Akropolis Weekly Updates

October 2nd, 2021

Data as of October 2nd, 2021 📈: 

$10.33M TVL      2,813 Members    

Hello,

And happy birthday to us! 🎂 It’s been a year since we launched Akropolis and we’ve grown sooo much since then! We’d like to thank all of you for being with us throughout this journey. 🎁 We have a little gift for our oldest users who started staking with us in August 2020 which we’ll release more information next week. 

Flash News ⚡

• >30% APY for yvBOOST vault 

• Value locked in DeFi grows 936% in one year

• White hat hacker paid DeFi's largest reported bounty fee

• Compound Overpays Millions in COMP Rewards in Possible Exploit

• DeFi makes Western Europe the world's largest 'crypto economy'  

• DeFi and DEX volumes soar amid China's crypto ban and ongoing US regulation 

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ICYMI: Opinion 💬

• DeFi Has Something to Learn From Napster

• Op-Ed: China’s crypto loss is America’s crypto gain

Sven Henrich @NorthmanTrader

Pandemics are bullish because they postpone growth

St. Louis Fed @stlouisfed

St. Louis Fed President Jim Bullard on the delta variant’s impact on third-quarter GDP: “In a way, it’s a bullish factor for 2022 because it’s just postponing growth, not eliminating growth, for the U.S.,” he said at a recent event https://t.co/POgxHJVKfm

Chris Blec @ChrisBlec

Bitcoin for the liberty. Monero for the privacy. Ethereum for the greed.

Spreek @spreekaway

best ways to protect yourself are never ever enter seed phrases, get hardware wallet, avoid rug frontends by not following links or search engine results, check each transaction to make sure it is interacting with the contract and calling the function you expect.

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Akropolis Updates 🔔

• We have a new release with these updates: 🎉

  • We’ve added a copy feature on shortened wallet addresses - just hover and click to copy. 🖱

  • We’ve improved the interaction for switching between Ethereum chains on Metamask. 🔁

  • When allocating assets, the process is simpler now with fewer steps. ✅

  • We’ve also fixed the login popup on mobile. 🔧

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”

Fin

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