General Updates
Neo highlighted that more than 1,000 smart contracts are live on the Neo X MainNet, which launched in July 2024.
Nichome launched its platform on Neo X MainNet, designed to incentivize user engagement within the EVM sidechain ecosystem. To kick things off, Nichome has opened Izakaya Season 1, which gives users the first opportunity to earn GAS rewards and other future opportunities by interacting with Neo X projects. Izakaya Season 1 is live and will run until Feb. 10. It consists of 42 epochs, each 24 hours long.
Meme2Earn announced a major token burn, reducing the circulating supply of its NUDES token by 69.42%, equivalent to a value of approximately US $1.5 million at the time of announcement. The burn will begin during the Meme2Earn New Year’s Fireplace event on Jan. 28 and will be completed over the subsequent weeks. Additionally, Meme2Earn noted it will pause its ongoing Meme of the Day and Zealy contests in January to address server issues.
Flamingo Finance shared a reminder for any LRB token holders who seek to redeem the defunct Lyrebird tokens for a basket of FUSD, NUDES, SOM, CANDY, and DOGER. Users have until Jan. 9 to send their LRB tokens to the designated Fund Disbursement address: NPLbJZznqGnN961kpjeiysrPPtxEXSUPAR.
nDapp added support for the Battle Hard B token to the GasBot for Discord, an onboarding tool for the Neo ecosystem. GasBot is designed with crypto non-natives in mind, requiring no wallet setup for users. Accounts are tied to the Discord user, so deposited tokens can be accessed from any server that has integrated GasBot using simple commands.
Neo Dashboard launched a new contract on Neo X that offers governance and voting functionality for NDMEME token holders. The first vote asks holders if they’d prefer the development team to continue adding liquidity to the NDMEME-GAS pool or begin contributing to that of NDMEME-USDT.
Hash War launched the “Hawa x Neo Blockchain SP Event” that rewards users with GAS on Neo X for playing the game between now and Jan. 7. Winning participants will share from a prize pool of 100 GAS tokens.
TOTHEMOON unveiled the fourth volume of its Under The Hood series, offering a detailed overview of its ongoing development efforts. This latest installment focuses on key advancements, including transitioning 2D game characters to 3D models and developing land plots.
COZ released a video update showcasing the integration of cross-chain swaps into the Neon Wallet, and a brief tutorial on how to use the new feature.
NNT Catch Up
NNT released Episode 80 of The Smart Economy Podcast featuring Alexei Zamyatin, co-founder of BOB, a Layer 2 blockchain aiming to combine the security of Bitcoin with the versatility of Ethereum. Discussion topics include BOB’s hybrid L2 architecture, bridging Bitcoin and Ethereum infrastructure, BitVM implementation strategy, the three-phase development roadmap, reaching 320,000 unique users, $250M in DeFi TVL, cross-chain deployment solutions, and much more.
NNT editors co-hosted Crypto Coffee and Blockchain Beer Spaces #45 on the official The Smart Economy Podcast X account. Topics of discussion included blockchain as a social layer and longstanding developer communities in the Neo ecosystem, the forthcoming LRB Fund distribution, rebuilding trust for the blockchain industry, Bitcoin’s genesis mining 16 years ago and Proof Of Keys Day, quantum security for crypto wallets, and upcoming Smart Economy Podcast episodes.
Events
Jan. 10: NNT editors hosting CC & BB #46 on The Smart Economy Podcast official X account.
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