The final Daily Lucky Draw winners are here!

The addresses below will receive $10 USDT for their contributions testing $PKF in our Rococo bid yesterday.

**The final jackpot will be announced tomorrow after carefully evaluating with our tech team for total $ROC raised 🎁

5E7KJXqnYxCY7hLBd82tjiV1kWRfPNEQAAJNUzx6vfsHMq4f
5H6a6aH9hTo9U2zg4qArBLr2vjeqBzBJTaJ21UFXKBPdYEA3
5FtEorW1q3Wp2aqjewVsMWKdyDihtAa6KMzkYWqfBwDKMhTt
5DHwQHJVZxj1L9NabyLwXXUrJ2rRsEnv5ezKBT85ovrQKLrW
5HmC9zZzTbzQSjKBmxX2ggNjTTpbmVRCRPtQfZHsUykak4MJ

Thank you for your support so far, you've been amazing! Let's keep testing and refining the PolkaFoundry platform as we onboard new and exciting projects ⚡️

We're excited to announce we have reached our goal of 100,000 $ROC 🙌🎉

The amount of support we have received from our community is SO encouraging. If we keep contributing and growing, there will be no limit to our success and abilities in upcoming Kusama and Polkadot Auctions. Keep it up!

💰The jackpot value is $100 USDT & the winner is:
5Gjt4veimurJDRuosjtJnrHFVEwATGyx19joRbxLApKu2MLE

**We're sending rewards to all winners of this event but unable to send amounts under $10 to ERC20 wallets. We need ALL daily winners to DM their BEP20 or TRC20 wallet along with their ERC20 wallet (which is registered in the form) by using their registered Telegram or Twitter acc.

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🚩Phala to Provide Scalable, Privacy-Preserving Cross-chain Transactions for DeFi dApps and NFTs on PolkaFoundry

PolkaFoundry is delighted to announce its partnership with Phala to introduce cross-chain privacy-preserving tra
nsactions for DeFi and NFTs to the PolkaFoundry ecosystem.
—PolkaFoundry will complement its UX and other user-friendly features for DeFi dApps by adding cross-chain transactions with Phala for scalable and privacy-preserving execution.
—The Phala Network’s hybrid architecture will offer high-performance, composable smart contracts providing privacy, confidentiality, and compliance as a Polkadot parachain.
—dApps on PolkaFoundry will be able to execute faster, privacy-preserving transactions on public and private blockchains without leaking sensitive data.

Details: https://medium.com/polkafoundry/phala-to-provide-scalable-privacy-preserving-cross-chain-transactions-for-defi-dapps-and-nfts-on-fe65603bd4fe

Sharing: https://twitter.com/polkafoundry/status/1383058246026493955?s=21

PolkaFoundry's $PKF Token Distribution For Seed & Private Rounds Investors 🔥

All great effort is paid off well. Now it is time to claim your shares at https://distro.polkafoundry.com/

Read the detailed guide here: https://forum.polkafoundry.com/t/polkafoundrys-pkf-token-distribution-for-seed-private-rounds-investors/127

PKF tokens are released linearly every Ethereum block so basically, you can claim your tokens anytime✨
No longer rolling out monthly token release events.

The first distribution at the time of the listing is not shown in the distro page.

We're excited to announce the Polkadot Blockchain Development Association (PBDA) along with Rikkeisoft, Ekoios, & Sota Tek as founding members along with +2k devs 🙌🎆

The PBDA will invest in R&D for large, high-quality dev resources specializing in building decentralized apps in the $PKF ecosystem 🌏

According to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed last week, all four companies will contribute both human and technical resources to find, train, and build a team of high-quality developers🤘

⚡️The team will actively work as a part of the developer hub for new blockchain projects being created in the Polkadot ecosystem as a whole or in the PolkaFoundry platform specifically.

PolkaFoundry, Rikkeisoft, Sota Tek, and Ekoios have agreed to form a team of at least 50 qualified developers (during Q2/2021), who will be trained by professionals and technical experts from each of the four companies. 🤓

The PBDA is an exciting step towards growing a robust and effective blockchain ecosystem & we couldn't be more excited to see where this takes us! ✨

Share on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolkaFoundry/status/1384161162393124872?s=20

Full Medium read: https://medium.com/polkafoundry/polkafoundry-rikkeisoft-sota-tek-and-ekoios-join-forces-for-the-association-of-researching-and-825c08229ffc

Red Kite by PolkaFoundry 🔥

We are super-excited to announce a state of art launchpad, Red Kite by PolkaFoundry 🔥

Bundled with unparalleled features, Red Kite promises to give investors a new and surprising experience of an ordered and assured token sale process.

The first IDO will hit the Red Kite launchpad in the first half of May, launching a high-profile project in parallel with another top-tier launchpad. 🚀

Red Kite is starting as a launchpad, and this is just the beginning. It will transform into a platform offering a full suite of DeFi services in the future.

The smart contract is currently going through the audit process, and the team will soon provide an update once the audit is complete. 🔥

Stay tuned for more updates.

🔗 https://redkite.polkafoundry.com

📚Read more details:https://medium.com/polkafoundry/introduction-red-kite-a-cutting-edge-launchpad-by-polkafoundry-51707a446eea

👉Spread the word:https://twitter.com/polkafoundry/status/1384510870693154819?s=21

This past week has been dizzyingly productive, and we are happy to share our weekly report on all of the progress:

• Partnerships with Chainlink, Plethori, & Phala Network
• Creation of the Polkadot Blockchain Development Association (PBDA), giving us access to over 2,000 high quality developers for blockchain technical development & research
• Successful Rococo auction (you guys rocked, thank you so much for the testing support!)

We also want to thank you for your creativity in the meme contest, as well as provide more details for upcoming AMAs and events that you can participate in.

We are really catching some momentum, and we look forward to your continued support on the Kusama & Polkadot auctions!

$PKF

See our full Medium post here👇
https://medium.com/polkafoundry/polkafoundry-weekly-community-update-during-12-18-april-2021-494a7e2eec0

This past week was so busy that we weren't able to summarize everything in the Weekly Community Update that we posted yesterday.

We have our TestNet ready and successfully claimed our parachain slot on Rococo TestNet ✅

We will auction for Kusama and Polkadot parachains when that features open ⭐️

Many projects have pledged to build on PolkaFoundry: Mantra DAO, Genesis Shards, PolkaRare, Plethori, SigmaDEX, and a number of other projects that we are unable to mention yet 🤫

Projects are currently building on PolkaFoundry: NFTify, AngelDEX

Partners signed: Chainlink, Orion Protocol, DuckDAO, Kylin, Paralink, Tidal, Plethori, Genesis Shards, Apron, etc.

We are also backed by a big blockchain developer hub to support projects to build/port to PolkaFoundry. This is a HUGE step that will make a big difference for our development!
https://medium.com/polkafoundry/polkafoundry-rikkeisoft-sota-tek-and-ekoios-join-forces-for-the-association-of-researching-and-825c08229ffc

Lastly, we are just launching our own launchpad which will certainly boost the utility for our token:
https://redkite.polkafoundry.com

Website: https://polkafoundry.com
One pager: https://docsend.com/view/mdwibmzhm83vb8ps
Token metrics: https://docsend.com/view/jn4gucwaqvyqujeb
Deck: https://docsend.com/view/jpf4fh82yd97n4ij

Raze Network Brings Privacy-Preserving DeFi to the PolkaFoundry Ecosystem by employing zkSNARKs to the Zether framework

Developers can now add DeFi privacy building block to Polkadot dApps

Do you want to exploit cross-chain DeFi across a limitless combination of composable products, but are worried about protecting your privacy? To support privacy across the entire DeFi ecosystem, PolkaFoundry is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with the Raze Network, a substrate-based cross-chain privacy protocol for DeFi and Web 3.0. Under the partnership agreement:

Raze Network will bring its privacy-preserving middleware powered by its advanced zero-knowledge proofs to the PolkaFoundry ecosystem.
The PolkaFoundry production hub for dApps will support the seamless implementation of a universal plug-and-play private DeFi infrastructure for Polkadot.
DeFi users will be able to securely and anonymously take advantage of cross-chain DeFi opportunities while ensuring financial information is not exposed online or on-chain.

Through the PolkaFoundry-Raze Network partnership, dApp developers can add a critical privacy layer while building frictionless, borderless DeFi solutions on PolkaFoundry. Both teams have committed to exploring other privacy solutions to support cross-chain DeFi applications in the future.

Share on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolkaFoundry/status/1384875036004212738?s=20

Full Medium article: https://medium.com/polkafoundry/raze-network-brings-privacy-preserving-defi-to-the-polkafoundry-ecosystem-by-employing-zksnarks-to-46eb1b20938

⭐️PolkaFoundry Advisor Spotlight – Eric Su, CEO, Exnetwork Capital

For our latest Advisor Spotlight, we are delighted to highlight Eric Su, CEO of Exnetwork. Eric is one of PolkaFoundry's highly valued advisors, bringing immense expertise as an accomplished serial entrepreneur in markets of key strategic importance.

In DeFi, Exnetwork is an investor in CoinMarketCap top 50 projects, including cross-chain swap network THORchain and crypto derivative exchange FTX, as well as other top coins including Celsius (CEL) and Reef Finance (REEF).

Furthermore, Exnetwork also has direct investment ties with the Polkadot multi-chain. The company's portfolio includes cross-chain token launchpad Polkastarter and liquidity aggregator Reef Finance.

Hence we relished the opportunity to take into account Eric’s views on the role of PolkaFoundry in the development of DeFi dApps for an interoperable future.

Be sure to catch the interview in our latest Advisor Spotlight.

🤓 Full Medium Article: https://medium.com/polkafoundry/polkafoundry-advisor-spotlight-eric-su-ceo-exnetwork-capital-3b88a9a2e239

🐦 Share on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolkaFoundry/status/1385234511039016961?s=20

ORAO Oracles to Create Customized Data Products on PolkaFoundry 🔰

We are pleased to announce our partnership with the ORAO Network, an oracle service for custom data feeds, to provide dApps building on PolkaFoundry a data gateway to virtually any blockchain 🌐

As native Polkadot chains, the partners will leverage their interoperability to fulfill the following commitments:

✅PolkaFoundry will integrate ORAO’s oracles into its one-stop production hub for DeFi dApps building on Polkadot
✅ORAO’s oracles will provide dApps with access to cross-chain and external data at high speed in real-time
✅DApps will be able to expand their DeFi and NFT-market use cases through new data products developed for PolkaFoundry

The PolkaFoundry-ORAO partnership supports the goals of both projects to advance interoperability among blockchains. The partners will cooperate on the development of custom data solutions to meet the evolving requirements of dApps. ORAO data providers will support these efforts by curating custom data solutions for any requirements.

We are excited to see where the this partnership takes us as our ecosystem continues to grow- particularly for DeFi &NFTs ✨

Full Medium article: https://medium.com/polkafoundry/orao-network-to-create-customized-data-products-for-polkafoundry-20f2e6c93436

🐦 Share on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolkaFoundry/status/1387065006248837134?s=20

We are excited to announce a partnership with NFTify, the Shopify for NFTs designed for the digital content world powered by Polkadot🔥

🔗Under the purview of the partnership,
PolkaFoundry will provide NFTify with the support to operate on Polkadot.

The NFT stores deploying on NFTify will be able to create powerful NFT stores without coding with the benefit of many PolkaFoundry add-on features and interoperability with other Polkadot chains and dApps👩‍💻

The partnership with NFTify will result in greater adoption of NFTs leveraging PolkaFoundry dApp production engine⚡

Read more: https://medium.com/polkafoundry/nftify-to-integrate-nft-marketplaces-into-polkadot-using-polkafoundry-one-stop-dapp-factory-cfcfef33a530

Spread the word:https://twitter.com/PolkaFoundry/status/1387682363996393477

We're pleased to announce a new partnership with Pinknode, a node-as-a-service solutions provider for the Polkadot protocol 💠

They will support our immediate deployment & optimization of the network of apps running on PolkaFoundry 🛡

As blockchain platforms rapidly grow, they face technical, time, and cost issues scaling up blockchain node networks to meet higher resource demands.

Under the partnership, the parties have committed to the following:

✅PolkaFoundry has appointed PinkNode as its key node provider. As such, Pinknode will provide infrastructure support to all projects building on PolkaFoundry.

✅The PolkaFoundry network will utilize Pinknode's secure and reliable node infrastructure as its backbone.

✅PinkNode will collaborate with PolkaFoundry on node research and development initiatives to support the PF developer platform for DeFi and NFT apps.

The PolkaFoundry-Pinknode partnership meets the commitment of both parties to streamlining the onboarding process and supporting the smooth operations of projects on the Polkadot network.

Full Medium article: https://medium.com/polkafoundry/pinknode-to-provide-nodes-as-a-service-to-polkafoundry-dapps-and-ecosystem-93875296f366

🐦Share on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolkaFoundry/status/1388147559110225928?s=20

We're super excited to share that we have reached an agreement for our first #IDO (Initial Dex Offering) for NFTify on our PolkaFoundry Red Kite launchpad - it will be a dual IDO also held on the PAID ignition launchpad🚀🚀

🪁Red Kite by PolkaFoundry has emerged recently as a state-of-the-art launchpad designed to improve investor access to and participation in IDOs.

Already an in-demand launchpad, Red Kite has some high profile projects in the pipeline. IDO participants need to hold the $PKF token** (tiers & token sale details will be shared shortly)

Full Medium article: https://news.nftify.network/announcing-the-nftify-dual-ido-launch-on-the-paid-ignition-and-polkafoundry-red-kite-launchpads-f89b1f08cdcf

🐦Share on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolkaFoundry/status/1388315601370759170?s=20

NFTify website: https://nftify.network/

We are pleased to announce an AMA with Nikita Ngan Nguyen Co-founder at NFTify, and Thi Truong - Founder of PolkaFoundry
on MAY 2 2021, 04:00 PM UTC

2 best questions winners in the AMA will receive 2 whitelist spots!!
10 best questions will receive 50$ each💸💴💰

questions can be send through our form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd20aLY355c_XfyvyN-Kg_A8AJiusqy7YSeQzy_dkKPJ7qMYw/viewform

AMA will be hosted in @nftify_official chat group


Eligible winners must be part of of our groups:

@polkafoundry
@nftify_official
@bananacapital1

We've had difficulty containing our excitement around our FIRST EVER #IDO on RedKite: PolkaRare 🚀🚀

Under the partnership agreement:

✅PolkaRARE will use the PolkaFoundry one-stop production hub for NFT and DeFi applications on Polkadot, as well as other blockchain ecosystems, to create a frictionless cross-chain NFT marketplace and user experience.

✅NFT e-commerce shops on PolkaRARE can do business with buyers and sellers across leading blockchains from one powerful, scalable, and interoperable storefront.

🕰PolkaRare will have access to $ETH & $BSC pools, and will be launching on May 11th

Full Medium article: https://medium.com/polkafoundry/polkarare-to-develop-cross-chain-nft-marketplace-on-polkafoundry-and-launch-ido-on-red-kite-5871fe2991fe

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https://twitter.com/PolkaFoundry/status/1389425340821377026

💡We are pleased to announce the tier system for PolkaFoundry Red Kite.

The Red Kite registration and staking program launches on 6th May🚀

The cutting-edge PolkaFoundry's Red Kite launchpad is all set to take the DeFi space on fire 🔥🔥

💰Token holders will have to stake $PKF, Uniswap LP, or sPKF into Red Kite to qualify for tiers. The tiers are bifurcated depending on various factors like staking requirements, staking duration, pool size, social actions , lottery and others.

💪This tier system will be adjusted after a few projects launch as we gain more experience and get feedback from the community.

Please note that we will be discontinuing our staking program on MantraDAO in future.

Read the full Medium article: https://medium.com/polkafoundry/red-kite-tier-announcement-adcba9ab47cd

👉Spread the word: https://twitter.com/polkafoundry/status/1389541242522980354?s=21

We're thrilled to be partnering with PolkaRare- a web3 economy that allows any user or brand to create, trade, and discover #NFTs 💎

🔒 PolkaRare is a web3 economy that allows any user or a brand to create, trade and discover NFTs. PolkaRare provides a suite of tools to unlock the full potential of NFTs through commerce and trading markets.

🤝 Through this collaboration, PolkaRare will be able to make its NFT marketplace more accessible to users without worrying about high transaction fees or scalability problems typical of other blockchains.

✈️ PolkaRare will also make use of PolkaFoundry’s EVM compatibility that allows developers to easily deploy Ethereum smart contracts on Polkadot without technical difficulties.

💪 Having Red Kite as one of the launchpads for the PolkaRare IDO also means it is supported by a network of tier-1 marketing partners, top influencers, and communities. This will also attract a different kind of investor and give it a whole new level of legitimacy.

We are fortunate to have some of the best projects building on Red Kite already. The future is bright! ✨💯

Medium article: https://polkarare.medium.com/polkarare-partners-with-polkafoundry-to-utilize-its-dapp-platform-and-launch-its-ido-on-red-kite-61bd6450ebf

🐦Share on twitter: https://twitter.com/PolkaFoundry/status/1389594390247710722?s=20

After much anticipation, we are excited to introduce the 💎PolkaRARE #IDO whitelist details for our Red Kite launchpad 🚀🪁

📅PolkaRARE IDO Schedule:

Whitelist Opening: 5:00 p.m UTC, Thursday, May 6, 2021
Whitelist Closing: 3:00 p.m UTC, Saturday, May 8, 2021
Winner announcement: Saturday, May 8, 2021
KYC time: 4:00 p.m UTC, Thursday, May 6, 2021 - 3:00 p.m UTC, Sunday, May 9, 2021
IDO Date: 11:30 a.m UTC, Tuesday, May 11, 2021

✅PolkaRARE IDO Details:
Total allocation: $50,000
Price per token: $0.1 per $PRARE
Accepted currency: USDT
Restricted countries: United States of America, China, Hong Kong, and all sanctioned OFAC countries

Tiers:
🕊Dove 500+ $PKF
🐦 Hawk 5k $PKF
🦅Eagle 20k $PKF
🔥 Phoenix 60k $PKF

$PRARE $PKF

For full information on eligibility, registration, staking, pooling, & KYC please read our full Medium post👇

https://medium.com/polkafoundry/polkarare-whitelist-on-red-kite-launchpad-d6bc04a33a57?source=friends_link&sk=b1b7b264337a86d3b8c6aa3315945b5c

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https://twitter.com/PolkaFoundry/status/1390364566618509318?s=20

🚩PolkaFoundry - Faraland Partnership Announcement

#NFT’s booming, and #PolkaFoundry is super excited to be partnering with Faraland!

Faraland will build a cross-chain to #Polkadot via PolkaFoundry.

⚡️Medium article: https://faraland.medium.com/partnership-announcement-polkafoundry-b50a4a2e72b4

⚡️Spread the word: https://twitter.com/PolkaFoundry/status/1390531126301630471