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The TGCm Weekly RunUp
August 9, 2023
Welcome back to ThinkGrowCryptoMedia! Your Cardano-biased, news media outlet for your blockchain-knowledge needs.
So, have you seen Messari’s numbers on Cardano lately?
A whopping 199% growth this year! Read it here.
It's not just about the tech; it's the people behind it.
You, me, all of us in this vibrant community, are the driving force shaping Cardano's journey.
Speaking of shaping, there's this Fund10 voting thing coming up.
If you haven't marked your calendar yet, the last day to register is August 18th, 9PM UTC.
Voting starts on August 31st and runs until September 14th.
The results? We'll get those around September 21st.
It's our chance to have a say in where Cardano heads next.
So, let's make it count! More details here.
Let’s get into it 👇
📊 Cardano Ecosystem Stats
🚀 Cardano Headlines
💸 Blockchain Headlines
📢 Cardano Community Corner
From application upgrades to DEX-ridden-drama (or perhaps, CEX is more appropriate), the Cardano Community never sleeps! Let’s check in on what the talk of the town has been this week.
Wow, Cardano's top 25 on @TapTools FDV is $2 Billion
— Rick McCracken DIGI (@RichardMcCrackn)
12:01 PM • Aug 2, 2023
Last few days got a bit sensationalized
and maybe some people didn't get that i wasn't out to fud their bags
Things got heated too
So here is a more detailed version for anyone who wants to hear what happened
Not gonna argue on this, but happy to be corrected
— Juve (@notjuve)
11:10 AM • Aug 9, 2023
FluidShare 🫂 is live 🎉
The first uncollateralized Renting solution on Cardano just went live on FluidTokens!
Here's to our most innovative feature yet, a 🧵 twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— FluidTokens (ISPO is live: FLDT) (@FluidTokens)
3:52 PM • Aug 8, 2023
🔮Indigo Web App v2: app.indigoprotocol.iotwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Indigo | Synthetic Assets on Cardano (@Indigo_protocol)
9:30 PM • Aug 7, 2023
What happened to Ordinals?
They did less volume than Cardano NFTs yesterday💀
— NFT Doctor (@NFT_Doctor33)
12:06 PM • Aug 4, 2023
The last 20 blocks that have been produced by Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Cardano.
- #Bitcoin: 10 blocks by Foundry USA, 4 blocks by AntPool
- #Ethereum: 9 blocks by beaverbuild, 5 blocks by rsync-builder
- #Cardano: Each block was produced by an independent entity— Cardano YODA (@JaromirTesar)
9:58 AM • Aug 9, 2023
🎉 Big News! We're collaborating with the @Cardano_CF to supercharge #Cardano developer experience!
Introducing a FREE tier on our cloud hosting platform, Demeter.run, sponsored by Cardano Foundation!
Start building, deploying, and scaling your dApp right away! 🚀
— Demeter (@DemeterRun)
10:25 AM • Aug 8, 2023
If you have or known of a dapp or library that uses Aiken please considering submitting either the site url or project repo to the awesome list. It's getting difficult to track them all on our own.
— aiken (@aiken_eng)
9:32 PM • Aug 3, 2023
🚨 Renting is now live on Pond!
You can list your asset(s) for loan, sale, and rent at the same time!
Giving you full control over your liquidity by setting the terms yourself, while having maximum exposure to different markets.
Another first for #Cardano
— Pond (@LendingPond)
1:32 PM • Aug 8, 2023
The Wanchain bridge has minted millions worth of USDC, USDT, ETH, and BTC ready to deploy. #Cardano
— St₳kΣ with Pride 🌈 (@StakeWithPride)
2:59 AM • Aug 5, 2023
🖌 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…
Ready for the next #NEWMusic drop? This week's feature is a surreal track by Jordan Chase called In Realms of Passing Dreams. The best part? Every #NFT comes embedded with a 26-page book of sheet music for the song!
Build your collection ↓
recordstore.newm.io— NEWM (@projectNEWM)
7:01 PM • Aug 2, 2023
Thanks to our good friends at Sick City and NEWM, the first ever NFT on Cardano that features full page turning score sheet music along with an audio recording!
This work was composed by Jordan Chase, a guitarist-composer who graduated from Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University.
Check it out along with other selections from NEWM’s Record Store.
Full disclosure: Alan Buxbaum, one of the authors for this newsletter, is splitting a small portion of ADA proceeds from the sale of this NFT. The rest goes to Jordan, the Record Store and Sick City.
📢 Cardano Transaction of the Week
1 TX and 248 unique recipients with a whopping fee of 0.87₳. 👀
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