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Welcome back to ThinkGrowCryptoMedia! Your Cardano-biased, news media outlet for your blockchain-knowledge needs.
ICYMI, we missed publishing our last edition 😅 and apologize if that left anyone lacking their weekly dose of news.
Quite a bit has happened over the last 2 weeks so let’s get into it 👇
📊 Cardano Ecosystem Stats
🚀 Cardano Headlines
💸 Blockchain Headlines
Texas Blockchain Council and Riot Platforms sue US federal agencies over crypto energy scrutiny
Blockchain cybercrimes trigger action from China’s national prosecutor
Kyberswap Hack: Blockchain Security Firm Reports Movement of 800 ETH From Exploiter’s Address
eBay’s Blockchain Leap: Revolutionizing Trust and Security in E-commerce
📢 Cardano Community Corner
From new-tokens-galore to fighting the FUDers, the Cardano Community never sleeps! Let’s check in on what the talk of the town has been this week.
CIP-110, which is set to save approximately 40% of block space, has officially been implemented in the PR below.
Now it begins the long road of QA, from sanchonet, to preview, to preprod, and finally to Mainnet with the Conway hard fork.
— Quantumplation | Pi Lanningham (@Quantumplation)
6:17 PM • Feb 16, 2024
I just found out there are things possible on BTC and not on Cardano 🤯
Not for long anymore...
For [REDACTED] I am studying the flow of ordinals marketplaces
On BTC they don't have Smart Contracts, so how can they list? 🤔
Well they have psbt (Partially Signed Bitcoin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— elraulito (@ElRaulito_cnft)
9:28 PM • Feb 20, 2024
🕵️♂️V2 incoming.
👨🔬Here's a sneak peek at the iAsset Redemption Mechanism aka RMR in action! #CardanoCommunity
*Displayed data is from a testing environment
— Indigo | Synthetic Assets on Cardano (@Indigo_protocol)
6:19 PM • Feb 21, 2024
Adding a multiparty ownership model to Axo gets us:
🔸Lending & Borrowing
This provides users the flexibility to borrow, short, and leverage trades for optimal returns.
As exciting as this is, it's simply a building block to unlock deeper functionality in the Axo ecosystem. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Axo (@axotrade)
8:04 AM • Feb 26, 2024
Wanna use Python? TypeScript? Java? Rust? or even Haskell for your application backend logic? Let's go.
Aiken doesn't care as we decouple on-chain and off-chain code so you can use your favorite language where it matters.
For anything on-chain, we got you.
— aiken (@aiken_eng)
12:22 AM • Feb 21, 2024
#Cardano's biggest airdrop to date is coming Friday by @atrium_lab.
For participating in this incentivized testnet, #Cardano users will be eligible to claim Atrium DAO tokens when the mainnet platform launches.
There's only a few steps you need to complete to get this airdrop.
— big pey (@bigpeyYT)
9:23 PM • Feb 27, 2024
The Staking Basket incentivized testnet is now live for OGs. #Cardano
After a short time of testing, we'll open up the Staking Basket alpha for anyone to come in and try.
There's a few tasks you have to complete for our airdrop, and there's a competition for more tokens. 👇
— Atrium Lab (@atrium_lab)
11:07 PM • Feb 19, 2024
It's easy to forget why we're building on Cardano when other chains are easier to build for and faster.
But every now and then, all of these chains suffer a major outage or get corrupted in some other way.
Happened to Polygon, Solana, Optimism and now... Avalanche.
Meanwhile… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Patrick Tobler (@Padierfind)
3:48 PM • Feb 24, 2024
🕐 The wait's almost over and the countdown's on, '#MorganKane: Without Mercy' is stormin' in.
In 3 days, join us as we celebrate the return of the bestselling gunslinger.
No mercy, no quarter. Get ready to live by the gun.
#ElPasoVerse#LouisMasterson#Cardano
— El Paso Verse (@elpasoverse)
11:18 PM • Feb 27, 2024
Gear up for an electrifying boxing experience! 🥊💥
Get your Streaming Pass for just 5 ADA and watch the Prost Premiere Boxing Event LIVE on @NucastIO, Feb 29, starting at 2:00 PM UTC. Don't miss out!— Indian Pro Boxing League (@IPBLBoxing)
7:38 PM • Feb 26, 2024
Happy Valentines Day to the Sundae and Cardano communities!
As a gift, we'd like to share our Sundae v3 whitepaper with you!
cdn.sundaeswap.finance/SundaeV3.pdf
— Sundae Labs 🍨 (@SundaeSwap)
4:41 PM • Feb 14, 2024
🖌 NFT of the Week with Noodz 🍜
Each week, we check in with our resident NFT connoisseur, Noodz. Let’s see what he’s got cookin’ for us…
Time…especially in CryptoLand, it’s hard to keep track of it.
Well, now you can own a piece of it, Cardano-style!
Introducing Gerolamo Dots, an homage to our beloved network’s namesake, and crafted by OG Cardano artist ThisCrazyLife and Kishimsu.
Check out the Pool link here to see this amazing, dynamic piece of art!
📢 Cardano Events
Don't miss out on the latest episode of Essential #Cardano360 this Thursday, at 17:30 UTC!
We'll share highlights from the QSig event & hear from projects #BuildingOnCardano. Plus, news from @IntersectMBO, @MidnightNtwrk, & more!
Live-streamed on @X
@book_io@SundaeSwap… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Input Output (@InputOutputHK)
1:57 PM • Feb 27, 2024
We’re hosting an X space on Friday 1st of March at 10am EST, where we’ll dive deeper into Midnight devnet and answer community questions with @IOHK_Charles, @0xmauricio, and @hielo777.
Set your reminder below, and don’t forget to leave your questions in the comments.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Midnight (@MidnightNtwrk)
1:00 PM • Feb 27, 2024
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