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Contents:
First Market Proposals Enacted - Trading is Live!
Vega.xyz & Alpha Mainnet Links - Deployed
Telegram Changes - Announcement-only
Barney on Stage - Web3 Live London & BOS
Research Office Hours - Vega Protocol & Rysk Finance
Alpha Mainnet deployed - First markets are live🚀 Here’s the latest:
1. First Market Proposals Enacted - Trading is Live 😼
At 2 pm UTC on the 23rd of May 2023, the Vega network achieved a historical accomplishment as VMP-001, the first market proposal, was successfully enacted, introducing the BTC/USDT cash-settled futures market. The community continued to actively participate in the Governance dApp and shortly after, VMP-004 and VMP-007 were proposed and subsequently enacted. The community voted in favour of these proposals, reaching the required voting threshold. As a result, the markets for ETH/USDT and LINK/USDT were launched. These community-led markets going live marked yet another momentous milestone for the Vega network, showcasing the strength and involvement of our community in shaping the future of decentralised and permissionless markets 🔥 The milestone was covered by The Block:
“From today, Vega Protocol will offer users the ability to create decentralized and permissionless markets. To start with, the network will only support cash-settled futures markets but it has plans to add spot, perpetual, and other types of markets in future stages.”
Read on →HERE← for the full article 🕵️♂️
2. Vega.xyz & Alpha Mainnet Links - Deployed ✅
The Deployment phase of the Road to Alpha Mainnet has made significant progress, with successful advancements on the Vega front-end suite front and is now fully equipped for live governance and trading — here are the updated links:
🎠 Fairground, 🛰 Validator Testnet, 🪐 Alpha Mainnet, 🗳 Governance dApp, 🧱 Block Explorer, 🌐 Vega.xyz
3. Telegram Changes - Announcement-only 📢
The past week was monumental for the Vega Community and all those that support it. Markets went live and the mission to free the markets hit a major checkpoint. Given we are entering a new phase for the protocol, the decision has been made to wind down the official Telegram into an Announcement-only channel. The reasoning behind this is to encourage thoughtful discussion around Vega on Discord (where the team are) and the Governance Forums (where the ideas become a reality). So, what comes next?
As of Friday, 26th of May, 1pm GMT, the channel became Announcement-only
The current Announcement channel, vegaprotocol_ann, will be archived
The Team & Moderators will be active on Discord and the Vega Forums
Finally, the project team would like to give a huge thank you to the dedicated, loyal, and diligent group of moderators that have supported this channel over the years 🫶
4. Barney on Stage - Web3 Live London & BOS ✨
Vega Founder & CEO, Barney, is taking the stage once again! Catch him at Web3 Live London on the 1st and 2nd of June, where he'll be speaking on two incredible panels:
🔹 Blockchain: The Next Frontier for Innovation, Scalability, and Security
🔹 The Disruptive Power of Web3 in Finance
& that’s not all! Barney will make a comeback at #BOS23 this July! Following last year's panel success, he'll share his expertise on the impact of Oracle Extractable Value on DeFi and the broader ecosystem in an insightful discussion.
If you happen to be around, don't miss the chance to connect with Barney 🦔
5. Research Office Hours - Vega Protocol & Rysk Finance 🧪
This week's Research Office Hour featured Jib and Dan from Rysk Finance alongside the usual heavyweights - Klaus and Tom from Vega's Research Team. Moderated by Daigan, the Twitter Space highlighted the positioning of each of the DeFi projects whilst celebrating Vega's launch of Alpha Mainnet. Listen back to it -> HERE <-
The Research Office Hour takes place every Wednesday, 12 pm GMT+1 on a Vega hosted Twitter Space.
🌋 It’s here, and it works! But remember, this is the Alpha - stability inbound 🌋
- Edo 🥝 + Daigan 🍊