentiment permeated global markets. The altcoin-heavy benchmark CoinDesk 20 Index fell more than 20%, with crypto majors Solana and Near Protocol plummeting 20% to 30%. The sentiment shift stems from the recession fears ignited by Friday's U.S. economic and jobs data, as well as the rising tensions in the Middle East. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents the "Chart of the Day."
Near Protocol's Token Almost Doubles in a Week, Ahead of Nvidia's AI Conference
Near Protocol will be only few crypto-related firm that will be presenting at Nvidia's conference next week.
The Protocol: MetaMask's Secret Weapon and Ethereum's Dencun Debacle
In this issue of CoinDesk's weekly newsletter on blockchain technology, we bring you Sam Kessler's scoop on MetaMask's in-development "intents" feature that could revolutionize how users interact with blockchains. Also: a post-mortem on Ethereum's unexpectedly ugly Dencun testnet upgrade – and a glimpse of one of the new data blobs.
Near Foundation Joins Celestia in Race to Provide 'Data Availability' for Ethereum Rollups
The project's new "NEAR DA" aims to provide an alternate venue that could handle data produced by Ethereum's fast-growing network or auxiliary blockchains or "layer-2 networks."
NEAR Foundation Partners With Alibaba Cloud to Accelerate Web3 Growth in Asia
The partnership will offer multi-chain indexing to provide data-query API to developers.
NEAR Protocol Says It's Time for Developers to 'Band Together'
NEAR Protocol co-founder Illia Polosukhin discusses at Consensus 2023, why now is the time for collaboration, not only "from people who build new infrastructure solutions," but from those "who can bring things to market."
NEAR Foundation CEO on Protocol Starting ‘Blockchain Operating System’
Layer 1 blockchain network NEAR Protocol has launched a product-first operating system that developers can build into and users can interact on as a single platform. NEAR Foundation CEO Marieke Flament weighs in on the "Blockchain Operating System." The NEAR Foundation is a non-profit that oversees the governance and development of the NEAR Protocol. Plus, Flament predicts what the future of a "multi-chain" Web3 looks like and how gaming has already become one such use case.
Near Protocol Starts ‘Blockchain Operating System’ to Focus on User Experience
The platform is intended to act as a common layer for browsing and discovering Web 3 products.
