- The Q3 2023 Transparency Report has landed, offering insights into our Pera Wallet investment, the announcement of AlgoKit 2.0, governance rewards, and much more. Read the full report.
- The countdown is on for the Algorand Impact Summit, taking place from November 30 to December 1. The Summit will bring together developers, founders, executives, policymakers, NGOs, investors, and other thought leaders who see blockchain as part of the solution to the world’s most intractable challenges. If you haven’t already, get tickets.
- The Build-A-Bull hackathon is well underway. Participants have until November 15 to submit their projects on the DoraHacks platform.
- Silvio Micali, the visionary behind Algorand, has been recognized in Wired Italia for his groundbreaking contributions to the blockchain space.
- Algorand’s first ChatGPT plugin is live! AlgorandExplorer provides a conversational explorer and assistant for the Algorand blockchain.
Meanwhile, around the ecosystem:
- Starting December 15, 2023, Pera Web Wallet will transition to read-only, as Pera shifts its focus to mobile excellence.
- London-based Ctrl Alt raised $2.7 million in a seed round to facilitate investments in alternative assets, including fractionalized assets in sectors such as real estate and green energy. (Business Insider)
- BBC News interviewed ANote Music CEO Marzio Schena, who explained why music is an exciting alternative asset class to watch.
- Argentine budget airline Flybondi is set to allow passengers to trade tickets peer-to-peer among themselves thanks to TravelX NFTicket technology.
- Folks Finance launched Ultraswap, a product for users seeking to extend their liquidity or boost their positions in the Folks Markets.
- Agrotoken was mentioned in the Evolution of Non-Fungible Tokens report by Bain & Company and the World Economic Forum.
- Perpetual3 is live on Algorand mainnet. The decentralized marketplace is a one-stop shop for buying physical products in Web3.
- On-chain strategy game Hexlands is also now on Algorand. Connect your Pera wallet and start playing!
- Algorand is now supported on D'CENT Wallet. Add any Algorand tokens to the wallet using the “Add custom token” feature.
- Algo is now available on crypto platform Nexo.
- We hosted four Reddit AMAs with four incredible projects over the past month. Check them out:
And on the NFT side of things:
- The NFT Rewards Program pilot phase was a huge success. Learn more in The General Report. The program is back with 500K Algo allocated to participating marketplaces, as voted on in GP8 in measures 3 and 4. The participating marketplaces are Algogems, EXA Market, Rand, and Shufl. Learn how each marketplace will deploy these Algo.
- We have partnered with EXA Market to onboard 16 Latin American artists by minting their first Algorand NFT. The artworks will be auctioned for a week, starting on November 9. Don’t miss the drop!
xGovs! We have some important updates for you:
- We are getting ready to create xGov Voting Session 2. The dates are as follows:
- Nov 10 - Voting Session 2 opens (proposed, pending confirmation)
- Dec 10 - Voting Session 2 closes
- You can check your xGov status and vote on the xGov Portal.
- Grant applicants! ARC-34: xGov Proposal Process is now finalized. To increase your chances of your proposal being approved, please ensure you create opportunities to discuss your proposal with the community, answer questions, and make any necessary adjustments.
- You can submit a proposal on Algorand Foundation’s GitHub page at any time. The next round of grants will be voted on during Voting Session 3 in February 2024.
- For questions or to take part in the xGov development discussions, join the new xGov channel on our Discord.