Polkadot Ecosystem Weekly Digest. July 25th — July 31st/2022
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4 min readJul 31, 2022
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Polkadot / Kusama
- Missed the latest Polkadot Community Call? No problem. Find the recording and get a snapshot of the highlights here.
- Congratulations to Integritee Network on winning the 23rd Polkadot Parachain Auction!
Acala / Karura
- Acala’s Interprotocol aUSD Distribution Scheme (IADS) has been launched, increasing stablecoin liquidity & efficiency for Polkadot and Kusama. Read more.
- A new ACA staking program is set to go live very soon. Users with unclaimed rewards from the previous staking program must claim them before the new program starts on August 4th to avoid having them subject to the new 3 month loyalty period.
- Basilisk has integrated aUSD as the stablecoin of choice for its app-specific DeFi chain built with Substrate.
- Cross-chain channels between Parallel’s Heiko parachain and Karura are live on Kusama. More to come soon on deeper integrations.
OAK / Turing
- OAK Network highlighted the demonstration DApp sites from their DApp contest winners: 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place.
- Members of the OAK team served as judges for the Polkadot Hackathon.
- OAK launched the Dotsama Community Giveaway on Gleam. It is your chance to win 2000 TUR.
Astar / Shiden
- AstarBase for developers: learn how to create a smart contract that mints reward tokens for your dApp staking supporters.
- Ledger now supports Astar and Shiden networks. Once you install the EVM app you can send and receive assets using your hardware wallet. Details.
- You can now transfer aUSD, ACA, and LDOT from Acala to Astar.
Interlay / Kintsugi
- Incoming Kintsugi upgrades: there are actions needed for proposals 54 + 55. Check out this thread to learn more.
Enjin / Efinity
- Efinity has been highlighted by BeInCrypto as one of the greenest blockchains.
- Enjin has a new referral program on Binance. Spread the word, invite your friends, and earn up to $500 in referral rewards.
KILT
- KILT successfully swapped parachain slots on Kusama, and is now running on its second lease period. The swap was executed via XCM.
- The runtime upgrade to KILT Spiritnet v1.7.0 (authorized by the latest referendum) was enacted. This includes internal optimisation, and a breaking change in how KILT attestations are stored on the chain.
Moonbeam / Moonriver
- Moonbeam’s decentralization/health dashboard by DappLooker aggregates data (such as collator & delegator stats, network activity, and tx totals) and uses it to provide deeper network insights. Take a look.
- To celebrate their recent integration to Moonbeam, Project Galaxy is kicking off the Ultimate Harvest Moon Campaign: win NFTs by using dApps on Moonbeam. Read the announcement.
- Moonbeam is integrated on TokenPocket. Users can now enjoy the experience of Moonbeam wallet creation, token transfer, DApp use, and more.
Zenlink
- Zenlink is live on Astar. More information about the launch is available here.
- It is now possible to transfer ZLK between Moonbeam and Astar networks, as well as bridge assets from other blockchains to Astar via Celer cBridge.
- Zenlink is pleased to announce their partnership with AstridDAO, the leading over-collateralized stablecoin protocol on Astar Network.
Composable Finance / Picasso
- Composable Finance issued a brief overview of their notable milestone successes and accomplishments during the first half of the year.
- 0xbrainjar from Composable Finance outlined the latest roadmap of XCVM developments and its vision for building interoperable applications. Learn more.
- With most of the overall development of Picasso and Pablo now complete, Composable Finance approaches the final delivery stages as the team focuses on QA and audits. Details.
Bit.Country / Pioneer
- Bit.Country’s Testnet Release 0.0.1.7 is live, new features have been added. Find out more in this thread.
Parallel Finance / Heiko
- For those who missed the opportunity to participate in Parallel’s Heiko crowdloan: you can swap HKO on the AMM.
- With the Kusama cross-chain connection 3 months ago and after much testing, the token and stablecoin of Karura are available on Heiko and vice versa the token of Parallel is available on Karura.
- Cross-chain with Moonriver & Heiko has also been opened, meaning HKO is available on Moonriver, and Moonriver’s MOVR is on Heiko.
Equilibrium / Genshiro
- Equilibrium is adding more assets. Get more details on what they plan to offer and how you can utilize those assets inside and out of their ecosystem.
- Check out this sneak peek of the trading pairs that the Genshiro team has been adding and testing.
- The GENS/ EQD trading pair was opened on Genshiro. Users can now trade their GENS for the Equilibrium’s native stablecoin EQD.
