# NEARWeek Edition #16 (26 July - 1 Aug 2021)

**URL:** <https://gov.near.org/t/nearweek-edition-16-26-july-1-aug-2021/4122>\
**Category:** Ecosystem\
**Tags:** weekly-updates\
**Created:** [August 3, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/nearweek-edition-16-26-july-1-aug-2021/4122 "2021-08-03T14:32:13Z")\
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**NEAR WEEK EDITION #16**

26 JULY - 1 AUG 2021

Join our TG community chat to contribute and earn $NEAR [here](http://t.me/nearweek).

**Big things around the ecosystem:**

- NEAR [joins ICON’s BTP Ecosystem.](https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol/status/1419916262830972935)
- The official [launch of the Open Forest Protocol!](https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol/status/1420332553060462602)
- Pulse acquired StakeGG in the [first of its kind DAO to DAO acquisition.](https://twitter.com/pulsemarkets/status/1420392728958062596)
- Getting close to [300k transactions/day!](https://twitter.com/BowenWang18/status/1420753723614134273)
- $NEAR is already listed on [more than 30 global centralized exchanges](https://twitter.com/Nearians_/status/1421395470258110466).

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**NEAR’s week by the numbers:**

- Total transactions: 17,171,421
- Total accounts: 441,709
- Weekly active accounts: 39,627
- Monthly active developers: 595

Check out the full metrics dashboard [here](https://ecosystem-metrics.onrender.com/) and last week’s metrics update [here](http://gov.near.org/t/key-ecosystem-metrics-and-analytics-weekly-update-july-26/3835/2).

**Current ecosystem:**

 ![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/gov_near/original/2X/1/16b44c8b735e56f3e323cc292a2889e7fdb3a3df.jpeg)

**DAOs:**

- [SputnikDAO metrics](https://stats.sputnik.fund/):
  - Total distributed all-time: 376,744 $NEAR
  - Total transactions: 8,668
  - Total DAOs: 157
  - TVL: 211,029 $NEAR

- [Community Squad DAO metrics](http://gov.near.org/t/community-squad-weekly-update-26-july-2021/3826):
  - Total distributed all-time: 112,866 $NEAR
  - Weekly number of approved proposals: 3

- New [DAO & dev focused NEAR grants proposal](https://twitter.com/Gustav_tech/status/1420709416815452161) - go give your opinion!
- Send a donation to: [vietnam\_covid19\_charity.sputnikdao.near](https://twitter.com/NEAR_daily/status/1420051364068036612)

**DeFi:**

- Ref. Finance sale took off!
  - Count of [DAI issued on NEAR rose significantly](https://twitter.com/Nearians_/status/1420076126953644033)
  - [Start staking now](https://twitter.com/NEAR_daily/status/1420950474258190336) and earn $NEAR.
  - How to [farm on Ref Finance](https://twitter.com/Near_Mates/status/1421189388248096769) and earn $NEAR.
  - TVL almost [doubled in just 1 day.](https://twitter.com/Near_Mates/status/1421410925924413440)

- Cheddar [moved to TestNet.](https://twitter.com/CheddarFi/status/1420820753663119361)
- Meta Pool is [going live on mainnet on Aug. 23.](https://twitter.com/meta_pool/status/1422035959143702529)
- The [Skyward Finance 20% August launched](https://twitter.com/skywardfinance/status/1421494605107847173).
  - How-to-purchase-guide available [here](https://twitter.com/Coin_Hunting/status/1421640841513160712).

- HEO Finance testnet is live on BSC. Join the public [HEO.finance tests of Help Each Other](https://twitter.com/FinanceHeo/status/1420662628582674435).

**Developers:**

- Interview with [Aurora’s Alex Shevchenko during EthCC in Paris.](https://twitter.com/anna_tutova/status/1420721429251862530)
- Learn NEAR in a Community-based initiative: [videos bound to make your NEAR journey so much easier!](https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol/status/1422195899875397634)
- Read up [on this thorough, industry-wide research on EVM’s](https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol/status/1418158181801463813) by [Mikko Ohtamaa](https://twitter.com/moo9000). It explains the current state of EVM’s, compares them, and elaborates on the case for Aurora on NEAR.
- Looking for a good introduction to start building on NEAR? Check out [NEAR Onboarding Bootcamp](https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol/status/1416758658201968649)!
- NEAR is one of the projects that has [the most development activities on Github weekly!](https://twitter.com/zangart90/status/1421681698983403523)
- NEP: [Multi Token Contract Standard](https://github.com/near/NEPs/issues/246)
- New version of [nearcore 1.20.0 released for mainnet](https://twitter.com/NEARChainStatus/status/1419720805886283785).
- Watch the latest Dev Platform Sync [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS-vcSzisAM) and check it out [here](https://github.com/near/community/discussions/76).

**Events:**

- NEAR Learn & Earn Series - [with BitMart starting July 29.](https://twitter.com/BitMartExchange/status/1420854662652121093)
- [FirstBlood](https://twitter.com/firstbloodio) and NEAR will host a [Call of Duty Warzone Tournament](https://twitter.com/firstbloodio/status/1421297105541476352) with a $60,000 prize pool starting Aug. 8.
- 4NTS Guild [NEAR India Ecosystem spotlight](https://twitter.com/4NTSGuild/status/1420694531360624645) Aug. 3.
- Join [NEAR’s climate neutral NFTs hackathon](https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol/status/1407758606540357635) as part of the [Next Top Blockchain Startup](https://topblockchainstartup.devpost.com/details/webinars) virtual hackathon. Deadline Aug. 8.
- [MetaBUIDL](https://metabuidl.splashthat.com/) Aug. 27.

**Guilds:**

- Interested in Launching a Guild on NEAR? [Take a Tip From Swine Guild](https://nearguilds.com/2021/07/23/interested-in-launching-a-guild-on-near-take-a-tip-from-swine-guild-near-ecosystem-veterans/)
- New episode of [NEAR Weekly News from DEGENS](https://twitter.com/NearSyndicate/status/1420623417456406529).
- Swine Guild: The [meme theme for July is “NFTs on NEAR”](https://twitter.com/SwineGuild/status/1417008864722030594)
- Merchants of NEAR: [July Price Prediction Contest](https://medium.com/nearprotocol/july-price-prediction-contest-c1376705984d).

**Infrastructure:**

- NEAR Core Engineering update available [here](https://twitter.com/mzavershynskyi/status/1422336658775580676).
- BitMart officially [integrates with NEAR Protocol.](https://bitmart-exchange.medium.com/bitmart-officially-integrates-with-the-near-protocol-ac1d18e522b3)
- A bigger NEAR [plan from Illia Polosukhin](https://twitter.com/ilblackdragon/status/1420147374924734465)
- Sketch of [new analytics dashboard by CEO Erik Trautman](https://twitter.com/NEAR_daily/status/1420668595537793025). Give feedback!
- If you didn’t watch it yet: [Illia Polosukhin on Open Web: Scaling Web 3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xoj0hIp2pU)
- A place in Ukraine where you can [buy food and drinks with $NEAR.](https://twitter.com/haenko21/status/1420093093899083781)

**NFTs:**

- Top 7 NFT sales July 22 - 29 [amounted to a total of $2,012 million.](https://twitter.com/NearNft/status/1421810861962792960?s=20)
- What NEAR was [doing at the 2021 Taobao Maker Festival](https://medium.com/nearprotocol/what-was-near-doing-at-the-2021-taobao-maker-festival-88902da7dd2).
- Paras and Mintbase [on the first page overall marketplaces of DappRadar](https://twitter.com/NearNft/status/1420429866189541376?s=20).
- Check out this video of the new [VR gallery feature on Mintbase.](https://twitter.com/spacedivers/status/1420382314085900298)
- A short recap vid about the [latest Wildeverse event](https://twitter.com/Wildeverse1/status/1420326447852531716).
- C1 Guild’s [first video NFTs came to life](https://twitter.com/dum_unu/status/1419683065945890816?s=21).

**Project Growth:**

- NEAR [Global Hackathons with up to $1M prizes](http://gov.near.org/t/open-call-challenge-partners-for-metabuidl-aug27-sep11/3903): NEAR is partnering with ecosystem partners. You bring an idea related to your product. NEAR brings the prize!
- Check out the first [update](http://gov.near.org/t/grants-program-weekly-update-7-28/3923) from NEAR Foundation’s Grants Program.
- Layer2 hackathon: [Challenge & Bounty Announcement](https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1420041149838991362)
  - Aurora challenges with a [prize pool of $4,500](https://twitter.com/Near_Mates/status/1420376857069817858)
  - Check out the [hackathon timeline](https://twitter.com/NEAR_daily/status/1420573607239974913)

- OWC batch I alum 1inch Exchange [is giving 10M tokens back to their DeFi community](https://twitter.com/openwebfounders/status/1421183813875421188)
- OWC is officially accepting applications for BATCH III now! [Batch III will start in September](https://twitter.com/openwebfounders/status/1419673869468659719)
- V2 of the [Open Web Collective (OWC)](https://www.openwebcollective.com/) is in the [works](https://mailchi.mp/8f4111993e1b/owc-july-2021-newsletter).

**Projects:**

- Meeting DeBio: a platform that allows to [anonymously control and monetise one’s genetic+biomedical data](https://twitter.com/4NTSGuild/status/1421058821720522757)
- You can now [tip in $DAI using theTip Bot.](https://twitter.com/zavodil_ru/status/1420754133104037892)
- Paras wants [your opinion and input](https://twitter.com/ParasHQ/status/1420761123226230784) for producing the web 3.0 native comic platform. 100 $NEAR prize.
- Watch the latest Aurora update [here](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5inYyvUO10iL65hBPFtpvg) or read it [here](https://aurora.dev/blog).

**Open jobs in the NEARverse:**

- Are you an entrepreneur interested in helping blockchain projects get built and funded?[SputnikDAO is hiring an Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR)!](https://twitter.com/openwebfounders/status/1417893215282233346)
- Project managing the [Treasury governance project.](https://twitter.com/ilblackdragon/status/1420696825024155649)
- [Marketing Project Manager](https://boards.greenhouse.io/near/jobs/5309129002) at NEAR Foundation.
- [Operations Associate - Grants Program](https://boards.greenhouse.io/near/jobs/5058663002) at NEAR Foundation.

**Join the ecosystem!**

- Check out the [NEAR Blockchain Concepts playlist on YouTube.](https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol/status/1419195463706755075)
- Find out about the NEAR forum and take your first step into the community [here](https://twitter.com/Near_Mates/status/1413172249624858634).
- [Play-to-earn](https://twitter.com/Nearians_/status/1414994187179630601?s=09) on NEAR Ecosystem
- Here’s a [step-by-step guide](https://www.altcoinbuzz.io/passive-income/staking/how-to-stake-near-near/) demonstrating how to stake $NEAR and earn rewards.
- Want to earn $$$? Check out these [options on NEAR](https://twitter.com/NEAR_daily/status/1408432484824588289?s=09).

**Other updates:**

- NEAR community metrics update [here](http://gov.near.org/tag/weekly-updates).
- NEAR’s community team update [here](http://gov.near.org/t/community-squad-weekly-update-26-july-2021/3826/2).
- [4NTS Guild July recap](https://twitter.com/4NTSGuild/status/1421487096401960967)
- [NEARIAN’s weekly recap](https://twitter.com/Nearians_/status/1422398529444585474)
- [NEAR Daily’s weekly recap](https://twitter.com/NEAR_daily/status/1422067769017716738)
- [NEAR Mates’ weekly recap](https://twitter.com/Near_Mates/status/1422038572186566662)