Near


Finance

Near Foundation and Polygon Labs Collaborate to Build ZK Solution

The aim of the tie-up is to allow for greater interoperability across chains.

Polygon APIs will soon be available on The Graph. (Aquaryus15/Unsplash)

Markets

Near Token Rallies Amid Nym Partnership, Ahead of Nearcon Conference

The Near Foundation announced a partnership with Nym Technologies, a privacy-focused infrastructure startup.

NEAR token surges. (CoinDesk)

Tech

Google Cloud Pushes Deeper Into Blockchain Data, Adding 11 Networks Including Polygon

Google’s cloud-computing business has stored historical data on Bitcoin since 2018, claiming the service provides faster access than can be obtained directly from the blockchain.

James Tromans, global head of Web3, Google Cloud. (CoinDesk TV)

Finance

NEAR Foundation’s Marieke Flament Steps Down as CEO

General Counsel Chris Donovan will assume her role at the organization behind the NEAR protocol.

Marieke Flament (Matt Hussey/NEAR)

Markets

Bitcoin Climbs 3% to $26.6K; SOL, NEAR, ADA Lead Crypto Market Gains

Despite today’s market-wide advance, the outlook for risk assets is pointing to softer prices for the next few weeks, one observer noted.

BTC price chart (CoinDesk)

Opinion

3 Giga-Brained Ideas From Consensus Day 2

Crypto shows that ideas can be valuable, even if they’re not useful … yet.

Consensus 2023 Highlights

Consensus Magazine

Illia Polosukhin: Building Near's Blockchain, Embedding AI

The co-founder, a speaker at CoinDesk’s Consensus festival, said Near is taking on Ethereum and already boasts 25 million accounts and 446,000 daily transactions.

(Ian Suarez/CoinDesk)

Tech

Next Evolution of Blockchain Software Has Only Just Begun: Bank of America

Platforms like Near, Polkadot and Cardano are using new approaches to improve the trade-off between scalability, decentralization and security, a report from the bank said.

La plataforma Near necesita hacer algo más que solamente atraer nuevos usuarios, según Bank of America. (Zack Seward/CoinDesk)

Tech

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.

Near co-founder Illia Polosukhin (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Fundación NEAR se une al Grupo Nutresa para lanzar un programa de fidelización Web3 en América Latina

Es el primer programa de fidelización de código abierto que utiliza el protocolo Near y que busca llegar a un millón de consumidores en la región.

(Zack Seward/CoinDesk)