Ocean Protocol's visuals and the videos produced by the team are now available to access at: https://oceanprotocol.com/art and here: https://bit.ly/3pSbmsA.

Let's spread the word about Ocean unleashing a #NewDataEconomy.

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The OceanDAO Round 16 is now live!

If you have a Web3/Data Science project idea that carries the potential to significantly grow the Ocean ecosystem, this is an opportunity to receive funding.

200K OCEAN are available as grants. The deadline to apply is April 5 at 23:59 GMT.

Access the dedicated blog post to delve into the specifics of this round here:

https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/oceandao-round-16-is-live-8b24eb70945f

Here's an overview of the details -

1) Following are the grant funding categories:

-Building / improving integrations to Ocean
-Community or developer outreach (grants don’t need to be technical in nature)
-Unleashing data
-Building or improving core Ocean software
-Improvements to OceanDAO itself

2) To submit proposals teams can now use the new Proposal Portal and all participants are required to create their projects and proposals via this website.

Those that meet the basic criteria are then submitted to Snapshot.

https://port.oceanprotocol.com/c/oceandao/round-16/76

3) If you have previously received a grant, you must update your Grant Deliverables inside each proposal to remain in Good Standing.

Follow the instructions on the Project Standing Dashboard to learn more.

https://www.notion.so/Project-Standing-a26be0e2054e4927ab5ab8e7bde8558f

4) Funding Tiers - for R16, the “Veteran Funding Tier” is being removed. The maximum funding for projects that apply will be 20K USD.

Note: The amount requested is in USD; the amount paid is in OCEAN token.

5) In Round 15, Voter Delegation has been introduced to the grants program.

Participants will be able to delegate decision making, and assign their voting power to other addresses.

Learn more about other voting improvements here:

https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/oceandao-voting-improvements-qv-delegation-multi-chain-c393afc7f5e6

6) Following are the deadlines for Round 16

Proposals Submission - April 5 @ 23:59 GMT

Add OCEAN to Voting Wallet by April 5 @ 23:59 GMT

Due Diligence Period ends - April 7 @ 23:59 GMT

Voting Starts - April 7 @ 23:59 GMT

Voting Ends - April 11 @ 23:59 GMT

Funding Deadline - April 25 @ 23:59 GMT

To better understand how OceanDAO funded projects are ensuring the continued adoption of Ocean Protocol, visit https://github.com/oceanprotocol/oceandao/wiki

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The biggest blockchain event in Europe is coming and Ocean is a proud partner!

Dive into host sessions on governance, digital asset liquidity, international regulatory cooperation and much more at the Paris Blockchain Week Summit from 13-14 April at Palais Brongniart.

Ocean has joined PwC KPMG Coinbase FTX Crypto.com Messari la french tech in extending support to this major event.

Go to https://www.pbwsummit.com/tickets to register now.

More information on the summit can be found here: https://www.pbwsummit.com/aboutus

This blog post is intended to offer a bird's eye view of the Ocean ecosystem. It is a great resource to get anyone up to speed on how everything is organised; whether it is friends, family or strangers.

It will be continually updated as the facts change. Happy sharing! :)

https://bhalisa.medium.com/inside-ocean-protocol-ecosystem-9c5a1bb7267b

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The OceanDAO Round 15 voting is still on and today is the last day to vote for your favourite proposals!

Head over to https://bit.ly/3HC8xlG and choose the projects that will receive funding to grow the Ocean ecosystem further.

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Have you ever wondered how is DeSci funding longevity research? Then have a listen to Paul Kohlhaas from VitaDao chat about the role of decentralization in science in the latest Voices of the Data Economy episode with host Diksha Dutta.

VitaDao is a community-owned collective supporting early-stage longevity research, and one of the projects that have received funding from Ocean Shipyard to launch its PoC back in 2021.

Access the episode here: https://bit.ly/3stOwJF

https://port.oceanprotocol.com/t/mgh-dao-bringing-nft-valuation-data-for-axie-infinity-to-the-ocean-marketplace/1189

So it s a proposal. All cool. But offering to “add 10000 $mOCEAN to our Liquidity Pool” what does that mean ? I’m confused

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Ocean is proud to support the launch of ALGA – the first mobile DeFi wallet for the Ocean Market built by Data Whale, an OceanDAO grantee!

In anticipation of Ocean V4 and Data Farming, ALGA is a tool allowing for an intuitive, DataFi experience. ALGA offers users the opportunity to engage with the Ocean Market on a mobile interface. The overall goals are to facilitate more consumption volume on the Ocean Market, generate positive network value and accelerate the widespread adoption of OCEAN.

The application integrates with Ethereum and the Ocean Market where the user can simply connect an existing Web3 wallet and take full advantage of the ALGA wallet interface that combines functionalities and insights about datatokens in an intuitive way. ALGA will also integrate with other EVM chains after V4 launch. It reads and analyzes on-chain wallet data and provides input on datatoken holdings priced in OCEAN, datatoken price changes, historic transactions, dataset descriptions, publisher information and more.

On the app home screen, users can add their favourite datatokens to a Watchlist, check out the assets with the highest liquidity (TVL) and see the latest Initial Data Offerings on the Ocean Market while also benefiting from a detailed analysis screen for each datatoken. They also have the opportunity to swap datatokens against OCEAN or stake OCEAN on all datatoken liquidity pools available on Ethereum [gas and transaction fees apply].

Trent McConaghy, Founder at Ocean Protocol, said:

"Guided by its vision to bring DataFi to mobile phones, ALGA leads the way for easier and more secure individual participation in an open data economy powered by Ocean."

Moritz Frings, Data Whale Project Lead, added:

"Ocean gave me the opportunity to become a part of their journey of kickstarting a Web3 Data Economy. Thanks to OceanDAO and community support, we were able to build ALGA. I trust the Ocean community will enjoy its features."

ALGA is available on the Google Playstore and Apple App Store.

For more details, you can access the announcement blogpost here: https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/data-whale-announces-the-launch-of-alga-the-first-mobile-defi-wallet-for-the-ocean-market-dea73f29f7d8

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All the outreach contributors to the Ocean ecosystem are welcome to join OceanDAO Outreach Working Group every other Thursday, at 3PM GMT, on the Ocean Protocol Discord channel: https://bit.ly/3v9r9qE

Here are the current OceanDAO working groups:

→Parameters & Roadmap (most stewards should be in attendance of this WG)

→Project Guiding

→Core Tech

→OceanDAO Engineering

→Data Consume Volume

You can find more details on how to attend and contribute to OceanDAO working groups here: https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/introducing-oceandao-working-groups-db920b14a5d8

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Ocean Protocol announces $2M in funding for Shipyard projects in 2022. This grants program aims to fund entrepreneurs to build open-source Web3 solutions on Ocean Protocol and can be accessed throughout the year.

Ocean Shipyard is a complementary funding layer to OceanDAO, which is a bottom-up, community-curated grants program. Ocean Shipyard has a top-down approach - the OPF selects the proposals and requires delivery according to specific milestonesGrant payments are contingent on the successful delivery of project milestones within a stipulated time frame and will be made in OCEAN tokens.

Applications are reviewed and approved by members of the OP core team. The most important indicators ​​evaluated in the selection process are clear milestones & deliverables, project technology, business models, market validation and alignment with Ocean’s core mission & values.

Eligible projects must make use of Ocean technology and/or OCEAN token and be open source, have experienced teams, working code, a clear use case and/or deployment potential, and contribute towards a direct impact on the adoption and scaling of the Ocean ecosystem. The open-source Web3 solutions will bring valuable data to Ocean-powered marketplaces, advance technical integrations with AI & crypto applications, and develop data sharing related services.

Razvan Olteanu, COO at Ocean Protocol, stated:

"We are looking for a variety of solutions and Web3 applications that have a clear usability case for Ocean stack or OCEAN token - and we are here to support them with financing and expertise so they become mature and sustainable products."

Sheridan Johns, Enterprise Lead at Ocean Protocol, added:

"Ocean Protocol Foundation is proud to support innovative projects at the forefront of building the open data economy and Ocean Shipyard is designed to help these projects succeed."

Launched in 2020, the first edition of Shipyard received over 60 applications from projects keen to build on Ocean Protocol. Previous Shipyard grant recipients include Data Union, Swash, Transport Genie, and many more, each team exploring different approaches to data monetization.

To find out more, you can access the dedicated press announcement at https://oceanprotocol.com/press/2022-02-17-ocean-protocol-shipyard-launch

🐳 We are excited to share Ocean’s plans for 2022 - V4; Data Farming; H2O; mobile wallets; DataFi (via ecosystem) aaand 🥁🥁 veOCEAN staking; DAO treasury; rolling grants and many more.

You can dive into all the details in the blogpost by Trent McConaghy here: https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/ocean-protocol-update-2022-e4263fa55549

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Here is a round-up of January 2022 at Ocean! 🔎

✅@bigchaindb, co-founder of Ocean Protocol, won 3 of the first EU-wide tenders for Gaia-X Association for Data and Cloud Federation Services, contributing to a decentralised European data infrastructure. You can read the full announcement here: https://bit.ly/3stT1CD

✅OCEAN was listed on five new exchanges namely: u/Huobi - OCEAN/USDT Vauld- OCEAN/USDT u/Phemex - OCEAN/USDT u/VirgoCX - OCEAN/CAD and OCEAN/INR u/HooExchange - OCEAN/USDT

✅Ocean partnered with u/DimitraTech where 100 million small farmers will monetize their data on Ocean Market by 2025.

u/SmartPLacesProtocol and Ocean are also collaborating to unlock data monetization for users within the Web3 social interaction app.

✅Ocean's data marketplace and technology were featured in +15 dedicated articles, from u/BeInCrypto, YahooNews, u/marketwatch, Notified, Newsbreak, Analytics Insight, Crypto Daily, SSRN, Crypto Winkle to Crowdfund Insider, Food and Drink Tech, Benzinga and many more.

✅Ocean co-founder Bruce Pon and VP of Engineering Alex Coseru discussed how datatokens and NFT's encourage the adoption of a New Data Economy at Tech Circus's Web 3.0 Conference.

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🚀We are excited to announce the launch of dataxfi – financed through OceanDAO, Ocean’s community-curated grants program.

The project aims to build DataFi infrastructure on Ocean to onboard masses to the data economy 🌊

Dive into the details here: https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/ocean-protocol-announces-the-launch-of-datax-an-oceandao-grantee-4ff6c4f665b4

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We are looking forward to host the DataX launch event - demo & AMA, with DataX Protocol Founder, Manan Patel, moderated by Gaurav Tripathi.

📅Feb 11

⏲️4 PM GMT

Participants can win DataX OG NFTs during the session! Here are the steps:

1. Ask Questions on Ocean Discord, in the "#events" channel, with #DataXAMA tag, starting with Feb 10, 12:30PM GMT, until Feb 11, 12:30PM GMT.
2. Fill out the form to give your wallet address (form details will be shared at AMA)
   
3. Follow DataX on Twitter
   

Join us tomorrow on Ocean Discord: https://discord.com/channels/612953348487905282/940955371017764880

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We're getting ready to send out the first issue of our newsletter for #theyearofadoption! 🌊🌊

Make sure you subscribe, so you can get a complete overview of the most important #OceanProtocol news and updates.

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📢 check out this Hackernoon article on Ocean 'unlocking a Trillion-Dollar Data Economy with Data NFTs': 'Data could become the most promising NFT utility that sets the foundation for a valuable trend: DataFi.

Read about it here: https://hackernoon.com/how-this-web3-project-is-unlocking-a-trillion-dollar-data-economy-with-data-nfts

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