Harmony March Updates: ETH Rio, GDC, Aave, Chainstack and ZKU

The Harmony team attended ETHRio and Global Developers Conference (GDC) in March, allowing us to meet thousands of members of the ONE community. We also launched Aave V3 on Harmony mainnet and sunsetted the Harmony Wallet Chrome extension.

Read our March highlights below. Follow us @harmonyprotocol to stay updated.

Launches And Milestones

• ZKU’s Inaugural Cohort: The first cohort of the Zero-Knowledge University concluded with developers building diverse Web 3 products using zero-knowledge proof technology.
• 1 Million Wallets: In march, Harmony reached over 1 million wallets created on the blockchain, growing from 800,000 wallets in February.
• Harmony Ventures: To help the projects launched on Harmony, we launched Harmony Ventures. Projects can get the opportunity to grow to the next level by presenting their vision, latest roadmaps and developments, to an audience of strategic investors.
• 1Wallet Goes Into Beta: 1Wallet — the noncustodial social wallet to securely store, send, receive, swap and earn crypto assets has gone into beta. The wallet combines social recovery features with multiple layers of security for an optimal experience. Learn more by joining the Discord here.
• ONEWeekly Newsletter: Harmony is excited to launch its new weekly newsletter, the ONEWeekly. Stay up-to-date with what’s happening at Harmony, new launches, behind the scenes, and more.

Partnership Highlights

• Aave V3: After launching on the testnet in January, Aave V3 went live on the Harmony mainnet in March. The new update features a range of new functionalities and mechanisms designed to improve risk management, capital efficiency, rewards and user experience.

• Chainstack: In March, Chainstack added support for Harmony. Developers can now deploy dependable and shared Harmony node access in seconds with Chainstack’s infrastructure.
• Braintrust: Harmony joins Braintrust, a user-owned decentralized talent network, and adds grants and job opportunities to the platform.
• Frontier Wallet: Users can now stake, store, earn, and invest the ONE token with the Frontier wallet.
• Infinity Wallet: The team at Infinity Wallet have integrated Harmony into their platform. Users can hold and swap ONE using the Infinity wallet.
• BitKeep: The BitKeep wallet added Harmony to the list of supported main chains. Users can now participate in ONE projects and trade through BitKeep.

Events And Announcements

• GDC: As one of the sponsors at the Game Developers Conference 2022, the Harmony team met with hundreds of developers and projects interested in Blockchain gaming and NFTs. The Harmony team also organized its flagship weekly gatherings — TGI, participated in multiple panels and speaking sessions and interacted with potential partners and projects that want to join the Harmony ecosystem.

• Q1 Community Sentiment Report: Our amazing moderators on the Harmony Reddit, Telegram, and Discord channels have created a community sentiment report for Q1 2022. We have a number of lessons to take from this report and are taking initiative to be more communicative with our supportive community.
• Harmony Wallet Chrome Extension: As we move towards the public release of 1Wallet, the Chrome extension Harmony wallet was sunset in March, with the recommended transitional, browser extension wallet being Metamask. For optimal security, we suggest a hardware wallet such as the Ledger Nano S or Ledger Nano X.
• Inevitable World Summit 2022: Harmony sponsored the Inevitable World Summit 2022, where Harmony COO Li Jiang talked about the impact of blockchain on the way we govern.
• Ethereum Rio: The team sponsored and attended ETHRio, one of the biggest blockchain events in the LATAM region. The team also hosted multiple side events, including panel discussions, networking sessions, launchpad events and a football tournament.

• NFTAlive: The Harmony team was at the NFTAlive event in LA, where the team met with the NFT community. The team organized various side events, including ONE Pitch, Women in NFTs and NFTs for the culture.

About Harmony

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