NPK TALK SERIES (EPISODE 9)

Hi there,

Welcome to another episode of the NPK Talk Series. A lot has happened this week, starting with the new partnership between Connect3 and NEAR Protocol. This is awesome, as it tends to bring the next generation of the social network to NEAR users. Going into detail, NEAR Foundation awarded a grant of $50,000 to Connect3 to help its development of the Web3 social profile in the NEAR ecosystem. Still in the NEAR blockchain space, Nigeria guild is creating a developers community online hub for Nigerians, where individuals will learn and develop essential skills needed for building decentralized applications on NEAR Protocol.

Solana’s Parent company, Solana Labs has announced plans to launch an Android smartphone for the network. It was revealed that the Web3-focused devise would be ready early next year. The smartphone announcement was accompanied by another unveiling of the Solana Stack Android software.

Binance is kicking off an exclusive multi-year NFT partnership with football legend, Cristiano Rolanan This is an excellent opportunity for Binance users to own an iconic piece of sports history and join CR7’s Web3 community.

The blockchain company, Polygon (MATIC), has made a major first step toward becoming carbon negative with the retirement of $400,000 in carbon credits representing 104,794 tonnes of greenhouse gasses, or the entirety of the network’s CO2 debt since inception.

Taking a quick look at the daily cryptocurrency market performance, XRP surges 16% making it the highest percentage gainer among the top 10 coins, and Bitcoin still hitting the bottom. Experts predict that it will take a long for Bitcoin to get back to the top.

Thank you for reading, stay tuned for another episode coming your way next week.