Cipher Knowledge - 08 October 2022

Weekly Algorand Digest

Ecosystem

• Governance Period 5: Update on LP Commitment. (link)

• Algorand Foundation Grant Recipient Launches TRUST, a Graphic Novel, Motion Comic, and NFT Collection. (link)

• Ten Algorand Centers of Excellence programme participants named CoinDesk’s best universities for Blockchain. (link)

• FIFA+ Collect marketplace is live, you can now sell items in your collection. (link)

• Algorand to be compatible with Ethereum after Milkomeda’s integration. (link)

• Diatomix, an impermanent loss hedging solution, closed its pre-seed funding round led by Borderless Capital. (link)

• RSVP for the Algorand Miami accelerator demo day. (link)

• Watch interview with Staci Warden: Transitioning from TradeFi to Crypto. (link)

• A new Algorand blockchain explorer called Allo is in the works. (link)

• Crypto Hedge Fund Focused on ESG Buys Algorand, Polkadot, and Cosmos. (link)

• Stats on governance LP commitments. (link)

Development

• go-algorand v3.10.0 released. AVM Switch opcode, AVM frame pointers, add GetBlockHash to algod v2 API, reduce stateproof warning logs, and multiple enhancements and bugfixes across telemetry, performance, ledger, and tests. (link)

• indexer v2.14.1 released. Accept yaml config files, minor bug fixes and enhancements. (link)

• Algodex open-sourced their algodex-rewards, algodex-service, reverse-proxy-rust, and trading-bot codebases.

• Understanding Algorand as a Solidity developer. (link)

• Watch: frontend integration and dApps security. (link)

• Watch: international school on Algorand smart contracts, algorand transactions and smart signatures. (link)

• Watch: Reach Platform 3rd Quartery Update. (link)

Research

• Privacy-Preserving Blockchain-Based EHR Using ZK-Snarks. (link)

Algorand Centers of Excellence (ACE).

Security

• BNB chain halted after exploit drained $100M in crypto from their cross-chain bridge. Attacker forged transactions by manipulating proofs. (link)

Standards

• [Proposed] ARC-0071: Community Algorand Standard Asset Parameters Conventions for Soul Bound NFTs. (link)

dApps

• PlanetWatch: releases roadmap until end of 2023. (link)

• Folks Finance: announces protocol update in preparation for move to V2. (link)

• Upside Finance: alpha launch announced. App allows user to track their investments across DeFi platforms. (link)

• GARD: V2 is now live on mainnet. (link)

• Nettle Labs: convert your NFT into an T-Shirt with free global shipping. (link)

• Pera Wallet: introduces governance page providing access to governance programs. (link)

• Tinyman: 50+ Tinyman LPs can be committed to governance. (link)

• Humble Defi: 19 LPs can be committed to governance. (link)

• Yieldly: team accused of unprofessionalism, and ignoring community. (link)

• Opulous: announces launch of Opulous rewards, every token staked accumulates raffle tickets. (link)

• Lofty: new tokenized property in Miami available for investment. (link)

NFT Monthly Sales by Marketplace. Source: nftexplorer.app

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