📣 Exploring the top 5 Social DAO projects building on NEARProtocol！

NEAR is helping developers build the next the next generation of social apps, empowered by DAOs.

We take a look at Astro Dao，Reality Chain, YouMinter, Capsule Social and more!

Read more🔽
https://medium.com/nearprotocol/top-5-social-dao-projects-building-on-near-4f952a15365

End of Year Town Hall 💭

Hi NEAR Community! We hope you'll join us at the upcoming NEAR End of Year Town Hall. This time around, we will discuss the recent updates and integration, Aurora news and Ecosystem etc.

🗓 Date: Dec 16, 2021 (Thursday)
🕰 Time: 3pm CET / 9am EST / 6am PST

RSVP here🔽
https://endofyeartownhall.splashthat.com/

📣NEAR Protocol has awarded Inite a grant to help develop its #NFT-based gaming platform!

nite is a platform where users discover, share and monetize ideas.

🤝 The $50,000 grant will help Inite build its NFT marketplace on #NEAR!

Read more 🔽
https://medium.com/nearprotocol/inite-awarded-grant-to-build-nft-gaming-platform-on-near-49ed862bd067

🔥The biggest NEAR Town Hall everl

🔳 Special announcement
🔳 Sharding Launch
🔳 #METABUILD Hackathon
🔳 Moonpay & Flux Protocol Launch
🔳 Aurora partners with Consensys & The Graph
🔳 Deadmau5 x Mintbase

Date: Dec 16, 2021 (Thursday)
Time: 3pm CET / 9am EST / 6am PST

RSVP here🔽
https://endofyeartownhall.splashthat.com/

🏆NEAR Protocol is winner of the 2021 Crypto Awards, under the Best Blockchain Technology!

The NEAR ecosystem has seen tremendous growth this year and we are proud to be the people's choice! Handshake

Check it out 🔽
https://cryptoawards.com/nomination/blockchain-technology/

🎉 The biggest NEAR Town Hall is happening right now!

Tune in for exciting updates and announcements 🔽
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INQ0pZZwOKQ

📽Watch the #NEAR End of Year Town Hall 2021!

Did you miss our biggest town hall yet? We've got you covered!!

👀Special announcements, sharding launch, #METABuild Hackathon, Aurora news and much more!

Watch 🔽
https://youtu.be/x3P_1Rh3VmE

We're excited to announce our partnership with 4EVERLAND

4EVERLAND will provide Dweb hosting services to the #NEAR ecosystem, enabling developers to deploy a decentralized front-end quickly and easily.

Check it out 🔽
https://4everland.medium.com/4everland-partners-with-near-on-open-web-hosting-service-6d6460f3acb4

🎉 Terra Partners with NEAR and Aurora, Bringing UST Stablecoin to Boost DeFi Growth

NEAR is pleased to announce that Terra, a leading blockchain protocol deploying a suite of algorithmic decentralized stablecoins, is integrating its UST stablecoin on the NEAR and Aurora ecosystems. This integration is made possible through a partnership with leading DeFi protocols NearPad and Rose.

Read more 🔽
https://medium.com/nearprotocol/terra-nearpad-and-roses-cross-chain-partnership-brings-ust-stablecoin-to-near-and-aurora-5839b6fdff86

🎉 Simple Nightshade is now live and brings to NEAR:

- Higher transaction capacity
- Faster transaction speeds
- Lower overall costs
- Improved environmental sustainability

Learn more 🔽
https://medium.com/nearprotocol/how-nears-simple-nightshade-will-re-imagine-defi-2b8f567b96f2

NEAR HACK Ukraine has ended successfully with over 20 teams participating.

Thanks to everyone for your support and we are just getting started 🚀 See you in the next one.

Read the recap 🔽
https://nearspace.info/community/near-hack-ukraine/

📣 Celebrating #NEAR's 2021! 🎉

🔳 Protocol upgrades (Sharding)
🔳 Community developments
🔳 New projects launching on NEAR
🔳 Ecosystem funding & growth
🔳 DAOs

Thank you to all our incredible community members that make all of this possible!

Read 🔽
https://near.org/blog/near-2021-a-year-in-review/

📣 Calling all developers! The
NEAR Protocol MetaBUILD Hackathon is live!

Build on #NEAR, the most developer-friendly Layer-1 blockchain. Simple. Scalable. Secure.

Join 1000+ other participants and get a chance to win from the $1M Prize Pool!🏆

Join 🔽
https://metabuild.devpost.com/

🎉📣 NEAR Raises $150M To Help Accelerate Mass Adoption of Web3

NEAR Protocol has successfully raised $150 million in its latest funding round, accelerating its mission to help billions of people learn and use blockchain and decentralized technologies.

Read more: https://medium.com/nearprotocol/near-raises-150m-f93eb106dbb1

📣 BIG NEWS

NEAR protocol Introduces Stake Farming!

With the update that launches on Aurora, NEAR becomes the first PoS Blockchain that allows validators to distribute more than one token to delegators that help secure the network.

Learn more 🔽
https://near.org/blog/near-launches-stake-farming-to-unlock-ecosystem-rewards/

Do you have questions about the recent introduction of gas fees on Aurora?
Join the AMA with Alex Shevchenko today at 5 PM UTC!
https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1490676067283046403

Happy #WedNEARsday, NEARians! 👋

FIVE NEARians will get a chance to win 2 $NEAR each by submitting your best memes, images, or articles about the NEAR Ecosystem to our Discord, Telegram, and Reddit channels!

Submission of entries: February 9, 2022 at 11AM UTC to 7PM UTC only

💡There will be five winners per platform, a total of 15 winners who will receive 2 $NEAR each. The best 5 entries in @cryptonear would be counted by the number of reaction.

Good luck!