Injective

<p>September was a massive month for the Injective community, with two major product announcements from the Injective Labs team.</p><p>Helix launched with new features for both novice and experienced traders, and the long-anticipated tease of “Project X” was unveiled at Cosmoverse 2022.</p><p>With the showcase of pioneering technology and products, Injective is continuing to prove to the larger community that it is building the best ecosystem for DeFi.</p><p>For a recap of September, check out this highlight reel 👇</p><h2 id="header-0">1. “Project X” Debut at Cosmoverse 2022</h2><img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/srd-optimized-uploads/361b370ea97e44478b93bd8691c4fe41.jpeg"><p>On September 26, Injective Labs co-founder and CEO Eric Chen delivered a keynote speech during the annual Cosmoverse conference, which took place at Medellín, Columbia this year. The presentation not only addressed Injective’s history in creating a sector specific chain for DeFi, but also introduced <a href="https://twitter.com/Injective_/status/1574464329604374528" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Project X</a>, which will bring AMMs with 0 impermanent loss, strategy vaults for market making &amp; passive yield generation, and a one click launchpad to release new tokens (100X cheaper and 10X more capital efficient).</p><p>For those of you who haven’t watched it yet, view the full keynote <a href="https://youtu.be/N_ZbRHvu6R8" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">here</a>.</p><h2 id="header-1">2. Project X Wins Most Promising Launch Award</h2><img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/srd-optimized-uploads/fe36442eecf5405dbbdc8065a4cbdc3e.jpeg"><p>The week culminated with the Cosmoverse Awards, where “Project X” won the <a href="https://twitter.com/Injective_/status/1575256121257984004" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Most Promising Launch award</a>!</p><p>This was only one of only four official categories within the awards ceremony, signaling a community-wide consensus for the excitement and anticipation of the full release of “Project X”.</p><p>This is just the beginning of the Injective rise and prominence, with only more to come.</p><h2 id="header-2">3. Furthering Injective’s Presence within Cosmos</h2><img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/srd-optimized-uploads/274f1c5de1d54ebda3afecf05509755d.jpeg"><p><em> Eric chatting with Cosmos YouTuber, Liam</em></p><img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/srd-optimized-uploads/823f0831aeeb421f914b419a0fd000a3.jpeg"><p><em> Eric chatting with Injective validator, Danku</em></p><p>Cosmoverse also furthered Injective’s presence within the larger Cosmos community, as Injective connected with influencers and ambassadors within its ecosystem.</p><p>Eric discussed Injective’s leading work in bringing the first on-chain orderbook, binary options and many more DeFi primitives into the Cosmos ecosystem. He also delved into Injective’s focus on interoperability and the upcoming integration with Wormhole to bring Solana assets into the interchain universe for the first time. Of course, he also touched on the upcoming “Project X” release too. Some of the major interviews were with Cosmos Youtuber <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMirzaUddin/status/1574517352242491397" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Liam</a> along and Injective validator <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMirzaUddin/status/1575199555163160576" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Danku</a>.</p><p>Full interviews will be uploaded shortly to Injective’s YouTube channel so stay tuned.</p><h2 id="header-3">4. Injective strengthens its work with Institutions Messari Mainnet 2022</h2><img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/srd-optimized-uploads/06dd77a41cb74ea9bb2c173901013d3b.jpeg"><p><em> Eric on stage at Messari Mainnet</em></p><p>The Injective Labs team also attended Messari Mainnet to connect more with leading institutions and partner projects.</p><p>After the raise from Jump Crypto and Brevan Howard, Injective is now undoubtedly cemented as the primary institutional gateway into the broader Cosmos ecosystem.</p><p>Eric also gave a major presentation during “<a href="https://twitter.com/Injective_/status/1572992876375670785" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">The Cosmos Approach to App-chains</a>” panel discussion on September 22. Sitting alongside other key projects in an IBC-powered world, the panel provided insights on the power of building within the interchain community and how applications can become highly scalable with specialized blockchains.</p><p>To watch the full video, click <a href="https://youtu.be/zoyOtjIqo20" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">here</a>.</p><h2 id="header-4">5. Helix, the Premier Decentralized Exchange, Launches on Injective</h2><p>Earlier this month, Helix, previously known as “Injective Pro”, launched with new features to create avenues for mass adoption.</p><p><a href="https://blog.injective.com/helix-live-on-injective/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Helix</a> introduced a diverse array of new upgrades and advanced trading enhancements such as on-chain advanced conditional orders (stop-loss, take-profit, etc). In addition, Helix released an intuitive convert interface that can allow new users to trade on a fully on-chain order book in just one click.</p><p>The new app will bring zero gas fees, best-in-class security, lightning fast speeds, cross-chain assets and market leading rebates. These features coupled with a number of major optimizations help to make Helix the optimal gateway to bring crypto trading to the masses.</p><p>To learn how to place conditional orders, click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgM6Z7YqnDk" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">here</a>.</p><p>To start trading on Helix, click <a href="https://helixapp.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">here</a>.</p><h2 id="header-5">6. Helix Launches the First Ever ETH Merge Expiry Futures</h2><img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/srd-optimized-uploads/f99241469b564beca733bb6d69a58d8f.jpeg"><p>To celebrate the long awaited Ethereum Merge, which represents the shift of the Ethereum network from a Proof-of-Work (PoW) blockchain to a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchain, Helix listed the first ever <a href="https://twitter.com/HelixApp_/status/1569340058528010246" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ETH Merge Futures</a> one week before this milestone event.</p><p>ETH Merge Futures allowed traders to place bids on the future price of ETH. The listing also showcased Helix’s ability to support both perpetuals and expiry futures alike in an entirely on-chain trading environment.</p><h2 id="header-6">7. Injective Supports Interchain Accounts (ICAs)</h2><img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/srd-optimized-uploads/1af1753d864b4cb984844c2018abc1a5.jpeg"><p>Injective now supports Interchain Accounts (ICAs), bringing greater interoperability and composability to the<a href="https://twitter.com/cosmos" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"></a>Cosmos ecosystem. With ICAs blockchains can control accounts on separate chains, allowing<a href="https://twitter.com/Injective_" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"></a>Injective to execute actions on other IBC-enabled chains &amp; vice versa.</p><h2 id="header-7">8. Advanced Market Making Bot is Live</h2><img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/srd-optimized-uploads/eb5bbac2ab29404094ff72ea0ce7a928.jpeg"><p>The <a href="https://twitter.com/HelixApp_/status/1572605872592781312" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Advanced Market Making Bot</a> for<a href="https://twitter.com/Injective_" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"></a>Injective exchange dApps is now live. It consists of a robust template created by leading quants that you can customize to create sophisticated market making strategies that can fit any market parameter.</p><p>Click <a href="https://twitter.com/HelixApp_/status/1572605872592781312" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">here</a> to start trading &amp; earning effortlessly.</p><h2 id="header-8">9. Leap Integrates With Injective dApps</h2><img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/srd-optimized-uploads/fe59823fb8144bc28bbc243919579ca7.jpeg"><p>Users can now connect their <a href="https://twitter.com/Injective_/status/1573345154068529152" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Leap wallet</a> across major Injective dApps, such as <a href="https://helixapp.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Helix</a>, sign transactions and interact with dApps with 100% ownership. This was made possible by Leap integrating the Injective mainnet last month.</p><h2 id="header-9">10. Ecosystem Addition: Injective Punks</h2><img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/srd-optimized-uploads/5b397651b9f0421fb0a5557e6cb73ee5.jpeg"><img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/srd-optimized-uploads/0d330e65741e436ea62e225ddf2e42ed.jpeg"><p>Injective Punks aims to become the first original Injective NFT collection, with the goal of building a no-code NFT launchpad and NFT marketplace, as the <a href="https://twitter.com/InjectivePunks/status/1571147524760834050" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">roadmap</a> above stated.</p><p>The team is contributing to the open source repository called <a href="https://github.com/CosmWasm/cw-nfts" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">NFT contracts on CosmWasm</a>, and is working on creating an NFT standard for the CosmWasm ecosystem.</p><h2 id="header-10">11. Injective in the News</h2><p>Injective was featured in a number of major news outlets this month.</p><ul><li><strong>BeInCrypto:</strong> “<a href="https://beincrypto.com/defi-will-it-ever-go-mainstream-in-industry-experts-weigh-in/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">DeFi: Will It EVER Go Mainstream? In-Industry Experts Weigh In</a>”</li><li><strong>CoinTelegraph:</strong> “<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/defi-regulations-where-us-regulators-should-draw-the-line" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">DeFi regulations: Where US regulators should draw the line</a>”</li><li><strong>Blockworks:</strong> “<a href="https://blockworks.co/ex-eth-miner-hive-blockchain-eyes-buying-opportunities-post-merge/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Ex-ETH Miner Hive Blockchain Eyes Buying Opportunities Post-Merge</a>”</li><li><strong>TechCrunch:</strong> “Now That The Ethereum Merge Is Behind Us, What’s Next”</li></ul><h2 id="header-11">12. Buzzworthy News in the Injective Community</h2><ul><li>Injective has <a href="https://twitter.com/Injective_/status/1566891167085641732" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">processed</a> over 100 million transactions.</li><li>Nearly 600,000 INJ has been <a href="https://twitter.com/Injective_/status/1567917893056167936" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">burned</a> through weekly <a href="https://hub.injective.network/auction/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">auctions</a>.</li><li>Injective was <a href="https://twitter.com/CosmosATOMDaily/status/1567607815199498245" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ranked first</a> among IBC projects by developer activity</li><li>The New HARBOR token <a href="https://twitter.com/Injective_/status/1570779100830380034" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">airdrop</a> is comingfor INJ stakers, announced by Comdex co-founder Siddarth Patil.</li><li>Injective released a new set of merch, including <a href="https://twitter.com/YaeSul_/status/1572310242897104899" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">stylish sweaters</a> and travel adapters.</li><li>Wormhole will be hosting <a href="https://twitter.com/wormholecrypto/status/1569813349088784386" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">xHack</a> hackathon with Injective and other leading L1 blockchains such as Aptos</li><li>Helix launched a <a href="https://twitter.com/HelixApp_/status/1566811060119736334" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Cosmoverse trip giveaway</a> campaign to celebrate the product launch.</li><li>Helix collaborated with<a href="https://twitter.com/MathWallet/status/1567482817549934592" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Math Wallet</a> on an NFT giveaway.</li></ul><h2 id="header-12">13. Injective: Watch, Read or Listen</h2><p>Here’s a list of content by Injective’s partners and community that is worth checking out:</p><ul><li>An <a href="https://twitter.com/Coin98Analytics/status/1570434523925729280" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ecosystem graphic</a> by Coin98 Analytics showcasing the ecosystem growth</li><li>A <a href="https://twitter.com/Joshyysmartt/status/1573756594294329354" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">thread</a> about Injective by nINJa Joshyy</li><li>A <a href="https://twitter.com/btctoinfinity/status/1575085385516187648" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">thread</a> about Project X by nINJa Up up and away</li><li>A bi-weekly round-up <a href="https://twitter.com/HeliosStaking/status/1569667179326357504" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">thread</a> about Injective by Helios Staking</li><li>A complete <a href="https://twitter.com/imperator_co/status/1569660979369365506" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">staking guide</a> by Injective’s new validator Imperator.co, along with versions in <a href="https://twitter.com/imperator_co/status/1569674445262028801" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Spanish</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/imperator_co/status/1569660988399689728" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Japanese</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/imperator_co/status/1569660985262362624" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Turkish</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/imperator_co/status/1569660982276014080" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">French</a>.</li><li>An <a href="https://twitter.com/Stakely_io/status/1567597464667947009" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">comprehensive site</a> about Injective, staking guide and where to find the INJ faucet by Stakely.io</li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/CoinMarketCap/status/1570140333341478912" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CMC spotlight</a> featured decentralized ETH Merge expiry futures listing on Helix</li></ul><p>Injective Labs CEO Eric Chen brings his own content on many perspectives, including:</p><ul><li>A <a href="https://youtu.be/N_ZbRHvu6R8" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">keynote presentation</a> at Cosmoverse conference (starting from 3:56:00)</li><li>An <a href="https://twitter.com/BNBCHAIN/status/1574292693609504769" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">interview</a> with BNB Chain about how to integrate BNB Chain with Injective</li><li>An <a href="https://twitter.com/ericinjective/status/1570548533937475584" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">insight</a> on what the Ethereum Merge will bring next featured on TechCrunch</li><li>An <a href="https://twitter.com/ChainCatcher_/status/1566994007255052288" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">exclusive interview</a> on founder’s story with Chinese media ChainCatcher</li></ul><p>🥳 Keep track of future updates on the Injective Discord, <a href="https://twitter.com/Injective_" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Twitter</a> and Telegram.</p><p><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/0*3wysmGFNJhUmdyXv"></p><h4>About Injective</h4><p>Injective is a custom interoperable layer one protocol for building powerful exchange, DeFi, derivatives &amp; Web3 applications. Injective was created using the Cosmos SDK and is able to achieve instant transaction finality while sustaining lightning fast speeds. INJ is the native deflationary scarce asset that powers the Injective Protocol and its rapidly growing ecosystem. Injective is incubated by Binance and is backed by prominent investors such as Jump Crypto, Pantera and Mark Cuban.</p><p><a href="https://injective.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Website</a> |<a href="https://t.me/joininjective" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Telegram</a> |<a href="https://discord.gg/injective" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Discord</a> |<a href="https://blog.injectiveprotocol.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Blog</a> |<a href="https://www.twitter.com/@InjectiveLabs" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Twitter</a> |<a href="https://blog.injectiveprotocol.com/tag/learn/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Learn</a> |<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN99m0dicoMjNmJV9mxioqQ" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Youtube</a> |<a href="https://www.facebook.com/injectiveprotocol" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Facebook</a>|<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/injective-protocol/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">LinkedIn</a> |<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/injective/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Reddit</a> |<a href="https://www.instagram.com/injectivelabs/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Instagram</a> |<a href="https://weibo.com/7452104340/profile?rightmod=1&amp;wvr=6&amp;mod=personnumber&amp;is_all=1&amp;ssl_rnd=1612829152.4355" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Weibo</a> | Orbit Newsletter</p><h2 id="header-13"></h2>

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