This week’s summary of Cardano updates includes news from Cardalonia, the Cardano-based metaverse project. GK8 partnership on Polygon side and Polygon Studios partnership with Cercle X are some of the best updates this week.
Weekly Cardano updates
Cardalonia metavese map
Cardano-based metaverse game project Cardalonia has launched the first map demo of their play-to-win project. They also launched the land pre-sale list for LONIA token holders.
@cardalonia is developing a web3 Play to earn ecosystem on #Cardano
Create, Customize and personalize your experiences on #cardalonia
Create Cardalonia Compatible Assets & Trade Them As #NFTs
Stake $LONIA & $ADA To Acquire Lands and Join A Clan#CardanoADA #Cardanovasil #ADA pic.twitter.com/d7QUlPbFZ2
— Cardalonia (@cardalonia) August 15, 2022
Cardano NFT project adds Snoop Dogg’s son to its roster
Snoop Dogg’s son, Champ Medici, has officially joined the Cardano NFT project “Clay Mates” team. According to the official announcement, Medici wants to develop strategic partnerships and expand the target audience of the project.
I’m officially a @claymates ✅🦅 this means a lot to me 4 the simple fact I’ve been a fan of claymations since a young G 🐶
I feel creatively there is no limits to what we can bring to the Clayverse and Cardano community #ChampMedici pic.twitter.com/M2wb54G5IT— Champ Medici (@champmedici) August 16, 2022
COTI and WingRiders partnership
COTI, a popular blockchain payment solution and stablecoin issuer, has announced a partnership with WingRiders. WingRiders is a completely decentralized and unreliable platform. Also, COTI aims to be an infrastructure component of the Cardano ecosystem, with broad and simple integration into any wallet or Dapp.
We are happy to announce yet another partnership, now with @wingriderscom, an automated market maker DEX built on Cardano, to explore listing opportunities for $Djed on WingRider’s DEX.
Read more: https://t.co/FXW7pMY9Nz
$COTI $DJED pic.twitter.com/GKJvvFJ5Wr— COTI (@COTInetwork) August 17, 2022
Rosetta version 1.8.0
On the other hand, according to Github data shared by Cardano updates, the new Cardano Rosetta 1.8.0 has been released, which supports the upcoming Vasil protocol upgrade. Rosetta is a set of tools and features designed to simplify Cardano integration. Rosetta will act as an integration framework. It will also make Cardano’s Vasil hard fork integration faster and easier.
cardano-rosetta 1.8.0: https://t.co/k4aOt0B6mN
Cardano Rosetta 1.8.0
Released by LaurenceIO – input-output-hk#Cardano $ADA— Cardano Updates (@cardano_updates) August 16, 2022
Cardano developer community reaches new heights
According to ADAtainment, there are 600 forks in the Github repository of the Cardano developer portal. This shows that more developers are contributing to its development. It’s also worth noting that the Cardano Developer Portal covers everything that can be done on the Cardano mainnet. As a result, Cardano’s development activity has increased in recent months. This shows that the teams are sticking to the long-term roadmap.
🎉We reached 600 forks on https://t.co/pu7PKKfANQ. If anyone wants to grab a shovel, feel welcome: https://t.co/Rux3HBROP5.
— ADAtainment🐙 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏𝑜 (@adatainment) August 12, 2022
Polygon news of the week
GK8 and Polygon collaboration
In other news, GK8, a top crypto custody platform, has released details of a strategic partnership with Polygon (MATIC). According to reports, the partnership will facilitate easy access to the rapidly growing Web3 ecosystem. This will be done cost-effectively while providing world-class security at the same time. Furthermore, the partnership will make it possible for MATIC holders to manage their portfolios directly from the GK8 platform. It also provides them with the top-notch security of the GK8 solution. On the other hand, GK8 is a proprietary non-hacking technology designed to protect digital assets managed by platforms such as exchanges, banks and other custodians.
.@GK8_Security integrates with #Polygon, allowing customers scalable access to #Web3 at a lower cost without sacrificing security.
GK8 customers can now seamlessly manage and monetize their Polygon and $MATIC holdings directly from GK8’s digital asset custody solution.
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— Polygon – MATIC 💜 (@0xPolygon) August 17, 2022
Partnership of Polygon Studios and PolygonPets
Polygon is currently one of the main players in the Web3 ecosystem. Meanwhile, its recent partnership with PolkaPets helps further confirm this fact. Partnership with PolkaPets will facilitate the release of unique PolygonPets characters. PolygonPets will also help increase community participation in the Polygon ecosystem.
#Polygon has partnered with @Polkapets to bring you a unique experience by launching the all-new #PolygonPets.
The Web3 ecosystem is thriving with projects and Polygon Pets aims to engage the community in one of the most enthralling ways.
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— Polygon Studios (@polygonstudios) August 15, 2022
Marc Boiron joins Polygon team
cryptocoin.com As you follow, Marc Boiron is now Polygon’s new Chief Legal Officer. Boiron is a well-known crypto veteran with experience as a blockchain and securities partner, particularly at top firms like Phelps & Philips, FisherBroyles, and Manatt. By joining the Polygon team, she will help create a well-rounded legal and regulatory compliant framework for the entire Polygon ecosystem.
#Polygon welcomes leading Web3 lawyer, Marc Boiron, to the family!
Marc joins as the new Chief Legal Officer to help build and reinforce a robust legal and regulatory structure within the Polygon ecosystem. 💪🏾https://t.co/nwU4jZLEUy
— Polygon – MATIC 💜 (@0xPolygon) August 16, 2022
Cercle X and Polygon partners
Polygon is taking its interest in staying climate-friendly to new heights as it partners with Cercle X. Cercle X is the world’s first dApp focused on digitizing waste management. With it, the waste management dApp will launch on Polygon.
Cercle X, the world's first dApp that digitizes waste management is launching on Polygon to create a world without waste!
Now every stage in the supply chain of waste can be tracked using @cercle_x dApp.
Learn more about Meta Bins NFTs and the project at https://t.co/U716nuuOhz pic.twitter.com/6zyB71TXBV
— Polygon Ecosystem Updates 💚 (@0xPolygonNews) August 15, 2022
Top earners in the Polygon ecosystem
Here are some of the top earners on Range in a 24-hour period as of August 17, 2022:
- Barn Bridge – DeFi risk management platform posted a 17.2% price increase.
- Yearn Finance – DeFi protocol achieved a price increase of 4.1%.
- API3 – A web 3 API economy DAO posted a 3.8% price increase.
- UMA Protocol – Optimistic Web3 oracle also recorded a 3.4% price increase.
- Golem Network – It was also one of the top earners at Polygon with a 1.3% price index increase.
- Other top Polygon gains include: Ankr, Cartesi, Unifi Protocol, Augur, etc.
Top Gainers in @0xPolygon Ecosystem Last 24H 🚀🚀$BOND @barn_bridge $YFI @iearnfinance
$API3 @API3DAO$UMA @UMAprotocol $GLM @golemproject $ANKR @ankr $UNFI @unifiprotocol $CTSI @cartesiproject$IDEX @idexio $REP @AugurProject#Polygon $MATIC pic.twitter.com/6ChY01hR2x— Polygon Daily 💜 (@PolygonDaily) August 17, 2022
