Akropolis Weekly Updates

October 9th, 2021

Data as of October 9th, 2021 📈: 

$11.76M TVL      2,797 Members     

Hello all,

It’s time for Akropolis weekly again!

Flash News ⚡

• >50% APY for yvBOOST vault 

• Akropolis Anniversary NFTs

• SEC head Gary Gensler under fire over crypto regulation

• The SEC just approved the closest thing to a US bitcoin ETF you can buy, for now

• DeFi Platform Mistakenly Sends $89 Million; CEO Begs Return

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ICYMI: Opinion 💬

• The CEO of top crypto trading firm says big mistakes in DeFi are putting off institutional investors

• China's crypto loss is America's crypto gain 

• It’s a Multi-Chain World, Bitcoin Just Dominates It

Watch “Bankless: Mark Cuban on Why DeFi and NFTs are the Future”

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Akropolis Anniversary NFTs 🎉

As mentioned last week, we have a gift for our oldest stakers - our first-ever Akropolis NFTs!

For our oldest stakers who meet the criteria, your addresses have been whitelisted for our birthday NFTs! For more details, read our announcement.

Things we’re working on 🔧

• [in progress] We continue to work on new vault strategies & products - will be sharing more news in the coming weeks. 🤑

  • Again, if you are an interested developer please reach out to us in our discord or telegram channels!

• [in progress] Zaps - we’re working on adding “zap” functionality to deposits to improve user experience & add ability to deposit different tokens into Vaults (not on LP tokens).

For the Community 👪

We are still hiring! Please take a look at the position information below if you are interested in working with the Akropolis team!

• Solidity Developers - this role includes:

  • Identifying & implementing complex yield-generation strategies on different chains;

  • Work with development team, product owner, and designers to turn vision into a functional software while following deadlines;

  • Develop high-quality code by following best practices in the space & make it maintainable, performant, accessible and precise;

  • Perform internal code reviews & audits ;

  • Being proactive & contribute to the team engineering processes and workflow;

  • Collaborate with relevant DeFi projects to discover optimal solutions for our needs;

  • Keep yourself updated with DeFi ecosystem updates & contribute ideas relevant to the product.

If you are interested in any of these positions, please email your CV, along with your GitHub profile to team@akropolis.io with the subject line:  

Akropolis Team | “Job Title”

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As always, feel free to reach out to us on our social media channels and thank you for your continued support!