World Series Champ Justin Turner Announces Free NFT to MLB Fans 24341

MLB All-Star and 2020 World Series Champion Justin Turner of the Los Angeles Dodgers announced a free NFT to fans on his Twitter Monday.

VIA TWITTER (@redturn2)
“Been diving into #NFTs these last few months and have been having a blast. Decided to hop in with my own FREE NFT that you will receive if you vote for me for the All Star game. Check out the instructions for details! www.dodgers.com/all-star/ballot @vaynersports @Dodgers”

Unlike other athletes who have created NFTs (non-fungible tokens) strictly for financial gain, Justin chose to incentivize fans that vote for him for the 2021 MLB All-Star.

Fans can participate by voting for Justin on the official MLB site at www.mlb.com/all-star/ballot, share on Twitter, and follow the Justin Turner Foundation (@JTFoundation10).

Major League Baseball All-Star selections will be announced July 3, 2021, with the Midsummer Classic played at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, on July 13. For additional information, and to cast your votes, please visit www.mlb.com/all-star/ballot.

Justin is represented by Greg Genske of VaynerSports. The agency was founded by AJ and Gary Vaynerchuk, the latter who recently launched VeeFriends, one of the most successful NFT projects to date.

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Introducing BounceBit testnet: BounceClub East-to-West Event 6998

BounceBit introduced early access with The Water Margin Event on January 30, 2024, inviting early contributors to boost Total Value Locked (TVL) and earn BounceBit points in return. Achieving remarkable milestones, BounceBit’s TVL soared to over $600 million within a month, complemented by securing $6 million in seed funding from leading investors Blockchain Capital and Breyer Capital. Today, we are thrilled to unveil our latest achievement: the BounceBit Testnet is officially live! Users are invited to enjoy an early experience of BounceClub and engage in staking on the BounceBit Testnet. Let’s dive into the features and opportunities BounceBit Testnet brings.

The underlying philosophy: The concept of BounceClub

The guiding philosophy of BounceBit is deeply motivated by Apple Inc.’s spirit of innovation and commitment to user-centric design. Apple’s success is attributed not only to the functionality of their products but also to their elegant design and user-friendly interface.

Inspired by Apple’s business model, BounceBit aims to revolutionize traditional onchain development methods by introducing the concept of BounceClub and BounceBit App Store. As an integral part of the BounceBit ecosystem, BounceClub is designed to simplify smart contract deployment for everyone and minimize dApp redundancy.

BounceClub serves as a Web3 hub enabling everyone to craft their own onchain space without any coding requirements. A BounceClub owner can customize their BounceClub by simply selecting protocols that are listed on the BounceBit App Store, just like downloading apps from the App Store on your iPhone. The BounceBit App Store functions as a library of Web3 plugins where developers are welcome to apply for listing their smart contracts, just like publishing apps on iOS’s App Store. Users who do not own a BounceClub can browse existing BounceClubs and engage in various Web3 activities to earn yield.

Testnet BounceClub Event: Build on Bitcoin from East to West

The BounceBit Testnet launch introduces multiple features: The BounceClub event, offering early access to BounceClub; BBScan, the explorer that tracks all activities on the BounceBit network; Dual-token staking, allowing users to stake BounceBit’s native token $BB and BounceBit’s uniformly mapped BTC $BBTC.

The BounceClub Event is centered around the theme “Building on Bitcoin: From East to West,” emphasizing a global effort to expand and innovate within the Bitcoin ecosystem. This theme underlines the initiative to unite developers, enthusiasts, and contributors from diverse regions in shaping the future of Bitcoin-centric development and applications.

To explore any of the Testnet features, you’ll need to get $BB tokens first from BounceBit’s discord channel. Everyone is welcome to participate in the BounceClub event as either a BounceClub owner or a BounceClub user. Here’s how it works:

  1. If you’ve registered for an account and deposited at least $10 at https://bouncebit.io/, you’re qualified to claim a Testnet BounceClub at https://testnet-club.bouncebit.io/claimClub. Then you can set it up by filling in the descriptions and selecting the protocols that you want to add to your club.
  2. If you haven’t deposited yet, you can simply browse the BounceClubs created by others at testnet.club.bouncebit.io and engage in the DeFi activities offered.

There will be two sets of Testnet leaderboard tracking the level of engagement. One leaderboard ranks BounceClub Owners based on the total amount of transactions made in their Clubs, while the other one ranks BounceClub Users based on the amount of transactions made by each user.

Advancing on the Testnet leaderboards brings numerous rewards upon the BounceBit Mainnet Launch in April. Notably, the top 6000 BounceClub Owners on the Testnet leaderboard will be eligible to claim the exclusive 6000 Mainnet BounceClubs when BounceBit Mainnet launches.

Testnet supported assets: Mirrored tokens

The Testnet BounceClub Event supports a variety of tokens that are mirrored from multiple platforms for users to engage in the DeFi activities within BounceClubs. The list of mirrored tokens includes:

  1. From BounceBit’s early access: $BTC, $WBTC, $AUCTION, $USDT, $MUBI, $FDUSD, $DAII
  2. From MultiBit Bridge: $MUBI, $BSSB, $DAII, $SATS, $ORDI, $LFG, $SAVM, $OOFP, $COM, $MOGB, $AMMX, $ZOOA, $RAIT, $RATS, $TURT, $OXBT, $WHEE, $CHAX, $FOOX, $AUCTION

More smart contracts and assets will be added to this list soon!

About BounceBit

BounceBit is building a BTC restaking infrastructure that provides a foundational layer for different restaking products, secured by the regulated custody of Mainnet Digital and Ceffu. The BounceBit chain, designed as a showcase of a restaking product within the BounceBit ecosystem, is a PoS Layer 1 secured by validators staking both BTC and BounceBit’s native token — A dual-token system leveraging native Bitcoin’s security with full EVM compatibility. Critical ecosystem infrastructure like bridges and oracles are secured by restaked BTC. Through an innovative CeFi + DeFi framework, BounceBit empowers BTC holders to earn yield across multiple networks.

Nodle Introduces Click, The World’s First Digital Trust Network, On Ethereum Through Rollup Integration 8259

Nodle (NODL), a long standing force in blockchain innovation, with 100,000 daily active users, proudly announces their Click camera app on Ethereum Layer 2. Click is the world’s first Digital Trust Network to be deployed on Ethereum via a rollup, and marks a significant advancement in using blockchain technology for media authentication to fight fake news. Click is an innovative photo and video app which leverages the scalability and efficiency of Ethereum as an L2 solution. The NODL token is not yet available on Ethereum.

Click runs on the Digital Trust Network which was developed by Nodle (NODL) and redefines the concept of trust via digital Proof of Authenticity. Through Click, users can securely capture, sign and share media content with real-time authenticated location, timestamp and device data, all on the blockchain. Click enables such data to be verified and transparently tracked in a wide range of applications, including journalism, elections, public safety, finance, proving identity, confirming deliveries, content creation, and many more emerging use cases for social good.

By integrating Click with Ethereum via a rollup, Nodle brings a very needed real-world consumer use case to blockchain and NFTs. This rollup enables Click to process transactions off-chain while maintaining the security and decentralization of the Ethereum network, significantly increasing throughput and reducing transaction costs.

“We are thrilled to be part of the Ethereum ecosystem and look forward to contributing to the community by bringing Click, the world’s first Digital Trust Network, through a rollup integration and EVM compatibility,” said Garrett Kinsman, Co-Founder of Nodle. “With Click on Ethereum, content creators and influencers finally have a tool that enables them to publish their content on any existing web platform and trace ownership permanently.”

Nodle’s rollup enables:

  • Scalability: By processing transactions off-chain and bundling them into a single transaction, Click achieves significant scalability improvements, enabling high throughput and lower transaction fees.
  • Security: Leveraging Ethereum’s robust security model, Click ensures the integrity and immutability of transactions while maintaining user privacy through advanced cryptographic techniques.
  • Interoperability: Click’s EVM compatibility enhances interoperability across decentralized applications (dApps) and blockchain networks, enabling seamless asset transfer and data exchange between different platforms.
  • Accessibility: The rollup makes Click’s Digital Trust Network accessible to a broader audience of developers and users within the Ethereum ecosystem, fostering innovation and collaboration in decentralized finance and beyond.

The NODL token is not yet available on Ethereum but will become available in the coming months. In addition to bringing the NODL token to Ethereum, Nodle is actively expanding the Nodle network, which recently hit a new milestone of 100,000 daily active users. Nodle’s SDK is currently being integrated into Click directly, which will quickly expand Nodle’s reach and footprint on Ethereum.

About Nodle and Click:

The Nodle network connects the world by using smartphones as nodes to create a digital trust network for social good. Nodle enables unique applications that can leverage the network for things like public safety, sourcing trusted user generated content, locating assets or accessing remote sensors. The Nodle network is decentralized, secure, private, and scalable making it perfect for digital witnesses, smart missions and micro-transactions. Anyone with a smartphone can join the Nodle network today. Download Nodle on iOS or Android and visit us at nodle.com.

Click empowers creators and consumers everywhere to easily create authentic media content. Click is on a mission to combat misinformation and bring truthful photos and videos to everyone via an immutable digital proof of authenticity. Click makes it easy to confirm it’s real and actually happened at a specific location, time and via a specific mobile device and camera. This is all made possible by ContentSign, Click’s proprietary technology which proves the integrity of data from its moment of capture via blockchain. Click is the first app to leverage the Nodle network as an app for social good. Click supports the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) and is a member of the Adobe-led Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI). Download Click on iOS or Android and visit us at clickapp.com.

Ordiswap v2 is live on Mainnet: The first native AMM on Bitcoin 8683

Ordiswap v2, the first AMM on the Bitcoin native layer, is now fully live!

Users can:

  • Seamlessly swap BRC-20s
  • Transfer tokens cross-chain b/w Bitcoin and Ethereum
  • Stake their $ORDS
  • Provide liquidity for yields
  • Create their own pools

The following liquidity pools are now live:

  • [ $ORDI ] – BTC/ORDI
  • [ $SATS ] – BTC/SATS
  • [ $BTCS ] – BTC/BTCS
  • [ $RATS ] – BTC/RATS
  • [ $COM ] – BTC/.COM
  • [ $GHSY ] – BTC/GHSY
  • [ $LIGO ] – BTC/LIGO
  • [ $TRAC ] – BTC/TRAC

What is Ordiswap?

There are markets, wallets and volume in Bitcoin DeFi. But, this is overshadowed by bad UX, high slippage, illiquidity and a lack of transactional efficiency.

In addition, the Bitcoin network is limited in programmability, performance and scalability, without basic DeFi infrastructure like smart contracts. This makes it very difficult to trade Bitcoin-native tokens like BRC-20s in a decentralized, non-custodial setting.

Ordiswap helps users overcome all of these limitations, enabling a direct avenue for users to engage in BTC/BRC-20 trades on Bitcoin’s native layer.

Ordiswap eliminates reliance on external intermediaries, providing a direct, efficient, and secure means of accessing liquidity — natively on Bitcoin.

Think Uniswap, but on Bitcoin’s native layer.

  • Ordiswap enables complex computations on the Bitcoin native layer with the help of “off-chain balance states” — managing user balances and interactions with periodic settlements on Bitcoin. These transactions inherit the security and finality of Bitcoin.
  • There is seamless interoperability with the EVM ecosystem, with cross-chain swaps enabled via the highly liquid THORChain pools. No bridges, no L2s, no problem.
  • Users can create pools in a permissionless manner, provide liquidity and stake to earn yields. Ordiswap is the first protocol to enable LP tokens to exist on Bitcoin.

This means:

  • No more fractured liquidity. With easy avenues to bridge to L1, liquidity is coming home to Bitcoin.
  • An efficient, low-slippage, interoperable infrastructure which will allow a thousand DeFi primitives to bloom on Bitcoin. Expect yield farms, decentralized lending markets etc.
  • No more over-the-counter (OTC) trades.
  • Ordiswap LP tokens can be plugged into all different types of DeFi applications, opening up a whole new world of composability and network effects.

Ordiswap achievements

In summary, Ordiswap has managed to:

  • Create the first AMM that is native to Bitcoin L1.
  • Port over EVM logic to Bitcoin for the first time, resulting in unparalleled efficiency, speed and interoperability.
  • Pioneered the creation of primitives like LP tokens on Bitcoin, vastly expanding the composable nature of L1 DeFi.
  • All user actions (swaps, trades, bridging etc) are completed in two block confirmations — it required four blocks, previously.

Ordiswap roadmap

Ordiswap has announced plans to launch a proprietary Layer-2 (Ordilayer), an overcollateralized & decentralized stablecoin (BTSD), a BRC-20 launchpad (Ordipad), and more.

Conclusion

The Bitcoin network has reached a pivotal moment with the rise of decentralized finance (DeFi) applications, fueled by significant developments such as the Taproot upgrade, BRC-20 standards, and the launch of Ordinals. Ordiswap is a leading player in this space, constructing a comprehensive infrastructure for Bitcoin DeFi, introducing innovative solutions like the Ordiswap AMM and ensuring seamless interoperability with the EVM. With its groundbreaking features, Ordiswap is setting the stage for a BTCfi summer, where the most decentralized and liquid network becomes a thriving hub for various DeFi primitives. In the coming months, expect to see an expanded product suite with the launches of L2 Ordilayer, stablecoin BTSD, and a BRC-20 launchpad (Ordipad).

Solsniffer Is The First Token Sniffer On Solana About To Set A New Security Standard 8278

Solsniffer, the first blockchain intelligence tool for the Solana blockchain, is now live!

Bonk’s explosive rise gave Solana an impressive boost in traders adoption, but with great power comes great challenges. The inflow of scams on Solana made it clear it needed a security upgrade.

The app allows Solana traders to make better-informed decisions by detecting security risks on Solana tokens with +18 security indicators. Some of these include mint risk, freeze risk, liquidity check, metadata immutability, and many more.

In the future versions of the blockchain intelligence tool, over 40 security indicators will be used to analyze Solana tokens, and an API will also be deployed for ecosystem partners building with our technology.

Solsniffer aims to become a leader in the blockchain intelligence sphere on Solana.

“As the first blockchain intelligence app of its kind on Solana, we believe Solsniffer represents the need for traders to be safe and to understand the risks of the tokens they interact with. It is no longer business as usual for scammers; it’s time to be a step ahead of fraud,” say the team founders.

Experienced with innovative blockchain products, the team is planning to release a new platform update every week until the roadmap is completed.

Announcements will be released in the coming weeks inside the Solsniffer Telegram community.

For more information, visit solsniffer.com.

About Solsniffer

Solsniffer is the first Solana token sniffer against vulnerabilities, security risks and frauds. As visionaries in the blockchain security space, the Solsniffer’s team aims to set a new security standard on Solana. With its 1-click token scanning, Solana users can make better-informed decisions by detecting potential scams.

Zoniqx and Ripple Partner to Bring Multi-Asset Tokenization onto the XRP Ledger 8872

Zoniqx (formerly known as Tassets) a pioneer in digital asset management, announced today its partnership with Ripple, an enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions provider. This strategic collaboration harnesses the robust, scalable infrastructure of the XRP Ledger (XRPL) and seamlessly integrates it with Zoniqx’s cutting-edge Tokenization Platform as a Service (TPaaS) and Tokenization Life Cycle Management (TALM) solutions. Tokenization improves access to an asset class by reducing traditional barriers to entry, lowering costs and eliminating geographical boundaries.

The partnership aims to streamline the tokenization process for real-world assets on XRPL, which supports native (XRP) and issued tokens to represent assets on-chain, making the process more efficient, accessible and liquid in the digital asset market. By leveraging XRPL’s fast, safe and low-cost blockchain infrastructure alongside Zoniqx’s state-of-the-art tokenization and digital asset lifecycle management offerings, the integration seeks to redefine industry standards and facilitate the seamless digital conversion of traditional assets on-chain.

Revolutionizing Asset Tokenization on the XRPL

Zoniqx’s integration with the XRPL will allow the tokenization of multiple real-world financial assets on the XRPL and offers a low-code conversion of real-world assets into digital assets. Zoniqx’s tokenization platform as a service TPaaS) ensures compliance with local jurisdictions by leveraging the Dynamic Interoperable Compliance Security Token Standard (DyCIST) standard and provides direct access to liquidity options.

Token issuers can seamlessly integrate with the XRPL and experience an intuitive interface for primary users to participate in asset tokenization. Users can easily create accounts, complete Know Your Customer (KYC) verification, and submit buy offers to receive tokens, thereby enhancing accessibility and liquidity in the digital asset market on the XRPL.

CEO and Founder of Zoniqx, Prasanth Kalangi said: “Joining forces with Ripple is a testament to our commitment to setting new standards in the digital asset space. Our combined efforts will ensure the tokenization of assets is not only dynamic and compliant, but also accessible to everyone, everywhere.”

Markus Infanger, SVP of RippleX said: “Zoniqx’s integration with the XRPL marks a significant milestone in the journey to enable the Internet of Value. By integrating XRPL’s fast, cost-efficient blockchain technology with Zoniqx’s pioneering tokenization services, the XRPL is poised to showcase unparalleled efficiency and scalability to the world of asset tokenization.”

About the XRP Ledger

The XRP Ledger is a decentralized layer 1 blockchain renowned for its decade-long reliability and stability in tokenizing and exchanging crypto-native and real-world assets. Designed to support businesses and builders, the XRP Ledger, powered by XRP, offers institutional-grade functionality and built-in features to enable secure, efficient, and scalable financial services and use cases. It’s more than just a blockchain – it’s a global developer community dedicated to transforming future business solutions. Learn more and build your business with confidence at XRPL.org.

About Ripple

Ripple is the leader in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, transforming how the world moves, manages and tokenizes value. Ripple’s business solutions are faster, more transparent, and more cost effective – solving inefficiencies that have long defined the status quo. And together with partners and the larger developer community, we identify use cases where crypto technology will inspire new business models and create opportunity for more people. With every solution, we’re realizing a more sustainable global economy and planet – increasing access to inclusive and scalable financial systems while leveraging carbon neutral blockchain technology and a green digital asset, XRP. This is how we deliver on our mission to build crypto solutions for a world without economic borders.

About Zoniqx

Zoniqx, formerly known as Tassets, stands as a beacon in financial technology from Silicon Valley, specializing in Tokenization Platform as a Service (TPaaS). It adeptly transforms Real World Assets into Digital Assets. The cornerstone of its offerings, the Tokenized Asset Lifecycle Management (TALM) solution, embraces the DyCIST – Dynamic Compliant Interoperable Security Token (ERC-7518) standard, ensuring utmost security and scalability. Central to Zoniqx’s ecosystem is SecureConnect, a groundbreaking platform that seamlessly bridges asset tokenization with institutional liquidity, amplifying market reach and ensuring compliance. This synergy positions Zoniqx not just as a provider but as an innovator at the forefront of digital asset transformation.

Superfluid Secures $5.1M to Launch Distribution Pools and Unlock One-to-Many Streams 9127

Optimism, Gitcoin and ENS DAO Adopt Token Streaming Protocol For Grant and Hackathon Payments

Superfluid, the leading asset streaming protocol that brings subscriptions, salaries and rewards to DAOs and crypto-native businesses, today announced a $5.1M strategic round led by Fabric Ventures with participation from Multicoin Capital, IOSG Ventures, Circle Ventures, Safe Foundation, WAGMI Ventures, Eterna Capital, Veris Ventures, Skyland Ventures and Hyperithm. Notable angel investors also include The LAO, Bernardo Bilotta, Alex Van De Sande, Kartik Talwar, and Taavet+Sten. This round brings the company’s total financing to date to $14.1M. The new funds will be used to support Superfluid’s growing developer ecosystem, expand the core team, and launch Distribution Pools.

In addition to raising the new funds, the company also announced Distribution Pools today. Distribution Pools give developers a powerful tool to program one-to-many streams that easily scale to up to millions of recipients in real-time. Developers can program Distribution Pool streams for a variety of use-cases, including dynamic revenue sharing, continuous token rewards, grant payouts, and programmable airdrops.

“Superfluid is off to a hot start in 2024. We’ve been working closely with several DAO leaders to streamline their payment operations to contributors and sub-DAOs, and have several pilots in the works that meaningfully demonstrate the power of Superfluid,” said Francesco Renzi, Co-Founder and CEO of Superfluid. “Fabric is known for its strategic support of innovative blockchain and crypto projects. This funding will be instrumental in advancing Superfluid’s mission to accelerate the flow of value around the world.”

In December 2023, ENS DAO held an open procurement process and selected Superfluid to distribute $5.4M in developer grants. Optimism also selected Superfluid to distribute 30M OP tokens (approximately $114M USD) of their Retroactive Public Goods Funding (RPGF), which are being distributed to over 500 leading projects and individuals in the web3 industry instantly onboarding them as Superfluid users.

“Superfluid represents a 0-to-1 innovation in money movement. Streaming payments, from salaries, subscriptions, and renting, will revolutionize our financial lives,“ said Anil Hansjee, General Partner, Fabric Ventures. “We’re excited to be a part of this vision and back Fran and the team as they continue to build out Streaming as a new core primitive for DeFi.”

Gitcoin’s Allo Protocol, an open-source funding protocol, and Geoweb, a public-good inspired AR metaverse, are leveraging Superfluid Distribution Pools to develop Streaming Quadratic Funding, a new public goods funding mechanism. A paradigm shift from one-off funding to continuous and real-time funding, dynamically allocated over time through the democratizing quadratic functions pioneered by Gitcoin. Funding allocations can now be tied to project progress and change based on the milestones achieved.

“We are glad to see the integration of Superfluid’s Distribution Pools into Allo Protocol, enabling continuous and dynamically allocated streaming for high velocity Quadratic Funding,” stated Meg Lister, General Manager of Grants Lab, a newly established business unit within Gitcoin. “The Distribution Pools play an essential role in bringing more consistency for grantees, aligning with our efforts to empower communities to leverage web3 technology for funding Public Goods effectively.”

Following the launch of Distribution Pools, the Superfluid protocol V1 will be feature complete. The company plans to decentralize core protocol governance to the community later this year.

About Superfluid

Founded in 2020, Superfluid is an asset streaming protocol that has the power to describe cash flows and execute them automatically on-chain over time in a non-interactive way. Superfluid streams are programmable, composable and modular. The first cash flow types allow constant streams of value and one-to-many distributions. All streams are settled at the same time, based on block timestamps. No capital is locked up, and all inflows and outflows are netted in real-time, drastically increasing capital efficiency. Learn more about Superfluid at https://www.superfluid.finance.

About Fabric Ventures

Fabric is a venture contributor building and backing the boldest ideas across Web3 and AI, to create a more fair, productive and sustainable economy—an Open Economy. We provide capital and technical support to Founders across the entire lifecycle of their companies. Fabric has a portfolio of 116 global investments across pre-ideation to Series B and beyond with a few of our portfolio deals including: Polkadot, Sorare, NEAR, 1inch and many more.