Too much security is never enough!

We are excited to work with Polkadot’s Cross-Chain Privacy Protocol Raze Network to provide an additional privacy protection layer to IOST users.

Details inside: https://medium.com/iost/iost-partners-polkadots-cross-chain-privacy-protocol-raze-network-b1a3f3f9c712

Fantom General Update | April 19 2021

The past 2 weeks at Fantom:

🔹 Fantom lands in Pakistan

🔹  We presented at the PoliMi Google Developers Student Club event

🔹  NFTs coming to Fantom with @SuperFarmDAO

🔹  @orion_protocol will be integrated in the wallet

And much more!: https://fantom.foundation/blog/fantom-general-update-april-19-2021/

We will be doing work on the Crown server

Starting on Wednesday  21st  April
We will be taking down all of the back end  systems as we need to do work on the  sever itself.
The down time will be for most of the day.

Some of the  background  system will be going offline at the same time.

We will keep you updated  throughout the  day.

IOST Bi-Weekly Report | Crypto.Com Listing, Citadel Launch, Binance Staking & More

The IOST Bi-Weekly Report is a publication to share about the IOST’s latest development, market expansion, and ecosystem developments with the IOST community.



From here, we would like to express our gratitude to our community for your continued support. Your advice is welcomed and valued here.

A. Technical Development
[Development]
Release of the IOST Mainnet v3.60 not compatible upgrade
IOST mainnet monitoring reconstruction
[Operation and maintenance]
IOST internal systems upgrade and optimization

B. Community Growth & Mainnet Statistics

Referendum #30 - enacting the Trantor runtime upgrade has passed and will be activated in 8 days.

This week's Referendum #31 is to vote on setting the number of council members to 11.

You can go to https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Frpc.kulupu.corepaper.org%2Fws#/democracy to cast your votes.

Foundation Node 6 has now been shut down.

Delegators staking on Foundation Node 6 will stop earning rewards. To continue earning rewards, please move your stake to one of our external validators.

Move your stake in one click here: https://wallet.matic.network/staking/

I had to be away from my computer for a month, joining the forum the following week

Verge is proud to announce our listing on Mandala Exchange - Powered by Binance Cloud!
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A Non-Fungible Token (NFT) is a cryptographically secured token existing on the blockchain that represents ownership of something unique. NFTs can represent tokenized ownership claims to real-world assets like a specific piece of land, or actual ownership of digital assets as in a rare digital trading card. Unlike fungible tokens such as Bitcoin where one BTC can be exchanged for any other BTC, each NFT is completely unique and represents verifiable digital scarcity.

Most of the NFT community is familiar with the idea of storing unique items as pieces of data on the blockchain. The blockchain acts as a standardized medium for listing and trading non-fungible assets that are transparent, globally accessible, and more liquid. It also provides a protected environment to store a trusted set of historical records about an asset dating back to its provenance.



Create dynamic nfts using chainlink oracles

We have released #Lisk 2.0.0-beta.2 for Desktop, adding support for standby delegates in our upcoming, new DPoS consensus algorithm.

This version only works with Betanet v4, not with our Testnet or Mainnet.

For more details, please refer to GitHub: https://github.com/LiskHQ/lisk-desktop/releases/tag/v2.0.0-beta.2

Launchpool offers 1.5m YLD in new Pop-Up-Pool



As part of our latest partnership with exciting new DeFi launchpad project Launchpool, on Monday 15 March 1,500,000 $YLD will be made available for farming in an exclusive Pop-Up-Pool (PUP) on the Launchpool platform.

The brand-new DeFi launchpad has been trialing PUPs with great success. The first $20,000 PUP that was made available was snapped up by users keen to earn tokens that will allow them to participate in exciting new project launches in the future.

From Monday until 15 April, YLD will be available as rewards for those that stake $LPOOL on Launchpool. The total supply will be distributed to $LPOOL holders that stake into one of the three YLD pools.

Like YIELD App, Launchpool is aiming to fully democratize the DeFi space. It is doing so by allowing investors of any size to take part in presales on an equal footing with investment funds, influencers and capital-rich investors.

Anyone that holds the $LPOOL token will be able to participate in new project launches, with allocation entirely dependent on the amount held and then staked. Currently, Launchpool is operating an $LPOOL farming period, with users able to stake a range of tokens in return for $LPOOL.

“Our inclusion in Launchpool’s latest PUP is a really exciting opportunity for us”, says Tim Frost, CEO of YIELD App. “In addition to supporting new projects fundraising on the platform with a YIELD Corporate Account, we are pleased to give Launchpool users the opportunity to farm YLD. We are thrilled to support the platform in these early days and will be watching the progress of the pool with interest.”

Richard Simpson, CEO of Launchpool, adds: “This is such a huge giveaway by Launchpool, I’m extremely happy to have YIELD App onboard with this. The opportunity for us to view our community’s behavior as they stake for these impressive rewards will go a long way to us forming our phase 2 distribution methods. I’m also very grateful to Alphabit for helping make this possible.”

For full information on YIELD App’s partnership with Launchpool, head to our Medium post. And to stake your $LPOOL for $YLD head over to Launchpool’s staking portal: https://staking.launchpool.xyz/

ARIES FINANCIAL / 13rd week AFI Token emission complete



Now you can confirm emissions reward amount in 13rd week!

We passed code Audit by aichain.ai!!



Important Notice : Originally we were developing on xDai for Binary Option, but we decided to proceed with development with BSC first.

Stay tuned for future announcements regarding xDai development (or some network switching).

Read more: https://medium.com/aries-blog/aries-financial-13rd-week-afi-token-emission-complete-fc04bf2d7656

As we move closer to our launch we are seeing more and more media interest - a very positive sign which validates the credibility and growth of our platform. We are bringing the world of digital assets together! Check out our feature on Tech Times.

More information as below:



Trading CFD with Cryptos: How Does it Work?

Cryptocurrencies have evolved over the years into speculative investments for investors seeking returns from alternative assets. They are a possible hedge against inflation and weak fiat currencies. However, curious investors and speculators are yet to embrace this new class of assets. They still want to play around with traditional investments like stocks, forex, commodities, and indices.

Many traders and investors would like to test the platform but it's difficult to find a regulated cross-asset trading platform. Besides, managing cryptos and CFDs on multiple platforms gets daunting. Major platforms are trying to fill this gap by offering both investment vehicles on a single platform.

However, investors should know a few realities about bitcoin trading, and CFD trading. This article explores how CFD and crypto trading works and draws a difference between the two. It also explains why platforms that offer cross-asset functionalities are a better alternative.

More detail: https://www.techtimes.com/articles/257895/20210310/trading-cfd-with-cryptos-how-does-it-work.htm

Rise Protocol Integrates With Chainlink's Decentralized Oracle Networks

We are proud to announce that we have successfully integrated with Chainlink's Decentralized Oracle Networks to bring tamperproof

https://twitter.com/RiseProtocol/status/1369836279958024197

Rick did a video about Savix explaining the basics of our automatic staking protocol. Thanks @CryptoRick_YT ! Check it out. Reminder: Last day of the 20% discount. You only need to hold SVX for daily rewards directly to your wallet.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=9sc_OtcckEQ&t=2s

Our IEOs are Live

ExMarkets: https://exmarkets.com/launchpad/svx-btc
LATOKEN: https://go.latoken.com/4mr

Buy BBND and get 1.5x more bonus in BBND tokens (THE BONUS ONLY APPLIES FOR ETH SMART CONTRACT PURCHASES)

Click Here to Purchase Tokens: https://beatbind.io   

ETH Smart Contract: 0xB64288A2668631D8b0c7D40E5B4CA4b72c23D6D6

20 February 2021 — The DeFireX project team has developed and launched smart contracts using a bridge, implemented jointly with the xDAI project team. This approach allows users to participate in the farming of projects working on the Ethereum network with the same level of reliability and without the need to pay large commissions.

In the current iteration of the system, users can participate in liquidity farming of Compound, which allows them to earn 25-35% APY in DAI tokens. Placement of DAI will cost about $0.25, whereas the same transaction in the Ethereum network would currently cost about $150.

By placing DAI in the DeFireX smart contract on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) network, users receive dDAI tokens with profits accrued on them in DAI. dDAI can be exchanged to DAI through the bridge that connects the BSC and Ethereum network. dDAI tokens are fully backed by DAI hosted in the Compound project and can be transferred between the BSC and Ethereum networks. The project team maintains a limited pool in the BSC network for exchanging DAI for dDAI. dDAI are always backed by DAI at 100% in the Ethereum network. Thus, users do not need to rely on the DeFireX team, since, by resorting to the bridge (link), they can independently transfer dDAI to the Ethereum network and exchange them for DAI.

In the current contracts, the functionality of farming COMP tokens is implemented by means of placing positions in DAI and fixing 25-35% APY in DAI. However, it will be possible to launch reliable farming mechanisms in the near future with APY ranging from 14 to 20% using ETH and BTC with BSC backing.

The DeFireX team plans to provide access to farming on Uniswap, 1inch, and other popular DeFi platforms directly from BSC with minimal commissions for users by implementing cross-chain interaction. This will allow access to the best DeFi services for generating liquidity and income with minimal commissions.

The bridge accepts liquidity in BSC tokens and provides the corresponding amount of liquidity locked in Ethereum through a mechanism of decentralized relays. All BSC tokens are always backed by ETH at a 1 to 1 ratio. The bridge is not controlled by the owners of the system and has no WhiteLists. In addition, the bridge already allows users to freely move ERC-20 tokens.

The farming mechanism is built on proven DeFireX.org technology, which has been tested repeatedly by international auditors. The system is completely transparent, allowing anyone to review accounts, source codes, and holders of funds at any time. The service provides an opportunity to reliably receive high levels of income via Yield Farming.

At present, the levels stand at:

·         DAI - 22.5% APY annually

·         USDC - 22.5% APY annually

·         ETH - 12.9% APY annually

All rewards are automatically accrued on a daily basis free of charge for users. The rewards are made available for withdrawal in the users’ personal accounts and are protected from loss under any market conditions.

More information: https://www.binance.org/en/blog/defirex-launches-farming-on-ethereum-directly-from-binance-smart-chain/
https://twitter.com/DeFireXorg/status/1371040649395458049

CyberFi Samurai Launchpad Announces it’s First IDO: Stater Whitelist Begins on March 16th



Stater, an open-source peer-to-peer lending platform for NFT assets, will collaborate with Samurai and TrustSwap in their upcoming IDO token offering on March 19th 2021. The $STR token is being offered on the Samurai Platform with a $50,000 USD Allocation for the CyberFi/Samurai Community.

Read more: https://medium.com/cyberfi/cyberfi-samurai-launchpad-announces-its-first-ido-stater-d845666b6e0e

Less than 24 hours until the Chainlink Spring 2021 Virtual Hackathon! Register today to secure your spot and explore our different prize categories in DeFi, NFTs, social impact, and more to start brainstorming your build. Total prize pool is now $125k+.



https://chain.link/hackathon?utm_source=chainlink&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=hackathon

World-class data streaming on Polygon!

Pleased to collaborate with Streamingfastio to take blockchain data streaming to new heights!

Streamingfast’s radically new approach empowers developers and Dapps with reliable and fast streaming semantics.

https://streamingfastio.medium.com/polygon-partners-with-streamingfast-on-powerful-historical-and-real-time-data-streaming-3f08d3ed5ae7