This is Big Dipper's monthly review series. We will take a look at our partner projects' progress in the month and what we have contributed.
Akash
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- The Akash Network, a decentralized cloud platform project, has a total of 15,000 deployments on the network since the launch of the mainnet in March.
- Akash provides $10,000 for developers or teams who build the best applications that integrate Skynet Labs and Akash, winners.
- Proposal 10 "Increase the maximum number of validators to 80" passed; launch the Akash Developer Grant Program.
- AKT became one of the earliest tradable assets on Emeris.
Band Protocol
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- Band Protocol, a decentralized data oracle project, launched "Whitepaper Digest" series to conduct an in-depth study of this upcoming data market from the supply side in preparation for the Whitepaper official release; Chapter 2.
- Eden Network and Band have joined forces to provide frontrunning protection and solve miner extractable value exploitations.
- Band Protocol has reinforced a strategic partnership with the Fantom Foundation, and has deployed a validator node on the Opera mainnet, which has gathered 1.46 million FTMs in the FTM community.
- Work with Cronos to integrate the Band oracle for all applications on Cronos.
- The BandChain technical documentation has been updated to reflect the upcoming phase 2 (Laozi) white paper.
- Beta Finance supports BAND Verified Market! Users will be able to borrow and lend ERC20 BAND on Ethereum, while earning additional rewards from Beta Finance; Beta Finance has been officially launched on the Ethereum mainnet, and the Band oracle is integrated to guarantee a total locked value of more than 170 million US dollars.
- The Band oracle is live on the Secret Network mainnet.
- 0chain cooperates with Band Protocol to enable metadata mapping, token price feed, through a secure and customizable decentralized oracle.
- The native token BAND is listed on Kraken.
Celo
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- Celo, a decentralized digital payment platform, announced Celo's first cross-chain DEX on Kuneco; Registration for Celo Camp Batch 4 is closed
- Celo Wallet v1.3.4 brings a contact list function! Save any Celo addresses in your contacts and search for them later when you send a payment.
- Celo and QuickNode are cooperating to expand EVM options; 0x and Celo are cooperating to bring DeFi to 6 billion smartphone users worldwide.
- The vulnerability patched in Geth v1.10.8 exists in Celo's blockchain client, but the team will patch it in the upcoming E Hardfork.
- Celo's cEUR can now be purchased at Ramp!
Cosmos Hub
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- The Cosmos ecosystem, which aims to build a million block chain, Emeris beta is launched. You can now trade and pool tokens through the first user interface that allows access to the Gravity DEX protocol.
- Bitcoin is coming to Cosmos! inter BTC is building an IBC bridge to enable any IBC compatible chain to access trusted Bitcoin. This will help Cosmos develop the DeFi field and improve collaboration between blockchains.
- Proposal 30 "Increase the maximum number of validators" enters the voting stage.
- cosmos-sdk v0.43 has been released; Hermes v0.7 is compatible with the newly released cosmos-sdk v0.43.
- Juno Network announced that they will be released on October 1; Ethermint Network will be launched on the public testnet, followed by the incentive testnet; Umee will launch the beta testnet.
- Bitsong will upgrade to Big Bang in September and will join the IBC Gang at that time; Sifchain can now connect to other Cosmos blockchains through IBC.
- Cosmos x Blockchain NYC community gathering.
Desmos
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- Desmos, a decentralized social network platform project, the Desmos mainnet successfully launched on the 31st, including 52 genesis validators, 69 active validators in less than 12 hours, 4.5 million DSMs delegated, 8,000 blocks and 530 transactions have been created. The current inflation rate is 0%. For other questions, please refer to the Q&A written by the team.
- The Desmos Ledger app is now available, please make sure you have enabled the developer preview in Ledger Live! Read the guide.
- Desmos Profile is a decentralized identity that can be connected to any blockchain and existing centralized social applications. Now you can verify your Desmos Profile by connecting your Discord account. After successfully connecting, you will get a special role in Discord server!
Flow
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- Flow, a decentralized game applications blockchain platform project, created the State of Flow and delved into every corner of the Flow ecosystem.
- First Mint and Dapper Labs’ NBA Top Shot were rallying the NFT community for a first-of-its-kind online festival.
- CryptoDappy is a personal project created by Benjamin Ebner, Flow's technical content marketing manager, to provide a guide for developing dApps on Flow, making it easier to learn blockchain development on Flow.
- MoonPay will support FUSD including the United States and FLOW in more than 150 countries/regions! Earthglobe Americas will further empower developers to build a seamless onboarding experience for their dapp!
- MathWallet now supports Flow, and users can use Flow wallet in MathWallet.
- Blockparty’s first Drop on Flow! Super Buddha has left his mark on the global scale with art, and now he is ready to bring his spiritual enlightenment message to Flow.
- WNBA NFT landed on the NBA Top Shot.
- Filecoin and Dapper Labs are collaborating to establish NFT data storage and are the first to realize end-to-end ownership of NFT, including the underlying media assets!
Iris
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- IRIS Network, which aims to build Interchain Service Hub for next-gen Decentralized Apps, collaborating with ixo on the implementation and application of NFT in the Cosmos ecosystem.
- Uptick Network adds NFT cross-chain transmission function! The cross-chain NFT transfer between Iris Network and Binance Chain will be connected to Binance NFT.
- Coinswap now supports Keplr wallet!
- Uptick Network will integrate Chainlink VRF to ensure fair NFT gamification scenarios involving randomness.
- Proposal 7 to reduce slash fraction didn’t pass.
Kava
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- Kava, a decentralized financial platform project, the mainnet was successfully updated to Kava 8; Kava Swap, Chainlink prediction, and Binance bridge are also live; Kava Swap tutorial; Kava Swap testnet reward details.
- Proposal 59, which has just been passed, will airdrop 1 million SWP tokens to users who supplied USDX to Hard Protocol.
- The latest Kava roadmap.
- Hard is listed on SimpleSwap.
LikeCoin
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- LikeCoin, a decentralized publishing infrastructure project, Likechain successfully upgraded to Fotan on the 18th; LikeCoin governance introduction.
- Likecoin new website design.
- New feature: You can now post your content to the LikeCoin chain and get a unique content ID - ISCN. One-click storage of metadata and on-chain content. The registry is integrated with IPFS and will support ArweaveTeam soon; how to publish your work to the blockchain tutorial.
Solana
- Solana launches IGNITION, a global Solana Hackathon. More than $5 million in prize money and funding for four projects: DeFi, Web3, games and art/collectibles are waiting for you!
- Breakpoint is here! The first conference organized by the Solana Foundation will bring together industry leaders, builders and innovators from around the world. Breakpoint will be held in Lisbon from November 7th to 10th.
- The Solana Foundation Delegation Program website is now live! For validators who have joined the program and want to check their performance, or for potential validators who are interested in joining the program.
- The team has updated the developer page on the new website with a curated list of the most used developer resources! There is also a form at the bottom of the page to submit any missing content!
- QuickNode launched support for Solana RPC infrastructure, providing scalable pricing based on usage.
- Bitrue just added support for SPL USDC! You can mix ERC20 and SPL USDC, even if you previously deposited ERC20, you can also choose to withdraw SPL.
- Audius TikTok integration! You can now share your tracks to TikTok directly from Audius!
- Wormhole, a generic cross-chain messaging protocol, is launched. Wormhole will be launched with support for the booming Ethereum, Solana, Terra, and Binance ecosystems.
- Star Atlas launches the first phase of Metaverse - Galactic Market! The future of Star Atlas will be built around this core, and today you can buy and sell yuan posters on their decentralized NFT exchange.
- SOL is listed on Ramp.
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