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Data as of June 28th, 2021 📈:
$7.62M TVL 2875 Members
Intro
Welcome everyone to another round of Akropolis weekly!
Product 🛠
We are proud to be supporting ETHGlobal and #Hackmoney2021! Be sure to build with us if you are participating! Check out our recent tweet about it here!
We updated the roadmap - check it out here!
We have prepared the frontend for connecting to vaults from other networks such as BSC or Polygon! This frontend remains in pre-production, but will be added to the dApp UI soon! 🔥
We are actively working on the Yearn affiliate token & our hack compensation plan, more details TBA this month 🙂
Governance 🗳
The community proposal AIP-011 regarding AKRO tokenomics is still on the governance discussion board! 🆕
Please give it a read and offer your comments!
Things still in the works:
[in progress] We continue to work on new vault strategies in house and hope to bring in new strategy makers. 🤑
[in progress] BTC strategy on BSC is in the final testing stages - more details to follow
[in progress] We’re continuing to research & work on possible strategies on Polygon
[in progress] We are working with existing Yearn community members in the YFI Boarding school! 🎓
[in progress] We are working on moving away from rewards distributions to users claiming them instead, thus removing the distribution threshold. You will be able to claim unlocked rewards once per two weeks.
[in progress] We are Finalizing comp drop page - should be live soon (1-2 weeks)
Community 👪
We are hiring! Please take a look at the position information below if you are interested in working with the Akropolis team!
Project Manager - this role includes:
Determine and define project scope and objectives;
Coordinating all processes inside the company, develop and manage a detailed project schedule and work plan;
Predict resources needed to reach objectives and manage resources in an effective and efficient manner;
Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress;
Management of in-house and outsource specialists to get best possible result in tight schedule;
Setting tasks in our project management tools and control the completion;
Overseeing communication & project management connected to external parties;
Utilize industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout entire project execution.
VP Business Development - this role includes:
Developing growth strategies and plans to increase user base & TVL;
Managing and retaining relationships with existing partners;
Searching for new partnership/integration opportunities & proactively leading them;
Having an in-depth knowledge of DeFi products and value proposition;
Writing business proposals;
Negotiations with stakeholders/partners ;
Identifying and mapping business strengths and customer needs;
Researching business opportunities and viable income streams;
Following industry trends & new product development opportunities;
Reporting on successes and areas needing improvements;
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.
DeFi Research Analyst - this role includes:
Research into different protocols we could use for new strategies implementation;
Analysis on different research proposals and solutions;
Creating technical & product explainers on different protocols;
Suggesting new features & improvements to the base platform;
Working with engineering team to architect, spec and code strategies;
Engage with users on Discord etc. and help them with financial questions;
Understand and look deeply into lots of new DeFi products.
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!