Jan. 25: Powerloom, the composable knowledge community, introduced a partnership with Polygon Community, to launch a node mint, in line with the crew: “To democratize Web3 knowledge accessibility, Powerloom goals to ascertain 10,000 independently run nodes. This can be facilitated by a node mint scheduled to happen on Feb. 7. Contributors who mint a Soul-Certain Token (SBT) can be awarded the suitable to function a Powerloom Snapshotter Lite node.”
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Chainlink Features Will get Mainnet Beta Launch on Arbitrum One
Jan. 25: Chainlink and Arbitrum introduced the mainnet beta launch of Chainlink Features on Arbitrum One.
Colosseum Emerges From Solana as Impartial Hackathon Operator, Accelerator
Jan. 25 (PROTOCOL VILLAGE EXCLUSIVE): Colosseum has emerged from the Solana Basis as a brand new, unbiased group that can run future Solana Basis on-line hackathons, an accelerator program and enterprise fund to put money into Solana builders, in line with the crew: “Based by Matt Taylor, Clay Robins and Nate Levine, Colosseum can be a brand new area for the subsequent wave of Solana initiatives. Hackathon winners who’re accepted into Colosseum’s Accelerator Program will obtain $250,000 in pre-seed capital. The inaugural occasion begins on March 4,2024 and builders can join right here.”
DePINscan 1.0, Powered by IoTeX, Launches in Partnership With Helium, Akash, Theta
Jan. 25: Powered by IoTeX, the upgraded DePINscan 1.0 will launch in partnership with the highest DePIN initiatives within the house comparable to Helium, Akash, Theta and extra, “bringing knowledge and visualizations to the general public dashboard that permits anybody to view knowledge on these networks,” in line with the crew: “DePINscan illuminates the DePIN marketplace for the general public by providing a complete view of the sector, showcasing machine counts/earnings, upcoming initiatives, mining alternatives and market capitalization.”
Router Protocol Pronounces Mainnet Launch of Nitro, Redefining Cross-Chain Asset Transfers
Jan. 25: Router Protocol, a layer-1 chain constructed with Cosmos SDK and designed to be an interoperability layer, introduced the mainnet launch of its newest cross-chain resolution, Nitro. It is a “cross-chain intent-based bridge constructed on the Router Chain,” in line with a press launch, with “in depth help for EVM, non-EVM and zkEVM chains,” and an “extra safety module (ASM) with neighborhood watch and oracle safety.” Based on the crew, Nitro “guarantees a brand new period of lightning-fast, cost-efficient, and fortified cross-chain transactions.”
Flipside’s ‘Onchain Crypto Person Report’ Says Ethereum, Polygon Led Business in 2023 on Person Acquisition
Jan. 25: Flipside Crypto, a number one on-chain knowledge analytics and enterprise intelligence platform, printed its “Onchain Crypto Person Report,” which examines person acquisition, onchain exercise and tendencies throughout eight main blockchain networks, together with widespread EVM chains in addition to Solana and Bitcoin. Based on the report, Ethereum and Polygon led the business by every buying over 15M new customers in 2023.
Warner Music Decide MITH, Muus Collective as Winners of Accelerator Program With Polygon
Jan. 25: Warner Music Group, the worldwide music and leisure firm, is “gearing as much as announce the winners of its inaugural accelerator program, celebrating the startups which can be reshaping the music business with blockchain,” in line with the Polygon Labs crew: “The accelerator is the fruit of a brand new partnership between WMG and Polygon to empower the subsequent technology of builders and innovators on the intersection of web3 and music. Polygon Labs and WMG have chosen MITH and Muus Collective for the Accelerator, two initiatives serving to construct the way forward for the music x Web3 ecosystem on the Polygon community.”
House and Time Rolls Out Open-Supply GPU Acceleration Framework ‘Blitzar’
Jan. 25: House and Time is introducing an open-source GPU acceleration framework, Blitzar, for Proof of SQL, in line with the crew: “Created to boost zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs within the Web3 neighborhood, Blitzar resulted from House and Time’s collaboration with NVIDIA, addressing the necessity for open-source GPU acceleration frameworks. Proof of SQL, launched in alpha in August, permits sensible contracts to confirm knowledge inquiries throughout numerous sources.”
Aptos Basis Inks Partnerships With Information Suppliers Together with Dune, Nansen
Jan. 25: Aptos Basis is launching partnerships with knowledge suppliers Dune, Nansen, House x Time, Token Terminal, DappRadar, The Tie, Flipside Crypto and Elliptic, in line with the crew. The objective is to make sure they “get probably the most out of constructing on Aptos; are capable of provide a full vary of knowledge integration providers to everybody within the Aptos ecosystem and neighborhood; and mobilize the Transfer on Aptos programming language to combine swiftly and securely. These partnerships may also make all the things from knowledge standardization to dApp searchability easier on Aptos.”
VeChain, Enterprise-Grade Layer-1 Public Blockchain, Pronounces New Developer Program ‘Grant 2.0’
Jan. 25: VeChain, an enterprise-grade L1 public blockchain, introduced the launch of Grant 2.0, an improve to its present developer grant program, in line with the crew: “The brand new model of this system gives builders as much as a brand new most of $100K in funding, a major enhance from its earlier $30K restrict, along with new advertising and microgrants, plus larger mentorship and help for sustainability grant recipients. The up to date program can be designed to encourage the event of sustainability-focused decentralized ecosystems within the type of “X-to-earn” purposes.”
Digital Asset Platform Web3Intelligence Raises $4.5M Forward of New Token Rollout
Jan. 25: Web3Intelligence, the developer of Web3 funding app Dopamine, has raised $4.5 million forward of the launch of of its native token DOPE. The personal funding spherical included participation from DAO MAKER, Shima Capital, and Gate.io, amongst different traders, in line with an emailed announcement shared with CoinDesk on Thursday. DOPE will function a utility token for accessing Dopamine, which supplies a gamified expertise for funding within the decentralized finance (DeFi) world.
