Wag Roundup (October 13th to October 17th)

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DOT Ecosystem News

Written by yay.oi

• The 2024 Q3 Polkadot Treasury Report has been published. At USD $23.3M, Treasury spending was almost half of the USD $57.6M Q2 spend that captured the attention of Crypto Twitter earlier this year. The sharp drop in spending is attributable to a significant reduction in Talent & Education and Outreach spends.
• Not just for Android anymore, Acurast has opened applications for Early Access to Processor Lite iOS. Now's your chance to profit from your idle phone time.
• Ledger users, Nova Wallet has got you covered with release v8.7.2. You can now utilize the Nova dApp browser from within the app.
• Derek Yoo of Moonsong Labs delves into the interrelationships between Web3 and AI in his latest blog post. He introduceskluster.ai, their latest AI x Web3 venture, which will create a global network of GPU computation resources that can be dynamically allocated to support large AI model operations.
• The Moonbeam Moonrise Points campaign has come to an end, and the top 100 participants can look forward to some very special rewards. Check here to see if you qualify. If you missed out, don’t worry because all participants will receive a special edition NFT from Amber Vittoria titled Worlds of Wonder.
• Astar dApp stakers, don't forget to stake during the next Voting Period, starting on Saturday October 19th, to qualify for bonus rewards.
• With Stellaswap's second round of token burning complete, you can keep up with the burn progress on CoinGecko, which now reflects the 100M tokens already burned. There’s still another 150M STELLA left to be burned in the coming weeks.
• SORA’s latest network upgrade adds vXOR, a vested XOR token with additional staking and reward incentives, to trading and liquidity pools on Polkaswap.
• Stablecoin specialists Pendulum have added Argentinian Peso (ARS.s) and Peruvian Sol (PEN.s) tokens, issued by Anclap, to the Spacewalk bridge.
• The Hydration Treasury is looking to reduce a surplus of their hub token H2O (formerly LRNA) into HDX with Council Motion 218. The plan is to DCA over $230K of H2O to HDX over a three-week period.
• OG Tracker has released a new self-reporting feature where funding recipients can connect their wallet and report the progress of their approved proposals. The team is already in talks to sync with the recently released Polkassembly Progress Reports.
• In a move that will enhance its decentralization and resilience, LAOS has opened up its collator set to the community.
• The Sovereign Nature Initiative will be issuing more POP NFTs at VDS+ in Valencia on October 22nd and 23rd. If you already have a POP NFT, make sure you evolve it because a surprise is coming very soon for Orbo holders.
• The Gavun Wud OG WUD BURN NFT Collection has dropped in collaboration with Kodadot. Issued to the top LP burners from the WUD/Hydration LP Burn NFT Campaign, they come in four tiers - Diamond, Gold, Silver, and Bronze - each with a unique in-game utility for the Flappy Wud game. Each NFT is numbered according to the burner's rank on the leaderboard, and contains embedded information about the number of LP shares burned.
• Are you ready to get flapping because Gavun Wud returns this Sunday October 20th, with Round 2 of The Flappening. Expect another massive dynamic airdrop pool and more Surge Mode boosted rewards for every 25 active players.

DOT Ecosystem Events

Written by Sanchez

• Mandala Chain hosted a space to discuss how community fuels a project’s growth. The space featured Gianluigi, the CEO of Kylix, along with Micheal and Pakman from Mandala, and David, the Biz Dev of Polimec.
• Welcoming SkyX, dubbed the Starlink of Weather, Peaq hosted an X space where the team enlightened users on setting up weather stations to earn rewards from SkyX’s weather network.
• Silencio held an AMA on Discord with CryptoRand on the 17th of October. The topics discussed include data privacy, the forthcoming airdrop, and the new app.
• Hyperbridge hosted a X space with Hashi Alliance on the 17th of October, to discuss their partnership and plans to improve interoperability across diverse ecosystems.
• Inigo Rube, the founder of Kilt Protocol, attends a Zero-Knowledge Proofs panel at ETHSofia from the 17th-19th of October, with discussions around how Zero-knowledge Proofs can enhance privacy and scalability.
• Check out the workshop broadcast on the 17th of October that shows beginners how they can get started with INK.
• OpenGuild hosted a workshop with Unique Network on the OpenGuild discord, focused on building NFT projects on Unique. Guest speakers from Unique Network include senior developer Max Andreev and DevRel manager Filip Filipovich.

Recently Shared News (missed news from previous weeks)

Written by Sanchez

• Ava Protocol has partnered with Phala Network to provide users with safe, secure, and confidential automated transactions that are safe from MEV attacks, and the transaction details are private.
• InvArch has completed the snapshot of TNKR token holders and distributed the corresponding allocated VARCH tokens. This comes as Tinkernet Network is set to be deprecated, and TNKR token holders have received VARCH in a ratio of 4 VARCH : 1 TNKR.
• The Rococo testnet environment has been terminated. The Paseo Network and Westend are available testnet environments for developers within the Polkadot ecosystem.
• Updates focusing on simplicity and accessibility are being tested on The Great Escape. These updates cover a simple in-game menu, a free character to start with, a consolidated leaderboard, and more. These updates will be pushed after all tests are completed.