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Since Moonbeam was announced in April 2020, the development team has been hard at work to meet engineering milestones and deliver on the stated project goals.
In the first six months following the announcement, the team has delivered a working Ethereum-compatible TestNet, called Moonbase Alpha, and been awarded a Web3 Foundation grant for their work building a Web3 RPC for the Frontier projects.
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RMRK Fungible Token Bridge to Moonriver is Now Open
Token Holders Can Permanently Move and Use the RMRK Token Natively Within Moonriver Boston, MA – January 20, 2022 – Moonbeam, the fully Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform on Polkadot, has announced the availability of a…
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Moonriver Adds Cross-Chain Capabilities, Introduces xcKSM
New XC-20s are Polkadot-Native and Usable as ERC-20s on Moonriver Boston, MA – January 14, 2022 – Moonbeam, the fully Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform on Polkadot, has released new functionality to enable native cross-chain token…
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Moonbeam Network Completes Launch Process and is Now Live on Polkadot
Token Transfers and EVM Are Enabled, Allowing Collator Staking, Project Deployments, and Crowdloan Rewards Distribution Boston, MA – January 11, 2022 – After great anticipation, Moonbeam, the fully Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform on Polkadot, has…
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Moonbeam Begins Decentralization Process and Expands Collator Set
Network Gradually Phases in Highest-Performing Infrastructure Providers from Moonriver and the Moonbase Alpha TestNet Boston, MA – December 21, 2021 – Moonbeam, the Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform on Polkadot, has begun decentralization and added 24…
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Recent News Coverage
A sampling of recent press coverage for Moonbeam.
May 5, 2021
April 9, 2021
March 30, 2021
March 10, 2021
November 17, 2020
As DeFi Grows, Investors Look to Polkadot to Be the Next Ethereum
November 11, 2020
November 11, 2020
November 11, 2020
Moonbeam Launch Paves Way for Ethereum Smart Contracts on Polkadot
November 4, 2020
DeFi on Polkadot: An Alt Chain with Interoperability on the Horizon
October 23, 2020
April 28, 2020
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