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General Updates

Flamingo Finance launched a new ambassador program for community members. Beginning in June, users can share in a pool of US $500 in rewards, distributed each month in return for their independent community-building efforts. The initiative was designed to encourage platform growth and further development of the DeFi sector on Neo. Additionally, Flamingo released statistics on the top three tokens traded on the non-custodial exchange by volume, including approximately US $5.1 million for bNEO, $2.8 million for FLM, and $1.5 million for fUSDT. Flamingo also released a copy of the community lagoon, which highlighted Flamingo’s participation at the Neo booth at Consensus 2023, an upcoming presence at Web3 Berlin with plans for onboarding new users into the Neo ecosystem at an afterparty event, the team’s focus on completing the Order Book over the summer, marketing initiatives, constraints advertising with Web2 entities, and more.

Quirky Soul College announced the addition of a Neo News Today skin to the Vending Machine feature of the Neo-powered game. QSC’s Vending Machine allows users to obtain a unique skin that can be equipped on a Quirky Soul NFT if the wallet also holds a ValeNNTine’s NFT. The NNT skin will be available beginning Monday, June 5. Additionally, QSC conducted an airdrop to Wave 1 Quirky Soul NFT holders, comprising either a shard to upgrade character traits or a new skin, depending on how many Wave 1 NFTs the wallet held at the time of the snapshot.

GrantShares hosted the seventh episode of Shill Your Proposal with Professor Nicola Dmitri. The purpose of the interactive session was for Professor Dmitri to communicate the goals and desires of a grant proposal to fund the second half of his research on the academic publication entitled “The Neo Two-Token Blockchain: An Economic Perspective.” Additionally, the GrantShares proposal Pixudi with NeoFS integration. Milestone 1: Launching collection & the game with NEO was put onchain and is awaiting an endorsement from a GrantShares member before it can be put to vote.

Perlin Finance announced that the lending protocol will launch in June 2023 and shared a simple way for users to qualify for an airdrop.

Events

June 10 – 11: Flamingo Finance to participate in Web3 Berlin.

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Quirky Soul College is adding a Neo News Today skin to the Vending Machine feature of the Neo-powered game. QSC’s Vending Machine allows users to obtain a unique skin that can be equipped on a Quirky Soul NFT. The NNT skin will be available beginning Monday, June 5.

Source: Quirky Soul College

Users must own a Quirky Soul NFT and a ValeNNTine NFT to get one of these new skins from the Vending Machine. One unique NNT-theme skin can be minted per Quirky Soul and ValeNNTine NFT combination. For example, if a user has three Quirky Soul NFTs and one ValeNNTine NFT, they can only mint one NNT-theme skin in the QSC game.

Source: Neo News Today

The ValeNNTine NFTs were distributed in Feb. 2022 to wallets voting for NNT as their Neo Council member. At the time, the NFTs were touted as a digital Valentine’s Day card and offered no additional utility beyond thanking NNT’s voters. In Feb. 2023, NNT airdropped 3 GAS to Neo wallets that held a ValeNNTine NFT and were voting for NNT as a council member. The airdrop served as a thank-you to voters who stuck with NNT as their choice for the Neo Council for a full calendar year. The ValeNNTine NFTs have a total supply of 320.

NNT becomes the third ecosystem entity to collaborate with QSC on a skin. The other two include COZ and Neo Candy.

The full announcement can be found at the link below:
https://twitter.com/QuirkySoulCLG/status/1663994123794149378

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The AxLabs team is hosting a new installment of the GrantShares Shill Your Proposal Twitter Spaces featuring Nicola Dimitri, Professor of Economics at the University of Siena in Italy. Professor Dmitri intends to discuss the second half of his research about the dual-token economy and the proposal currently onchain awaiting endorsement from a voting member. The event will begin at 4:00 p.m. (UTC) on Thursday, June 1, and will be recorded.

The Shill Your Proposal series was launched in 2022 as an open venue for users to discuss the community-funding DAO and proposals. The first six episodes took place exclusively on the Twitter platform, but the upcoming seventh episode will introduce a new live-stream format that allows the speaker to deliver a visual presentation while also speaking on a Spaces.

Professor Dmitri intends to discuss the findings from the first milestone of two of his academic publication “The Neo Two-Token Blockchain.” This milestone for the analysis of Neo’s dual-token economy was approved in Sep. 2022, with three out of five GrantShares members voting in favor. The research explored how indicators like price, trades, and circulating monetary quantities can impact Neo and potentially support policymaking.

Additionally, Professor Dmitri plans to discuss the scope of the remaining research, which will focus on the dynamics of the Neo blockchain. The proposal for milestone two specifically cites studying how NEO holdings might impact GAS holdings over time and how GAS spent on functions such as transaction fees and invoking smart contracts impacts that relationship.

To participate in the Shill Your Proposal, visit the AxLabs YouTube page and turn a notification on for the event.

The full announcement can be found at the link below:
https://twitter.com/GrantShares/status/1663277836583555072

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General Updates

Neo Global Development ecosystem growth manager Denis Suslov joined an Alchemy Pay Twitter Spaces following a recent partnership announcement. Topics of discussion included an overview of the Neo ecosystem, participating in governance, the types of support NGD can offer projects, and much more.

Neo published the General Monthly Report for April 2023, including Neo’s presence at the Hong Kong Web3 Festival and Consensus conferences, the partnership with Alchemy Pay’s fiat ramping service, recent articles that have featured Da Hongfei, ecosystem project updates, and more.

Unlocking the Chain released a video that offered an overview of NEO, bNEO, and cNEO, including each coin’s opportunities and constraints. Unlocking the Chain also did a deep dive into the Neo Compounder website, how the auto-compounding smart contract works, and how to acquire the cNEO token.

Neo Soccer announced that the sports management game will shut its doors indefinitely after season six concludes. The final match of the sixth 38-day season will take place on June 10. Afterward, the platform is expected to be shut down. At the time of press, Neo Soccer has made all funds deposited to the account available for withdrawal. Neo Soccer leadership aims to ensure that all users can leave the platform with their initial deposits. Some players had spent more bNEO than they’d won and the Neo Soccer team decided to reimburse them for lost funds, bringing these users back to the level of their initial deposits.

The GrantShares proposal for Grenademinis seeking funding for sound effects was canceled with intentions to put forth an alternative proposal sometime in the near future. 

Flamingo released FLUND statistics for Week 20 of 2023, noting approximately US $7.9 million in total volume, $2.2 million in minting rewards, and $369,000 in trading fee rewards.

NNT Catch Up

NNT released episode 38 of the Smart Economy Podcast, featuring Aaron Kaplan, founder and co-CEO of Prometheum. Topics of discussion included wanting to build a regulatory-compliant exchange in 2013, how he felt like a crazy person talking about securities laws during the ETH ICO, incubating Prometheum, how Prometheum is posed to be the first regulatory-compliant digital asset custodian in the US, and the path forward for crypto in the US.

Events

May 30: Flamingo Community Lagoon Live AMA.
May 30: Meme2Earn Fireplace Live AMA.
June 10 – 11: Flamingo Finance to participate in Web3 Berlin.

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The Neo Soccer development team announced the sports management game will be shuttering its doors indefinitely after season six concludes. The final game of the sixth 38-day season will take place on June 10. Afterward, the platform is expected to be shut down. Odd Jørgen Røland Neo Soccer founder and maintainer said:

I have always taken great pride and joy in serving you as the creator and administrator of Neo Soccer. This game has brought us excitement, camaraderie, and a genuine love for soccer. It’s been an honor to witness and be part of that journey.

However, with a heavy heart, I must announce a significant change to the future of Neo Soccer. Due to shifting personal commitments and the necessity to focus on other projects, I have made the difficult decision to end our shared journey after the completion of this current season.

It’s hard to put into words how deeply grateful I am for your support, camaraderie, and passion for the game that’s made Neo Soccer such an exceptional community. As we approach the end of this chapter, I hope we can celebrate the incredible moments we’ve shared and look back on our journey with fondness, not sadness.

In Neo Soccer, players used bNEO to purchase or loan squad members, managers, and stadiums in order to compete against teams established by other users. Users maintained a proper balance of team finances with revenue derived from hosting home games and prize pools from seasons and cup matches.

At the time of press, Neo Soccer has made all funds deposited to the account available for withdrawal. Some players had lost bNEO playing the game, while others had made some. Neo Soccer leadership aims to ensure that all users can leave the platform with their initial deposits. There were some players that had spent more bNEO than they’d won, and the Neo Soccer team decided to reimburse them for lost funds, bringing these users back to the level of their initial deposits. Røland said, “After this repayment, I’m at a loss, but it feels like the right and fair way to do this!”

Current Neo Soccer users can finish the season, but certain in-game functionalities will be disabled to ensure a smooth wind-down. Those functionalities include selling, lending, and terminating players, coaches, and stadiums. Further, users will no longer earn bNEO for winning or hosting matches, or for placing in tournaments.

While there are no plans to relaunch the game, Røland has ambitions to continue building the soccer manager simulator at some point. He said, “Yeah, it’s not dead forever! I know what I want to fix, but I don’t have time to fix it. Maybe one day I have time, and the game is rebooted.”

The full announcement can be found in the Announcements channel on NEO BITS Discord server:
https://discord.gg/VD7fGaBAUE

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Neo Global Development is joining Alchemy Pay’s next Twitter Spaces to discuss the recent partnership between the two entities. NGD director John Wang will be speaking on behalf of Neo, which will take place on the official Alchemy Pay Twitter page. The event will begin at 1:00 p.m. (UTC) on Friday, May 26, and there will be US $200 in GAS prizes distributed to ten lucky winners.

Alchemy Pay is an on- and off-ramping service that enables users to purchase crypto using fiat currencies. Neo and Alchemy Pay established a partnership in April 2023 to improve the accessibility of Neo N3-based tokens. The partnership will begin with listing NEO, GAS, and FLM on the Alchemy Pay plugin. The listings will make the assets available to all buyers and sellers using the solution’s payment network.

To become eligible for a chance to win GAS prizes, users must follow both Alchemy Pay and Neo’s Twitter accounts. Then, they must like and retweet the announcement and tag three friends. Lastly, the participant must take a screenshot of their attendance in the Spaces and share the screenshot in the announcement Tweet.

The full announcement can be found at the link below:
https://twitter.com/AlchemyPay/status/1661318197298233348

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General Updates

Neo hosted a Twitter Spaces dedicated to the ecosystem’s presence at Consensus 2023, featuring a panel of guests comprising Neo booth participants who discussed their experience. The guests included AxLabs founder Guil. Sperb Machado, Greenfinch co-founder Robin Green, COZ CEO Tyler Adams, and Flamingo Finance head of video production and motion graphics Sergio Avila. Topics discussed included the OneBand non-fungible item activation, the types of conversations partner pod representatives had with booth attendees, the psyche the event had on ecosystem builders, and more.

Flamingo head of marketing Bordois joined a Web3 Berlin Twitter Spaces to talk about the features of the DeFi platform, the OneBand NFT ring activation at Consensus 2023, the upcoming Web3 Berlin conference, and more. Additionally, Flamingo announced the next Community Lagoon Live AMA, taking place at 1:00 p.m. (UTC) on May 30. Lastly, Flamingo released stats on the top pools by APR on the DeFi platform, noting 82% for the bNEO/DOGEF pool, 76% APR for the bNEO/DOGER pool, and 65% for the FLM/FUSD pool.

Meme2Earn surpassed US $10,000 in rewards from the Meme of the Day contest, a community-oriented campaign launched in Nov. 2022. The funds for Meme of the Day rewards are donated by project sponsors, including nDapp.org (Tuesdays), COZ (Wednesdays), and GhostMarket (Fridays). Additionally, Meme2Earn airdropped 1 trillion TIPS tokens to the platform’s most active users. 

TOTHEMOON released a sneak peek of a 3D rendering of a Cryptonaut character from the upcoming launch of its first arcade game. The team aims to continue releasing sneak peeks of in-game assets in the coming weeks. Additionally, the TTM team noted in Discord that it intends to conduct Comet Drop #2 towards the end of June. 

NNT Catch Up

Greenfinch recently launched the decentralized storage solution that utilizes the Neo blockchain and NeoFS on N3 MainNet. The latest version, v0.5.7, is available for download on the official Greenfinch website and is compatible with both Windows and Mac operating systems. Currently, any kind of object can be uploaded and stored in a NeoFS container via Greenfinch. The team also teased upcoming functionality for the app. A tab for using containers as a website promises a way to easily deploy decentralized websites on NeoFS, while another placeholder page points to future NFT management functionality.

NNT released episode 37 of the Smart Economy Podcast, featuring Lars Seier Christensen, chairman at Concordium Foundation. Topics of discussion included building an online trading platform in the early days of the internet, new technology and adoption cycles, the importance of digital identification, discovering Bitcoin, and how Concordium seeks to provide certain features that other blockchains don’t natively provide.

Events

May 30: Flamingo Community Lagoon Live AMA.
June 10 – 11: Flamingo to participate in Web3 Berlin.

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Meme2Earn has surpassed US $10,000 in rewards from the Meme of the Day contest, a community-oriented campaign that launched in Nov. 2022. The funds for Meme of the Day rewards are donated by project sponsors, including nDapp.org (Tuesdays), COZ (Wednesdays), and GhostMarket (Fridays).

Meme2Earn is a platform that allows users to submit meme content and receive NEP-17 TIPS tokens in return. Other users can upvote content using TIPS tokens, with 60% going to the creator, 20% burnt, and 20% sent to the Boomer Fund. The Boomer Fund is a single-sided staking feature that allows users to stake NEP-17 TIPS tokens and earn yield (in TIPS) from fees derived from the use of the Meme2Earn platform. Likewise, users can spend TIPS to downvote meme content submissions. However, the meme creator does not receive any of these tokens as rewards, as 80% are burnt, and 20% are sent to the Boomer Fund.

About Meme2Earn

The Meme of the Day contest asks users to create a new meme that follows current trends and topics, except for Thursdays and Sundays.

On Thursdays, the Meme2Earn team will burn an amount of TIPS equivalent to the amount used to upvote on the site that day. And on Sundays, the Meme2Earn team will choose one meme to post on its official Twitter account. Users must still Tweet their meme to qualify.

On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, four winners will each earn an equivalent of US $21 in TIPS tokens. Rewards are distributed every two weeks.

The full announcement can be found at the link below:
https://medium.com/meme2earn/over-10-000-in-prizes-distributed-from-meme2earns-meme-of-the-day-ongoing-contests-9881d2b43dbf

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Neo Global Development is hosting a Twitter Spaces dedicated to the Neo presence at Consensus 2023. The panel of guests will feature Neo booth participants to discuss their experience at North America’s premier blockchain conference. NNT will moderate the Spaces, featuring AxLabs, Greenfinch, Flamingo Finance, and COZ representatives. The discussion will begin at 5:00 p.m. (UTC) on Friday, May 19.

Consensus is among the longest-running blockchain conferences, dating back to 2015. This year’s three-day event in Austin, Texas, provided a forum for industry experts, investors, and developers to network, discuss industry trends, and showcase their products and services.

The theme of Neo’s booth at Consensus 2023 was Resilience, meet innovation. The booth space was staffed by eight Neo ecosystem groups that showcased a diverse range of Web3 technologies encompassing NFT, DeFi, DAO, and metaverse projects. Over 750 OneBand NFT ring phygital items and LIZARD NFTs were distributed to Neo booth visitors onboarded into the ecosystem through Neo’s activation.

An overview of the event can be found here, numerous in-person interviews and a OneBand NFT ring demo video can be found here, and a special episode of the Smart Economy Podcast dedicated to Neo’s footprint at Consensus can be found here.

The Twitter Spaces will be recorded for those unable to attend the event.

The full announcement can be found at the link below:
https://twitter.com/Neo_Blockchain/status/1658630914359037954

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General Updates

Neo Global Development released its global monthly report for February and March 2023. The report shares updates on new releases and partnerships, giveaways and cross-project collaborations, community engagement, event plans, and more.

NGD shared a development update video featuring AxLabs, NNT, NEXT, NeoResearch, NeoSPCC, NGD Digital Labs, NGD Enterprise, and Red4Sec. Updates covered technical progress throughout Feb. and Mar. 2023.

NGD published a recap of its experience at Consensus 2023. The retrospective outlined the OneBand non-fungible item activation, ecosystem teams that participated through the project pods, developer communities in attendance, and Da Hongfei’s presence at the booth.

Neo joined the KaratDAO ecosystem by becoming a data validator. KaratDAO is a decentralized identity and data network that aims to bridge Web2 and Web3 by leveraging multi-party computation and zero-knowledge proof technology. Neo will join the Karat ecosystem as a Space Odyssey Genesis validator. Space Odyssey is an activation campaign for the new Karat Network launch designed to onboard new users. Users that register with Karat Network and select a validator node will begin to earn rewards and become eligible for future airdrops.

GhostMarket released an overview of its experience at the Neo booth during Consensus 2023. The article noted activation participation, the types of conversations related to GhostMarket, and an NNT interview with CEO Vincent Geneste.

Flamingo Finance released stats on the FLUND DEX-like fund for week 18 of 2023, which noted a total volume of approximately US $8.3m, total minting rewards of $2.3 million, and total trading fee rewards of $374,000.

DogeRift was listed on the GeckoTerminal built by Coin Gecko, which allows users to follow the market movements of the DOGER/wBNB liquidity pool on the Binance Smart Chain network. Additionally, the LP was added to the DEX Screener token price tracking platform.

Developer Updates

COZ is partnering with DegenzNFT and teased plans for an upcoming project with details to follow. COZ also released Neo3-boa v0.13.0, which made a new interface to Neo Test Runner executable.

NNT Catch Up

NNT released episode 36 of the Smart Economy Podcast, featuring ecosystem representatives present at the Neo booth during Consensus 2023. The projects in this episode included GhostMarket, NGD Enterprise, Perlin Finance, AxLabs, COZ, Flamingo Finance, and Greenfinch. Topics discussed included current projects, the success of the OneBand ring, how the event onboarded new Neo community members, thoughts after meeting the community at the event, and aspirations for Consensus 2024.

NNT posted an article with all of the video and audio content created as a result of Consensus 2023. The content includes interviews, project updates, and general insights into the ecosystem. Included is a video demonstration of the OneBand NFI onboarding process.

Events

June 10 – 11: Flamingo Finance to participate in Web3 Berlin.

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The OneBand non-fungible items were unveiled at Consensus 2023, which took place in Austin, Texas, in April 2023. Over 750 OneBand NFT rings and LIZARD NFTs were distributed to Neo booth visitors that onboarded into the ecosystem through the event activation. Alongside Neo Global Development, other communities building on Neo were on hand to discuss their work.

Throughout Consensus, NNT interviewed members from within the Neo community to talk about their booth experience, project updates, and general insights into the ecosystem. Additionally, NNT recorded a video demonstration of the OneBand NFI onboarding process.

Alongside the video interviews and demo, NNT also released a special Smart Economy Podcast episode featuring eight builders from within the Neo ecosystem. The following guests were featured on episode 36 of the Smart Economy Podcast in order of appearance:

• Robin Green, Greenfinch co-founder
• John Kim, Perlin Finance co-founder
• Gil Lopes Bueno, COZ lead developer
• Sergio Avila, Flamingo Finance marketing
• Guil. Sperb Machado, AxLabs founder
• Tyler Adams, COZ CEO
• Vincent Geneste, GhostMarket founder and CEO
• John deVadoss, NGD Enterprise lead

The video interviews, onboarding demo, and Smart Economy Podcast episode can be found below:

Vitor Coelho, NeoResearch co-founder

Danny Heaven, COZ head of marketing

Ed, Forthewin Network founder

Alex Walker, Greenfinch co-founder

Claude Müller, AxLabs senior software engineer

Bordois, Flamingo head of marketing

Harry Pierson, NGD Enterprise chief architect

Vincent Geneste, GhostMarket CEO

OneBand demo: Tyler Adams, COZ CEO

Smart Economy Podcast – Neo at Consensus 2023: The Premiere of the Non-Fungible Item

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Neo is joining the KaratDAO ecosystem by becoming a data validator. KaratDAO is a decentralized identity and data network that aims to bridge Web2 and Web3 by leveraging multi-party computation and zero-knowledge proof technology.

The KaratDAO team seeks to establish a new Web3 standard called W3Auth, which emulates OAuth. OAuth is an open Web2 standard that provides seamless access to websites or applications via simple identity verification and account authentication. For example, when signing into a new web application, an individual can use their Google account to onboard quickly.

Instead of storing user information on a central server, W3Auth utilizes decentralized identity standards and smart contracts to ensure user data is owned and controlled by the user.

Source: KaratDAO

Users who choose to provide their data to the Karat Network earn rewards for participation through its verify-to-earn mechanism. The V2E mechanism aims to help communities reward their users, by using the KaratDAO dashboard to help them learn more about their users’ Web2 and Web3 identities and preferences.

To deploy this mechanism, KaratDAO will utilize a dual-NFT model, one for the Validator role and one for the Claimer role.

KaratDAO NFTs

The Validator role is designed for those seeking to onboard many users into the Karat Network. The more users that tie their Karat ID to a Validator, the larger the rewards it will receive.

The Claimer role was designed for all users and can be acquired by connecting Web2 credentials (i.e., Twitter handle, email address) to a Web3 credential (i.e., wallet address). After providing the information, the user can acquire a Claimer Pass NFT. This NFT will make the token holder eligible for $KAT token airdrops and other ecosystem benefits.

Source: KaratDAO

In the first phase of the Karat Network rollout, there will be 30 Genesis Validator NFTs (1 ETH each) and 300 Original Validator NFTs (0.2 ETH each). There is an unlimited supply of Claimer NFTs, which are provided at no cost when a user selects a Validator and provides social media information.

Neo will join the Karat ecosystem as a Space Odyssey Genesis validator. Space Odyssey is an activation campaign for the new Karat Network launch designed to onboard new users. The Genesis Validator role became operational on Wednesday, May 10. Users that register with Karat Network and select a Validator node will begin to earn rewards and become eligible for future airdrops.

The full announcement can be found at the link below:
https://twitter.com/KaratDAO/status/1655431800649555968

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General Updates

Neo News Today shared a recap of Neo’s activities at Consensus 2023. Over 750 OneBand NFT rings and LIZARD NFTs were distributed to Neo booth visitors onboarded into the ecosystem through Neo’s event activation. Its booth was designed with a central area for onboarding OneBand users, four columns with ecosystem projects on either side (“project pods”), and spaces for networking and discussions. The project pods showcased a diverse range of Web3 technologies encompassing NFT, DeFi, DAO, and metaverse projects, as well as pods that highlighted the ecosystem’s cutting-edge developer tools. The pods were hosted by AxLabs, COZ, Forthewin Network, Perlin Finance, Flamingo Finance, GhostMarket, Greenfinch, and Digi.

R3E Network co-founder Jinghui Liao published an article on Nasdaq entitled Zero-Knowledge Proofs: The ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of Privacy Tech. The article offered an overview of how ZKPs can be used to protect privacy, authenticate identification, safeguard sensitive information, and also included example use cases.

Quirky Soul College will conclude Wave 1 NFT minting on May 14. Afterward, users will not be able to mint Quirky Soul NFTs until the launch of the next wave. After the mint closes, the QSC team intends to airdrop rewards to Wave One NFT holders. At the time of press, 185 Wave One QSC NFTs remain.

DogeRift has partnered with Metaverse Worlds, an aggregator website composed of content creators focusing on NFT and metaverse projects. Additionally, DogeRift announced a partnership with DEXGame, a community of builders and stakeholders in the gaming industry seeking to build Web3 and metaverse products.

Neo Soccer kicked off season six of the 38-day Flamingo Finance and Meme2Earn leagues. The team also announced a forthcoming payment structure change to the platform, where players will purchase players, coaches, stadiums, and place bids to join series or tournaments with the native BITS token, not bNEO.

NNT joined a GhostMarket Twitter Spaces to discuss the Neo booth at Consensus 2023 and the OneBand NFT ring activation. Also, GhostMarket‘s GM token has been listed on the Uniramp fiat on- and off-ramp aggregator.

Flamingo Finance released stats on the top pools by APR on the DeFi platform, noting 68% APR for the bNEO/FUSD pool and 65% APR for the FLM/FUSD and bNEO/DOGER pools.

Events

June 10 – 11: Flamingo Finance to participate in Web3 Berlin.

Token Listings

GM has been listed on Uniramp.

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Over 750 OneBand NFT rings and LIZARD NFTs were distributed to Neo booth visitors onboarded into the ecosystem through Neo’s Consensus 2023 event activation. Consensus is among the premiere North American conferences for the blockchain industry and has been running since 2015. This year’s event took place April 26 through 28 in Austin, Texas.

The three-day event provided a forum for industry experts, investors, and developers to network, discuss industry trends, and showcase their products and services. Neo’s presence at Consensus 2023 was significant as it had one of the largest booth footprints at the event and hosted dozens of community participants from across the ecosystem.

Neo’s booth was stationed towards the middle of the conference arena, allowing for high visibility and foot traffic. It was designed with a central area for onboarding OneBand users, four columns with ecosystem projects on either side (“project pods”), and spaces for networking and discussions. The layout was designed to maximize visitor engagement and provide an immersive experience of the Neo ecosystem.

The project pods showcased a diverse range of Web3 technologies encompassing NFT, DeFi, DAO, and metaverse projects, as well as pods that highlighted the ecosystem’s cutting-edge developer tools. The pods were hosted by AxLabs, COZ, Forthewin Network, Perlin Finance, Flamingo Finance, GhostMarket, Greenfinch, and Digi.

In addition, other representatives from the Neo ecosystem had a presence at the booth, including Neo co-founder Da Hongfei, NGD Enterprise lead John deVadoss, researcher Vitor Coelho from NeoResearch, Jinghui Liao from R3E Network, and half a dozen Neo Global Development team members.

Onboarding with the OneBand Non-Fungible Item

The OneBand NFI is a physical, wearable ring cryptographically bound to an NFT. The device is powered by an NFC antenna which enables short-range wireless communication with other devices. The NFC chip contains a censored BIP32 master key which supports BIP44 derivations to private keys for most modern blockchains. It works similarly to a hardware wallet, except that the private key is known only to the device itself. The phygital item was conceptualized and manufactured by COZ, with assistance from AxLabs, who wrote the device firmware.

Source: COZ

The OneBand activation allowed participants to have an immersive experience of the Neo ecosystem. It involved a process where booth visitors were provided an ITEM NFT asset that they would then bind to a OneBand ring in a non-custodial manner. A smart contract would randomly determine what color ring the user would get. From least to most rare, the available colors included white, black, blue, green, and red.

Alongside the ITEM NFT, users would also receive a dynamic LIZARD NFT. Once onboarded, participants could visit the eight project pods (plus NGD’s station) to scan their ring, adding up to nine new elements to the LIZARD NFT.

The onboarding process was designed to be smooth and quick, taking a little over a minute to onboard a new user.

LIZARD NFT

LIZARD NFTs were designed for the event by Giacomo Boni, a concept artist from Ubisoft. The commemorative LIZARD NFT features a Texas horned lizard, an homage to the state where Consensus 2023 was held.

Source: Neo News Today

In its basic form, the LIZARD NFT features a character in a desert-like background. As booth participants visited each project pod and scanned their ring, new elements would be added to the NFT.

Source: Neo News Today

The attributes that could be updated included types of bird, city, rubber ring, garden, spirit, glasses, horns, necklace, and shirt. Each attribute also included an element of rarity, which increases the likelihood of winning a prize in the upcoming Lizard Loot game.

Lizard Loot

Lizard Loot is an upcoming mini-game that will be accessible to all LIZARD NFT holders, where LIZARDs can be used to unlock exclusive chests and win NEP-17 tokens.

Source: COZ

Each LIZARD NFT is eligible to open up to three chests:

• Basic Chest: Win up to 5 GAS. Any LIZARD NFT can loot a Basic Chest.
• Superior Chest: Win up to 10 GAS. LIZARD NFTs with more than five traits can loot a Superior Chest.
• Elite Chest: Win up to 100 GAS. LIZARD NFTs with a rare trait can loot an Elite Chest.

The more project pods a Consensus 2023 attendee visited at the Neo booth, the more traits they acquired to make them eligible for larger prizes.

The Afterparty

After the third day of the event, Neo hosted an afterparty at a nearby bar for OneBand NFI holders and other booth visitors. Nearly 100 people attended to conclude the Consensus 2023 festivities. Those who had received a OneBand ring during the conference could use it to claim a free drink at the bar by tapping their OneBand ring at an NFC reader station.

Looking forward

Another activation event featuring the OneBand technology will be announced in the near future. Further, COZ intends to release a developer kit offering templates and documentation to build upon the OneBand NFI hardware.

More information about the OneBand NFI can be found at the link below:
https://www.coz.io/oneband

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Quirky Soul College will conclude the Wave 1 mint of QSC NFTs on Sunday, May 14. Following the conclusion of this mint wave, the team intends to perform an airdrop to all addresses that hold at least one Wave 1 QSC NFT.

The mint waves are open for a limited time, allowing game players to create new Quirky Soul characters. After each mint concludes, users can’t mint Quirky Soul NFTs until the launch of the next wave. Each wave thus far has had a different amount of NFTs available to mint, but the total supply of the series will remain at 10,000 NFTs.

The first mint, Wave 0, ran from Oct. 31, 2022 through Jan. 22, 2023. The Wave 1 mint opened on March 13, and 1,005 NFTs were made available at 15 GAS each. At the time of press, 185 Quirky Soul NFTs remain in the Wave 1 mint.

About Quirky Soul College

QSC is the first dynamic NFT-based game on the Neo N3 blockchain. It was developed by Rentfuse founder Michael Fabozzi and was designed to be a Tamagotchi-like game where characters grow over time. The objective of the game is to acquire QSC NFT characters and level them up to win missions more efficiently and earn rewards.

Dynamic NFTs have updatable metadata that can be altered when triggered by smart contracts. The character images are dynamically generated onchain and are updated according to certain conditions. Example conditions include when a character is on a mission, when a character dies, and more.

The announcement can be found at the link below:
https://twitter.com/QuirkySoulCLG/status/1653634117819420674

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General Updates

Neo hosted a booth at Consensus 2023, which took place in Austin, TX. Neo News Today published a video a walkthrough of the event, showcasing the popularity of the OneBand NFT ring activation. Additionally, NNT conducted interviews with Neo Research, COZ, Forthewin Network, Greenfinch, AxLabs, Flamingo Finance / Meme2Earn, GhostMarket, and NGD Enterprise. COZ CEO Tyler Adams also provided a demonstration of the entire OneRing NFT ring onboarding process and interaction with ecosystem partner pods. To conclude the event, Neo hosted an after-party that allowed OneBand owners to use their ring to redeem a drink.

Neo co-founder Da Hongfei was featured in a Blockworks article, where he discussed Neo’s “walk towards decentralization,” the role bridges have in interoperability, and Neo N3’s modularity.

Neo partnered with Alchemy Pay to improve the accessibility of Neo N3-based tokens. Alchemy Pay aims to streamline blockchain users’ on- and off-ramping experience, enabling them to purchase cryptocurrencies using their preferred local fiat currencies. Neo’s partnership with Alchemy Pay will begin with listing NEO, GAS, and FLM on the Alchemy Pay plugin.

Neo Global Development hosted a Twitter Spaces dedicated to zero-knowledge proofs and scalability. The space was hosted by NNT editor Brett Rhodes and featured guests from R3E Network, Mystiko Network, Opside ZK, and ZkMeta.

Flamingo updated the landing page for its non-custodial exchange and added a new “get started” page. The landing page now includes highlighted liquidity pools, a FLUND summary section, the top token on the exchange, and more. The get started page offers improved text and video guides to familiarize users with the platform. Flamingo hosted an AMA to talk about the non-custodial DeFi platform and cryptocurrencies with its community members.

GrantShares proposal NeoFlow: Analytics Dashboard for Exploring Activities in NEO was put onchain for a vote for funding, and Renewed iOS SDK (Milestone 3 of 3) was put forth for discussion.

Mega Oasis launched the Solitude series on its NFT marketplace, the platform’s fourth collection and first collaboration with artist Andhika Ramadhian.

Meme2Earn hosted a fireside event to open up conversations about the meme-based platform and to celebrate a burn of the TIPS tokens.

DogeRift announced a partnership with PolyNetwork, which made it possible for the DOGER token to get listed on Binance Smart Chain’s Pancake Swap non-custodial exchange.

nDapp enhanced the GAS calculator to now allow users to estimate different earnings based on the selection of different council members.

Developer Updates 

The OneBand NFT ring was showcased in TechTimes and Yahoo! Finance news.

Events

June 10 – 11: Flamingo Finance to participate in Web3 Berlin.

Token Listings

DOGER was listed on Pancake Swap.

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General Updates

Neo Global Development announced that DogeRift joined the Neo EcoBoost program, part of an effort to showcase the potential of decentralized applications in the entertainment sector. As part of the collaboration, DogeRift aims to revolutionize the blockchain gaming industry by providing a unique experience that combines immersive gameplay with Play2Earn mechanics, NFT collections, and a strong social community.

Neo hosted a Twitter Spaces to offer an overview of highlights from the Web3 Festival in Hong Kong. Discussion topics included conversations with regulators in HK, potential digitization of fiat currencies and other stablecoins in HK, current regional industry trends, the gachapon machine and onsite experience at the Neo booth, a brief overview of the Meta Island and Perlin Finance projects that were at the booth, the status of ZK proofs on Neo, and much more.

Neo announced an upcoming Twitter Spaces focusing on zero-knowledge proofs and scalability. The Spaces will be co-hosted by NNT editor Brett Rhodes and feature panelists from R3E Network, OPSIDE, MYSTIKO, and ZkMeta. The hour-long discussion will begin at 12:00 p.m. (UTC) on Tuesday, April 25.

The Neo community released several announcements ahead of Consensus 2023, which is taking place April 26 – 28 in Austin, Texas. COZ is rolling out OneBand, a physical ring that stores digital assets and communicates with NFC readers via tapping. The ring will also serve as a toolkit enabling other developers to build upon it. R3E Network co-founder Jinghui Liao will join a fireside chat alongside KaratDAO, zkSync, and OKEx at the Space Odyssey launch event beginning at 7:30 p.m. (UTC) on Thursday, April 27. And, several communities have announced they’ll be attending Consensus 2023, including Flamingo Finance, AxLabs, Meme2Earn, and Greenfinch.

Flamingo integrated support for the non-custodial exchange into the NeoLine mobile wallet. And, Flamingo released an infographic on the top pools by volume for week 15 of 2023, with approximately US $2.84 million in the FLM/bNEO pool, $1.19 million in the bNEO/fWBTC pool, and $1.03 million in the FLM/fWBTC pool.

Pink Paper is hosting a writing competition with a total prize pool equivalent to US $1,000. Participants can submit written content about the Neo ecosystem or Pink Paper. Once published on the decentralized content platform, participants must retweet their article on Twitter, including a link to a particular Pink Paper tweet and the #PinkPaper hashtag in the retweet. The Pink Paper team will judge the submissions and determine the winners. The competition is currently live through Tuesday, April 25.

The GrantShares proposal put forth by the KIKA Token Software Company expired this week.

Meme2Earn announced the winners of a ticket giveaway campaign for the Web3 Berlin conference taking place in June 2023.

DogeRift was listed on the GameFi.to website, which serves as an aggregator for play-to-earn games.

TOTHEMOON shared a teaser of some of the items in its forthcoming arcade game, which included lore and a 3D renderings of some of the advanced weapons that can be equipped on characters.

Mega Oasis announced the launch of its fourth collection, and first collaboration with artist Andhika Ramadhian, which will take place on April 27.

Kepple (formerly QLC Chain) initiated the NEP-5 QLC to BSC-20 KPL token migration via the Kepple token swap portal.

Developer Updates

COZ updated Neon Wallet mobile to v1.2, which included the integration of developer features like private and custom network support, TestNet support, PrivateNet WalletConnect 2.0- support, and other minor defect mitigations to improve the UX.

Neo News Today released an introduction article to the R3E Network, which has the goal of enriching the Neo developer ecosystem through innovative tools. The R3E Network team consists of nine experienced developers and cryptographers focused on a range of initiatives, including the development of a real-time oracle solution, smart contract automation, ZK rollups, gas-free contracts, and the introduction of Rust tooling into the Neo ecosystem.

NNT Catch Up

NNT released episode 35 of the Smart Economy Podcast, featuring Joseph Ziolkowski, CEO and co-founder of RELM Insurance. Topics discussed included the role alternative insurance providers play in cutting-edge industries from crypto to psychedelics to eSports to longevity, how regulatory bodies can help establish unique insurance opportunities, the various factors that RELM evaluates when underwriting, and why larger insurance entities aren’t jumping to insure innovative companies.

Events

April 25: Neo hosting Twitter Spaces dedicated to ZK proofs.
April 26 – 28: Neo will be exhibiting at Consensus 2023.
April 27: R3E Network co-founder joining fireside chat at Consensus 2023 about ZK sync technology.

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In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, we speak with Joseph Ziolkowski, CEO and co-founder of RELM Insurance. Topics discussed include the role alternative insurance providers play in cutting edge industries from crypto to psychedelics to eSports to longevity, how regulatory bodies can help establish unique insurance opportunities, the various factors that RELM evaluates when underwriting, and why larger insurance entities aren’t jumping to insure innovative companies.

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Pink Paper is hosting a writing competition with a total prize pool equivalent to US $1,000. Participants can submit written content about the Neo ecosystem or Pink Paper. The competition is currently live and is running through Tuesday, April 25. 

Pink Paper allows individuals and communities to publish written content while retaining complete ownership. The decentralized content publishing platform lets users tip creators, establish a reputation system, and participate in crowdfunding opportunities.

Contest entrants must publish an article about Neo or Pink Paper on the decentralized content-sharing platform to enter. Then, participants must retweet their article on Twitter, including a link to this Pink Paper tweet and the #PinkPaper hashtag in the retweet. The Pink Paper team has created a list of eligible topics for the competition, which include but are not limited to:

• An Introduction to Neo
• Neo’s Smart Contract System
• Neo’s Consensus Algorithm
• An Introduction to Pink Paper
• Features of Pink Paper

The submissions will be judged by various factors, which are clear and concise writing, originality, focus, structure, creativity, clarity, relevance, grammar and spelling, and authenticity. The Pink Paper team noted that the participant is automatically disqualified if ChatGPT submissions are detected.

The Pink Paper team will judge the submissions and deliberate the winners. Prize winners will share from a pool of $1,000 equivalent of NEO, GAS, or USDT, which will be distributed accordingly: 

• First place: $300
• Second place: $200
• Third place: $100
• Runner-up (8 prizes): $25 each
• Participation (20 prizes): $10 each

The full announcement can be found at the link below:
https://content.pinkpaper.xyz/pinkpapers0/Pink-Paper-Writing-Competition-d9814de0d0

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General Updates

Neo attended the Web3 Festival in Hong Kong this past week, where various guests stopped by the booth to try out Neo’s blockchain-connected gachapon machine. Neo co-hosted an after-event with other industry participants, and co-founder Da Hongfei participated in a panel entitled From Cloud to Chain the Evolution of Computing Platforms.

Neo co-founder Da Hongfei also visited the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong’s Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau, and Government Department of Foreign Direct Investment, along with several blockchain companies, to talk about Web3.

Neo released a preview of its booth at the Consensus conference taking place April 26 – 28 in Austin, TX. The Neo space (Booth 841) will be 500 square feet, among the largest footprints at the event. As in 2022, Neo will also host a physical demonstration where attendees can interact directly with the Neo blockchain. Members of the Neo ecosystem will staff the booth to talk about their projects and the tools they develop. Representatives will include NGD, NGD Enterprise, various ecosystem projects (Forthewin Network, Flamingo Finance, GhostMarket, Perlin Finance, GreenFinch, DIGI, NNT), and other development communities (COZ, AxLabs, NeoResearch, R3E Network).

Flamingo distributed 20 tickets for the Web3 Berlin conference to community members that participated in a giveaway event. Additionally, the team participated in a Twitter Spaces held by Web3 Berlin to discuss the blockchain industry and the upcoming conference taking place June 10 – 11. And, Flamingo released stats on the top pools by volume for the 14th week of 2023, which noted approximately US $2.64 million in the bNEO-fUSDT pool, $2.37 million win the FLM-bNEO pool, and $1.23 million in the FLM-fUSDT pool.

Forthewin Network announced the launch of a new user interface with multi-chain support. The update comes after work integrating EVM SDKs, and features both upgrades and downgrades to accommodate EVM with NVM.

DogeRift released update v1.14, which included the addition of daily quests, a new inventory system, and bug fixes to improve the user’s gaming experience. The leaderboards for Adventure, Soccer, and Parkour modes have reset alongside the updates. The Shop and Inventory system allows players to purchase two new types of Doge characters with differing abilities, as well as a jetpack.

GrantShares proposal NeoFlow: Analytics Dashboard for Exploring Activities in NEO was put forth for discussion.

AfricaN3 task director Furst joined the GhostMarket Twitter Spaces to talk about his entrance into the blockchain space through Neo, NFT projects, the GhostMarket ambassador program, and much more.

Developer Updates

NeoLine released version v4.0.0 of the Google Chrome wallet and v3.0.0 of the mobile wallets. The update included UI modifications, the addition of dark mode, and the integration of the dAPI standard. At the time of press, support for TOTHEMOON and Neo Compounder has been integrated into the NeoLine wallet.

NNT Catch Up

NNT released episode 34 of the Smart Economy Podcast, featuring Gregor Žavcer, Executive Director of Swarm. Topics discussed included what the blockchain space was like in 2015, the importance of decentralized storage in Web3, data ownership and privacy, interesting use cases, and how Swarm operates.

Quirky Soul College and Neo Candy recently collaborated on a new skin, which was added to the Vending Machine feature of the Neo-powered QSC game. The QSC Vending Machine allows users to obtain unique skins that can be equipped on Quirky Soul NFTs. Alongside COZ, Neo Candy becomes the second project to offer a skin through the Vending Machines. Additionally, Neo Candy distributed CANDY to users with Candy skins equipped on a Quirky Soul NFT.

Events

April 26 – 28: Neo will be exhibiting at Consensus 2023.

Token Listings

QLC was delisted from Binance.

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For the second year in a row, Neo will be hosting a booth at the Consensus conference, April 26 – 28 in Austin, TX. The Neo space (Booth 841) will be 500 square feet, among the largest footprints at the event. As in 2022, Neo will also host a physical demonstration where attendees can interact directly with the Neo blockchain. NGD said,

We’re confident that we’ll top [last year’s] experience for Consensus 2023 attendees with a new phygital activation like nothing you’ve ever seen. This technology experience will push the boundaries of how real-world assets are tokenized and used in the Web3 space, further demonstrating Neo’s dedication to extending the boundaries of what blockchain can do. Watch for more details in the coming weeks.

Members of the Neo ecosystem will staff the booth to talk about their projects and the tools they develop. Representatives will include NGD, NGD Enterprise, various ecosystem projects (Forthewin Network, Flamingo Finance, GhostMarket, Perlin Finance, GreenFinch, DIGI, NNT), and other development communities (COZ, AxLabs, NeoResearch, R3E Network).

At present, a two-day pass is priced at $1,699; however, this will rise to $1,999 on April 21. A pro pass currently costs $2,299 but will also increase to $2,799 on April 21. Pro passes offer additional perks such as entry to exclusive summits, lounges, and events. Alternatively, attendees may opt for a Piranha Pass at a fixed price of $9,000, which includes VIP seating, special events, complimentary food and beverages, and other premium benefits. For those unable to attend in person, a virtual pass is available for $99, providing livestream access to the presentations throughout the three-day event. The virtual pass price will increase to $199 on April 21.

The promo code NEOC23 gives a 25% discount on tickets.

About Consensus and Neo Representation

Consensus is among the longest-running cryptocurrency and blockchain events, dating back to the first conference in 2015. While it took place in New York City between 2015 and 2019, the event went virtual in 2020 and 2021. In 2022, the conference moved to Austin, Texas, where it will return this year.

The upcoming Consensus 2023 will be the fourth time the Neo ecosystem takes part in this annual gathering. In 2019, Da Hongfei gave a presentation, Neo Global Development representatives discussed goals for NeoID, the Neo SPCC team demonstrated NeoFS, and both NGD and NGD Enterprise members jointly presented on Neo development.

During the 2020 event, Da gave another presentation and joined a panel discussion, while the Neo SPCC team spoke about NeoFS, and NGD Enterprise members introduced the time-travel code debugger.

In 2022, Neo hosted an interactive booth experience where visitors had the chance to learn about the Neo N3 platform and talk to community representatives. Additionally, Neo unveiled an interactive chest game that leveraged COZ’s Puppets NFTs to distribute prizes to booth visitors. Below is a video demonstrating the activation:

The full announcement can be found at the link below:
https://neo-blockchain.medium.com/neos-coming-to-consensus-2023-2e224bdb31e7

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DogeRift released update v1.14, which included the addition of daily quests, a new inventory system, and bug fixes to improve the user’s gaming experience. The leaderboards for Adventure, Soccer, and Parkour modes have reset alongside the updates.

The reset starts a new season for players to climb the ranks and receive DogeRift rewards. The top three players on each leaderboard will receive 2 billion DOGER tokens, and positions four through ten will each receive 1 billion DOGER tokens for prizes. Seasons conclude at the end of each month, with new ones automatically restarting the following month.

Feature and Content Updates

Daily quests in the game are now active, offering users four unique daily opportunities to earn extra energy and rewards. They revolve around participating in each of the three game modes currently available for play. For each completed quest, the player will earn five energy points and a bonus of 10 energy once all four daily tasks have been completed. The team intends to add more daily quests in the near future.

The game now offers a Shop and Inventory system, allowing players to purchase two new types of Doge characters with differing abilities, as well as a jetpack. The Mage Doge lets players see where chests are located through walls, and the Warrior Doge instantly collects all coins available on the map. Each new character costs 1 billion DOGER.

The Jetpack is now available for purchase in the Shop for 10 billion DOGER. Once purchased, users can equip their characters with the jetpack and aerially navigate the Main Menu realm and in Adventure mode.

Additionally, in the Soccer mode, the Jetpack animation has been improved to offer smoother gameplay.

Other minor improvements include deactivating the main menu for chests that have already been looted for the day. And joining and leaving adjustments have been applied to the Parkour mode, designed to offer a more balanced gaming experience.

About DogeRift

The DogeRift P2E game incorporates non-fungible, governance, and utility tokens into its 2D and 3D gaming universe. The beta testing phase of the DogeRift game launched in Dec. 2022, with Adventure, Soccer, and Parkour game modes available within the first month. Beta participation has been incentivized, with players earning DOGEF and DOGER tokens as they’ve tested the game.

The full announcement can be found at the link below:
https://twitter.com/DogeRift/status/1645861305402937344

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Quirky Soul College and Neo Candy have collaborated on a new skin, which was recently added to the Vending Machine feature of the Neo-powered QSC game. The QSC Vending Machine allows users to obtain unique skins that can be equipped on Quirky Soul NFTs. Alongside COZ, Neo Candy becomes the second project to offer a skin through the Vending Machines. Users who’ve minted and applied a Candy-based skin on their Quirky Soul NFT by April 14 will receive a CANDY airdrop of an undisclosed amount.

Source: Unlocking the Chain

To get a new skin from the Vending Machine, users must own a Quirky Soul NFT and a LOLLI NFT. One unique Candy-theme skin can be minted per Quirky Soul and LOLLI NFT combination. For example, if a user has three Quirky Soul NFTs and two LOLLI NFTs, they can only mint two Candy-theme skins in the QSC game.

Source: Unlocking the Chain

Neo Candy is a suite of Neo N3 tools and games developed by Yannick Koitzsch, a Neo community developer. The LOLLI NFT series launched in July 2022, has a total supply of 222, and was designed to provide various benefits to owners within the Neo Candy ecosystem. Koitzsch aims to strengthen and grow the Neo community by supporting other community projects.

Quirky Soul College was developed by Rentfuse founder Michael Fabozzi and designed to be a Tamagotchi-like game where characters grow over time. The objective of the game is to acquire QSC NFT characters and level them up to win missions more efficiently and earn rewards. The first QSC NFT mint phase, wave zero, concluded in Jan. 2023, and wave one is currently underway with 191 QSC NFTs remaining at the time of press.

To mint a Neo Candy-based skin, visit the link below:
https://www.quirkysoulcollege.com/

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General Updates

Several projects have donated token prizes for a gachapon machine that will be part of the Neo booth at the upcoming Web3 Festival Hong Kong, which kicks off April 12. Attendees that visit the Neo booth will have the opportunity to interact with the Neo blockchain through the gachapon machine for a chance to win a sponsored prize. Donating projects include AxLabs, Blockchain Cuties, COZ, Everstake, Flamingo Finance, Forthewin Network, GhostMarket, Meme2Earn, NeoLine, Neo News Today, PolyNetwork, and Quirky Soul College.

NNT released an overview of new GrantShares proposals and discussions that have come to light through the early months of 2023. The article offered updates on previously approved proposals (i.e., Neo Compounder, Voxiberate, Neo analytics dashboard), and highlighted many of the recent discussions put forth. To date, 21,430 NEO and 165 GAS have been allocated across 15 proposals, amounting to approximately US $210,000, based on the exchange rates during each distribution. The treasury currently holds 5,036 NEO and 3,724 GAS. Additionally, the proposal Transacting NEO on PassMeCash was put forth for discussion this past week.

Quirky Soul College is collaborating with Neo Candy on a new skin vending machine. Starting April 10, users can obtain a unique Neo Candy-based skin that can be equipped on Quirky Soul NFTs. To earn a skin from the vending machine, users must own a Quirky Soul NFT and a CANDY NFT. One unique skin can be minted per Quirky Soul and CANDY NFT combination.

TOTHEMOON released a teaser image and lore copy ahead of the project’s first arcade game, with the launch date still to be announced.

Switcheo released a monthly overview for March 2023, which noted the NEO Perpetual trading market launch and a two-week competition where participants shared from a rewards pool of US $3,000 in GAS.

DogeRift is now listed on the GemMarketCap. The website claims to be “a community-driven website that focuses on listing the most promising and high-potential crypto projects in the market.”

Developer Updates

COZ released Neon Wallet v2.17.1, which added PrivateNet support to the desktop version of the wallet. Other updates include support for TestNet, custom networks, and PrivateNet WalletConnect 2.0, as well as minor defect mitigations.

NNT Catch Up

NNT released episode 33 of the Smart Economy Podcast, featuring a diverse group of ETH Denver 2023 attendees. Throughout the conversations, the episode explores various perspectives on the current state of the crypto landscape, the benefits of in-person events, the evolving culture of blockchain, and the driving forces that led individuals to join this rapidly evolving industry.

The Meme2Earn team hosted a fireplace in conjunction with its first token burn since the rebrand to the TIPS token. In the event, the team discussed the reasoning behind changing the Meme2Earn ticker from NUDES to TIPS, its positive impact on search engines indexing the Meme2Earn website, and more. Additionally, the Neo booth at the Web3 Festival in Hong Kong will feature a video showcasing the Meme2Earn platform on a repeated loop.

Events

April 12 – 15: Neo is a platinum sponsor of the Web3 Festival in Hong Kong.
April 12: Neo and O3 Labs co-hosting R3AL WORLD: Infra afterparty at Web3 Festival.
April 13: AfricaN3 joining GhostMarket Twitter Spaces.
April 26 – 28: Neo will be exhibiting at Consensus 2023.

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General Updates

Neo hosted a Twitter spaces entitled Speedy, Secure and Seamless: Unlocking the Power of Real-Time Oracles. The event was moderated by NF Senior Associate Adela Zhang, and featured Neo Global Development Head of Development Steven Liu and R3E Network co-founders Liao Jinghui and Gong Borui. R3E Network is a new Neo community platform that leverages trusted execution environments and real-time oracles to create a secure, interactive blockchain ecosystem.

Flamingo hosted a Community Lagoon with project leadership to discuss the team’s short-term marketing strategy, upcoming conferences on their calendar, forthcoming changes to the Flamingo website, and more.  Flamingo is an official sponsor of the Web3 Berlin conference on June 10-11, 2023. Also, Flamingo provided an update on the top LPs by volume for the 12th week of 2023. The top pools by value included FLM/bNEO at US $2.09 million, bNEO/fUSDT at $1.81 million, and bNEO/fWBTC at $1.42 million.

DogeRift launched its new website featuring updated branding. Visitors can find information about DogeRift’s tokenomics, NFTs, and roadmap, as well as installation files for the latest versions of the game on Windows and Mac.

GhostMarket shared an estimated weekly distribution of GM token trading incentives for the various chains the platform supports, noting that the most rewards were distributed to users of the Neo blockchain, at approximately 63,100 GM tokens.

Demex Exchange concluded its two-week NEO Trading Challenge, where participants were invited to compete for a share of a US $3,000 GAS token prize pool. The trading competition was held to celebrate the launch of the non-custodial exchange’s new NEO Perps market.

Quirky Soul College will donate Quirky Soul NFTs for Web3 Festival participants to earn from the Neo booth’s gashapon machine at the April 12-15 event in Hong Kong.

Kepple (formerly QLC Chain) announced the project’s smart contracts have been audited by CertiK. Looking forward, the team intends to conduct a QLC NEP-5 to KPL BSC-20 token migration.

Developer Updates

AxLabs introduced Codespaces into the Neow3j repositories, allowing users to build Java-based smart contracts in a web browser. Developers can create, test, and deploy a Neo contract directly within the cloud-based development environment.

NNT Catch Up

NNT released episode 32 of the Smart Economy Podcast, featuring Jackson Zeng, CEO of Caleb & Brown. Topics discussed include getting into crypto through game item marketplaces, starting a company in a blossoming industry without a clear regulatory outlook, how Caleb & Brown offer personalized services for their clients, and the types of assets their clients are interested in.

Events

April 12 – 15: Neo is a platinum sponsor of the Web3 Festival in Hong Kong.
April 12: Neo and O3 Labs co-hosting R3AL WORLD: Infra afterparty at Web3 Festival.
April 26 – 28: Neo will be exhibiting at Consensus 2023.

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GrantShares recipient Voxiberate is hosting an upcoming forum, referred to as a deliberation, where users will discuss catering Neo to non-blockchain developers and then vote on potential directives derived from the conversation. The event will mark the first time the platform integrates the Neo blockchain as a part of its governance process. The deliberation will begin at 2:00 p.m. (UTC) on Wednesday, March 22.

Voxiberate’s mission is to solve the problem of participatory governance through deliberations by representative groups of people, known as citizen assemblies. In citizen assemblies, registered participants anonymously provide input on a given issue, receive input from subject matter experts, and eventually vote to determine the optimal resolution path.

The upcoming deliberation follows a successful offchain test pilot in Jan. 2023, which focused on democratizing AI systems and whether they should be freely accessible to all. The initial deliberation showcased the platform’s ability for people to vote and comment anonymously. The upcoming deliberation aims to debate the merits of catering to developers outside the blockchain industry. Votes will be recorded on the Neo N3 TestNet.

Users participating in the upcoming deliberation will receive TestNet GAS rewards after the event. To be involved, users must first register an email address and link a Neo wallet (via NeoLine) on the Voxiberate web application. Access to the deliberation will be limited to the first 30 registrants.

Interested users can register through Voxiberate link below:
https://stage.voxiberate.com/invite/IMnT3rMIIVC8

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