Fantom General Update | October 04 2021
It’s time again for our general update. Two weeks flew by like nothing, here are your highlights!
Artion is live!
Artion, Fantom’s native NFT marketplace was released on September 24.
You can now mint, trade and collect NFTs with low fees and instant finality.
- 1 FTM minting fee
- 0% commission on sales
- near-zero transaction costs
- MetaMask and Coinbase Wallet support
- Chainlink price feeds for accurate crypto-to-crypto transaction within our marketplace
Artion is completely open-source for other developers to easily build on top of it (or fork it).
The next release of Artion will add a built-in version of Anyswap’s Ethereum-Fantom NFT bridge for interoperability with Ethereum, making Artion the first cross-chain NFT marketplace.
👉 Everything you need to know about Artion
370m FTM Incentive Program extended to blockchain games
Blockchain game developers can now also receive financial support as part of Fantom’s massive incentive program. GameFi has incredible potential and will bring in the next wave of crypto users. Fantom is the perfect place for gaming projects and with the incentive program, we will encourage many teams to build their games on Fantom.
👉 How blockchain games can receive incentives
How Fantom will level-up Blockchain Gaming
Fantom already has popular games like Rarity and Lair of Wisdom and with the announcement of extending our 370m FTM incentive program to blockchain games, the future looks bright.
In our blog post, we dive into the newest gaming trends like play-to-earn, gaming NFTsm open-source game development and explain why Fantom is THE place for GameFi.
👉 Read about Blockchain Gaming on Fantom
Trust Wallet adds Fantom support
The most popular mobile wallet has integrated Fantom. This means you can send and receive mainnet FTM tokens to and from your Trust Wallet.
Shield Protocol is active on Fantom
Shield Protocol, a decentralized 2FA app, launched their Fantom mainnet integration. This allows you to backup your 2FA on Fantom.
Here’s a guide and a video tutorial on how to get started.
Autofarm now supports Fantom
Yield aggregator Autofarm has landed on Fantom. You can now earn yield in 44 vaults across Fantom dApps like SpookySwap, SpiritSwap, Curve and Scream.
Network Stats
The Fantom ecosystem reached more than $2.3 billion in TVL.
- Artion article on Coindesk
- Connext launches NXTP, a protocol for transfering assets between Fantom, Arbitrum, Polygon, xDAI and BSC.
- Why Web 3 matters
🇻🇳 Simone jumped on a livestream with OnBlock Ventures for an AMA with the Vietnamese Fantom community
🎫 FantomDC, the first Fantom developer conference will take place this month.
You can either participate in-person or virtually. See you soon! 📅 October 25-29, 2021 📍 Abu Dhabi
🔦 Two new articles are up in our Fantom ecosystem spotlight series. Check out the interviews with World of Umans and SpookySwap.
