Polkadot Ecosystem Weekly Digest. September 25 — October 1/2023

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Polkadot / Kusama

• Congratulations to Nodle for securing a new parachain slot on Polkadot. It became the winner of the Polkadot Auction #50. Learn more about the project that enables users to build the first decentralized network powered by smartphones.
• As a reminder: nomination pools allow users to pool their DOT together to nominate collectively. Joining a nomination pool improves the system’s scalability and helps keep the network secure. By the way, Polkadot nomination pools have hit a new milestone: more than 7.000.000 DOT staked in pools, which is a 724% increase since the beginning of the year.
• Harness the power of Polkadot’s BigQuery Public Dataset. Seamless, scalable on-chain data queries are now a reality thanks to Colorful Notion, Google Cloud, and Patity. Explore rich data from 80+ chains in the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems.
• Want to understand more about “asynchronous backing” and how it improves Polkadot’s performance and scalability? A new article is up on the topic.
• LimeChain, the winner of the Polkadot Pioneers Prize, has launched Fruzhin, a Polkadot host implementation in Java. It is a huge boost for the resilience, decentralization, and adoption of Polkadot.
• Referendum 275 (Bridge Hub Collator Compensation for June, July, and August) is live on Kusama.

Acala / Karura

• Acala joins Credora Platform to launch institution-grade transparent and compliant secured Lending Vehicles for BTC through Polkadot staking.
• A vote is up for ACA Staking and Acala Swap Liquidity Incentive Proposal, as well as for KAR Staking and Karura Swap Liquidity Incentive Proposal.
• Another vote is up for the Adjust Euphrates Reward Rate Proposal.
• Ledger Acala upgrade 3.2180.2 has been officially released.

HydraDX / Basilisk

• $5.4M and counting: liquidity flows into HydraDX , the first Polkadot parachain to leverage Moonbeam Rooted Liquidity.

Ontology

• Missed Ontology’s recent Twitter Spaces on the ‘Future of On-chain Identity’? Listen now to catch up on this crucial topic in the Web3 space.

Phala / Khala

• Prepare to meet Phala’s team at the next Polygon DevX Guild meetup. Details.

Energy Web

• Join Energy Web for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the Energy Web X application, and explore its multi-chain token management & integrated worker node network functionality.

Astar / Shiden / Startale Labs

• MoonFit dApp Staking is now officially live on Astar Network. To mark this first cross-chain milestone, MoonFit is thrilled to announce the launch of its Free Mint Campaign: Stake 7000 $ASTR to get 1 Free Mint MoonBeast NFT.
• Check out a snapshot overview of Astar and its core fundamentals by Swyftx.
• Registration is open to join the ZK launch. Astar Tech Stack is already compatible with leading developer tools, meaning you can build apps today with Solidity and Rust.
• Mizuho Bank, the third largest bank in Japan, partners with Startale Labs & Cosmize to boost awareness of the 500-year-old tradition of brewing Kuma Shochu. They will create a unique digital collection on Astar Network for any Shochu connoisseur who attends events to learn about this rich tradition.
• Astar zkEVM is now powered by Gelato, accelerating its development while providing seamless hosting, monitoring, and Web3 services.

Interlay / Kintsugi

• Interlay is excited to spearhead the efforts to bring Fiat on-ramp service and integration for 20 parachains in the Polkadot ecosystem. The proposal is now live on the Polkadot OpenGov.
• Bifrost’s vDOT is Now Available on Interlay. Thanks to the XCM flexibility, it can now be used as collateral in an Interlay Vault.

Centrifuge / Altair

• At the Real-World Asset Summit, Centrifuge and others brought together the worlds of traditional and decentralized finance. Looking back, it is possible to confidently say that this day marked significant progress in the future of tokenized real-world assets.

Moonbeam / Moonriver

• Something is cooking on Moonbeam: get up to date on all the big developments from around the eco, including new DeFi offerings and integrations, plus news on next month’s Lunar Gaming Festival.
• Upbit, the global digital asset exchange based in South Korea, has announced support for Moonbeam.
• Moonbeam Ignite is back. Dive into brand new liquidity programs from Beamswap, Moonwell, and Gamma, all thanks to community grants. Get involved and help shape the future of x-chain DeFi on Moonbeam.

Composable Finance / Picasso

• Composable Finance is bringing IBC to Ethereum: blockchain interoperability is imminent. Discover Composable’s extension that enables trust-minimized interoperability between Ethereum, Cosmos, and Polkadot.
• Composable has officially joined the Replicated Security Testnet on its path to adopting Cosmos ICS.
• With Centauri as the canonical route of DOT and KSM, several supercharged pools have been launched on Osmosis.

Bit.Country / Pioneer

• Continuing Bit.Country’s mission to enhance users’ Metaverse experience, the Pioneer App v0.0.2 has been recently released. Check out the detailed features, improvements, and bugs in this version's release notes.

Manta / Calamari

• Manta introduced Manta Fest, a five-week celebration of Manta Pacific that brings the community together for activities to earn NFTs and points towards recognizing you as a distinguished, early supporter.

Enjin / Efinity / NFT.io

• Enjin Matrixchain is now available in Nova Wallet. The Enjin team has migrated to the Enjin Matrixchain and converted all EFI tokens into ENJ.
• Discover how a warehouse manager from England leveraged the power of Enjin Beam and the support of the Enjin community to bring his NFT-creations to life.

Equilibrium / Genshiro

• To celebrate Equilibrium x Beamswap collaboration there is a giveaway in the form of an AirLyft Competition.

Dock

• Dock has launched a new feature called Teams Management. It allows organizations to add their team members to enhance collaboration by enabling the seamless integration of multiple people into the credential issuance process.

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