NPK TALK SERIES (EPISODE 14)
Hello,
Welcome to another episode of the NPK Talk Series, where you get the latest happenings in the NEAR ecosystem. Here are the major highlights for the week;
· KONECT has commenced building on NEAR. KONECT brings together the suite of payment services offered by Pipit Global to create a single unified, token-based payments platform built on NEAR blockchain, as it facilitates low-cost domestic and cross-border transactions across a network operating in 40 countries worldwide.
· Some highlights of the recent concluded #NEARCON2022 which has been a resounding success include; Tether launching the Tether token on NEAR Protocol and Uniswap proposing to deploy Uniswap V3 on Aurora.
· NEAR Wallet, MyNearWallet, Sender Wallet and ledger are the known supported wallets for vSelf. vSelf provides users with the ability to authenticate using a community-curated list of wallets native to the NEAR ecosystem.
· Artists incentivize Program from VN Artist DAO is live. The benefits include getting sponsored and supported to open your NFT store as an artist on mintbase.
· Fireblocks announced support fo DeFi on NEAR Protocol. Fireblocks users can securely access DeFi yields through lending, borrowing, and any Web3 apps built for NEAR that integrate Wallet Connect.
· BitGo is now in partnership with NEAR Protocol. BitGo enables its clients to navigate the complex landscape of digital assets with a connected, complaint, and secure suite of solutions.
· Looking for sponsors for your project on NEAR ecosystem, check out the list of these investors;
a. VC funding — Metaweb ventures
b. DeFi funding — Proximity
c. GAMEFI funding — Human
d. DAO funding — SPUTNIK DAO
e. Education funding — NEAR University
f. Ecosystem grant — NEAR Foundation, Aurora, Octopus Network
· On 19th of September, the unique number of addresses on NEAR Protocol officially reached 20M.
· Sweat Economy held the highest position with a user growth rate of over 400%, reaching 572K users last week.
· Nifty Row delivers a unique platform that will enable creators like animators and producers to issue and auction NFTs globally. It provides the following core services;
- Token minting
- Investor relations
- English auction
- Asset verification
- Guarnteed commissions
- DeFi services
· Decent Dotland has published their roadmap recently at https://decent.land/roadmap
· Free Code Camp received a grant from NEAR Foundation to develop interactive Web3 courses around NEAR and their ecosystem. Free Code Camp is a community of millions of people who are building new skills and getting new jobs together.
· Finance Ref is now integrated with Transak. Transak is a single integration for Web3 applications to accept flat-to-crypto deposits from a global user base.
· Nightshade Sharding phase 1 will be launched shortly. This is a vital key to NEAR Roadmap for dynamic resharding. Introducing chunk-only producers helps increase the total number of validators and improve the decentralization of NEAR as a whole.
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References
1. NEAR Insider Announcement (t.me/near_insider)
