NFTs go mainstream and Kusama’s 6th parachain auction
PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.
PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.
Ethereum
- Visa announces they purchased a CryptoPunk NFT, giving a boost to the growing space. They believe NFTs are part of what they call “historic commerce artifacts”.
- https://twitter.com/VisaNews/status/1429745230023208969?s=20
- https://thedailygwei.substack.com/p/historic-artifacts-the-daily-gwei?justPublished=true
- Budweiser also jumps into the NFT space by purchasing the domain name beer.eth and the digital image of a rocket ship, as part of the plans from its parent company, Anheuser-Busch InBev, to run a new NFT media shop.
- https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1430384644608901120?s=20
- https://ccnews24.net/budweiser-bought-the-cryptocurrency-domain-beer-eth/
Polkadot
- The sixth Kusama parachain slot auction is scheduled to begin on September 1st. The first batch of 5 parachain slot auctions on Kusama were completed successfully over the course of June and July.
- https://twitter.com/polkadotnews/status/1428687903283159045?s=20
- https://polkadot.network/kusama-parachain-auctions-second-batch/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Cosmos
- InterBTC is building a bridge to enable any IBC compatible chain to access Bitcoin. This will help Cosmos improve inter-chain collaboration and grow the DeFi sector.
- https://twitter.com/cosmos/status/1429834634863550467?s=20
- https://blog.cosmos.network/bitcoin-is-coming-to-cosmos-with-interbtc-16b1fc854728
Tezos
- Swiss-based InCore bank announced a collaboration with Crypto Finance AG and Swiss IT consulting firm Inacta to introduce new digital financial products based on Tezos.
- https://twitter.com/CryptoFinanceAG/status/1430104698359590925?s=20
- https://cointelegraph.com/news/swiss-b2b-bank-incore-launches-new-tokenization-tool-using-tezos
Cardano
- Blockchain startup dcSpark’s sidechain project, named Milkomeda, will allow EVM-compatible smart contracts to be executed from the Cardano mainnet.
- https://twitter.com/crypto_newsroom/status/1430876152546177024?s=20
- https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2021/08/cardanos-first-ever-sidechain-project-brings-ethereum-smart-contracts-to-cardano/
Solana
- Developers on Solana can now leverage Chainlink’s highly decentralized, high-quality, and fast-updating price reference data when building smart contract applications in DeFi.
- https://twitter.com/chainlink/status/1430560982074593284?s=20
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/chainlink-price-feeds-now-live-on-the-solana-devnet-301362197.html
Polygon
- Following a successful testnet in late 2020, HOPR, a protocol that lets companies and users protect their transmitted data, is running a second incentivized testnet in Polygon to gather data of its privacy protocol.
- https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1430900270297280521?s=20
- https://polygontech.medium.com/hopr-running-incentivized-testnet-on-polygon-to-stress-test-advanced-privacy-features-179160fb2f45
The Graph
- The Graph supports Web3 innovation by contributing over $500K in grants to the Execution Layer (Eth1) Client Ecosystem Fundraise and to the OpenGrants initiative for Eth2 client teams.
- https://thegraph.com/blog/ethereum-grantshttps://twitter.com/graphprotocol/status/1430214573311860743?s=20
- https://thegraph.com/blog/ethereum-grants
Near Protocol
- Near Protocol enters the gaming space by partnering with the co-founder of Humanguild to create NEAR Land, a decentralized multiplayer 2D online world.
- https://twitter.com/NearGamesGuild/status/1430820976770625536?s=20
Kava
- Kava rolled out a proposal for a $100,000 trading competition in Kava Swap. Voting ends September 2nd, 2021. Link to vote: http://bit.ly/prop-61
- https://twitter.com/kava_labs/status/1430870142234284036?s=20
Casper
- Casper Network’s blockchain product is now available in AWS Marketplace.
- https://twitter.com/Casper_Network/status/1430143003411222531?s=20
- https://casperlabs.io/blog/casperlabs-joins-aws-marketplace
- Casper Association is partnering with Gitcoin to create a Friendly Hackathon and support developers seeking to build innovative dApps on Casper.
- https://twitter.com/Casper_Network/status/1428508513249210375?s=20
- https://gitcoin.co/hackathon/casper/onboard
xDai
- TornadoCash, a fully decentralized protocol for private transactions on Ethereum, is now live on xDai, giving users access to privacy through one of their 4 pools, ranging from 100 to 100K xDai.
- https://twitter.com/xdaichain/status/1430900261187317771?s=20
- Pocket Network, a marketplace that matches blockchain application developers with RPC infrastructure providers and node runners, now provides decentralized RPC access to the xDAI blockchain.
- https://twitter.com/POKTnetwork/status/1428718468606709775?s=20
- https://www.blog.pokt.network/pocket-network-officially-supports-the-xdai-chain/?utm_campaign=xDAI+-+August+2021
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