ZetaChain highlights events and hackathon winners at India and Taipei Blockchain Week

By ZetaChain
Jan 16, 2024, 9:38 AM
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ZetaChain wrapped up major global conferences at India and Taipei Blockchain Week, showcasing their events and booths at FILBanglore, Polygon Connect, and other events.​ They also hosted an interoperability panel at Above & Beyond and participated in the massive hackathon at ETHGlobal.​ The hackathon winners include projects enabling Bitcoin-backed ordinal assets, seamless web2-to-web3 communication, and lending and borrowing support for any token from any chain.​ ZetaChain looks forward to bringing more opportunities in 2024.​

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Soon, we will release a ZetaChain roadmap. One feature will be direct support of Bitcoin Ordinals inputs and the ability for Omnichain Smart Contracts (OSC) to directly custody and manage foreign NFTs including Bitcoin ordinals.

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Also, expect the support of BRC20 fungible tokens based on the ordinal tech stack. Users will be able to send Ordinals on Bitcoin network to invoke the OSC.

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Today, we shared the stage with @Aptos_Network & @protocollabs and stressed the need for a better interoperability standard for DeFi applications. No more supporting the same app on many chains, no more limited bridges that wrap/lock tokens away in vaults - fungible tokens

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December 4th: #FILBangalore by @Filecoin we wil be discussing the Future of fintech applications on top of blockchains with @Scroll_ZKP and @Aptos_Network fil-bangalore.io

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