The Opendefi hackathon kicked off today! Bringing together dev communities over 3 weeks to connect & grow the #DeFi ecosystem.

💬 Join Ocean's hackathon channel on Discord & discuss Ocean bounties.

https://discord.com/channels/612953348487905282/837002862646132756

📆 May 3-23
✍🏾 Register: https://gitcoin.co/hackathon/open-defi

https://t.co/perWxnQmvv


🔉 Listen to the latest episode of Voices of the Data Economy w/ @shivmalik, CEO of Pool Foundation:

"Governments should be pro #DataUnions.
A) They return monetary value to ordinary people;
B) They open up innovation & it's good for business."

🌊 $OCEAN has been listed on 13 exchanges from January till the end of April. Being on a multitude of exchanges keeps our ecosystem healthy + provides choice to our community in #TheYearOfScaling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tn-Q-PmoTc

💹 Check out the full list of exchanges👇

https://oceanprotocol.com/token#get

FIX: in some rare cases, using the MAX action when removing liquidity from a pool could lead to failed transactions or wrong gas estimations

https://github.com/oceanprotocol/market/pull/570
https://github.com/oceanprotocol/ocean.js/pull/775

https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1389842115581169671

Final call! OceanDAO Round 5 voting is closing TODAY @ 12:00 GMT! ⏱

📊Check out top proposals: https://bit.ly/R5Overview

✅Vote here: https://bit.ly/daoRound5

1 $OCEAN = 1 vote. You can change your vote anytime up until voting ends.

Ocean Founder @BrucePon was interviewed in @Forbes by @edelsonsharon on the inevitability of #blockchain:

"I hope that the Internet giants have learned their lesson. We’re seeing massive implications for blockchain in the world and the data economy.”

https://t.co/ZvRKM16mvt?amp=1

https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1389915337928368131

Dial into the OceanDAO Town Hall #21 @ 3PM GMT:

https://github.com/oceanprotocol/oceandao/wiki/Town-Hall-21

🗳Round 5 results
💬Round 5 feedback
📌OceanDAO Roadmap updates and transparency
👋New community member introductions

https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1390245129504665606

PARTNERSHIP | We're collaborating with @EverestDotOrg to add Everest’s global fiat on/off ramps + #eKYC with identity creation & credential sharing capabilities to Ocean Protocol and #OceanMarket. #TheYearOfScaling

https://t.co/H8VZk6YaMK?amp=1

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Ethereum will beat Bitcoin by 2025, writes @ryanallis for CoinStack, and recommends $OCEAN as part of a long-term #crypto portfolio. Apps, transaction speed, security model, and lower supply increases all factor in this prediction.

https://coinstack.substack.com/p/ethereum-will-beat-bitcoin-by-2025

https://medium.com/portis/taking-data-to-a-new-level-with-ocean-1ce5a95de61c

We strive to make user onboarding a piece of cake. W/ @portis_io as a supported wallet, users can log into #OceanMarket w/ just good old email+password.

@Manan77Patel, Ocean's Growth Accelerator, spoke to @jjperezaguinaga about the integration's benefits.

🔉On our latest podcast episode @shivmalik, CEO of Pool Foundation, tells us about #DataUnions, shifting value from Web2 to #Web3, and the inaccessibility of data. Listen below or on your favourite podcast app.

https://anchor.fm/dataeconomy

Week 4 of Ocean Shipyard Takeover is here! Tune in this weekend as @TransportGenie will be taking the reins of our Twitter to share their mission to improve #FoodSecurity & #AnimalWelfare using #IoT sensors.

http://transportgenie.ca

https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1390969267944837124

Hello! We're @TransportGenie. We provide IoT sensors to solve food security issues + to improve animal welfare.

Using precision monitoring, we give farmers, food companies & consumers peace of mind that livestock is treated humanely during transport.

http://transportgenie.ca

https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1391696347678613512?s=20

ICYMI | Ocean News from the last 7 days 🌊

🤝 We joined forces with Everest to add their global fiat on/off ramps + eKYC with identity creation & credential sharing capabilities to Ocean Protocol and to Ocean Market.

🌊 $OCEAN was listed on 13 exchanges from January till the end of April! We made a video to celebrate – and got listed on 2 more exchanges since we published it.

📰 Ocean Founder Bruce Pon was interviewed in Forbes by Sharon Edelson on the inevitability of #blockchain.

🗣 Ocean Market supports Portis wallet, making user onboarding easy. Manan Patel, Ocean's Growth Accelerator, spoke to Portis's Jose Aguinaga about the benefits.

🚢 Transport Genie featured on our latest Shipyard Twitter takeover.

🧑🏽‍💻 The Open DeFi Alliance hackathon kicked off last week! Discuss Ocean bounties on our hackathon channel on Discord.

🗳 OceanDAO Round 5 voting closed last week! Find out who the 3 winners are.

🛠 Ocean Market Fix: Liquidity pool fix for more accurate gas estimations + successful transactions. (Find all fixes and feature releases on Twitter at twitter.com/shipping_ocean)

#TheYearOfScaling

PARTNERSHIP | We're proud to join as BigchainDB, makers of Ocean Protocol, the Catena-X Automotive Network w/ some of the biggest names in automotive: MercedesBenz, BMW, Volkswagen + manufacturers/ suppliers: BoschGlobal, Deutsche Telekom, SAP, Siemens et al.

This is the first of a series of top level official Ocean announcements coming your way in May and June, so watch this space! 📢 🌊

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/catena-x-automotive-network_strongertogether-automotiveindustry-gaiax-activity-6792348586135826432-paRo

Is Blockchain revolutionizing our lives? @BrucePon, Ocean Founder answered the question on @ConvocoF's latest podcast hosted by Dr Corinne Flick:
https://convoco.co.uk/convoco-podcast-bruce-pon

"#AI + #blockchain are two supernovas coming together, allowing to rebuild a lot of society's foundations."

https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1392082315153653760

💻 Hone your dev skills & earn prizes at the @open_defi hackathon, in full swing till 23 May!

🌊The Ocean bounty (3,500+ $OCEAN) rewards Ocean & #AI apps, #DeFi integrations & #DataMarkets: https://gitcoin.co/issue/oceanprotocol/bounties/32/100025652

💬Join our hackathon Discord: https://discord.gg/4JYPtSrWUP

"What's a #DAO? A life form that can coordinate humans or AIs – or both."

Ocean Founder @trentmc0 discussed #AI DAOs, Flashbots & the future of #blockchain on @iamstevenzube's latest podcast "The Future of #Crypto".

https://youtu.be/drHjjOYqQyA

https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1392811820914823168

Ocean Founder @trentmc0 will preview Ocean v4, which will support NFT-ization of base IP & transferring NFTs by wrapping #ERC20 FTs in #ERC721 NFTs, thus leveraging the best of both worlds.

https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/ocean-product-update-2021-6875bc1f804f

Tune in during @WISeKey's webinar on http://TrustedNFT.IO

The webinar focusing on trusted #NFTs will also feature @shaunaleelange, @sebastienfanti, @Casper_Network, @FossaSys, & @aragogmbh.

📅May 18 @ 3pm CEST
✍🏽 Register for free: https://t.co/8AcE8inx3w?amp=1

Listen to the @cryptocom AMA with Ocean Founder @BrucePon on May 19 at 5pm CEST.

Ask your questions & get answers about our recent collaborations, our community & our product plans for 2021.

👉https://youtu.be/J7sFnLmAZw8