Ep. 95: What's the Gossip on LA? (Weekly News)

Sep 28

Recorded live on 𝕏 Spaces September 27th, 2023

The end of Q3 brings a huge Hedera LA meetup with live music and panelists, some rough bear market blues, ideas surrounding oracles, Freddie Mac breadcrumbs, big HashPack news, WorldPay updates, SaucerSwap V2 and Citadel Wallet demos!

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Top Stories of The Week

1. The Big LA Hedera Meetup
HelloFuture Live is a meetup happening Oct 6th-8th for HBARbarians in LA! Friday is a VIP evening, Saturday us music and keynotes, Sunday is community panels and there's food, drinks, auctions, scavenger hunts & more! Big names attending are Mance, Leemon, Dropp, Neuron, SIKI, Acoer, DLT Science Foundation and others! I'll be attending and doing the show live from LA, so lets meet up! More info & tickets.

2. Bear Market Blues
From the Hedera community to the broader crypto industry, the bear market is in full force. We talk about BitBoy, VCCESS, sad Reddit posts, brain drain in the Hedera ecosystem and some insightful conversations from leaders in the HBAR community. Great post by May Chan and another post by Paolo Tasca.

3. A Wave of New HBARbarians?
I'm noticing a lot of crypto influencers talking about problems with fees, MEV, decentralization, TPS, scalability and other things that Hedera accels in. It's the first time I've seen these conversations happening with this much visibility and to me, all roads lead to Hedera... but the road will be a bumpy one!

4. The Oracle Landscape on Hedera
An exciting component of the Hedera Stablecoin Studio is the Axiom enterprise, Hedera-native oracle. Folks are wondering why Chainlink (a governing council member) isn't involved and questions swirl around a potential retail oracle on Hedera. It's all about what native Hedera tooling can be brought to the broader crypto ecosystem. More info on the Stablecoin Studio and more on Axiom.

5. 500M Tons of Carbon Credits
Hedera Hashgraph, a leading name in the decentralized world, has taken a monumental leap in the carbon credit sector. Allcot, a global environmental services company, has onboarded an impressive 500 million metric tonnes of carbon credits with Hedera's Guardian. This collaboration not only underscores Hedera's technological prowess but also its commitment to a sustainable future. Dive deeper into the announcement, Explore the tech behind it.

6. Freddie Mac Breadcrumbs
SafeRate, a no-fee mortgage lender, is partnering with FreddieMac, Hashgraph Association and abrdn Investments to leverage smart contracts and record payments on Hedera. The Freddie Mac breadcrumbs go further when taking a look at the CEOs courses taught at UChicago. This thread from Dany Eid has more.

7. HashPack Makes Big Moves
In a monumental partnership, UAE-based Deca4 and HashPack have joined forces to introduce Sphera World to the Hedera network. This collaboration aims to bridge the gap between traditional Web2 users and the progressive Web3 ecosystem, especially in the Arab sports world. The project, backed by the Hashgraph Association, promises to deliver unmatched value to stakeholders and users. An NFT marketplace will launch for 30 million monthly users. Read the full announcement.

8. Stablecoin Studio & WorldPay
We get new updates and insights from Saiprasad Raut, FIS Strategic Advisor and Hedera Corporate utilization Committee Co-Chair. He outlines how the new WorldPay use case works, where we see overlap with the Stablecoin Studio and how Mastercard and Visa fit into the picture. He also sees CBDCs potentially using the service. The HBAR Bull show has more.

9. SaucerSwap V2 and LARI
SaucerSwap v2 is set to redefine the landscape of liquidity rewards with its innovative LARI system. This system not only optimizes rewards for liquidity providers but also broadens the horizon by incorporating HBAR and any HTS token as rewards. Discover how Hedera Hashgraph plays a pivotal role in this transformation. Dive deeper into SaucerSwap v2.

10. Citadel Wallet Updates
An exciting time for HBARbarians! The much anticipated Hedera hardware wallet is arriving soon from Citadel and they've recently shared some new videos of the wallet in action. They will also be doing live demos at HelloFuture Live in LA! Check it out in action.