Polkadot Ecosystem Weekly Digest. September 26th- October 2nd/2022

Polkadot / Kusama

• Congratulations to OAK Network on winning Polkadot’s 28th parachain auction. OAK (On-chain Autonomous Kernel) is building a cross-chain automation layer-1 blockchain to unlock a diverse range of DeFi user experiences.
• Following the USDT by Tether, USDC will go live on Polkadot by the end of this year. Read our “Stablecoins in Polkadot Ecosystem” article to know more!
• Apply for the second intake of the PolkadotDevCamp to learn how to build blockchains using Substrate, dive into Polkadot and parachain development, and hear from Polkadot experts.

Acala / Karura

• Community referendums for Stage 1 and Stage 2 of resuming Acala operations have passed and been executed. LPs who choose to unstake LP tokens or withdraw liquidity on Acala now have the option to do so. Vault owners can manage debt positions to ensure they are safe before liquidations are enabled at Stage 3.

OAK / Turing

• The OAK Network team attended the Messari Mainnet Conference and spoke at the Polkadot Mixer hosted by Parity.
• OAK has published a summary of the crowdloan details after securing the Polkadot parachain slot.

Pendulum / Amplitude

• Exploring what is in stock for Pendulum & Amplitude is now even more intuitive.
• Pendulum has opened an Ambassador bounty section.

Energy Web

• Technology experts from Energy Web took a deep dive into one of the latest technology solutions coming to the ecosystem, Decentralized Logic Execution (DLE).

Phala / Khala

• Phala’s SubBridge has opened HRMP channels with Moonbeam and Parallel Finance. You can now transfer GLMR and PARA to Phala and vice versa.
• The number of Khala Council seats has been increased, with all 8 seats available for application.

Crust / Shadow

• Crust Network will deploy its nodes through OnFinality, a blockchain infrastructure platform that saves Web3 builders time and makes their lives easier. Learn more.
• Crust has been included in the Ethereum official docs as a decentralized storage solution.
• Crust Shadow will renew the Kusama parachain at slot #56–59. Check the details and venues where you can vote for it.

Astar / Shiden

• Astar became the first Polkadot parachain to launch XCM transfers of USDT. Read more.

Moonbeam / Moonriver

• First Moonriver, Now Moonbeam: the launch of the Moonbeam Orbiters Program, a collator rotation program designed as a new onramp into the collator ecosystem, following a successful rollout period on Moonriver.
• Moonbeam has joined the Chainlink SCALE program to fuel dApp innovation on the network.
• USDT is now live on Moonbeam: tokens can be transferred to & used on the network through the Moonbeam DApp via Statemint.

Composable Finance / Picasso

• Composable Finance has published an article detailing the strengths of both Cosmos and Polkadot, along with Composable’s unique perspective as a builder seeking to reconcile 2 of DeFi’s most innovative ecosystems.
• Beyond being a custom-built L1, Picasso is also the first CosmWasm L1 built on Kusama. Find out more in this recent blog post.

Bit.Country / Pioneer

• Bit.Country has released an overview & introduction video for newbies so they can explore all of the project’s features in just 10 minutes.

Manta / Calamari

• Why did Manta create zkAssets, and what are they? All answers are in this post.
• Delegated Proof-of-Stake is coming to Calamari: use your KMA to vote for the runtime upgrade v3.4.0. After going live next week, any user will be able to stake their KMA to contribute to the resiliency of the network.

Parallel Finance / Heiko

• Parallel Wallet Bug Bounty is now live on Immunefi. Report critical bugs and earn up to $10.000 in PARA token.
• Parallel Finance has introduced a new feature: One-Click Yield for DOT. You can now leverage all the yield opportunities across Parallel and maximize DOT APY with one single click.
• USDT/PARA and USDT/HKO liquidity has been added to Parallel and Heiko AMM. Cross-chain is coming soon.

Equilibrium / Genshiro

• Equilibrium’s Closed Beta is live. If you have not confirmed your participation yet, keep an eye on your email for a reminder.
• Important announcement for the Closed Beta participants: the rewards will not be calculated on a pure balance transfer basis. Upon the final calculation of rewards, Equilibrium will exclude any balance transfers to ensure maximum fairness across all participants.

RMRK

• The Nested Royalties user interface has been released on Singular. Now users can set royalties for nested NFTs (NFTs that own other NFTs). All monthly RMRK updates are available here.

Enjin / Efinity

• Once implemented, Enjin Wallet v2 will have feature parity with Wallet 1.0, as well as support for extra coins and NFTs.

KILT

• The referendum on increasing the maximum number of collators to 35, allowing for smaller holders to be part of securing the KILT network, went through and was enacted.

SORA

• Most crypto cards focus on selling and spending crypto, while SORA strives to provide an expansive banking-style experience with DeFi through its card. Find out what makes SORA Card different from the rest.

Dock

• Dock is pleased to announce that it has added Circom Language to specify zero-knowledge predicates on credential attributes. This integration will provide valuable upgrades to Dock’s anonymous credentials.

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