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Finance

Health and Fitness App Sweat Economy Raises $13M in Private Token Sale to Move to Web3

The company is teaming with Near Protocol to support the move.

Sweat Economy users can earn tokens with steps. (RUN INC/Getty images)

Finance

BitGo to Serve as Near's Custodian

The firm will hold the assets that are in the blockchain's treasury.

A Near sign in Lisbon, Portugal (Zack Seward/CoinDesk)

Learn

What Is Near Protocol and How Does It Work?

The layer 1 competitor to Ethereum wants to be the fastest blockchain on the block.

(Julian Hochgesang/Unsplash)

Markets

Curve Finance Integrates With Near’s Aurora Network

Near’s DeFi hub, Proximity Labs, will allocate up to $7.5 million in grants to Curve.

Curve Finance has a market capitalization of $1 billion. (vlastas/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Finance

Near DeFi Project Bastion Reveals $9M Funding Round on Heels of BSTN Airdrop Plans

Investors include Three Arrows Capital, Jump Crypto, FTX Ventures and Jane Street.

Easter Island statue, used as an emoji by Bastion's community. (Thomas Griggs/Unsplash)

Finance

Near-Based DeFi Protocol Bastion to Launch BSTN Token at a $180M Valuation

Bastion, the largest DeFi protocol on the Near blockchain, will be allocating 5 billion BSTN tokens, with trading set to begin just before midnight UTC on Thursday.

Bastion’s community emoji is an Easter Island statue. (Micheline Pelletier/Corbis via Getty Images)

Videos

NEAR Protocol Co-Founder on Token Explosion and Raising $350M

NEAR Protocol Co-founder Illia Polosukhin discusses the layer one protocol’s rapid growth as its native token doubled in value over the past four weeks. Plus, a conversation about their plans for regional expansion after raising $350 million in their second round of funding this year. 

Recent Videos

Markets

Market Wrap: Cryptos Waver as Speculators Lose Interest

Open interest in the BTC futures market is starting to decline.

(Jérôme Prax/Unsplash)

Markets

NEAR Token Has Doubled in 4 Weeks; Here's Why

Venture capitalists’ vote of confidence and stablecoin rumors push the NEAR token higher.

NEAR boosted by venture capitalist’s vote of confidence. (Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Near Protocol Raises $350M

It’s Near’s second nine-figure raise this year.

A Near sign in Lisbon, Portugal (Zack Seward/CoinDesk)