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How a Collection of 1M Music NFTs Could Mint the Next Platinum Record

Deadmau5 and Portugal. The Man are debuting NFTs of their new single at Miami’s Art Basel festival.

The artists rolled into Miami with a wrapped bus touting their new NFT project. (Eli Tan/CoinDesk)

Finance

Ardana and Near Join Forces to Build a Crosschain Bridge

The new bridge will connect two blockchains poised to make a run at the TVL leaderboard.

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Tech

Blockchain Data Indexer The Graph Launches on NEAR Blockchain

The service expands beyond blockchains that are compatible with the Ethereum network.

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Tech

Near Protocol Offers $800M in Grants in Bid for DeFi Mindshare

Amid a spree of mammoth layer 1 incentive programs, Near has raised the bar in sheer size.

Near co-founder Illia Polosukhin speaks at NEARCON 2021. (NEAR)

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NEAR Protocol Offers $800M in Grants in Bid for DeFi Mindshare

NEAR, the high-speed and self-styled “climate neutral” chain, has launched a mammoth $800 million grants fund with major tranches earmarked for specific purposes, with DeFi being a major focus of the program. "The Hash" squad discusses the latest development in what may be the first step towards a full DeFi ecosystem.

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NEAR’s Aurora Raises $12M to Expand Ethereum Layer 2 Network

The platform allows EVM contracts to run on the NEAR blockchain, and may have a burgeoning DeFi ecosystem on the horizon.

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Finance

Alibaba’s E-Commerce Website Taobao to Include NFT Arts in Its Maker Festival

NEAR Protocol is working with Web3Games and Chinese artist Heshan Huang to sell NFT-based “real estate.”

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Finance

NFTs of Hip-Hop Icons Hit NEAR Blockchain to Mark Juneteenth

Ed Young’s NFT.HipHop will put hip-hop's most iconic faces on the blockchain.

Auctions for Hip Hop Heads such as these go live on Saturday, June 19.

Finance

Flux Protocol Raises $10.3M Seed Round to Build DeFi Infrastructure on NEAR

Distributed Global, Coinbase Ventures and others are betting the data protocol can help lending applications attract users to NEAR.

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Tech

Blockchain Data Indexer 'The Graph' to Support Polkadot, Solana, NEAR and Celo

The project’s custom API “subgraphs” provide data to some of Ethereum’s top DeFi apps.

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