General Updates

Neo announced it’s participating in Binance’s “#BinanceTurns8” campaign, a multi-phase event commemorating the exchange’s eighth anniversary. The celebration spans from July 1 through July 15, 2025, and includes interactive activities with more than US $2.8 million in total rewards. Users earn rewards by completing project-specific tasks, with allocations distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Participants can earn NEO rewards in the “Warm-Up Sprint” by subscribing at least 38 NEO in Binance’s Simple Earn Locked Products for five days. Each eligible user will earn 0.88 NEO, up to 10,227 winners.

SpoonOS launched Developer Call Season 1, a one-month initiative that invites developers to prototype AI-powered agents using the SpoonOS framework. The program runs from July 1 to July 31 at 11:59 p.m. (UTC). Developers are encouraged to review the SpoonOS Core, then explore provided samples and the Spoon Cookbook to understand supported use cases. The Spoon Toolkit offers guidance on integrating external APIs and expanding the tool library.

SpoonOS announced a strategic collaboration with DBOS, which aims at supporting developers in building durable AI agentic applications. The partnership seeks to enable coordination between on-chain smart contracts and reliable off-chain workflows, offering a comprehensive infrastructure for production-ready AI agents. The collaboration is focused on delivering a full-stack solution that supports autonomous agents operating across both on-chain and off-chain environments.

DataDash released an overview of the Neo ecosystem, including Neo N3, SpoonOS, Neo’s token economic model, DeFi platforms, the growth and development of Neo X, and more.

AxLabs released an op-ed sharing the history of neow3j, a Java SDK that was conceptualized in 2018. After quietly demoing a barebones version of neow3j at the Neo Zurich Hackathon in Nov. 2018, AxLabs founder Guil. Sperb Machado made the repo public that same day. Backed by a grant from NGD, neow3j evolved into a robust toolkit supporting backend, Android, and smart contract development. Now maintained by AxLabs, it supports major Neo projects like Flamingo and GrantShares, as well as custodial exchanges, with consistent monthly downloads and community feedback shaping its ongoing roadmap.

nDapp added support for Neo N3 to Neo X bridge on the app and dApp discovery web platform.

Flamingo Finance noted that Epoch 13 concluded, that the total payout was $5,531.39, and 89,915 FLM were burned.

Frank Coin hosted a GasBot trivia contest on the FrankCoin channel of the NeoF1 Discord server and distributed 3 GAS in rewards to participants.

Developer Updates

COZ released Neon Desktop v3.8.0 and Mobile v1.9.0, introducing significant new features for governance and account protection. The implementation of voting capabilities allows users to directly interact with the Neo governance process without leaving the wallet. The update also brings Governance Notifications to keep users informed about voting statuses.

NNT Catch Up

NNT released Episode 93 of The Smart Economy Podcast featuring Sam MacPherson, CEO and co-founder of Phoenix Labs, the R&D company behind the multi-chain DeFi platform Spark. Topics of discussion included how Spark Liquidity Layer helps solve cross-chain fragmentation by automatically deploying capital across multiple L2s, why the transition from DAI to USDS represents a strategic move to capture mainstream adoption, the mechanics behind Spark’s APY generation through diversified yield sources, how institutional adoption is driving DeFi innovation through products like Coinbase’s Bitcoin Borrow, how Spark evaluates and onboards new L2 networks based on user metrics and market demand, and much more.

Events

Aug. 5 – 7: Neo will be a Titanium sponsor, and COZ a Gold sponsor, at Blockchain.RIO in Brazil.

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