NEWSLETTER ISSUE #90
A weekly update on everything that moves NEAR Protocol
NO 90 · Monday 2 JAN, 2023
NEARWEEK is aggregating and curating information across the NEAR ecosystem. This edition was community curated via 23 news contributions to the NEWS DAO.
gm NEAR heads,
Happy new year to all of you! We hope that you had a relaxing and enjoyable holiday season. As we enter into 2023, our team is excited to continue delivering the latest and greatest NEAR-related news from the ecosystem!
At NEARWEEK, we hope that you have a wonderful start to the year and we look forward to sharing many more updates with you over the weeks to come.
FYI - A personal new years resolution of mine will be to avoid getting wallet drained by anyone sliding into my dms. I managed one day so far, wish me luck n' stay safu!
Till next week!
- Mr. News
Highlights
ILLIA POLOSUKHIN : NEAR 2022 RECAP LINK
NEAR FOUNDATION : 2022 IN REVIEW
A new blog post has been published by the Foundation. Read to find out how the ecosystem is successfully navigating bear market conditions and why NEAR is primed for explosive growth heading into 2023! LINK
AURORA NETWORK : 2022 IN REVIEW
After a experiencing a turbulent 2022, Aurora Labs takes a moment to remember the extraordinary achievements that its team has reached in 2022 to approach the future with optimism and determination. LINK
OCTOPUS NETWORK : 2022 IN REVIEW
As we welcome the year of the Rabbit, Octopus would also like to take a step back and share its year of building and growth — with much love to the Octopus Global Community! LINK
KEVIN IMANI : NEAR KENYA REGIONAL HUB'S 50,000 USD GRANTS FOR HIGH-QUALITY WEB3 PROJECTS
Blockchain tech has been having a moment for a while now, and pretty soon Web 3.0 will become the new decentralized normal. Kevin Imani, NEAR Kenya Lead and CEO of Sankore 2.0, talks about the work the NEAR Kenya regional hub does to support the building of Web3 projects on NEAR protocol to grow the blockchain ecosystem. LINK
CYPHERPUNK GUILD : CRITICAL TECH — A NEW SERIES!
CPG introduces a new series—Critical Tech—that will be published in 2023. The series will focus on exposing critiques of technology from thinkers like Herbert Marcuse, Neil Postman, Shoshana Zuboff, Chul Byung Han, Julian Assange, and more, with the aim of bringing to the forefront important questions regarding the role of technology in our society. LINK
NEAR TRANSPARENCY REPORT [2022-12-23]
As part of its commitment to transparency, the Foundation will publish a weekly on-chain data report each week to help the NEAR community understand the health of the ecosystem. Give the blog post a read. LINK
LATEST PROJECTS LISTED ON AWESOMENEAR LINK
DeFI
TONIC DEX : PERPETUALS AND HOW TO TRADE THEM
Tonic is proud to announce that its new perpetuals trading app is officially live on NEAR! Experience trading with up to x10 leverage, add stop loss triggers, and all within a slick new UI. According to Tonic, there may be special 'perks' to being an early user... LINK
ORDERLY NETWORK : A YEAR IN ORDER (2022)
As we enter the new year, Orderly Network reflects on its journey so far. With the need for decentralised solutions rising to an unprecedented level during this turbulent time, Orderly has used 2022 to arrive on NEAR with a strong vision to empower Web3 builders to create innovative applications. LINK
SPIN FINANCE : 2022 IN REVIEW
2022 was the year of the initial formation of the Spin brand, the cultivation of the audience, and the strengthening of ecosystem relations. No matter how challenging the conditions were, Spin succeeded to release Spot, Instant Swaps, and Perpetuals trading to the NEAR Protocol mainnet, multiplied its product and marketing metrics by over 10 times, and became one of the strongest brands on NEAR. LINK
NEARSTARTER : ANNOUNCING $NSTART IDO [09-01-2022]
Great things happen to those who wait, and that time has finally come: the day NEARStarter will launch the $NSTART token on its own platform! The IDO will be held from Monday, January 9 to Thursday, January 12, 2023. LINK
STADER LABS : NEAR IN A YEAR LINK
METEOR WALLET x CELL PROTOCOL PARTNERSHIP LINK
SENDER WALLET x CELL PROTOCOL PARTNERSHIP LINK
STADER LABS : LIQUID STAKING VS PLAIN STAKING
In this video Anoothi Kumar speaks with Alberto from DeFi Talks and explains how liquid staking is different from plain staking, as they talk in depth about NearX. LINK
Community and Guilds
NEARWEEK : AUDIO & PODCAST LIBRARY
A selection of project and community audio recordings that cover the NEAR, Aurora, and Octopus Network ecosystem and their respective developments. LINK
NEARWEEK : COMMUNITY CALENDAR [NEW]
NEARWEEK launches its custom community calendar to be used by the entire NEAR ecosystem! Please populate the calendar with project launch dates, NFT drops, and Twitter Spaces. This way users in the space are aware of everything that's scheduled to happen. LINK
NEARWEEK : MERCH STORE
Our NEAR ecosystem merch store is live - stack up your NEAR drip!! If you're a project and want your design featured in the store, please e-mail: shop@nearweek.com. LINK
NEARWEEK : NEWSBOT
The NEARWEEK Twitter newsbot offers the easiest way to ensure that any breaking NEAR Protocol-related news on your timeline is picked up by NEARWEEK.To send us a submission, simply comment or tweet:
< !submit @nearweekbot > — it's that simple!
Events
Developers
NEAR DEVELOPER REPORT : 2022 YEAR-END
An investigation by Forgash into developer activity on NEAR related GitHub repositories, per the ecosystem compiled by Electric Capital. Methodology and data extraction explained in the linked GitHub Repository. LINK
NEAR PROTOCOL x IBC PROTOCOL
The Octopus Technical Team has implemented a new project to develop the IBC protocol on NEAR Protocol. In short, this new feature will be able to connect NEAR and Octopus Network into a unified internet of blockchains, and enable Octopus to offer services to Cosmos SDK based app chains! LINK
NEAR IS NOW COMPATIBLE W/ METAMASK
NEAR becomes the first non-EVM chain to offer MetaMask compatibility through a smart contract called NETH, developed by Proximity. LINK
MARMA J FOUNDATION : OS CODE OFFICIALLY LIVE ON GITHUB LINK
Gaming
AMBER METAVERSE: MINTBASE NFTS IN GAMING
Everything in the Amber Metaverse is powered by NFTs: avatars, cars, clothes, and spaces. You can mint, trade, and transfer these NFTs to other players or create your own assets on a marketplace powered by Mintbase technology. In the following video, Andres Kobal tells us about the future plans for AMBER and outlines some of its most exciting features. LINK
HERE WALLET x BURRITO BATTLE : STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP LINK
Join The Ecosystem
NEAR WIKI
The open-source, collaborative wiki connects you to information about everything relating to the protocol, usage, infrastructure, opportunities, and guilds. LINK
FREECODECAMP : NEAR CURRICULUM
The curriculum will contain at least ten interactive practice projects that will guide you through learning the NEAR protocol and its tools. You'll learn how to build and deploy your own smart contracts, dApps, work with NEAR command line tools, and much more! LINK
LEARN NEAR CLUB: HOW TO USE & BUILD ON NEAR
An all inclusive hands-on onboarding platform to NEAR Protocol, connecting NEAR ecosystem projects to pro-active community members via (L)Earn method. Supported by NEAR Foundation. LINK
HOW TO BRIDGE ASSETS TO AND FROM NEAR (GUIDE)
Bridges help form the concept of interoperability between blockchains in Web3. In other words, bridges enable the exchange of information from one blockchain to another, even when coded in different languages. The following guide outlines some of the cross-chain bridging solutions that are available to those wanting to move assets to and from NEAR. LINK
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