TL;DR
- EIP-1559 timeline was announced (tentatively scheduled for July 14th), the Eth2.0 Beacon Chain had its first mainnet incident (with a bug related to Prysm) and the Eth1 <> Eth2 merge got a target date of October 2021
- The DFINITY Mercury Genesis launch event took place on May 7th
- The Cosmos Gravity DEX testnet competition has ended
- As one of the first 3 chains selected by the Wormhole guardians, Terra to leverage Pyth Network’s low-latency, high-speed price data across Wormhole’s elegant cross-chain attestation engine for trustlessly bridging information between Solana, Terra, and Ethereum
- Avalanche integrates with Ledger for users to securely store AVAX
- Tezos protocol upgrade Florence is now live on mainnet
- Optimistic Ethereum on L2 is now integrated into Synthetix Staking
- Elrond staking 3.5 proposal is out. Accelerating growth and decentralization by enabling network fluidity
- The Injective team announced the commencement of the first phase of the Injective mainnet launch
- 20 billion queries on The Graph’s hosted service in April represents an explosive rise in dapps and Web3 adoption
- SKALE Chains are live
- Celo’s Donut Hardfork
- BandChain GuanYu Testnet #4
- SNACs: Secret Network Action Campaigns announced
- The Cardano Foundation welcomes COTI as a payment gateway for Cardano
- ADA Pay on Cardano’s Shelley Mainnet launched
- COTI Staking 3.0 update
- Aurora launches on NEAR Protocol
- The NU staking UI is live
- Kava Swap introduced
- Solana ecosystem news
- The first DOT liquid staking App rDOT is live on mainnet now
- SushiSwap is live on Polygon
- Oasis Network Roadmap is here: Product milestones and adoption initiatives planned for Q2 & Q3
- IRIS Foundation new Ecosystem Development Program announced
- The Bluzelle team announced a strategic partnership with Shield Finance
- The Guardians of Persistence Ambassador Program introduced
- Orbs Staking is now available on the Coinbase Wallet & the Trust Wallet mobile app
- Akash Network sponsors Solana Season Hackathon
- ICON Development Roadmap update
- IOST partners with Moonstake
- Agave staking is now live on xDai
- And more!
Proof-of-Stake Networks’ Updates
Ethereum 2.0
- Ethereum 2.0 is up and running smoothly with more than 125,000 active validators:
- Lots of core protocol developments for Ethereum last week — EIP-1559 timeline was announced (tentatively scheduled for July 14th), the eth2 Beacon Chain had its first mainnet incident (with a bug related to Prysm) and the eth1 <> eth2 merge got a target date of October 2021
- What’s New in Eth2–8 May 2021: Updates on the Beacon Chain, staking, Rayonism, Altair, the merge and more from Ben in this week’s what’s new in eth2.
- Ethereum Cat Herders Update #43: Rayonism update, Eth2 mainnet incident retrospective, latest on London & Altair upgrade; Steklo, Aleut & Baikal testnet. ACD, Eth2, Merge, EIPIP meeting update. JSON RPC documentation update, PEEPanEIP on refund removal proposal, upcoming community event and more.
- EF Fellowship Program announced: The Ethereum Foundation Fellowship Program is a pilot project that has been launched by Next Billion, a team at EF that focuses on seeking opportunities in emerging economies.
- Spreadsheet for checking eth2 validator performance
- SOTS #45: Ethereum Client Diversity & How To Solve For It
- The first eth1<>eth2 post-merge testnet
- EIP-1559 and the end of PoW
- Eth2 Mainnet Incident Retrospective
- Eth2 Update 014
- Institutional report on ETH
- What is the Difference Between ETH and Ethereum?
- The Road to $150,000 Ethereum with Nikhil Shamapant — Villa Straylight
- The Crypto Renaissance | Josh Rosenthal — Bankless
- Legitimacy | Vitalik Buterin — Bankless
- EIP-1559 — Tackling the Gas Fee Problem on Ethereum — Epicenter
- Latest ‘Week in Ethereum’:
Check out our recently-published ‘Defi in Ether’ — biweekly update on Ethereum DeFi ecosystem vol.29 full of news from the ecosystem: >$81B TVL in DeFi, MetaMask crosses 5 million MAUs, Uniswap v3 is now live on Ethereum mainnet, 1inch launches Wallet App, Balancer and Gnosis join forces to launch new DeFi protocol, Polygon announces DeFi fund, The Q1 2021 DeFi Report from ConsenSys, and more!
Polkadot
- May 19th-20th: Polkadot Decoded is returning:
Avalanche
- Avalanche Integrates with Ledger for Users to Securely Store AVAX
- Weekly Update (5/7/2021): Ava Labs Engineering
- Avalanche (AVAX) Perpetual Futures Listed on dYdX
- Avalanche (AVAX) Listed on BtcTurk | PRO: AVAX is now available on one of Turkey’s most popular crypto exchanges
- Introducing the New Avalanche Website
- Apricot Phase Two: Berlin EIPs & Enhanced Avalanche Native Token (ANT) Support
- Last week in AVAX:
Algorand
- How Algorand Democratizes the Access to the NFT Market with Fractional NFTs: Discover how Algorand provides anyone in the world with an Internet connection access to the NFT market with fractional NFTs.
- NFTs in Action: Large Scale Tokenization of Rights on Algorand: Learn about how SIAE (Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori) has tokenized 4 million copyrights on the Algorand blockchain.
- Realio and Valentus Digital Close Round Two of Liquid Mining Fund, Offer Investors a Path to Tokenize First $15mm Tranche Under the Name ‘LMX’: Realio announces the closing of its second fund in collaboration with Valentus Digital for the Liquid Mining Fund (Liquid Mining Fund), coupled with a conversion right for digital securities in LMX Token Issuer (LMX). Liquid Mining Fund is focused on investing in early-stage, next-generation bitcoin mining businesses, which will provide investors who are seeking opportunistic access to bitcoin (BTC) with an alternative, structured investment vehicle.
- The Role of Transaction Finality and Speed in the NFT Minting Process: Learn about the importance of transaction finality and speed in the process of minting non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
- The Effects of a Blockchain-based CBDC System on Inclusion, Innovation, and Economic Performance: In this blog post, Andrea Civelli elaborates on one of the principles of designing a successful Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC): the promotion of inclusion and innovation.
DFINITY
- The Mercury Genesis Launch Event took place on May 7th. Genesis marks the public launch of the Internet Computer, when the network spins out as part of the public internet, enabling developers, organizations, and entrepreneurs to build and deploy secure and interoperable software programs on the open network.
- Understanding the Internet Computer’s Network Nervous System, Neurons, and ICP Utility Tokens: An in-depth technical breakdown of the Network Nervous System, the decentralized brain that controls the Internet Computer network.
- Getting Started on the Internet Computer’s Network Nervous System App & Wallet: The NNS Application lets you engage in Internet Computer governance, create computation cycles, and send and receive ICP utility tokens.
- How to Access ‘Seed’ and ‘Airdrop’ ICP Tokens and Participate in the Internet Computer Network: Instructions for seed contributors and airdrop registrants to begin utilizing tokens to develop apps and participate in network governance.
Tezos
- Enter Florence — Why is it Significant?
- Tezos Community Update — May
- DMA United launches TRUESY NFT Platform
- Latest Tezos weekly:
Synthetix
- Optimistic Ethereum on L2 is now integrated into Staking
- The Alnair release: On May 10th several new updates were added to the Synthetix protocol.
- The Regor release: Two new equity Synths went live — sMSFT Synth and sCOIN Synth.
- sCOIN & sMSFT pool incentives are now live on Balancer: Balancer pool incentives for sCOIN and sMSFT are now live.
- The Synthetix Ambassadors governance portal is now live: The new Synthetix Ambassadors governance portal is now live, brought to you by the Synthetix grantsDAO.
- sLINK has overtaken sBTC to become the second-largest volatile Synth in the Synthtetix debt pool. The largest volatile Synth remains sETH.
- Synthetix Weekly — May 5th 2021:
Cardano
- The Cardano Foundation Welcomes COTI as a Payment Gateway for Cardano: The Cardano Foundation is delighted to welcome COTI as a payment gateway provider for the Cardano ecosystem.
- Cardano Decentralization Continues: Insights Into Our P2P Deployment
- Runtime Verification & IELE — From Interoperability To Universality
Cosmos Network
- The Gravity DEX Testnet competition has just ended: The testnet competition was a huge milestone for the Cosmos Hub, moving the DEX closer to mainnet! More than 21,775 traders competed for a massive $200K and that brought valuable feedback.
- Deep Dive: How Will IBC Create Value for the Cosmos Hub?
- Bringing DeFi to Cosmos: 11 Reasons to Get Excited About Gravity DEX, Gravity Bridge, and More
- The review process for the applications received under the Tendermint’s delegation program has been completed: 18.55 Million $ATOM were delegated to 65 Cosmos Hub validators who have added tremendous value to the growth of Cosmos.
Check out our latest biweekly update on Cosmos ecosystem vol. 47 covering the following topics: Gravity DEX testnet competition is on, 18.55M ATOM were delegated to 65 Cosmos Hub validators, How IBC creates value for the Cosmos, IBC is now live on Akash, Sentinel initiates bandwidth sharing on the IBC testnet, Secret Binance Smart Chain Bridge is live on testnet, Injective partners with UMA, Bytom collaborates with Polygon, and more!
Celo
- Dissecting the Donut Hardfork: If you are a node operator on Celo, please follow the instructions to upgrade to Donut Hardfork in this forum post to v1.3.2 prior to the activation date of May 19th, 2021. Release notes for v1.3.2 found here.
- Celo Camp Batch 3 Participants and Midpoint Recap: Get an inside look into Celo Camp, who are the 22 participants and what’s next at Celo Camp. Pre-register for batch 4 at celocamp.com.
- Winners from the #MakeitMobile Hackathon
- The Celo Foundation and Flow BTC Announce Recipients of cUSD Donation Campaign in Brazil
IRIS Network
-The Application Ecosystem Support Plan
-Eco-Development Funds Community Management Plan
-The Validator Reward Program
-Technology & Community Grant Programs
Terra
- Terra Project Spotlight — Spar Protocol
- LUNA/INR trading is live
- As one of the first 3 chains selected by the Wormhole guardians, Terra to leverage Pyth Network’s low-latency, high-speed price data across Wormhole’s elegant cross-chain attestation engine for trustlessly bridging information between Solana, Terra, and Ethereum.
Secret Network
- Announcing SNACs: Secret Network Action Campaigns: Up to 200,000 SCRT (~600,000 USD) is now available to fund SNACs: Secret Network Action Campaigns, focused on driving growth of Secret Network and its products. Learn how to apply.
- Secret Network Ecosystem Update: April 2021
- Secret Binance Smart Chain Bridge is Live on Testnet: The Secret BSC Bridge has launched on testnet
- Arrington Capital, Blocktower Capital, Spartan Group, Skynet Trading Acquire $11.5M Position in SCRT
- SCRT is Now Available on Binance Smart Chain: SCRT is now available on Binance Smart Chain, allowing users to utilize SCRT as a BEP20 within the BSC DeFi ecosystem
Band Protocol
- Band Protocol April 2021 Community Update: This month they cover the Google Cloud integration, upcoming BandChain Phase 2 (Laozi) upgrade, IBC support, Standard Dataset enhancements and seven partnership developments.
- Band Standard Dataset — Four Months in Review: Check out the recap on growth, statistics and future plans.
- Alpha Finance Integrates Decentralized Price Oracles From Band Protocol Through Alpha Oracle Aggregator
- Yieldwatch Integrates Band Protocol Oracles to Power Smart DeFi Dashboard on Binance Smart Chain
Bluzelle
- Bluzelle x Shield Finance: The team announce da strategic partnership with Shield Finance to accelerate DeFi adoption and create a one-stop shop experience for DeFi users.
- Bluzelle Monthly Review — April
- Bluzelle Roadmap Update — 2021 : A Road to the Future Decentralized Internet:
-BSC Support — Developers on BSC will be able to used Bluzelle DB on Mainnet
-NFT Support — It ensures that when Bluzelle-certified NFT’s are purchased/transferred, their content is always available.
Kava Labs
- Introducing Kava Swap — the Cross-chain Liquidity Hub for DeFi Apps and Financial Services
- Hard Protocol Interest Rate Update
- Introducing the Kava SAFU Fund — Security of Assets Fund for Users
Injective
- Injective’s Road to Mainnet: Phase One: The team announced the commencement of the first phase of the Injective mainnet launch.
Polygon (previously Matic)
- Continuing DeFi Summer: SushiSwap is live on Polygon with 30M USD in Liquidity Rewards
- Project Spotlight: Decentraland — The first Fully Decentralised Metaverse
- Project Spotlight: Polymarket — The Biggest Decentralized Prediction Market in Blockchain
- Counter-Propaganda Memetic Patches | Hybrid Digital-Physical Fashion NFT Drip Launch: DIGITALAX has teamed up with Polygon to launch the first real hybrid digital and physical fashion line, with memetic proof of uniqueness.
Latest Week in Polygon:
Persistence
- Introducing the Guardians of Persistence Ambassador Program: Join the Movement
- Community Newsletter #7 — April 2021
- pStake is Primed and Almost Ready for Launch in June:
Akash Network
- Akash MAINNET 2 Update: April 29, 2021
- Akash Network Sponsors Solana Season Hackathon to Accelerate Web 3 & DeFi
Oasis Network
- Oasis April Engineering Update
- How to use wallets to manage your ROSE tokens
- How to Stake the Oasis Rose Token
- New Upgrades Let You Build More Powerful DApps
- New Upgrades Let You Build More Powerful DApps: The Cobalt Upgrade launched on the Oasis Network April 28th
SKALE Network
- SKALE Chains are Live: The Denali Upgrade brought forth network capabilities required to deploy the latest and greatest SKALE Chain technology.
- May 2021: SKALE Community Update: There are a lot of moving parts with SKALE chain upgrades, dApps going live, business development, and community growth.
- Pooled Validation Model With Random Node Selection and Frequent Node Rotation: Learn about the SKALE Network’s use of a Proof of Stake consensus model and node virtualization in order to provide dapp-specific high throughput chains of varying sizes.
- The Power of Ethereum: A Blockchain Created by a Blockchain: The first SKALE Chain following the SKALE Network Denali upgrade is now live in production. This chain represents the first instance of the knowledge of a blockchain being created by another blockchain.
- 20 takeaways from the Proof Of Stake Validator Panel: Get the TLDW for what was a great proof of stake validator panel.
Solana Network
StaFi
- StaFi Protocol Monthly-April Community Updates
- The First DOT Liquid Staking App rDOT is Live on Mainnet Now
- rATOM is live on mainnet now:
Near Protocol
- Aurora launches on NEAR Protocol
- Creators and Communities hackathon, May 15 — June 6:
xDai
Elrond
https://twitter.com/LucianMincu/status/1392427695183695876?s=20
- It’s Time To Build: Add Elrond Authentication & Transaction Signing To Any dApp Via The Elrond dApp Core Components
- Accelerating Data Availability With Bware Labs Decentralized API Infrastructure
- Last week in EGLD:
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IOST
- IOST Partners with Top Staking Network- Moonstake
- IOST Partners with LinkFlow Finance to Expand DeFi Ecosystem
- IOST Bi-Weekly Report | CCID Ranking, Blockchain Education, Listing & Partnerships
- First Music NFTs Auction Starts on IOST NFT Marketplace TokenLink
- IOST Fan Contest | Win IOST Mugs with Your Fanmade Pictures
NuCypher
COTI
- ADA Pay on Cardano’s Shelley Mainnet launched:
- Staking 3.0 Update: Processing Volume has peaked to $23.1M and April Staking Rewards Distributed
- COTI Cross-Chain Bridge Reopens on Tuesday, May 18th
- COTI Debit Card Update: The Cards Are Now Being Sent Out to Print!
- Weekly Updates From the COTI Team
- GOVI to be Listed on KuCoin
- Crypto Volatility Index — Top Trades
Zilliqa
Orbs
- Orbs Update April 2021
- Orbs is Live on Google Cloud
- Orbs Staking is now available on the Coinbase Wallet mobile app & on the Trust Wallet mobile app
- Orbs is now live on PancakeSwap
- Bibox Exchange Lists Orbs Token (ORBS)
- BHEX (BlueHelix) Exchange Lists Orbs Token (ORBS)
- When Decentralized Finance Meets the Traditional System
Mina Protocol (formerly Coda Protocol)
- With over 40,500 buyers last month, the Mina Protocol token event saw huge demand
- Mina’s website is now offered in 4 new languages
The Graph
- The Graph Surpasses 20 Billion Queries in April as Web3 Usage Reaches New Highs: 20 billion queries on The Graph’s hosted service in April represents an explosive rise in dapps and Web3 adoption.
- The First 10 Subgraphs Migrating to the Decentralized Network: Audius, DODO, Enzyme, Gnosis, Livepeer, mStable, Opyn, PoolTogether, Reflexer, and UMA are the first 10 subgraphs from The Graph’s hosted service published on The Graph Network mainnet.
- The Graph is hosting a series of migration workshops with different Web3 themes. Save the dates to join.
- The Graph’s Town Hall #3 May 4th, 2021.
Filecoin
- Filecoin Network v12: On April 29th, 2021, the Filecoin network upgraded to version 12. The upgrade introduced version 4 of the specs-actors implementation, the set of built-in actors that specify the rules of the Filecoin protocol. The new version of specs-actors was designed to be significantly more performant, thus speeding up block validation times.
- Introducing NFT.Storage: Free Decentralized Storage for NFTs: NFT.Storage lets users store their NFT content and metadata seamlessly and securely with IPFS and Filecoin.
- If you haven’t yet, check out the 11 teams who graduated from the Filecoin Frontier Accelerator with Longhash. Themes include NFTs, education, media, and more. Watch
- The next Filecoin Virtual Community Meetup will take place on Tuesday, May 18th at 1PM PT/9PM UTC.
- Filecoin Plus Day replay:
- Video NFTs with Filecoin & VideoCoin — Live Demo: Last month, the team announced that VideoCoin is integrating its decentralized video processing network with Filecoin to build the first platform specifically designed for creating and trading Video NFTs. In this live demo, you will learn exactly how the integration works, including how to create and store a Video NFT along with its Proof of Ownership, a preview of the NFT platform and UI, and how to retrieve the Proof of Ownership and prove that it works.
Check out our brand new report on the IPFS ecosystem. Vol.8 covers: IPFS Desktop v0.15.0 released, IPFS & Filecoin Chainlink Hackathon and Gitcoin Grants Round 9 winners announced, The Graph celebrates 20B monthly queries on the hosted service in April, Opera integrates Unstoppable Domains, AKASHA reloaded, Civic milestones and updates, Advancing Ceramic’s decentralized identity network with EPNS, and more!
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- Uniswap v3: A brief overview by stakefish.
- Guides by Stakin: Overview of Sentinel DVPN and Staking Guide; ICON Network’s Blockchain Transmission Protocol Explained; How To Stake REGEN Regen Network Using Keplr Wallet
- Guides by Everstake: How to stake SKALE (SKL) using the Activate platform via MetaMask; Polygon (Matic Network) Overview: Scaling the Ethereum Blockchain; How to stake Tezos (XTZ) using Temple Wallet; FIO Protocol. A Comprehensive Guide on Voting; Persistence — a New Paradigm of Blockchain-Driven Open Finance; How to Delegate Persistence (XPRT) in Cosmostation Crypto Wallet; How to Delegate XPRT in Persistence Wallet; How to Stake SOL (Solana Protocol) in Exodus Mobile Wallet
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