Partnerships, Programs, and Projects

Neo has partnered with Inflectiv, a company specializing in transforming datasets into tokenized, tradeable, and revenue-generating assets.

The Neo ecosystem continues to expand and evolve at a rapid pace. In the past week alone, there has been significant progress in several key areas, including:

* Data management and ecosystem growth are being enhanced with Inflectiv’s partnership to tokenize and trade valuable datasets.

* The Neo Bond program reached its 5 million NEO contribution cap, and participants can look forward to receiving their contributions plus rewards in the next 30 days.

* Unlocking the Chain provides a helpful overview of the Neo Bond program in a new video.

* Video highlights from the Hong Kong Web3 Festival and AI Expo Spring showcase the vibrant Neo ecosystem in Asia.

* XBO.com has listed GAS on its custodial exchange, signaling increasing interest in the Neo token.

* Several projects, including Flamingo Finance, Pixudi, and COZ, are planning to attend the Centre Point community meeting at TOKEN2049 in Dubai this May.

* Flamingo Finance provides a FLOCKS calculator for users to estimate APY rates based on different scenarios.

* Swapping has been re-integrated into the Flamingo Finance non-custodial exchange, offering a simpler method for trading tokens.

* GrantShares proposals for Centre Point funding from Pixudi, Unlocking the Chain, and Cassette received the necessary votes for distribution.

* Voting for new DAO members concluded with the NEOF1 team receiving 7 yes votes, and the Neo Dashboard team receiving 3 yes votes and 4 abstain votes.

* The Neo Red Pill online marketplace for Neo received 1,581 GAS in funding for its development.

* Raihno – AI Aided Workout Tracking proposal was put forth for discussion.

* NEO Blockchain Co-Working Space Hub and NeoX Token for Medical Diagnostics in the Ghetto proposals were on-chain for voting but have not yet received any endorsements.

* nDapp’s GasBot is now listed in the Discord App Directory.

* Neo Dashboard hosted a lottery-based game, Jackpot Junction, on its platform.

* Frank Coin hosted a GasBot trivia contest on the NeoF1 Discord server and distributed 3 GAS in rewards.

In other news, COZ released its corporate roadmap, detailing the organization’s structure, achievements in 2024, and strategic direction for 2025. The developer community is running an AMA on the Neo subReddit this week, fielding questions from anyone through April 18.

NNT released Episode 87 of The Smart Economy Podcast featuring Ingo Ruebe, the founder of Kilt Protocol, a decentralized digital identity solution serving enterprises, governments, and consumers. Topics of discussion include why Web2 identity is fundamentally broken, the difference between identity and identification, building resilient systems for defense and enterprise, the power of user-owned personal data, bridging traditional industries with blockchain tech, the future of AI agent identification, and more.

NNT also hosted Crypto Coffee and Blockchain Beer Spaces #57 on the official The Smart Economy Podcast X account with guest co-host COZ CEO Tyler Adams. Topics of discussion included lessons learned being a long-standing Web3 developer community from 2017, how COZ has expanded roles beyond developers over time, tips for first-time attendees navigating crypto conferences, cross-chain swapping data in Neon Wallet, the successes of the Neo Bond program, how COZ plans to support vibe coders, and more.

In case you missed it, Neo SPCC released updated versions of the NeoFS S3 Gateway and Send.NeoFS service. The NeoFS S3 Gateway, which provides an API compatible with Amazon’s S3 cloud storage solution, was modified for compatibility with standard Neo FS nodes running version 0.45.0 or later. Later, Neo SPCC released S3 Gateway v0.36.1, which fixed a performance regression caused by an incorrect settings cache and an incorrect status code given on failed object placement due to missing access permissions.

Coming up this week, NNT will be hosting CC & BB #58 on The Smart Economy Podcast official X account. Next month, Centre Point will be hosting a community meetup at TOKEN2049 in Dubai from April 30 – May 1. Several projects, including Flamingo Finance, Pixudi, and COZ, have signaled their intent to join the community meeting.

Looking ahead, Neo will be attending Consensus in Toronto from May 14 – 16. Several projects, including Unlocking the Chain, Plankton, and GrantShares, are planning to attend the conference.

Finally, XBO.com has listed GAS on its custodial exchange. According to CoinMarketCap, the cryptocurrency had a 24-hour trading volume of $24.35 million as of April 13.