Must-attend this week: Yala testnet interaction, Sonic Labs earning airdrop points, MapleStory Universe new galactic mis

Original | Odaily Planet Daily ( @OdailyChina )

Author | Asher ( @Asher_0210 )

Recently, The Sandbox Alpha Season 4 event ( click here to view the article: The total prize pool exceeds 2.5 million US dollars, The Sandbox Alpha Season 4 event is now online ) and the YGG Guild Advancement Program Season 7 event ( click here to view the article: Hand-in-hand guidance to interact with the YGG Guild Advancement Program Season 7 event ) have attracted a lot of community discussion for money-grabbing parties because of their low threshold and high potential returns.

In addition, Odaily Planet Daily will also take you through the interactive projects worth participating in this week.

Yala: Bitcoin liquidity protocol and stablecoin issuer

Reasons to participate

Image source: Official Twitter

Yala uses stablecoins as a medium to connect Bitcoin with various ecosystems and improve Bitcoins liquidity. Its modular architecture enables Yala to be deployed cross-chain on EVM-compatible platforms (such as Ethereum) and non-EVM systems (such as Solana), thereby enhancing Bitcoins composability and promoting the development of an open Bitcoin DeFi ecosystem.

According to ROOTDATA data , in early October, Yala announced the completion of a $8 million seed round of financing and received financing commitments that exceeded the target by 3 times. This round of financing was led by Polychain Capital and Ethereal Ventures, and followed by Galaxy, Anagram, Amber Group, ABCDE, Ambush Capital, GeekCartel, HashKey Capital, L2 Iterative Ventures ( L2IV ), SatoshiLab, UpHonest Capital, UTXO Management and 280 Capital.

Yala announces $8 million seed round

Interactive Tutorial

Yesterday, Yala announced on the X platform that its testnet is now online. Through the Yala testnet, users will be able to deposit YU, manage their positions and stake YU to earn points. Therefore, it is currently the first batch of participating users, and the specific interactive operations that can be performed are as follows:

Interactive website: https://app-testnet.yala.org/

STEP 1. After entering the interactive website, connect the EVM wallet and BTC wallet.

STEP 2. Click the faucet in the upper right corner to receive the testnet test coins (wait 10-30 minutes).

STEP 3. Convert the received BTC into YU and pledge YU.

STEP 4. Participate in Yala鈥檚 task on Galxe ( click here to jump to the task link ), for a total of 100 points. The answers to the questions are: B, A, A, A, A, C.

Sonic Labs: Cross-chain to Ethereum鈥檚 L1 via native L2

Reasons to participate

Image source: Official Twitter

On August 2 this year, Fantom was officially renamed Sonic Labs. Sonic is a brand new L1 that can cross-chain to Ethereum through native L2. At the same time, Sonic has added a new Sonic Foundation, Sonic Labs, and a new visual image. Fantom founder Andre Cronje, a leader in the DeFi field and a member of the Fantom Foundation, will become the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Sonic Labs.

On September 30, Sonic Labs announced in X that users can start to obtain about 200 million S airdrop points through Sonic Arcade. There is no fee and no cross-chain required to participate in this event.

Interactive Tutorial

Interactive website: https://arcade.soniclabs.com/

STEP 1. Enter the interactive website and connect your wallet.

STEP 2. Add and switch your wallet to the testnet.

STEP 3. Connect your X account and follow the official account to receive the test coins.

STEP 4. You can start the game after getting the test coins.

MapleStory Universe: Web3 version of MapleStory

Reasons to participate

Image source: Official Twitter

MapleStory Universe, the chain version of MapleStory, is an MMORPG game. Its parent company is Nexon, a South Korean gaming giant that developed classic online games such as MapleStory and KartRider. MapleStory Universe is currently in the Genesis stage, providing brave explorers with the opportunity to explore the unknown world of Maplestory Universe.

It is worth noting that Nexon announced in December 2023 that it would invest $100 million in its Web3 game project MapleStory, aiming to expand the MapleStory universe. The investment will be used to develop a blockchain-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

Interactive Tutorial

At present, the main thing that MapleStory Universe needs to persist in participating in is the tasks on Galxe. It has been updated to the ninth activity NXPC Token ( click here to jump to the link ), with a total of 30 points. The answer is: A, A, D, B, C. In addition, dont forget to do the daily tasks of MapleStory Universe.

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