Akropolis Weekly Updates

September 10th, 2021

Data as of September 10th, 2021 📈: 

$11.26M TVL      2,855 Members     

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Welcome everyone to another round of Akropolis weekly! Last call for your input: here’s the form to send us your thoughts. 

Flash News ⚡

• 30% APY for TriCrypto vault

• 20% APY for yvBOOST vault

• Ana, Akro Founder & CEO, discusses her transition into DeFi from TradFi

• Institutional transactions accounted for over 60% of DeFi transactions

• SEC woes: Uniswap under investigation while Coinbase receives SEC’s warning on lending product

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ICYMI: Opinion 💬

• Inside the cult of crypto: Financial Times

• Vitalik Buterin reveals his biggest regret about Ethereum

Danielle DiMartino Booth @DiMartinoBooth

People. This is NOT normal. $.8T from 2001-2020 in inflows don’t hold a candle to the year to date $1.048 billion in 2021. Vis @BankofAmerica Hartnett

BΞN @__DeFi__

Ethereum now has the same P/E as Starbucks. Which do you think will grow more in the next decade? h/t @tokenterminal

Flipside Crypto @flipsidecrypto

What's happening on @Uniswap 🤔❔ @HarryMcSheffrey and @RZinovyev have the answers. Let's take a look at some #UniswapV3 data dashboards

Watch: Jam Session #6: TradFi to DeFi

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Akropolis Updates 🔔

• TheDefiant: Ana discusses her move from TradFi to DeFi

• $AKRO now integrated on RioWallet

• 🎉 We released an update this week:

  • 🔓 We added the Claim function for unlocked AKRO - you can claim whenever you want with balances updated every 2 weeks. Head to our app > My Summary to check it out. 

  • ⛓ All Delphi-related features are moved to an open-source frontend created by a community contributor. Access it here. 

  • 💰 On Aug 10, all ADEL rewards (staking and DEXes) came to an end as the LM emission ended & will be available for claim on the open-source frontend.

Here’s what we’re also working on 🔧

• [in progress] We continue to work on new vault strategies in house and hope to bring in new strategy makers. 🤑

  • We’re continuing to research & work on strategies on Polygon.

  • We are working with existing Yearn community members in the YFI Boarding school! 🎓

  • 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!