NEWSLETTER Edition #126

NEAR APAC : DAY ONE RECAP
After months of anticipation and preparation, NEAR APAC kicked off to a momentous start. The NEAR team unpacked Day One, featuring a welcome speech from trustee Riley Tran, as well as keynotes from NEAR CEO Marieke Flament and NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin. It also included spotlights on Asia's role in mainstream Web3 adoption and the intricate connection between AI and blockchain. LINK

SPOTLIGHT ON VIETNAM'S EMERGENCE AS A WEB3 POWERHOUSE
With the entire ecosystem touching down in Vietnam for NEAR APAC, the NEAR team covered why the Southeastern Asian country is positioned as a key player in the growth of Web3 for years to come. LINK

NAVIGATING THE FUTURE WITH AMOS ZHANG: WHERE DOES NEAR GO FROM HERE?
NEARWEEK sat down with Amos Zhang, the founder of MetaWeb Ventures & Lit Tech, for an exclusive interview. In the conversation, Amos outlines the main reasons behind his candidacy in the current NDC v1 governance elections and his vision for the NEAR ecosystem. LINK

POLYGON ZKEVM x NEAR : DEFI GATEWAY ON BOS
The interactive gateway built on the BOS facilitates seamless interactions for Web3 users with Polygon’s zkEVM. It features the following top Polygon dApps: Quickswap, Gamma, PancakeSwap, Balancer. LINK

NDC : VOTING FOR V1 GOVERNANCE GOES LIVE
The community can now vote for who will be the community trustees in the inaugural NDC Elections. The voting period will span 14 days and anyone aspiring to vote is advised to study the voter's guide before casting for their desired candidates. LINK

DEVHUB : NEW OFFICE HOURS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED ON DISCORD
Developers and enthusiasts can now join the DevHub Discord every Thursday for assistance on their NEAR/BOS-related projects, developer discussions and more. LINK

DEVHUB : BOS COMMUNITY GROUP HOLDS DEBUT COMMUNITY MEETING
The recently formed BOS Community Group held its first community meeting, under the auspices of DevHub. The encouraging turnout was coupled with discussions around a trove of tools and ideas to help builders. LINK

HEROES : UPDATED V1.2 LOADED WITH IN-DEMAND FEATURES
In the platform's most recent released update, the team has added new features based on user feedback. The marketplace now features an integrated wallet selector, deferred payments for whitelisted users, an additional KYC option via Fractal and options for incorporated fees. LINK

OCTOPUS NETWORK TO INTEGRATE RESTAKING AND ADAPTIVE IBC INTO OCTOPUS 2.0
Octopus Network is excited to announce that its platform will be integrating Restaking and Adaptive IBC into their network to power the next generation of multichain infrastructure. LINK

DAPDAPME : NEW MULTICHAIN DEFI AGGREGATOR BUILT ON BOS
The recently announced DapDap gateway already supports DeFi dApps from Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, and Mantle under one streamlined interface via NEAR's BOS. LINK

CIRCLE : WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT USDC ON NEAR AS LAUNCH DAY DRAWS CLOSER
This compact primer on USDC gives users a summarised overview of the token's imminent launch on NEAR. LINK

REF FINANCE : EXPANDING DEFI WITH PERPETUAL FUTURES LAUNCH
Ref Finance has introduced a new Orderly-powered perps feature. Traders can now enjoy deeper liquidity, bi-directional trading, enhanced leverage, and much more. LINK

ORDERLY NETWORK x HERE WALLET
Thanks to this integration, HERE Wallet users and Orderly traders can instantly connect their HERE wallets to Orderly to make deposits, transfer assets to their wallet, perform swaps, and much more. LINK

NEAR HITS ALL-TIME HIGH IN DAILY TRANSACTION AMOUNT WITH $3M SPIKE LINK

SENDER WALLET ANNOUNCES TWO NEW PARTNERSHIPS
The Sender Wallet team has been hard at work recently, culminating in the signing of two new partnerships. Firstly, with Bullbear, an AI-powered market prediction tool, and zkSync Space to provide deeper Web3 insights and more for users. LINK

NEAR HORIZON x GLOBAL COIN RESEARCH

NEAR Horizon has partnered with Global Coin Research, to provide founders and builders with research data, lessons and resources, that can be translated valuable insights for their startups and projects. LINK

NEARWEEK x OFP : EXPLORING NEXT-GEN REFI ON NEAR
Turning a leaked pitch deck into an opportunity to spotlight, NEARWEEK dives deep into Open Forest Protocol (OFP), a pioneering ReFi project on NEAR. Market fit, DeFi compatibility, and a huge potential for future growth are only a few of the highlights of OFP so far. LINK

CREATIVES DAO JOINS SPONSOR LIST FOR ETHMILAN
NEAR's grassroot vertical, Creatives DAO, will be one of the main pillars of the most creative ETH events of the year, in Milan. Powered by the Creatives DAO, communities from over 10 countries will showcase their diverse and unique brands of creativity during the event. ETHMILAN kicks off on October 5th. LINK

AURORA WEEKLY UPDATES 2023-09-08 LINK

Dive into the Open Web with our carefully selected assortment of headlines, curated just for you. 'In Other News' proudly collates news from external Web3 platforms, underscoring NEARWEEK's commitment to realise the full potential of the BOS.

KEVIN OWOCKI RETURNING TO GITCOIN LINK

VITALIK CO-AUTHORS PAPER ON PRIVACY LINK

FTX'S RYAN SALAME PLEADS GUILTY TO CRIMINAL CHARGES LINK

KRAKEN'S UK DERIVATIVES UNIT LOOKING TO EXPAND SERVICES LINK

NEAR FOUNDATION JOB BOARD

JOB OPENINGS AT PAGODA

JOB OPENINGS AT NDC

JOB OPENINGS AT AURORA