Exciting product launches and rich world of opportunities
October 2023 Cronos blockchain newsletter: Veno, Mad Meerkat NFT, Kaching, Loaded Lions, VVS, Fulcrom and Cronos Accelerator Program
Welcome to the October 2023 Cronos newsletter!
What are the stories behind the top dapps and how are they benefiting from being part of the Cronos ecosystem? Read the latest spotlight interviews with Veno Finance, Mad Meerkat NFT, Kaching and Loaded Lions: Mane City.
Applications are open for the 3rd cohort of the 100 M$-backed Cronos Accelerator Program. Please apply before Nov 24, 2023 and let your network know about this opportunity. The program is scheduled to start in early 2024.
Cronos is now part of Google Cloud’s BigQuery public datasets, making it much easier easier for anyone to analyze Cronos transaction data and generate insights! Thank you, Google Cloud.
Crypto.org Chain announced that it becomes Cronos POS chain (where POS stands for proof of stake). This rebranding aims to bring more coherence into the Cronos ecosystem, which consists of: Cronos ($CRO), the native utility token of the Cronos ecosystem; Cronos POS blockchain (formerly known as Crypto.org), the proof-of-stake Cosmos chain positioned as “layer zero” of the Cronos ecosystem; and Cronos EVM blockchain (abbreviated into Cronos blockchain), the leading Ethereum-compatible blockchain of the Cosmos ecosystem, home to hundreds of decentralized applications. Nothing changes for Cronos users.
VVS Finance announced the launch of VVS Flawless Liquidity (V3), a protocol upgrade which delivers higher capital efficiency and more flexibility for liquidity providers.
Fulcrom Finance has celebrated an incredible milestone on Cronos: 500 M$ in trading volume so far! Additionally, to mark its cross-chain expansion to zkSync Era, Fulcrom is launching a trading competition with a 100,000 USD prize pool in $FUL tokens.
Loaded Lions: Mane City has made its grand entrance in the Cronos ecosystem and became one of the top 10 Web3 games across all chains within hours of its launch!
The Kaching app has launched on Cronos. With Kaching, users can stake CRO and potentially earn weekly rewards.
Eisen Finance, an innovative DEX aggregator that optimizes token swap routes, has launched and can now help users to find the most competitive swap rates.
PWN, a peer-to-peer lending protocol for NFTs and other crypto assets, has integrated Cronos blockchain.
Pulsar, a portfolio aggregator, supports Cronos.
Block Wallet, a multi-chain crypto wallet, has integrated Cronos blockchain.
Don’t forget to visit Cronos Discover, the recently redesigned portal that showcases the most popular Cronos apps of the Cronos ecosystem to new and seasoned users alike.
Cronos celebrated 10,000,000 blocks produced with the release of an exclusive NFT.
Crypto.com users can join the VNO Trading Competition on Crypto.com App (ends on 1 Nov) - Win an iPhone 15 Pro and a share of US$38,000 pool.
Veno has launched a USD200 VNO Giveaway (ends on 1 Nov) - 4 winners to win $50 in $VNO each.
Kaching launched a $3k KCH Zealy Competition (ends on 30th Oct) - Top 50 on Zealy to win a share of $3k in $KCH.
Thank you to everyone who visited the Cronos booth at Korea Blockchain Week! Also, we were honored to support the Interchain Hackathon as part of this exciting festival.
Single Finance, a platform for leveraged yield farming, has translated their documentation in Korean language.
Ella Qiang, from Cronos Labs, spoke at Cosmoverse in Istanbul.
Listen to the recent Cronos Stream AMA with Kaching, Eisen Finance and Ebisu’s Bay. And that’s not all! Listen to the recent AMA with Loaded Lions: Mane City and the “Game Odyssey“ AMA with Sakaba and other GameFi projects, such as Mad Meerkat NFT, Ebisu’s Bay, Boomer Squad, Ballies, Crowboy, DG Pals, Cronos Chimp Club. Finally, you can check out the previous AMA with Corgi AI and Furrend.
Congratulations to Bubblemaps, a Cronos Accelerator Program graduate, for their recent 3 MEUR fund raise.
Building on Cronos? Consider the Cronos Builders Program to obtain curated credits and discounts from infrastructure and service partners, tailored advice, and priority co-marketing support.
New Cosmos IBC bridge activated! Cronos launched a new bridge to IRISnet (IRIS token). Visit the bridge web app to transfer your tokens
Are you a Cronos node operator? Learn how to optimize node storage with VersionDB.
Check out the robust partner announcements of the Cronos Accelerator Program: Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Protocol Labs, BlockSec, Covalent, RockX, Metaverse Post, Bubblemaps, Hacken, Altcoin Buzz, GSR, Certik, Bitquery, Airfoil.
Sygma, an interoperability layer for building cross-chain applications, now supports Cronos Testnet.
1RPC adds support for Cronos, with privacy-protected RPC endpoint.
Cronos is pleased to participate in the upcoming Crypto.com APAC Hackathon during the Singapore Fintech Festival.
Are you considering building on the Cronos blockchain? Contact Cronos Labs with any question.