Weekly digest December 14th — December 20th
PATRACT LABS
❄️Patract’s proposal in Kusama treasury for Himalia v0.1 & v0.2 to provide FRAME Contracts SDK supports in a multi-language environment to support WASM DApp development was approved. PatractGo and PatractPy will be implemented as a first batch of specialized SDK support for Polkadot WASM smart contract development.
❄️Patract Hub has posted a new proposal for Ask! v0.1.
Ask! is a smart contract language designed based on AssemblyScript and running on Substrate FRAME Contracts, just like ink! based on Rust. AS is based on TS or JS, which has a much lower barrier for developers to enter.
MOONBEAM
❄️ Moonbeam Upgraded its testnet to Moonbase Alpha v4: support for Multiple Full, RPC, and Collator Nodes. Source. The complete list of updates included in the Moonbase Alpha v4 can be found here.
DOCK
❄️ Dock token migration started on the 8th of December: users can now swap ERC20 tokens to new Dock native tokens. Migration is available until the 7th of March, 2021.
KODADOT
❄️ KodaDot will extend with an NFT explorer. The goal of this project is to create a universal NFT explorer and marketplace interface later for non-fungible tokens on Kusama network. Proposal. More.
BONDLY
Bondly will launch BondSwap (BSWAP allows parties to perform cryptographically-secured OTC trades of cryptocurrencies running on completely different blockchains) on Binance smart chain (BSC). To celebrate this event special BSC NFTs will be launched. Medium article.
❄️ Recently Bondly announced the launch of BSwap, and e-commerce platform BONDProtect on Cardano.
STAFI
❄️ StaFi released rToken Whitepaper (staking derivative paper): what rToken, its usecases, business architecture, who special Stafi validators are, tokenomics and other detailed info read here.
❄️ Stafi is entering into UniLend, a DeFi protocol that combines spot trading and money markets with lending and borrowing services. rTokens by StaFi will be accessible on UniLend.
KARURA
❄️ Karura — a sister network of Acala and DeFi hub for Kusama Network opened Crowdloan Waitlist. While waiting, users can compete for crowloan bonus and other gifts.
ZENLINK
❄️ Zenlink started “Zenlink Community Guardian Program”. Project plans to recruit 2 community volunteers (in addition to 2 ones for Chinese community). Requirements and rewards.
OTHER
❄️ Ellipal wallet, a fully metal sealed air-gapped cold wallet, will support $DOT in few days.
POLKADOT NEWS
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KYLIN AND TIDAL
Kylin Network and Tidal collaborate now. Kyling will provide Tidal with decentralized price feed oracle service, validated data feeding and specific analytics. More.
ROYALE AND TIDAL
Royale, a cross-chain DeFi solution for the iGaming industry, will integrate the Tidal model to help manage risk for their platform. TIDAL is a multi-chain open market for programmable insurance, powered by Polkadot. Sourse.
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