👷🏽‍♀️ SORA Builders Programme News: 👷🏽‍♀️ — — — — — — 🔴 ADAR Updates: The ADAR team is currently polishing their app in a private testnet, while the design team is working on small updates and a report on the app. Please look forward to public testing soon! The ADAR development timeline is available here For frequent updates from the ADAR team, join their Telegram group! Here is the proposal submitted by ADAR, for more information on the Abed Group, take a look at this deck, and to try the version available from the completion of the first milestone, you can visit the ADAR website. 🔵 Ceres Updates: The Ceres team is making constant waves, including the successful launch of the Hermes platform and Hermes DAO. Additionally, the DAO also took advantage of the Liquidity Locker! 🔥 Finally, the Hermes DAO has opened a call to users to form part of their parliament! For constant updates from Ceres, subscribe to the Ceres Announcements channel on Telegram The Demeter Farming platform is available on the SORA network for users to farm with liquidity pool LP or single-sided staking, with interesting APR*. New pools are constantly added, too. Demeter farming is directly integrated into Polkaswap, for convenience. For more information, read this Medium article on the Demeter platform. — — — — — — *Not financial advice, always do your own research. 🌈 Learn More - Medium

📱 SORA Wallet Update 📱 — — — — — — 🤖 Android: ● Getting ready for the release 3.0.0 — Redesign & SORA Card ● We regularly update SORAlution (testnet application) where you can test and provide feedback to ensure the production release will be in the best shape possible! 🍏 iOS ● Getting ready for the release 3.0.0 — Redesign & SORA Card ● We regularly update SORAlution (testnet application) where you can test and provide feedback to ensure the production release will be in the best shape possible!

⚙️ SORA Blockchain Update ⚙️ — — — — — — — Working on maintenance, fixes, and improvements to the codebase — Completely moved the development to the public repository: sora2-network 🌐 XST Platform for Synthetic Assets: ● Implementation of key features under internal review ● Waiting for the partners to complete their implementation to proceed with testing on test environment 🌉 Substrate Trustless Bridge: Kusama Parachain ● Internal Quality Assurance testing ongoing ● Fixing the SORA Rococo parachain to continue producing blocks and syncing with the Rococo relay chain ● Preparing documentation for the client applications to implement the front end ⛓ Multi-EVM Trustless Bridge: Ethereum ● Finalising the incentive mechanism for relayers ● Supporting the client applications team to continue implementing the frontend

⭕️ SORA Ecosystem Update #56 ⭕️ — — — — — — ⚙️ Business Track Progress: ● Polkaswap as a Service — 25% ● SORA Card — 90% ● SORA IBAN — 90% SORA Card articles are being continuously released with topics covering the SORA Card introduction, SORA Card key features, a comparison between SORA Card and other crypto-powered banking services, an interview with the people behind the SORA Card tech and management. The SORA Card Phase One article was also recently released. The SORA Community recently held an AMA with Dr. Makoto Takemiya and Beno van Gansen regarding SORA Card, read all about it in this recap. Stay tuned for more articles with interesting and insightful information on this great tool for financial freedom. SORA Card | Value Freedom 💳

🔵 Big congratulations to the Ceres team for their successful HMX token ILO! The Hermes platform powers the Hermes DAO, a one-of-a-kind governance mechanism for a crypto investment fund. Unlike your average fund, everything is decided by the DAO transparently, the parliament members are doxxed for everyone’s safety, and all the information is available to the public. To stay up to date with all the news from the Hermes DAO, subscribe to their Medium or follow them on Twitter. 💙 You’re now up to speed with what has happened in the last weeks in the SORA network and the current state of the SORA Integrated Plan. Please look forward to the upcoming news from all of the SORA contributors and see you next fortnight. Let’s get back to work! — — — — — — *This is not financial advice, always make sure to do your own research! You can find the summary of the integrated plan points in the SORA Wiki. 🌈 Learn more — Medium

The Fearless Wallet team is relentlessly working on the release of the Fearless Wallet browser extension. Thank you to everyone who has tested the features so far! 🦅 They are also Fearlessly working on the Polkaswap feature integration. Imagine having access to all your Polkadot, Kusama and their respective parachain assets to fearlessly swap and provide liquidity for, with style and freedom… then imagine having access to SORA card to use them IRL as well! ✨

Finally, the SORA Wallet mobile app has testing ongoing to fix bugs and fine-tune features such as SORA Card 💳 You can look forward to a release very soon, where you will already be able to register for a card and start managing your finances with freedom at the tip of your fingers and wherever you are 🌐

The $XST synthetics platform development is progressing smoothly, collaborating closely with our oracle partners as they implement their side ahead of testing. Since we brought up the topic of community FAQ earlier, the same goes for this question: “will there be more details on the synthetics platform?” 🤔 🔥 The answer is a resounding yes! There will be an article and content made to help all users understand what it is, how it works, and what the benefits are to the SORA network.

Moving on to the Polkaswap web, SORA Card preparation and development are a focus point, but the ongoing mission to bring as much data as possible, for the discerning trader to make better and more informed choices (after DYOR) on Polkaswap is going along well 🦾 The dashboards are being worked on, so please look forward to these great additions to the style and freedom you have come to love 💟

In the meantime, having access to the “traditional” system, through SORA Card will allow the SORA economy to begin the proverbial economic circle, as people will be able to use their cryptocurrencies, which are a unit of account, to pay for and receive payment for IRL goods and services, which will help XOR become a medium of exchange, and be more widely recognised as a store of value, accomplishing the key functions of money 🏛 “What’s the difference between SORA Card and any other neobanking offering?” is a frequently asked community question, and the simplest answer is freedom. SORA Card gives you the freedom to manage your finances however you please. Using Polkaswap.io as the hub for your banking activities gives you the power, and the responsibility that comes from the freedom of decentralized finance 💱 The next FAQ is “why do I need to do KYC for the IBAN?” some people even follow up by saying that it’s contradictory or hypocritical, given that you are disclosing your personal details. However, think of it this way: if you’re crossing the HASHI bridge from the Ethereum network into SORA, you pay gas fees in ETH. Similarly, if you are accessing TradFi through DeFi, you need to comply with the rules of each network you interact with 🤝

🌉 The SORA Kusama Parachain bridge has not had significant changes, however, there is a lot of work to fix block production on the Rococo public testnet ahead of the SORA Polkadot Parachain project. We hope you have unlocked your DOTs, as the auction starts soon! ⏰ The Polkaswap.io order book functionality is going well. We are working hard on completing the pre-production side of it, doing our research and compiling documentation before the devs begin to buidl! 🚧 On the other hand, the Trustless EVM bridge has ongoing work addressing the findings from the constant audits the infrastructure is undergoing, as well as determining incentive architecture for relayers ⚙️

Well, as it turns out, you need a way for the economy to be circular, constantly buying and selling, instead of accumulating and speculating, for it to make the biggest impact. Initially, users will be able to apply for a European International Bank Account Number (IBAN), with more fiat currencies becoming available, that will bridge a gap that is wider than the Great Rift Valley, which is the void between DeFi and TradFi 📊 SORA is working very hard to implement XOR as legal tender. This is an uphill battle, but thanks to the hard work and support of all the people interested and collaborating, we are able to keep on climbing until we are finally successful 🚀