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𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 vol. 53 Biweekly update on Proof-of-Stake ecosystem, 8th July — 22nd July TL;DR - Vitalik Buterin talks on the future of Ethereum on EthCC - The Gravity DEX protocol is finally live, marking the biggest stride forward for Cosmos to date - Learn why auctions are better run on-chain than off-chain and why a candle auction is a central feature of the Kusama network and Polkadot. - Chainlink price feeds are live on Avalanche mainnet, paving wave for advanced DeFi apps. AVAX staking via delegation is now live on Stake DAO - Cardano’s Daedalus: from launch to Flight and beyond - BandChain Laozi mainnet upgrade — post-mortem - 2 year anniversary of Algorand mainnet - Tezos Protocol upgrade Granada is in the final stages, contract calls are on track to reach another record high, and the DeFi and NFT landscape are continuing to grow - The Synthetix exchange will be enabled on Optimism during the week of July 26th with a final deployment date pending Spartan Council approval - PayU purchases CELO tokens to kickstart stablecoin payment program - Bluzelle partners with PolkaFoundry to accelerate DeFi adoption through intuitive oracle and NFT solutions - Polygon Studios has been presented, a brand new Polygon’s arm for the Blockchain Gaming & NFT ecosystem. This will cement Polygon’s existing lead position as the de-facto platform for NFTs & Gaming. - The UpOnly exchange is live, one of the first Injective relayers to go public and aims to provide a sleek interface for decentralized derivatives trading - The ICE Blockchain introduced, a new EVM compatible blockchain for the ICON ecosystem - The Graph Foundation to provide over $2.8M in funding to grants, in addition to $60M Core Dev Grant to StreamingFast - Terra’s new $150M Ecosystem Fund introduced - 1inch Foundation launches a $3 million grant program - Neon, an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) scalability solution built on Solana, introduced - Hop Protocol released their multichain bridge connecting xDai, Ethereum and Polygon - 0x + Brave partner to make crypto and DeFi more accessible to everyone - The Filecoin Techstars Accelerator announced - Revival NFT Marketplace is officially live on IOST - Persistence and IRIS Network join forces on multiple fronts - Learn what the NEAR Foundation does - And more! #State_of_Stakehttps://twitter.com/Paradigm_fund/status/1418251471389446149?s=20