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NEAR Blockchain Gets Major Upgrade to Add 'Stateless Validation'

The upgrade, known as "Nightshade 2.0," has been on the NEAR roadmap for years, with the first version introduced in 2022.

NEAR Co-Founder Illia Polosukhin (CoinDesk/The Protocol podcast)

Tech

NEAR Pushes 'Signatures' on Mainnet, in Growing Trend of Chain Abstraction

The feature was introduced in testnet in March, and allows users with a NEAR account to sign transactions on blockchains it supports, without the need for cross-chain bridges.

NEAR Co-Founder Illia Polosukhin (CoinDesk/The Protocol podcast)

Markets

AI Tokens Outperform CoinDesk 20 Index Tuesday Despite Clouds Forming Over Industry

New research from Goldman Sachs and Sequoia challenges assumptions that Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models can change the world.

(Possessed Photography/Unsplash)

Finance

NEAR Foundation Forms Nuffle Labs With $13M in Funding

The spinout is aimed at advancing NEAR's modularity and bringing more decentralized development to the ecosystem.

16:9 Altan Tutar, Nuffle Labs CEO (Nuffle Labs)

Finance

NEAR Launches Multichain Transaction From One Account Feature

Chain signatures allow users to transact on any network from one account.

Illia Polosukhin, Co-Founder, NEAR Protocol (Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Near Protocol's Token Almost Doubles in a Week, Ahead of Nvidia's AI Conference

Near Protocol will be only few crypto-related firm that will be presenting at Nvidia's conference next week.

NEAR rises ahead of Nvidia conference (Gerard Siderius/Unsplash)

Tech

Near Foundation Joins Celestia in Race to Provide 'Data Availability' for Ethereum Rollups

The project's new "NEAR DA" aims to provide an alternate venue that could handle data produced by Ethereum's fast-growing network or auxiliary blockchains or "layer-2 networks."

Illia Polosukhin, Co-Founder, NEAR Protocol (Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Near Foundation and Polygon Labs Collaborate to Build ZK Solution

The aim of the tie-up is to allow for greater interoperability across chains.

Polygon APIs will soon be available on The Graph. (Aquaryus15/Unsplash)

Markets

Near Token Rallies Amid Nym Partnership, Ahead of Nearcon Conference

The Near Foundation announced a partnership with Nym Technologies, a privacy-focused infrastructure startup.

NEAR token surges. (CoinDesk)

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