Weekly news from Kusama&Polkadot #21
1. Moonriver supports Kintsugi via XCM integration
Moonriver Network now supports Kintsugi, which is a canary network of Interlay Network, via XCM integration.
KINT tokens can now be transferred cross-chain as xcKINT, simplifying the experience for users who want to use their existing wallets & addresses.
The Kintsugi community passed a referendum about opening an XCM channel between Kintsugi and Karura, so we can expect that soon as well.
What is Kintsugi/Interlay?
Kintsugi, as Interlay’s canary network, brings radically open Bitcoin to Kusama to kickstart liquidity for parachains like Karura, Shiden or Moonriver. kBTC is a 1:1 Bitcoin-backed asset on Kusama, maintained by a decentralized network of collateralized Vaults. Users must only ever trust that Bitcoin and the DeFi platform they use are secure.
Don't forget, that you can stake your MOVR (Moonriver) and now also GLMR (Moonbeam) tokens with POLKADOTTERS! Our Moonbeam Collator we started quite recently, so right now we need your help to get ASAP to the active set, so we will be grateful if you support our channel by picking us as your Moonbeam Collators! Polkadotters collator address is 0x3f0937BdEF510fd1D39F76CF41a7A4CFbf8ab876
2. RMRK APP 2 is now on Singular
RMRK announced the immediate availability of the RMRK2 app on Singular.
This means there are now built-in royalties, dutch auctions enabled for select launches, multi-resource NFTs and supporting custom attributes.
From now on, whenever you mint a new collection or NFT on Singular.app, it will by default be based on the RMRK2 standard.
3. Astar launches the Astar Incubation Program
Astar Network launches the Astar Incubation Program to support promising projects in the Astar/Shiden ecosystem. Astar Incubation Program is backed by various prestigious venture capitals in the blockchain space including Alameda Research, Fenbushi Capital, Digital Finance Group, TRGC, LongHash Ventures, gumi Crypto Capital and Next Web Capital.
This program will expand the potential of promising entrepreneurs and projects in emerging sectors including DeFi, NFTs, GameFi, and accelerate the adoption of the Astar network.
ArthSwap, the one-stop DeFi platform on Astar, and Starlay Finance, the first Astar-native lending protocol, have been accepted as the first two projects in the Astar Incubation Program.
4. Crust announced a partnership with Subsquid
Crust Network and Subsquid announced a new strategic partnership. This will lead to two main integrations. At first the deployment of an Archive on the Crust Network. Besides that also the launch of a highly customized Squid API, that brings several new features to applications built on the Crust Network.
What is Subsquid? An open-source framework for building powerful and tailored GraphQL APIs for your blockchain state history.
What is Crust? A parachain for decentralized file storage and hosting capabilities for the entire Web3 ecosystem including dApp hosting, NFT metadata storage, and encrypted file storage across various different blockchains.
Also, consider supporting us by the nomination of your tokens to Kusama or Polkadot validator going by the POLKADOTTERS name. And recently also our Moonbeam collator, that needs your help to enter the active set!
