Moonbeam
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‘Tis the Season to be Granting
Applications for Moonbeam Grants Season 6 are now open. Projects in sectors likely to onboard large numbers of new users, such as RWA and Web3 gaming, are particularly encouraged to apply. Successful candidates will received investments ranging from $100k-$250k along with mentorship, tech support, and potential additional investment from Moonbeam’s VC network.
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Beams of Progress for Community Grants
Moonbeam Referendum 103 proposes significant changes to streamline the Community Grants Program. If passed, the committee size would be reduced, the term length would increase, and grant projects would receive more comprehensive support from DevRel and Account Managers.
Guardians of the Treasury
Moonbeam is seeking candidates for the election of 3 x Non-Foundation Treasury Council Members for the January – June 2025 term. If you think you’ve got what it takes, and can spare 10 hours per week for 1500 USDC per month compensation, head over to the Moonbeam forum and create a Treasury Council Member Candidacy post.
A Reserve Diversion
Moonriver Referendum 64 proposed to redirect 80% of Parachain Bond Reserve (PBR) inflation to the treasury to fund future ecosystem growth. Presently, Moonriver targets 5% inflation (1.5% to PBR, 1% to collators, 2.5% to stakers). If Referendum 64 passes, the PBR allocation would reduce to 0.3%, with 1.2% going to the treasury.
Moonriver, Moonbeam, Moonshot?
The Moonbeam Foundation is inviting the community for input into its future strategic direction. Building on the Improved Ethererum Integration Initiative research work streams presented in their 2024 Product Roadmap, Moonbeam have drafted an early stage vision which will be developed further after community feedback. The idea is for the Moonbeam Network to launch in the Ethereum ecosystem in some form, with links back to Moonbeam on Polkadot. The most plausible option at this point appears to be launching the Moonbeam runtime as an AVS (actively validated service) via Tanssi as it allows for the porting of all of Moonbeam's core technology and capabilities.
Hugs for Creativity
Moonbeam announces the winners of The Hug Rarible Illuminate Creativity Open Call. Each selected artist received a $1000 grant from the Moonbeam Foundation. Their artworks are now listed Rarible, and they will receive 100% of revenue generated. The seven winners are: Shanelle Julia Rosita - "One Goon Too Many" Anastasia NFTart - "Night Drift." Elnaz Mansouri - "Awakenings" Lamb the Creator - "NON-TEMPORAL LOVE" Aline Subi "Kickflip Coin" Sour Power "Moonlit Manifestations" Chazz Gold "The Soulweave Circuit Bridge"
NFTrees now on Moonbeam
NFTree Batch 14, Carbify's first drop on the Moonbeam Network, is now available on Rarible. Each NFTree represents ownership of a real tree in the Amazon rainforest and rewards its owner with aCO2 tokens (carbon debits) which can be burned to offset carbon emissions or sold at CO2 voluntary market prices.
Messari Reports on Moonbeam Q2 2024
Messari has published the Moonbeam Q2 2024 Brief, with performance reflecting tough market conditions. They have noted an overall decline in user activity, with declines in active addresses (-32% QoQ), daily new addresses (-79% QoQ), and daily transactions (-40% QoQ). In spite of Moonbeam Season 3 Incentives, an overall decline in the crypto market prevailed pushing their DeFi TVL down by 26% to USD$44M. DEX volumes also dropped by 54%. Messari claims that a TVL increase of GLMR to 196M (+63% QoQ), indicates a net positive capital flow into the network. However, it appears that they have misinterpreted their data source (DefiLlama), mistaking a price conversion of USD to GLMR TVL for additional value locked. The data more likely just indicates a drop in the price of GLMR.
All Aboard Brasileiros!
Moonbeam announces a partnership with Picnic a self-custodial wallet with simplified DeFi features for the Brazilian market. Onboarding from Brazilian Reais to tokenized BRLA Reais (coming soon to Stellaswap) on Picnic is already fast, simple, and free. Now, with Moonbeam integration (powered by Safe), Picnic users can swap between Moonbeam and seven different chains (powered by Squid Router), and pay gas with any token.
Zenlink Eden: Forbidden Fruit or Bountiful Harvest
Zenlink launches Eden, a marketplace that opens up new possibilities for yield-bearing assets such as vDOT and vGLMR. Eden introduces three new tokens: Standardized Yield tokens (SY), Principal Tokens (PT), and Yield Tokens (YT). To be compatible with the Eden platform, yield bearing tokens need to be wrapped into SY tokens, which can then be split into PT and YT tokens. PT tokens offer a fixed yield, guaranteed if held until their maturity date. YT tokens offer greater exposure to yields, continuously paying yields in SY tokens at a fluctuating rate. However, they are worth $0 at their maturity date. Additional rewards can be earned by adding liquidity to pools.
Getting (Brazilian) Real with Moonbeam
Wednesday 17th July, 16:00 UTC X Spaces https://x.com/i/spaces/1jMKgBNNEnAxL Thiago Castroneves (Moonbeam), William Ten Zijhoff (Carbify), Joao Ferreira (Picnic), and Rafael Castaneda (Valocracy DAO) discussed crypto adoption in Brazil, onboarding the BRLA stablecoin, and tokenized carbon neutrality with Amazonian NFTrees.
Tannsin' in the Moonlight
🗓️Wednesday 29th May 2024, 11:00 ET 📍X Spaces https://x.com/i/spaces/1eaKbgQjEVqGX Featuring: Aaron Evans - Moonbeam Derek Yoo - Moonsong Labs Francisco Agosti - Moondance Labs Jacob Blish - Glacis Labs Find out all about Moonbeam's upcoming Web3 integrations with Tanssi and Glacis Labs.
Southeast Asia Blockchain Week
🗓️ April 22nd-28th 2024 📍 True Icon Hall, Bangkok, Thailand Polkadot is a Gold Sponsor of the SEABW. The Polkadot ecosystem will be represented in three panel discussions: 24th April 16:50 zkSync Stage Bottom-up Game Development by User Generated Content - features Yuki Pan, Community Manager, Moonbeam 25th April 11:50 Aptos Stage Vitalizing DeFi in SEA: Overcoming Hurdles over CeFi -features Thibault Perreard, Strategy/BD Lead, Bifrost 25th April 14:30 Aptos Stage Tools and Applications for the Multi-chain Universe -features Jonathan Dunne, CTO, Talisman
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