Wag Roundup (November 19th to November 25th)

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DOT Ecosystem News

Written by yay.oi

• Prepare yourself for a bit of network congestion, or not. The Polkadot Spammening was due to commence on November 25th at 14:00 UTC, but has now been postponed. Stay tuned.
• Blockdeep Labs has launched Otro, a Substrate-based account abstraction pallet that allows for transaction signing from multiple public keys.
• Over 25 million BRIDGE tokens have already been acquired in the Hyperbridge Initial Relayer Offering. Get in soon, because the first 50 million tokens acquired will receive a 50% bonus.
• Moonbeam announces a partnership with Drex Network to open up investment opportunities for renewable energy projects in Ecuador.
• Peaq’s DePIN-optimized infrastructure has lured yet another migrant. This time it’s decentralized compute DePIN Azen Protocol, which is making the switch from Solana.
• Adding to the long list of centralized exchange listings, Peaq is now available on BitMart Exchange.
• With Peaq listed on ByBit, it is now possible to open long and short PEAQ token positions with perpetual contracts.
• Blockchain data indexing platform Subquery announces full support for the Peaq Network.
• In collaboration with Project Liberty, transformational social media platform WeAre8 is integrating with the Frequency blockchain. This integration offers its users an additional layer of control over their digital identities.
• Off-ramping of 23 tokens to fiat is now available on the SubWallet web dashboard, thanks to an integration with Transak.
• Integritee is seeking collators to help secure its parachain. Successful candidates can earn up to USD $300 per month.
• The Nova Wallet DApp catalog now includes Integritee’s Incognitee, a privacy-enhanced transaction DApp.
• To ease the burden of the recent reduction in DOT staking rewards, Bifrost is offering a DOT unbonding subsidy of 11% to cover missed rewards during the 28-day unstaking period. To qualify, unbond DOT from classic staking or nomination pools and mint vDOT before December 31st 2024.
• Stellaswap has achieved the massive milestone of 100M trading volume in 30 days.
• Get your tokens ready, Stellaswap will launch the beta of veSTELLA this week.
• Keep an eye on the Beamswap Launchpad, they’ve hinted that a new launch may be coming.
• Mythical and FIFA are teaming up for the 2025 launch of FIFA Rivals, a player-vs-player mobile game with Mythical Marketplace integration.
• Evrloot announces a limited release of 1299 NFTs for its second collection, dropping in December.
• You can stop wondering wen CMC, because LAOS is now listed on CoinMarketCap.
• In case CMC isn’t enough for you, LAOS is now listed on CoinGecko.
• If you're looking for somewhere to store your LAOS tokens, Nova Wallet now supports the LAOS Network.
• NFT Paris 2025 announces Polkadot as a platinum sponsor.
• Mythical has proposed a new deflationary delegated proof of stake model for the MYTH token, with first-year staking rewards funded by the Mythos Foundation, and all gas fees burned.
• Hydration Referendum 190 to upgrade the runtime to v32.0.0 has passed. Notably, this will allow the Hydration Money Market to be launched instantly. In addition, it enacts an overhaul that resets the liquidity mining loyalty factor after every reward claim.
• If passed, Hydration Referendum 192 will activate Money Markets on Tuesday, November 26th 2024.
• A proposal on Acala is seeking 600,000 ACA for LP pool initiation, market-making, and marketing of a new memecoin called NEMO.

DOT Ecosystem Events

Written by yay.oi

• BitGet hosted Leo (Peaq) on November 19th to hear his vision for the new machine economy.
• The Impossible Cloud Network team welcomed special guest Alessandro (Acurast) on November 20th for a chat about DevCon in Bangkok.
• Unique Network hosted Chess on Chain on November 20th to discuss their new game and upcoming Chess JAM tournament.
• On November 20th Polkadot hosted members of the Cardano community for a discussion on governance and potential cross-chain collaborations. It featured Kian (Parity), Seun (Hyperbridge), Tommi (OpenGov.Watch); Nicolas, Giorgio, and Jakob (Cardano Foundation); and Felix (Cardano Ambassador).
• The Paul Barron Network interviewed John Linden on November 20th for a deep dive into Mythical Games.
• Polkadex hosted Seun Lanlege on November 21st to discuss their future integrations with Hyperbridge.
• YOM held their first Town Hall on November 21st, with founders Jeff, Andy, and Jorrit giving an overview of their current roadmap and deeper integrations with Peaq.
• On Sunday, November 24th the Gavun Wud FlappyWUD 2.0 Flappening X Space featured special guests from Polkaworld and AiWeb3.