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Consensus 2023

Illia Polosukhin: Building Near's Blockchain, Embedding AI

The co-founder, a speaker at CoinDesk’s Consensus festival, said Near is taking on Ethereum and already boasts 25 million accounts and 446,000 daily transactions.

By Jeff Wilser

Mar 27, 2023 at 3:41 p.m. UTC

Mar 27, 2023

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A Near sign in Lisbon, Portugal (Zack Seward/CoinDesk)

Technology

Next Evolution of Blockchain Software Has Only Just Begun: Bank of America

Platforms like Near, Polkadot and Cardano are using new approaches to improve the trade-off between scalability, decentralization and security, a report from the bank said.

By Will Canny

Mar 23, 2023 at 11:02 a.m. UTC

Mar 23, 2023

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Near Protocol Starts ‘Blockchain Operating System’ to Focus on User Experience

The platform is intended to act as a common layer for browsing and discovering Web 3 products.

By Lyllah Ledesma

Mar 2, 2023 at 8:15 p.m. UTC

Mar 2, 2023

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Fundación NEAR se une al Grupo Nutresa para lanzar un programa de fidelización Web3 en América Latina

Es el primer programa de fidelización de código abierto que utiliza el protocolo Near y que busca llegar a un millón de consumidores en la región.

By Lyllah Ledesma

Dec 1, 2022 at 2:35 p.m. UTC

Dec 1, 2022

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Near Foundation Urges Winding Down USN Stablecoin, Funds a $40M Backstop

The foundation is setting aside the funds for a "protection programme," which it says is equal to the amount of a "collateral gap" associated with the undercollateralization of the USN project.

By Lyllah Ledesma

Oct 24, 2022 at 3:36 p.m. UTC

Oct 24, 2022

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Business

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Near Blockchain Moves Ahead With Phase One of Sharding Upgrade

As a part of Near’s four-step plan to shard the network over the next year, the protocol will introduce 200 new validators.

By Cam Thompson

Sep 12, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. UTC

Sep 12, 2022

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Policy

Governance

Near Protocol Forms Working Group to Promote DeFi Governance

The Near Digital Collective is a self-governance initiative aimed at further decentralizing the Near ecosystem’s decision-making by moving it to a blockchain.

By Sandali Handagama

Sep 12, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. UTC

Sep 12, 2022

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