The Merge, Robinhood and Matic, Cardanos's Vasil hard fork and Cypher wallet comes to EVMOS

13 Sep 2022 — 4 min read

The Final Countdown to the Ethereum Merge Has Officially Begun
Snippet: Ethereum’s Bellatrix upgrade, the network's final hard fork before the Merge, went live successfully. The upgrade prepares the Proof of Stake Beacon Chain, also called Consensus layer, for a Merge with the mainnet Execution layer, which is expected to happen sometime between Sep. 13 and 16.
Tweet: https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1567117291929702402?s=20&t=oV0T5fx-KVlH_xGe6Mhavg
Article: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/09/06/the-final-countdown-to-the-ethereum-merge-has-officially-begun/

Crypto Custody Technology Firm Fireblocks Adds Support for Solana Blockchain’s DeFi, NFT, Gaming Apps
Snippet: Cryptocurrency custody technology provider Fireblocks has begun offering support for the Solana blockchain’s ecosystem of DeFi developers, NFT applications and other Web3 activities.
Tweet: https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1564568884878901248?s=20&t=AA6FB-HSqp7xF70C_1szsA
Article: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/08/30/crypto-custody-firm-fireblocks-adds-support-for-solana-blockchains-defi-nft-gaming-apps/
Coinbase Cloud launches Solana Archival Nodes to empower the Solana developer community
Snippet: Coinbase Cloud is expanding their dedicated Solana infrastructure offering to include Solana Archival Nodes, which can query information about every slot since genesis. These queries can be used to derive historical address balances, as well as build custom indexers and analytics products.
Tweet: https://twitter.com/ViktorBunin/status/1566901748345749505?s=20&t=AA6FB-HSqp7xF70C_1szsA
Article: https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-cloud-launches-solana-archival-nodes-to-empower-the-solana-developer-community-a42df0527213

Robinhood Launches Deposits and Withdrawals for MATIC on the Polygon Network
Snippet: Robinhood, the popular stock and crypto investing platform in the US, launched support for deposits and withdrawals of MATIC on Polygon, allowing users to benefit from faster transaction speeds and lower fees.
Tweet: https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1565117794810793984?s=20&t=0p16LfWWKodBRinJF1RsNQ
Article: https://blog.polygon.technology/robinhood-launches-deposits-and-withdrawals-for-matic-on-the-polygon-network
Juno partners with Polygon to enable on-ramps from checking account, Venmo, and Cash App
Snippet: Juno App and Juno Pay now support instant on-ramps to USDC on Polygon. With this partnership, users will witness one of the best experiences accessing web3 on Polygon.
Tweet: https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1568317302759690241?s=20&t=0iCFaz92ooA6-64QBbypmQ
Article: https://juno.finance/blog/Juno-partners-with-Polygon-to-enable-on-ramps
New Canvas to Launch Lustration NFT and Social Token on Polygon
Snippet: The XR media company, New Canvas,has chosen Polygon as its platform to launch an upcoming NFT and Social token drop for its Lustration project, an award-winning animated VR series that takes place in the fictional afterworld, The Between.
Tweet: https://twitter.com/polygonstudios/status/1565281515667218432?s=20&t=EjP4b_fBh05_qSYs0HEXIw
Article: https://blog.polygon.technology/new-canvas-to-launch-lustration-nft-and-social-token-on-polygon

Cardano’s Vasil hard fork upgrade confirmed for Sept. 22
Snippet: Cardano’s Vasil hard fork has been confirmed to happen on Sep. 22. The upgrade will bring improvements to Cardano’s smart contract platform, Plutus, allowing developers to create more powerful and efficient dApps on the blockchain.
Tweet: https://twitter.com/CardanoFeed/status/1566715885116694529?s=20&t=fr4U_5NflRhFq0a744vwXQ
Article: https://cardanofeed.com/cardano-s-vasil-hard-fork-upgrade-confirmed-for-sept-22-115531.html
Cardano Coming to World’s Biggest DApp Store
Snippet: Lithuania-based service DappRadar has announced support for Cardano, a popular proof-of-stake blockchain.
Tweet: https://twitter.com/CardanoFeed/status/1567075823227633665?s=20&t=p_KGmWKrJpuAfUG6sFYnjw
Article: https://twitter.com/CardanoFeed/status/1567075823227633665?s=20&t=p_KGmWKrJpuAfUG6sFYnjw https://cardanofeed.com/cardano-coming-to-world-s-biggest-dapp-store-115943.html

KuCoin Partners with Bit.Country to Launch KuCoin Metaverse
Snippet: Bit.Country & Metaverse.Network, a parachain on Kusama, announced it is partnering with KuCoin to launch a metaverse.
Tweet: https://twitter.com/polkadotnews/status/1564272584031698947?s=20&t=lD_MfKZrZ4kcVRS9AzaUFA
Article: https://medium.com/bit-country/kucoin-partners-with-bit-country-to-launch-kucoin-metaverse-8fcaabccf16d
Aventus Network wins Polkadot’s latest parachain slot
Snippet: Aventus Network wins Polkadot’s latest parachain slot
Tweet: https://twitter.com/polkadotnews/status/1567113713655635969?s=20&t=lD_MfKZrZ4kcVRS9AzaUFA

Interchain Developer Academy
Snippet: Applications are open to join the latest cohort of the Interchain Developer Academy, a self-paced, 7-week training program covering the core aspects of the Cosmos ecosystem. The program is expected to start in December 2022.
Tweet: https://twitter.com/cosmos/status/1565338774162182146?s=20&t=EqAMg3xM0i6nqwLLxd5MpA

CypherD Wallet Has Come to EVMOS!
Snippet: The CypherD crypto wallet has arrived to the Evmos ecosystem, having already launched support for several other popular EVM destinations. CypherD Wallet has launched with 3 major features for EVMOS users: EVMOS Native Staking, 1-Click Support for Swapping IBC Assets and In-App Bridge to move assets between EVM Chains and EVMOS.
Tweet: https://twitter.com/EvmosOrg/status/1567219417062469632?s=20&t=7KjAOSCArQ9jvKyR_C1z9A
Article: https://medium.com/evmos/cypherd-wallet-has-come-to-evmos-3ee0e0fe6903

Leading Cybersecurity Company Sayfer Integrates Tezos
Snippet: Tezos Israel has announced that Sayfer will begin to provide Tezos smart contract auditing services to expand the ecosystem partners available to provide Tezos technical services.
Tweet: https://twitter.com/TezosIsrael/status/1567126331858493441?s=20&t=9p40P5XEM1WtX-c9-eSgtA
Article: https://binbits.com/leading-cybersecurity-company-sayfer-integrates-tezos/