⭐️ Arbitrum launched second week of Odyssey

Arbitrum is a L2 solution project designed to enhance Ethereum smart contracts in terms of speed scalability while adding additional privacy features to boot.

It raised $123.7M by Pantera Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint and others.

Deadline until 16:00 UTC, 07.10!

What to do:

- go to website
- perform tasks here and here
- wait for announcements

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⭐️ zkSync has launched a $1.1M competitive audit on Code4rena

zkSync is a trustless protocol for scalable low-cost payments on Ethereum, powered by zkRollup technology.

It raised $458M by Coinbase Ventures, a16z, Ethereum Foundation, ParaFi Capital, Coinfund and others.

Deadline until 20:00 UTC, 23.10!

What to do:

- go to website
- perform tasks
- wait for announcements

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C3 is a decentralized capital market on Algorand that uses a cross-margin cross-collateralization clearing engine protocol as its backbone.

It raised $9.6M by Arrington XRP Capital, Jump Capital, Jane Street Capital and others.

What to do:

- connect wallet here
- use faucet to claim test tokens
- perform activities (trade, earn)
- leave feedback in Discord

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⭐️ Polyhedra opened a new registration form for the Ambassador program

Polyhedra Network is constructing the infrastructure for Web3 interoperability through the use of advanced zero-knowledge proof protocols.

It raised $25M by Binance Labs, Polychain Capital, Animoca Brands and others.

Deadline until 23:59 UTC, 13.10!

What to do:

- fill in the form
- wait for announcements

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Ostium Labs is a decentralized perpetuals exchange for real-world assets, such as commodities and forex, enabling transparent and efficient trading directly on the blockchain.

It raised $3.5M by General Catalyst, LocalGlobe, SIG, and Balaji Srinivasan.

What to do:

- go to website
- fill in the form
- wait for announcements

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⭐️ Updated statistics of Zora users' activity

Zora is a protocol which focuses on providing accessible tools to create NFT collections and independent marketplaces.

Zora raised $60M by Haun Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Kindred Ventures and others.

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Swell is a non-custodial ETH liquid staking protocol that helps to optimize yield in DeFi.

It raised $3.75M by Framework Ventures, Maven 11 Capital, Apollo Capital Management and others.

Users who swap any token to $swETH on the Ethereum network will receive 40 pearls that will be redeemable for $SWELL at the TGE.

Deadline until 25.10!

What to do:

- read details here
- connect wallet here
- make swap
- wait for announcements

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BasePerp launched campaign on Galxe

BasePerp is a decentralized derivative exchange on Base that extends the unlimited potential of on-chain liquidity through the utilization of ERC4626 and TNAA.

What to do:

- go to Galxe
- perform tasks
- claim points
- wait for announcements

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⭐️ Aleo launched a Discord ⁠faucet for the Testnet

Aleo is the first platform to offer fully private applications. Aleo achieves this by leveraging decentralized systems and zero-knowledge cryptography to protect user data on the web.

It raised $298M by a16z, Polychain Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Samsung and others.

Users can only request 50 credits per hour, 1 request every 20 minutes.

What to do:

- go to Discord
- go to faucet channel
- request tokens
- wait for announcements

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⭐️ Sui announced Bullshark Quest 3

Sui is the first permissionless Layer 1 blockchain.

Holders of Bull Shark or Capys NFTs can participate in Quests with 5M $SUI in the prize pool.

What to do:

- read details
- play games
- check leaderboard
- wait for announcements

The deadline for the third quest until 10.11, 20:59 UTC‼️

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Weekly Review of Activities by A2 Finance

Sui - announced Bullshark Quest 3
Aleo - launched a Discord ⁠faucet for the Testnet
Zora - updated statistics of Zora users' activity
Ostium Labs - launched the Waitlist
Polyhedra - opened a new registration form for the Ambassador program
Swell - perform activities
BasePerp - launched campaign on Galxe

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⭐️ Polyhedra launched new camping on Galxe - Star Legend

Polyhedra Network is constructing the infrastructure for Web3 interoperability through the use of advanced zero-knowledge proof protocols.

It raised $25M by Binance Labs, Polychain Capital, Animoca Brands and others.

What to do:

- go to Galxe
- perform tasks
- wait for announcements

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⭐️ Scroll launched Mainnet

Scroll is a zero-knowledge EVM-equivalent rollup protocol that allows users to deploy their smart contract code from Ethereum to Scroll without any modifications.

It raised $83M by Polychain Capital, Robot Ventures, Bain Capital Crypto and others.

What to do:

- bridge funds here
- perform on-chain activities (ecosystem)
- wait for announcements

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⭐️Namada announced a Community Builders Program

Namada is a Proof-of-Stake layer 1 protocol for asset-agnostic, interchain privacy.

Anoma Foundation, a firm behind Namada, raised $57.75M by Polychain Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Electric Capital and many others.

What to do:

- fill in the form
- wait for announcements

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⭐️ Aptos launched Graffio - a tool for creating NFT

Aptos is an L1 Proof-of-Stake blockchain that employs a novel smart contract programming language called Move, a Rust-based programming language.

What to do:

- go to website
- connect wallet
- paint on canvas
- wait for announcements

Users who paint on canvas, will receive NFT of it after 17:00 UTC, 19.10!

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⭐️ Aptos announced NFT for Graffio artists

Aptos is an L1 Proof-of-Stake blockchain that employs a novel smart contract programming language called Move, a Rust-based programming language.

What to do:

- check your wallet
- If you used any Aptos wallet, NFT will automatically be sent to your existing account
- claim through Graffio Wallet (guide)

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⭐️ Scroll announced Origins NFT

Scroll is a zero-knowledge EVM-equivalent rollup protocol that allows users to deploy their smart contract code from Ethereum to Scroll without any modifications.

It raised $83M by Polychain Capital, Robot Ventures, Bain Capital Crypto and others.

Users who will deploy smart contracts in Scroll Mainnet until December 9th will receive NFT.

There will be 3 types of NFTs in total:

Quintic: for those who will deploy the contract before November 9th
Quartic: for those who will deploy the contract before November 24th
Cubic: for those who will deploy the contract before December 9th

What to do:

- add chain in the wallet
- go to website
- deploy smart contracts (guide)
- check eligibility here

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⭐️ Starknet announced the Early Community Member Program

Starknet is a permissionless decentralized ZK-Rollup. It is a Layer 2 network on Ethereum, enabling Ethereum to scale via cryptographic protocols.

Starknet raised $282.5 million from Sequoia Capital, Paradigm, Greenoaks Capital, Pantera Capital and others.

The Early Community Member Program will reward individual contributors who encouraged technical discussion, organized Starknet-related events and regularly published Starknet-branded content. Starknet Foundation is allocating 50M of its yet-to-be-released $STRK tokens to early ecosystem contributors.

What to do:

- fill in the form
- wait for announcements

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⭐️ Azuro Protocol announced an Ambassador program

Azuro is an open source public-domain software including a set of smart contracts, written in Solidity that can be deployed on the Ethereum Blockchain, and/or other blockchains.

It raised $7.5M by Ethereal Ventures, Delphi Digital, Gnosis, Arrington Capital and others.

What to do:

- fill in the form
- wait for announcements

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Oriole Insights is a gamified prediction platform where users forecast asset trends and event outcomes.

It is backed by ZBS Capital and Oriole Ventures.

What to do:

- read details
- fill in the form
- wait for announcements

The registration deadline until 20.11.‼️

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⭐️ LayerZero launched quests on Layer3

LayerZero is an interoperability protocol that uses a novel technique to make it easier for different blockchain networks to connect with each other.

L0 raised $263M by a16z, Sequoia Capital, Coinbase Ventures and many others.

What to do:

- go to Layer3
- perform activities
- wait for announcements

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