Post-sub0 vibes

Polkadot connected to TON, Nova Wallet launch digital gifts, Hyperbridge and Hydration connect, and more

Polkadot x Steam game concept by @SKULLZ_XXX

🐂 top news

• Polkadot Capital Group partnered with Blockdaemon to give institutions compliant and structured access to blockchain opportunities.

• Nova Wallet launched digital gifts in multiple tokens, allowing recipients to claim via Nova installation or existing address.

• JAMTON launched a Mini-App connecting Polkadot and TON ecosystems for DeFi, digital assets, and cross-chain trading.

• Amforc launched Taxtrinsic for generating Polkadot and Kusama staking rewards reports without sign-up or data storage.

• Mandala partnered with Bitlayer to enable Bitcoin liquidity flows into Polkadot.

• Vortex reached $2M in transaction volume and began onboarding major API partners including IaCrypto, a Brazilian PIX-based on/off-ramp with 100K+ users.

• Polkassembly reported some pre-Asset Hub Migration referenda are failing to execute properly, with a solution in development with Parity.

• Polkadot Blockchain Academy released a Web3 engineering course filmed in Bali covering Rust protocol and TypeScript dApp development.

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⭕️ ecosystem

• Acurast postponed its launch from November 17th, citing the need for steadier market conditions.

  • Acurast surpassed 150K mobile compute devices and 500M transactions.

• Banxa added Bifrost support to its regulatory-compliant on/off-ramp infrastructure.

• Bifrost launched vMANTA 2.0 liquid staking token on Bifrost and Ethereum with cross-chain transfers via Hyperbridge.

  • Bifrost’s vBNC mints surpassed the all-time high of 12 million following BuyBack BNC launch.

• Hydration passed Referendum 224 upgrading runtime to v42.1.0 with Hyperbridge support.

• Moonbeam opened applications for Treasury Council positions offering 1,500 USDC monthly stipends for proposal review and community engagement.

• Hyperbridge ranked 3rd in 30-day bridge transaction volume with $61.2M.

• Mythical secured 3 Best Mobile Game nominations at GAM3S Awards.

• sub0 hackathon winners were announced.

• Sig.Network integrated with Hydration for direct transfers and smart-contract interactions across Ethereum, Solana, Bitcoin, and soon Hyperliquid without wrapped assets.

• Over the Reality partnered with Silencio to offer spatial mapping DePIN users additional rewards for audio data collection on peaq.

• John Linden announced plans to overhaul Mythical Marketplace with non-custodial in-game wallets, KYC removal, and EVM/Seaport compatibility.

• Unique surpassed 5 million NFTs minted.

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🏛️ governance

For more information on Polkadot governance statistics, check out the Polkadot Dune governance dashboard.

🆕 new

• Ref 1791: Closing the Polkadot Marketing Bounty

• Ref 1793: Funding a 6-month initiative to cultivate a vibrant Polkadot presence in Hungary and Central-Eastern Europe ($88K)

• Ref 1794: Funding Treasury Guardian, a tool to promote milestone-based scheduled-payouts for improved Treasury efficiency and oversight ($49.4K)

• Ref 1795: Closing the Polkadot Pioneers Prize Bounty and returning the remaining funds to the Treasury

🕓 confirming

• Ref 1788: Funding the final milestone of RegionX development ($36.6K DOT)

👍🏾 passing

• Ref 1783: Funding the Polkadot People Initiative ($3M)

• Ref 1786: Topping up the Paseo Bounty (113.22K DOT)

• Ref 1790: Ratifying the payment for already-approved Ref 1768 which failed to execute due to a technical error during the Asset Hub migration.

👎🏾 failing

• Ref 1779: Funding for ReactiveDOT & related developments (~$25K)

✅ approved

• Ref 1787: Set DOT Asset Rates for USDT and USDC

❌ rejected

• Ref 1773: Funding ink! Alliance to finalize, audit, and stabilize ink! v6 on PolkaVM for Polkadot Hub with 6 months of developer support ($538K)

• Ref 1776: Funding Treasury Guardian, a tool to promote milestone-based scheduled-payouts for improved Treasury efficiency and oversight ($68K)

• Ref 1778: Allocating treasury funds to purchase bbBNC

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📺 what to watch and listen to

• The Friday DOT News Pump → Major Announcements at Sub0 in Buenos Aires by The Kus.

• Attempts At Governance #286 - Marketing Subtreasury

• Talks from sub0:

  • DeFi at Scale by Velocity Labs

  • NOMT Stuns

  • JAM Vision

  • The Game Theory of Decentralized Interoperability by Hyperbridge

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📖 what to read

• Proof of Personhood: How Polkadot proves you’re real without KYC by Polkadot blog.

• The EU’s two-tier encryption vision is digital feudalism by Bill Laboon (W3F VP of ecosystem)

• Pudgy Party: The Web3 game that hides the blockchain by Polkadot blog.

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Thank you for taking the dot leap!