The Holidays and New Year are extremely #NEAR – but there’s still plenty of happenings as we close out 2022 with a bang!
From the latest Transparency Report to from a major NEAR gaming project featured on CoinDesk, here’s everything you need to know heading into 2023!
Last Week’s Highlights
Comms, Comms, Comms - NF reached exciting milestones and participated in important discussions with the community about funding and governance as we enter the year ahead.
- Monday - Over 1,000 people attended the recent Funding & Decision Making AMA for the latest funding allocation update.
- Tuesday - NEAR kicked off its presence at Taipei Blockchain Week , speaking on Mark Mi’s panel about Web3 Gaming.
- Friday - We issued our latest weekly Onchain report re-enforcing NEAR’s commitment to transparency.
NEAR Twitter reaches 1 million followers and counting. One of the biggest highlights of last week and a huge testament to the strength of the community we’re developing.
NEAR Blockchain Surpasses 250m Transactions. This is a huge milestone for the entire ecosystem and a huge testament to the dedication, creativity, and conviction of the entire community.
NF Strengthens Governance with New Talent. Last week we welcomed Mary Beth Buchanan as Strategic Advisor to the Foundation. Sheila Warren (of recent NEARCON fame) and Jason Warner will also join the NEAR Foundation Council.
NEAR Strategic Update and Outlook for 2023 - The goal from here is evolving NEAR to be more than just a layer-one blockchain: it will become a global blockchain operating system. It’s still early days, but building is underway and the vision is clear.
Refer-an-earn Guidelines Update: Q3 2022 - NEAR Foundation wants to build on the community’s successes through a new incentive structure that aligns with the Grants Program (more information can be found at the Grants Program Handbook here bit.ly/Grants-Program-Handbook).
Ecosystem Updates
Jon Hook of PlayEmber featured - The CMO of one of the biggest gaming projects on NEAR was recently featured on Episode 1 of a new CoinDesk series.
NEAR to Impossible series launch . Jon and Play Ember kick off a new series about exciting NEAR ecosystem projects on CoinDesk. You won’t want to miss a single episode!
MetaPool Staking Growth - Meta Staking Vote launched with a redistribution of 1.12M NEAR to validators.
NEAR-ing 10k Projects - NEAR’s ecosystem continues rapid growth and is just about to break 1,000 projects!
Top Engagement Growth - According to Coin Market Cap, NEAR’s community engagement grew more than any other project or ecosystem last week.
Opolis - Illia and DevRel engineer Dennis Huisman joined the Opolis Partner Spotlight AMA, along with Jordan Gray from AstroDAO.