We are officially three months into 2021! Q1 has been nothing short of exciting, and we did our best to keep you up to date on our social media and bi-weekly newsletter.
This post is a recap of the most important events from these last three months, including:
- StakeFi launch
- Becoming №1 Binance Smart Chain Validator
- Introducing fETH and new yield opportunities for aETH
- First-ever Ankr NFT
Learn more below:
Product updates: introducing StakeFi
As Ankr continues on its mission to provide access to yield and liquidity in a cross-chain environment, we introduce StakeFi — a cross-chain staking derivatives protocol that absorbed the functionality of Ankr Staking.
Aiming to become the largest platform for cross-chain staking, in addition to Ethereum 2.0 we are planning to support Binance Smart Chain, Avalanche, Fantom, Polkadot, Flow, Near and Solana.
New partnerships
This quarter we are proud to have joined forces with leading DeFi projects, adding them to Ankr partner ecosystem to build out the infrastructure for the internet of the future together.
SnowSwap allows aETH holders to benefit from high APY by becoming liquidity providers in the eth2SNOW pool which combines aETH by Ankr Staking, CRETH2 by CREAM and wETH.
Ankr is providing infrastructure support for My Neighbor Alice and their node operators. Our node infrastructure will support gamers and token holders to participate in the token governance process and NFT exchange marketplace.
The YOP Platform will use Ankr’s node services for reliable API calls, a vital asset to YOP’s proprietary yield optimization protocol: yProtocol. Ankr’s Ethereum node service enables YOP to receive the best-possible API data for its platform and protocol, helping to ensure the stability of our products
As part of this partnership, we have built a one-click node hosting solution for Plasm, making it easier than ever for users to run a Plasm Testnet nodes, for just 19 USD per month
As part of this partnership, Ankr joins Cere’s SaaS-DeFi alliance that aims to establish universal protocol standards for the enterprise DeFi space and improve communications between the enterprises and the DeFi ecosystem, and to prevent crises in the future.
With the launch of Marlins Larvanet, Ankr will help users run Marlin nodes and gateways with its 1-click deployment solutions. Marlin users will be able to deploy blockchain nodes in minutes.
We joined the Bluzelle ecosystem as a validator. With Ankr’s validator services and experience, Bluzelle’s distributed database service is set to become more secure and scalable.
Dusk Network will use ANKRs solutions to host Block Generator and Provisioner nodes for DevNet, TestNet and MainNet purposes’, as well as provide one-click deployment infrastructure for the Dusk Community.
Covalent allows building cryptocurrency wallets for all purposes, including multi-chain wallets. Ankr’s infrastructure, in turn, allows to scale such products and power them for public use through validator nodes, API, and seed investment.
Binance Smart Chain news
Binance Smart Chain has been one of the priority areas for Ankr in 2021. So far we have:
- Launched a Binance Smart Chain API service for developers to easily interact with the blockchain through the Endpoint.
- Launched Binance Smart Chain Validator and became a №1 Validator on the network!
- Partnered up with BakerySwap to bring liquidity to Eth2 Staking on BSC
- ETH staking for BSC went live on Ankr
ANKR updates
- Coinbase Custody now supports ANKR
- Deposits and withdrawals of ANKR are available on crypto.com
- ANKR is listed on Coinbase Pro
Launching fETH and expanding aETH yield opportunities
Q1 has brought important updates for Ankr’s synthetic derivative assets designed by Ankr to provide instant Eth2 liquidity by allowing you to stake Eth2 and redeem rewards before the lockup period ends.
- aETH trading and yield opportunities are now available on Uniswap, SushiSwap, OnX Finance, SnowSwap, TrustWallet, IMToken, ONTO Wallet, Curve and many more.
- fETH went live
Useful links:
A Complete Guide to aETH Liquidity Farming
Comparative overview of aETH and fETH
New API services
As you know, Ankr provides API endpoints for a variety of blockchains that you can check out on our API market. In Q1 we have expanded it with new blockchains, such as:
- Polkadot
- Kusama
- First API L2 launch for xDai
Launching Ankr NFT
Last month we joined the world of PolkaPets, the digital collectible card game that embodies Polkadot ecosystem projects as mythical creatures — with our own unique NFT card. Read everything about it: http://bit.ly/AnkrNFT
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