NEAR FOUNDATION : NEAR WALLET’S EVOLUTION IN 2023
In keeping with the Foundation’s goal to empower the community and continue to decentralise the ecosystem over time, the focus since NEARCON has been to expand the wallet offerings to NEAR users and to decentralise the NEAR Wallet. LINK

NEAR FOUNDATION & PAGODA GOALS AND TARGET METRICS FOR 2023
During 2023, NEAR will transform from a Layer-1 blockchain into the Blockchain Operating System, connecting applications, tooling, social, earning, and developer components across the Open Web—with development at NEAR Discovery leading the way. LINK

AURORA LABS ANNOUNCES NEW PARTNER PROGRAM
Aurora Labs is launching a new Partner Program to support builders with mentorship, marketing, business development and more. This new program replaces Aurora Labs’ Fast Grants program to move towards a more sustainable and effective support model. LINK

OCTOPUS NETWORK : IN-DEPTH MONTHLY REPORT (DECEMBER 2022) LINK

NEAR PROTOCOL : THE UNEXPECTED DARK HORSE FOR THE NEXT CYCLE
Probably one of the most underrated, and also important architecture comparisons that will determine the future of crypto. NEAR Protocol is an unexpected dark horse for the next cycle. LINK

LATEST PROJECTS LISTED ON AWESOMENEAR LINK

METEOR WALLET x ORDERLY NETWORK
Meteor Wallet is now available on WOO Network's WOOFi DEX. LINK

INTRODUCING FLUX FINANCE : DEFI MEETS REAL WORLD ASSETS
Flux Finance is a decentralised lending protocol and fork of Compound V2 that supports both permissionless cryptoassets alongside permissioned tokens. LINK

TRISOLARIS LABS x DIA
The Trisolaris exchange scraper is now live, enabling DIA to fetch trade data from the leading DEX on Aurora Network to build price oracles. LINK

XDEFI WALLET INTEGRATES NEAR & AURORA
All 160,000+ XDEFI Wallet users globally now have access to all crypto assets on NEAR and Aurora. The NEARverse is expanding, you love to see it. LINK

LEAPBOARD : ALL-STAR DEFI INTEGRATION
Jumbo Exchange, Stader, Linear, and Meta Pool are now all featured on the next-gen NEAR Portfolio tracker—Leapboard. LINK

SPIN FINANCE CELEBRATES 20 MILLION TRADING VOLUME
2023 starts with a new milestone reached by the Spin community. Since the launch of their mainnet on NEAR Protocol, Spin's total trading volume has now officially exceeded $20 million. LINK

— REFI (POWERED BY OFP) —

GREENING THE FUTURE : FILM PREMIERE
Join the OFP team this Friday as they premiere an upcoming short film about an inspiring forest project based in Kajiado, Kenya. LINK

GAIA GRID : ONE ACRE, ONE PERSON, ONE COMMUNITY, AND A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
At present, Gaia Grid has planted over 800 fruit trees in Kerala and has ambitions to expand to other locations while cultivating a community of giving, service, and interconnectivity. LINK

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!

[2023-01-13] AURORA WEEKLY UPDATE IS HERE
Read it here: LINK; or, give it a watch here: LINK

[2023-01-10] AURORA x INCOGNITO :TWITTER AMA
Last week Aurora Labs had an insightful discussion on the new privacy solution—Incognito—and how to best take advantage of it. Re-listen to the spaces here; or, read the full breakdown here.

[2023-01-12] NEAR FOUNDATION : ALL THINGS NDC LINK

OCTOPUS NETWORK x ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION LINK

POPULA REVOLUTION : TESTET LAUNCH
Popula’s mission is to give communities a space they can consider their home, where their members can communicate, engage, and bond on a deeper level while maintaining control of their data, content, and social graphs. LINK

NEAR x ETHDENVER : UPDATE & OVERVIEW LINK

BANYAN COLLECTIVE : BUILDING SUPER APPS
Alex Chiocchi, now Head of Product at Pagoda, speaks on the NEAR Super App for NEAR SF Builder Day by Banyan Collective. LINK

BANYAN COLLECTIVE x HERE WALLET : NEAR WORKSHOPS ON PYTHON
Featuring Petr from HERE Wallet, the main focus of NEAR Workshops is to produce workshops that are developer focused and help users get onboarded to the ecosystem. LINK

BOWEN WANG : OPEN CALL FOR VALIDATOR WORKING GROUP
The validator community is a critically important part of the NEAR ecosystem. Validators operate the blockchain and without them, every project would grind to a halt. If you are a validator on NEAR and are interested in organizing or joining the validator working group, please comment on Bowen's post to express interest. LINK

NEARBLOCKS API UPDATE
NearBlocks is excited to announce the launch of its API plans and new user dashboard! The Near Blocks Near Developer REST APIs are provided as a community service and without warrant. Only Source attribution is required. LINK

NEARVERSE LABS RECEIVES GRANT TO BEGIN DEVELOPMENT ON UNISON V1.0 APPLICATION
Unison v1.0 will offer powerful features for managing and automating project collabs, saving time for project owners and administrators. Its goal is to launch the app by mid-February. LINK

NDC : WALLET STANDARDS (WORKING GROUP CALL II)
Join the NDC on Tuesday, January 17 to discuss NEP-413. The proposal adds a new `signMessage` method to the wallet standards. This will make it possible to sign a message and verify wallet ownership for a specific receiver using their NEAR account. LINK

HUMAN GUILD : 2023 FOCUS
A couple of areas of focus for Human Guild this year are to become self-sustainable, continue working with existing projects to maximize launches success, and give out little new grants with particular narrow scope. LINK

MAGIC POWERED WEB3 x HUMAN GUILD
Tune into the fourth episode of the Magic Powered WEB 3 podcast series as they interview their latest guest, Sasha Hudzilin—co-creator, HumanGuild.io. LINK

MINTBASE ENABLES FULLY ON-CHAIN SVG NFTS LINK

NEARNAUTS RELEASES 2023 ROADMAP LINK

YOUMINTER : NEW IOS FEATURES LINK

SWEAT ECONOMY : TESLA GIVEAWAY LINK

LAZYFI TESTNET : LEARN AND EARN WITH LAZYFI
MotoDEX is a competitive simulator where users take part in motorcycle races, develop their racers and improve high-speed tracks. LINK

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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