Fantom General Update | August 15 2022
Been away for summer holiday? Here’s what happened in the Fantom ecosystem in the last 14 days.
New governance proposal: Lower Staking Rewards
A new proposal seeks to adjust staking rewards downwards as fee income for validators and stakers has grown 18x year-over-year. This means the network is in a strong position and could provide a longer run-rate for emissions and adjust rewards to the market-rate.
🗳️ Vote is open
Launch of our official Fantom Podcast
Our new podcast “Vertical Blocks” will provide you with insights about our technological progress and business development initiatives, as well as perspectives from the Foundation’s team and builders on Fantom.
The first episode is live with hot topics such as:
- What differentiates Fantom
- The new grants program
- VC relationships
- Business Development initiatives
- … and more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfXrjrSsCj4
Fantom @ the Chainlink SmartCon 2022
Fantom CEO Michael Kong will speak at this year’s SmartCon, one of the biggest conferences with over 100+ web3 founders, developers and researchers.
SmartCon 2022 is taking place in NYC Sep 28-29.
Understanding Fantom transaction fees
👉 Learn how Fantom keeps transactions fast and gas prices + energy use low in our newest blog post.
Node service provider Blockdaemon adds Fantom support
Blockdaemon provides a high-performance validator-as-a-service solution to the Fantom network. Get access to high-quality nodes with 99.9% uptime and end-to-end support.
Fantom partners with Cypher Capital
We are happy to announce that Cypher Capital will contribute strategic funding to the Fantom ecosystem. Cypher Capital will support projects across Web3, DeFi, Gaming with early-stage backing and their expertise.
Fantom ecosystem projects release big updates
It’s building season (it always is)!
PaintSwap released V3 of their NFT marketplace
https://twitter.com/paint_swap/status/1553108212806815744
SpiritSwap v2 is in beta, for anyone to try out
https://twitter.com/Spirit_Swap/status/1557474412223414275
Beethoven v2 is up for testing
https://twitter.com/beethoven_x/status/1557341951422341121
Fantom transfers are live on Hyphen - Biconomy’s bridge
You can use Hyphen for fast transfers or add liquidity to the Fantom pool to earn rewards.
Network Stats
The number of unique addresses is up +126% (1.900.000 addresses) since January 1.
- List of DeFi & NFT focused Nansen strats
- US Treasury sanctions cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash
- H1 2022 Crypto Fundraising Report
🔦 Check out our new ecosystem spotlight with WigoSwap.
🎙️ Fantom CEO Michael Kong joined Binance for a Live AMA
🎧 Head of Marketing Juan went on an absolute Twitter Space spree
