A new Ledger app version for Elrond has been released! 

Release notes:
- New transaction signing version for large data fields (such as smart-contract deployments) 
- Code style and improvements

You can find v1.0.12 in Ledger Manager.

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RT: https://twitter.com/LucianMincu/status/1375809425848594433?s=20

The Elrond Weekly Tech Update is here!

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https://twitter.com/radu_chis/status/1376229885312692225?s=21

Last week in Elrond ⬇️

🌎 Staking Phase 3 LIVE on Elrond Mainnet
💹 9.76 mn $EGLD / $1.38 bn USD staked
🔐 Passwordless Login via Hypersign
📄 Decentralized insurance via @tidaldefi
🎮 Fantasy Sports via @GamyFi_HQ
🔐 Ledger app v1.0.12 available
🛠 Weekly #elrondtech
🏛 New staking providers: Alchemy Capital & Partner Staking
🦹‍♀️ Chain Guardians gaming on Elrond
📺 Maiar featured by Amixem in his livestream
🎙 Beniamin interviewed by Catalin Matei
🏛 Elrond Town Hall meeting: Staking Phase 3
🥇 Maiar $5,000 USD challenge
📥 binance Savings 50k $EGLD

🛰 DeFi module 2.0 covered in 5 languages by Everstake:
🇬🇧English 🇪🇸Spanish 🇫🇷French 🇹🇷Turkish 🇷🇺Russian

📰 Media mentions:

• Amixem • Bitnewsday • CoinTribune

RT: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1376443470555009024?s=20

Binance enables direct EUR & GBP buy & sell options for eGold

We’re excited to announce that our exchange partner Binance has enabled new buy & sell options for eGold!

You can now directly purchase EGLD via credit/debit card using EUR or GBP.

You can also deposit EUR or GBP via bank transfer, to buy and sell EGLD.

Access the new options on Binance:

➡️ Log into Binance > Buy Crypto > select Bank Deposit or Credit/Debit Card

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https://elrond.com/blog/egold-purchase-fiat-binance

Overwhelming demand for eGold staking phase 3.

1.3bn staked, w/ 26.000+ users securing the network.

15k users staked on their mobile via Maiar

This is how the next wave begins.🔥

It's time. Elrond foundational nodes make room for community nodes.

Find out more: https://elrond.com/blog/accelerated-decentralization-more-community-nodes

RT: https://twitter.com/beniaminmincu/status/1376942917269479430?s=20

Road To Decentralization: Sikka Joins The Elrond Network As Staking Provider

We are excited to announce that Sikka is joining the Elrond Network as a staking provider to offer non-custodial delegation services for eGold holders!

The company is co-founded by Sunny Aggarwal, one of the architects and core devs of the Cosmos ecosystem, which arguably kicked off the Proof of Stake space as it has evolved today. He started off as an Ethereum developer, helped start the “Blockchain at Berkley” research group, and is now an authoritative advocate for PoS and decentralization.

“Sunny has been instrumental for bootstrapping the PoS economies space. He did a lot of pioneering work and has helped us over the years as an informal advisor. I am excited to collaborate with him and take the Elrond PoS economy to the next level.” said Lucian Mincu, Elrond CIO.

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https://elrond.com/blog/elrond-staking-provider-sikka

Decentralized Prediction Markets For Elrond Network Events And Assets Via Polkamarkets

We are excited to announce that Elrond Network will be integrated with the Polkamarkets platform, allowing their users to monetize predictions on events such as smart contract outcomes or asset prices.

The collaboration will focus on integrating the possibility for events on the Elrond Network to trigger actions on Polkamarkets. Forecasts on events such as the amount of eGold staked at a certain point in time, the outcome of a governance proposal, the price of an asset, or any other such event, will be possible for users of the platform and their outcome would automatically trigger actions such as payments.

“Blockchain technology is the missing piece enabling us to productively use the collective wisdom of the internet. The collaboration with Polkamarkets enables owners of use-cases deployed on the Elrond Network to introduce intelligent triggers into their decision making.” said Beniamin Mincu, Elrond CEO.

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https://elrond.com/blog/elrond-prediction-markets-polkamarkets

The Maiar challenge was a smashing success!

~20k people joined the competition, but only 11 lucky winners get eGold prizes (Twitter handles):

🏆 Morphlo $2500
🥇 flama_co $1000
🥈 ELBubble1 $500
🥉 Rahmatisma46 $250
🏅 bisa90montorso $150

https://gleam.io/xWEk6/maiar-challenge

🎖 duaer6, JOKER99609380, YugudaAbdullah, vladolah, ippcomz, AhmadKh79158834 $100 each

Bonus for viral referrals (Twitter handles):

🎗 Anmol23079582 Plarconi Namitshsrma56 - 0.5 $EGLD each

🎁 eGold prizes have been sent to the winners’ herotags.

Congratulations and big thanks to all participants for making our first Maiar Challenge a huge success!

Stay tuned for the next one 😉

RT: https://twitter.com/getMaiar/status/1377565485659791360?s=20

NFTize Your Elrond Experience: Unifty NFT Hub To Integrate Elrond

We are excited to announce that NFT hub Unifty will integrate our mainnet, allowing for Elrond NFTs to be created, traded, farmed, or earned on their platform!

“NFTs will change everything. While most of the business sectors are still trying to wrap their hands around their implications, the art world is already taking the lead in pioneering innovative use-cases involving non-fungible tokens.” said Beniamin Mincu, Elrond CEO.

UNIFTY is a platform for NFT projects to mint, buy, sell, swap, and create NFT farms with just a few clicks. Its users can sail through the intuitive interface and available tools without any smart contract knowledge or complex interactions.

The collaboration will focus on integrating the Elrond Network into the Unifty platform. Users will be able to add NFTs, created either with Maiar or using the Unifty tools, and engage with other creators, collectors, and traders to share economic upside while exploring novel content monetization avenues.

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https://elrond.com/blog/elrond-unifty-nft-platform

Retweet: https://twitter.com/beniaminmincu/status/1377616521153937417?s=20

NFTs will change everything.

What startups were for technical people, NFTs will be for artists of all kind.

No other wave will do more for blockchain adoption.

Through these tools, artists will once more reshape the world.

Here's the first story: Alex Parker.

On Elrond⌛️💣

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RT: https://twitter.com/beniaminmincu/status/1377986794575298568?s=20

Introducing The New Elrond Explorer: Essential tools for a transparent digital economy

The Elrond blockchain explorer is the front page of our mainnet. We’ve updated it to accommodate the latest staking features, and enhanced its visuals. Yes, it has 🌒 Dark Mode as well.

Dive into the real-time events happening on the Elrond Network:

➡ https://explorer.elrond.com

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Read about it: https://elrond.com/blog/elrond-explorer-upgrade

The Elrond Weekly Tech Update is here!

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https://twitter.com/LucianMincu/status/1378654846664998915

Last week in Elrond ⬇️

🖥 Elrond nodes make way for more community nodes
🌐 New Elrond explorer: staking & more data
🎼 “I want the money” NFT teaser by Alex Parker
💳 Fiat onramp with EUR & GBP on Binance
🛠 Weekly #elrondtech
📊 Decentralized prediction market via Polkamarkets
🖼 NFT marketplace integrated via Unifty
🛰 15.000 people & $350mn USD staked in 12h via Maiar
⚙️ New staking providers: Sikka
🥇 Maiar $5,000 USD challenge results

📰 Media mentions:

• Investing.com • Coinquora • CryptoCoinNewz • Cosmopolitan

Win $2,000 when booking with eGold on Travala.com!

Great news! eGold is now natively integrated into the Travala crypto-bookings platform. That means that travel and accommodation can be priced and paid for in eGold via our partner’s website.

In collaboration with Travala, we are offering 10% cashback for all eGold bookings until April 30. One lucky traveler can win up to $2000!

Book any of the 2.2 million flights & accommodation with Travala and pay with eGold to join our campaign.

Details in the blogpost ⬇️

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https://elrond.com/blog/egld-travala-cashback

RT: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1379056240144248850?s=20

eGold Safe Travels with Travala.com

We know that not everyone can travel right now and we’re here with you 🙏

Join the #TravelWhenItWillBeSafe & earn eGold for your next trip!

https://gleam.io/EXe8c/egold-safe-travels

US Shoppers To Pay With eGold At Amazon, Walmart, And eBay Via Shopping.io

We are excited to announce that US consumers will be able to purchase directly with eGold directly at Amazon, Walmart, and eBay, via Shopping.io!

Shopping.io was established by dropship experts to enhance the online shopping experience by adding a cryptocurrency payment option. They have already successfully integrated large retailers such as Amazon, Walmart, and eBay, with AliBaba soon to follow.

“Drone deliveries, intelligent homes resupplying automatically, virtual shopping experiences, customizable avatars, and other such technological advancements will continue to drive online sales and convenience for everyone. As a result, eCommerce is rapidly growing its share of the $5 trillion dollars US retail market. We’re excited to enable eGold as a means of payment in the new digital retail economy.” said Beniamin Mincu, Elrond CEO.

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https://elrond.com/blog/egold-amazon-walmart-ebay-shoppingio

RT: https://twitter.com/beniaminmincu/status/1379416317728546816?s=20

ZERO FEES for eGold via Ramp!

Enjoy zero fees when purchasing with USD & EUR, using credit cards or bank transfers.

You can access the promotion through our dedicated onramp page or our web wallet.

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Polkamon Collectible NFTs Are Coming To Elrond 🐉

The Polkamon team has created beautiful animated digital collectibles that are available as blockchain NFTs. They are discoverable in a similar manner as mainstream physical trading card games, by opening packs - an entertaining activity that is gaining popularity among streamers and their audiences.

The collaboration will focus on making select Polkamon collectibles available as NFTs on the Elrond mainnet, targeting a Q3 2021 release date. Players will have a more enjoyable experience when opening booster packs and discovering collectibles, thanks to our mainnet’s high speed and inexpensive transfers.

To mark the occasion, a rare Elrond Unidragon has been made available amongst the collectibles that can be discovered by Polkamon players!

“Non-Fungible Tokens have incalculable long-term potential in any vertical where authenticity, transferability, and liquidity are important. The combination between Elrond’s NFT implementation and Polkamon collectibles is an excellent mix for creative experimentation.” said Beniamin Mincu, Elrond CEO.

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https://elrond.com/blog/elrond-nft-polkamon-collectibles

Retweet: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1379830092759728130

First 🇪🇺EU Institution To Accept eGold Payments: ULBS Registration Fees Payable in eGold

Academic institutions are always looking to reduce their own costs so they are able to focus more resources on the students and keep tuition costs at affordable levels.

Elrond blockchain technology can simplify the payment processes, reducing administrative costs for both the institutions managing them and the students paying for them.

“Beyond the obvious enhancements for payment efficiency, this collaboration is important because it exposes students to technology they can use to have a positive impact on society and future generations.” said Beniamin Mincu, Elrond CEO.

ULBS students can henceforth use Maiar to make eGold payments, which will be processed through our partner Netopia.

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https://elrond.com/blog/first-eu-university-egold-fees

RT: https://twitter.com/beniaminmincu/status/1380104792442294274?s=20

Customizable Off-Chain Data Products For Elrond Smart Contracts Via ORAO Oracles

Tamper-proof data streams are essential for maintaining the trustless nature of blockchain-based applications. This is why blockchain oracles have a well-earned place at the heart of decentralized finance.

Delivering unaltered and trustworthy information is a critical attribute of oracles, but there are many differentiating factors such as speed, scalability, cost, and the degree to which they can be configured.

“Those blockchain applications that will explode in virality will likely transcend the pure DeFi implementations which represent the bulk of the current dApps ecosystem. The ability to integrate information beyond the usual price data in a reliable and adaptable manner will make a huge difference for Elrond developers.” said Beniamin Mincu, Elrond CEO.

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https://elrond.com/blog/customizable-oracles-orao-network

RT: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1380173898508029957?s=20

Introducing the Maiar Exchange - DeFi for the next billion

The Maiar Exchange is the ultimate AMM. Global, near-instant & inexpensive transactions for an expanding suite of assets.

Internet-scale value swaps begin with an epic token distribution: eGold owners will be able to claim the new MEX governance token.

No pre-allocations for team, advisors, investors, insiders. 100% community. The number of claimable MEX tokens will be calculated via periodic snapshots.

The first snapshot is on April 19.

Eligible: EGLD, bonus for staked

Not eligible: tokens on exchanges, foundation, vested (locked), unclaimed staking rewards, legacy ERD

Get your eGold ready - the snapshots are coming.

https://elrond.com/blog/maiar-exchange

Retweet: https://twitter.com/beniaminmincu/status/1380603156531445767