March 8, 2025
Astar
The Astar zkEVM NFT Migration is complete! All eligible NFT collections have been successfully transferred to Soneium Mainnet
ACS second season begins
ACS allocation breakdown for Consumer and Gaming applications in Season 2
The Astar Expansion NFT snapshot is done. Holders of Genesis and Premium NFTs will receive a share of the 5M ACS allocation
265M ACS is allocated for discretionary rewards, supporting projects in gaming, consumer apps, and DeFi. Earn ACS and be part of the growth!
New Build & Earn period opens
Yay Global has partnered with Neemo Finance!
Soneium Chronicles – ACS season 2 is live
Astar introduces the “Move” function in its Portal, which gives stakers greater control over their position
35M ACS (3.5%) is set aside for strategic initiatives, fueling adoption, engagement, and innovation across Astar & Soneium
Astar Governance Weekly Highlights
166M ASTR staked on Neemo Finance — now that's what we call momentum
A dedicated ACS Launchpad is now live, making participation seamless and rewards easy to track. Sonova NFT is leading the way
Soneium (L2)
New Node Instructions Are Live!
Go Mainstream on Soneium with Sake & SoneFi
Velodrome, the liquidity hub of the Optimism Superchain, is now on Soneium
Evermoon introduces DeFAI Launchpad
The Soneium team has been going strong at Ethereum Denver for the past week!
Soneium OG Badges are dropped. Now is the time to check your Soneium OG and Premium OG Badges!
Soneium Conquest set the stage—now it’s time for the next level
How to Maximize ACS Rewards on Soneium
4M+ wallets on Soneium
stETH & wstETH are live on Soneium and can be assessed through Lido Finance
More than 10,000 ETH has been bridged to Soneium!
dApp Staking V3 Stats
Remaining Time: 107 days
Staking APR: 16.97
Bonus APR: 6.37
Polkadot
Ethereum-compatible smart contracts are a big focus for Parity right now. But that's not the only major improvement it's making for Polkadot
Dr. Gavin Wood’s Taipei lecture is now live on Youtube!
Gavin continues his work building Web3 and Polkadot evolves into the community-owned network it was designed to be
From monolithic Ethereum to heterogeneously-sharded Polkadot
Polkadot is proud to sponsor Aleph 2025
Regulatory Rewind #005 - Mar 5, '25
You can now deposit & withdraw stablecoins to/from Hydration straight from Binance and KuCoin
2.4M+ net new accounts in Feb 2025, with 1M+ on Asset Hub & big gains for Moonbeam, peaq, Mythos, and others
Subwallet and the UX Bounty team added Unified Address Format support to SubWallet for a simpler and more consistent experience
General/Crypto
Trump turned crypto from ‘oppressed industry’ to ‘centerpiece’ of US strategy
XRP, ADA, SOL Fall Harder Than BTC as White House Crypto Summit Fails to Wow Traders
Binance’s CZ Supports Combining All BROCCOLI Meme Coins Into One
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