Uphold integrates Asset Hub, Gavin Wood smashes ZK hype, DePIN project migrates from Solana, and more

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<div><div><div><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa87314b5-0806-44c9-b4ea-1075d1221836_1280x720.jpeg"><div><img src="https://static.sosovalue.com/sosovalue/2025/03/29/3b3fe5f7-1378-4bb1-b256-190ba807ee93.jpg"></div></a>by <a href="https://x.com/TheDotsTalks">The Dots</a></div><h3>🐂 boolish - top news</h3><ul><li>Asset Hub has been <a href="https://x.com/i/bookmarks/1880567055256031608">integrated into the Uphold platform</a>. Another big win for Velocity Labs and the Decentralized Futures program.</li><li>Gavin Wood<a href="https://x.com/TheKusamarian/status/1904458233013809354">smashed the ZK hype</a> with cold hard truth from New Delhi (ZK is 2M times pricier than JAM).</li><li><a href="https://x.com/BingXOfficial/status/1903196191430779303">DOT perpetual futures</a> are now available for trading on BingX.</li><li>AquaSave (a water sustainability DePIN) has <a href="https://x.com/peaq/status/1904489339746152469">migrated from Solana</a> to Peaq.</li></ul><h3>⭕️ ecosystem</h3><ul><li>Acurast<a href="https://acurast.medium.com/acurast-powers-xcbtc-making-bitcoin-truly-cross-chain-fe3f430d0f52">powers xcBTC</a>, making Bitcoin truly cross-chain.</li><li>DOTYappersdApp has been <a href="https://x.com/NovaWalletApp/status/1902335035203575824">added to Nova Wallet</a>.</li><li>Evrloot<a href="https://x.com/EVRL00T/status/1904594065376551283">teases Season 2</a> of its Marks campaign, which is set for early April.</li><li>Hyperbridge<a href="https://x.com/hyperbridge/status/1902707428166140198">strategically partner</a>s with TVVIN, which will enable access to gold and other precious tokenized real-world assets across multiple chains.</li><li>Integritee published <a href="https://medium.com/integritee/the-digital-euro-is-the-eus-next-big-thing-but-at-what-cost-91d862d67bfd">The Digital Euro is the EU’s Next Big Thing — But at What Cost?</a></li><li>InvArch DAO Management Portal has been <a href="https://x.com/InvArchNetwork/status/1904301969436557726">updated with new features</a>.</li><li>KodaDot<a href="https://x.com/KodaDot/status/1904140145424843185">has introduced</a> an Atomic Swap feature for peer-to-peer NFT trading, ensuring a secure and trustless experience.</li><li>Stellaswap’s V4 pools <a href="https://x.com/StellaSwap/status/1902659788149825678">are now</a> on Gecko Terminal.</li><li>Moonbeam’s Season 3 incentives has <a href="https://forum.moonbeam.network/t/moonbeam-grant-performance-review-evaluating-the-results-of-season-3/2048">been published</a> by Gauntlet. While Stellaswap and Moonwell met and exceeded expectations, Beamswap and Prime Protocol struggled.</li><li>N3mus<a href="http://month-over-month/">closes out March</a> with 108K gameplays, 109% month-over-month growth, and 8% of all transactions on Moonbeam.</li><li>OriginTrail initiates <a href="https://github.com/OriginTrail/OT-RFC-repository/tree/main/RFCs/OT-RFC-23-Trustless%5FNeuroweb%5F-%5FEthereum%5FTRAC%5Fbridge">an RFC</a> to seek community feedback for trustless bridging its TRAC token on Ethereum to Neuroweb using Snowbridge.</li><li>Phala published <a href="https://phala.network/posts/how-to-deploy-a-dapp-on-phala-cloud-a-stepbystep-guide?ref=parachains-info">How to Deploy a dApp on Phala Cloud: A Step-by-Step Guide</a> and <a href="https://phala.network/posts/how-developers-can-build-secure-web3-backends-with-tees-on-phala-cloud?ref=parachains-info">How Developers Can Build Secure Web3 Backends with TEEs on Phala Cloud</a>.</li><li>Polimec released an <a href="https://polimec.medium.com/polimec-investment-guide-how-to-secure-your-xcavate-tokens-d8bbcc2bca65">investment guide</a> on how users can secure their Xcavate tokens.</li><li>Xcavate<a href="https://x.com/xcavateofficial/status/1904132857250926840">announces a partnership</a> with Lanes Exclusive Homes. The move is set to tokenize over £50M worth of UK prime new-build real estate on-chain.</li></ul><h3>💻 technical</h3><ul><li>Pop announced the <a href="https://x.com/onpopio/status/1905530022904938518">pop bench</a>, a tool that wraps the power of frame-benchmarking-cli into a dead-simple command—no setup, no guesswork, just clean output.</li><li>Interested in quickly creating a Polkadot dapp? Check out the <a href="https://forum.polkadot.network/t/create-polkadot-dapp-spin-up-your-dapp-in-seconds/11494">create-polkadot-dapp NPM package</a>.</li><li>Fill <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1th3GKJCSjzrmqwzDs62yA1hGUZnQUCPqmaUYLwSiHo4/viewform?edit_requested=true">this form</a> if you would like to be an early tester of the Polkadot Deployment Portal.</li></ul><h3>💰 opportunities</h3><ul><li>Registration for Encode Club’s Polkadot Scalability Hackathon <a href="https://x.com/encodeclub/status/1904526227555156139">has now started</a>. The Hackathon begins on April 7.</li><li>XT exchange has <a href="https://x.com/XTexchange/status/1904824758514204945">opened up a launchpool</a> with 6M of Bifrost’s BNC token up for grabs.</li><li>Encode Club is launching a 4-week Polkadot Scalability Hackathon starting April 7 with over $33,000 in rewards. <a href="https://www.encode.club/polkadot-scalability-hackathon">Register here</a>.</li><li>PBA-X’s (online Polkadot Blockchain Academy) next session begins on April 14. You can register <a href="https://pbax.polkadot.academy/">here</a>.</li></ul><h3>🏛️ governance</h3><blockquote>For more information on Polkadot governance statistics, check out the <a href="https://dune.com/substrate/polkadot-gov">Polkadot Dune governance dashboard</a>.</blockquote>🕓 confirming<ul><li><a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1475">Ref 1475</a>: Funding Subscan to integrate PVM to its explorer and indexer services</li><li><a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1477">Ref 1477</a>: Funding for ReactiveDOT</li></ul>👍🏾 passing<ul><li><a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1474">Ref 1474</a>: Proposing curators for the Polkadot Fast-Grants Bounty</li><li><a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1480">Ref 1480</a>: Increasing the Proof-of-Validity size to 10 MB, allowing for larger parachain blocks among other things</li><li><a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1485">Ref 1485</a>: Funding for Public RPC Providers via Bounty 31</li><li><a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1487">Ref 1487</a>: Topping up the Paseo developer testnetbounty</li><li><a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1497">Ref 1497</a>: Funding Polkadot Blockchain Academy for 9 months</li><li><a href="https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1498">Ref 1498</a>: Registering several Polkadot-native assets on Ethereum (including DOT, KSM, GLMR, HDX, and more)</li><li><a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1502">Ref 1502</a>: Reimbursing accounts affected by Polkadot runtime upgrade to v1.1.2</li><li><a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1503">Ref 1503</a>: Funding the development of an MVP integration for MinIO to be run in Acurast’s decentralized compute environment</li><li><a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1508">Ref 1508</a>: Tipping niftesty for developing the Polkadot next.js starter frontend template</li><li><a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1510">Ref 1510</a>: Setting Snowbridge-wrapped USDC &amp; USDT as sufficient assets with an existential deposit of $0.01 on Asset Hub</li><li><a href="https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/509">Ref 509</a>: Opening a request-for-proposal for Shielded Kusama Hub transfers at $50,000. To apply for the prize, fill out <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeD-qfZRGaRSDeiEmZEgNLE7fI3Qf1j4G3QYrQqWq2lsX0fUg/viewform">this form</a></li></ul>👎🏾 failing<ul><li><a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1492">Ref 1492</a>: Funding OpenGuild to accelerate Polkadot builder activating in Asia</li><li><a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1499">Ref 1499</a>: Retroactively funding Bounty Manager V2</li><li><a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1500">Ref 1500</a>: Sponsoring Frank Porté for the Porsche Supercup and Porsche Benelux</li><li><a href="https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1501">Ref 1501</a>: Converting 5,001,000 DOT into USDC and USDT</li><li><a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1504">Ref 1504</a>: Funding PolkaBiz for business mentorship and ecosystem support for 2025</li><li><a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1505">Ref 1505</a>: Funding SportStake to support DOT staking for sports club donations</li><li><a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1509">Ref 1509</a>: Funding Ajuna for development of the Substrate Asset Game Engine</li><li><a href="https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/507">Ref 507</a>: Reducing inflation on Kusama</li></ul>✅ approved<ul><li><a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1462">Ref 1462</a>: Funding the 2025 development of Polkadot-API</li><li><a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1476">Ref 1476</a>: Retroactive funding for JUST Ventures</li><li><a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1463">Ref 1463</a>: Funding Polkassembly for 2025</li><li><a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1484">Ref 1484</a>: Increasing the size of the validator active set from 500 to 600</li><li><a href="https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1486">Ref 1486</a>: Upgrading Asset Hub and Collectives system parachains to Runtime 1.4.2</li><li><a href="https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/504">Ref 504</a>: Providing funding for public Kusama RPC providers</li></ul><h3>📺 what to watch and listen to</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86VaGOe4Nx4">Decentralized Mic Series: Polkadot, NEAR &amp; Ethereum: How Web3 Really Governs Itself</a> on Polkadot youtube.</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kpgs7eb95M">March OpenDev Call</a> from the Polkadot Technical Fellowship. Topics include JAM, BEEFY, and reducing inflation.</li><li>Attempts At Governance <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/5q2SUmBvEsg?si=rd6Yvy0XcAKj0tqd">215</a> (RFPs), <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/kIntKifbamo?si=U-Td7hgfI9Mtl_hA">216</a> (Cloud), <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/LlgUGCeF_KI?si=H3hcm5VY7S6gDd_8">217</a> (Rawdoggin), <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/EWKfZrn_pn8?si=dhLxVgv9iysQKGnU">218</a> (Porsche) by The Kusamarian.</li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/j_lxD_Eb73I?si=Otl6ENrxXY15e7HJ">Friday DOT News Pump</a> (weekly ecosystem news recap) by The Kusamarian.</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHBqOnDeyeA">Space Monkeys 184: Dapps ARE NOT Decentralized</a> by The Kusamarian.</li></ul><h3>📖 what to read</h3><ul><li><a href="https://grillapp.net/6111/dev-up-newsletter-edition-92-239882">WagMedia Newsletter Edition 92</a></li><li><a href="https://polkadot.com/blog/real-world-assets-depin-tokenization-value?ref=parachains-info">Where real-world value meets access: How Polkadot powers RWA and DePIN</a> and <a href="https://polkadot.com/blog/defi-explained-starter-guide?ref=parachains-info">Understanding DeFi: A starter guide to decentralized finance</a> on the Polkadot blog.</li><li><a href="https://x.com/danicuki/status/1904927343912903028">Sub-second Finality Comes with Trade-offs</a> and <a href="https://x.com/danicuki/status/1904572496990318822">Ethereum is Dying — But Its Builders Can Still Thrive (on Polkadot)</a> by Daniel Cukier.</li><li><a href="https://x.com/IamDavidBrain/status/1904477660736106970">Polkadot's JAM: Unlocking Synchronous Cross-Chain Composability with a Decentralized Data Lake</a> by DavidBrain.</li></ul><h3>📅 events</h3><ul><li>Gavin Wood is taking <a href="https://x.com/paritytech/status/1900228670146371717">JAM to Protocol Berg</a> in Berlin (June 12-13).</li><li>Erin from Parity will lead a <a href="https://x.com/protocol_berg/status/1900983174236102786">workshop on building test infrastructure</a> from the ground up at Protocol Berg in Berlin.</li></ul>Thank you for taking the Dot Leap!</div></div>

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