This week, into the hack-ception.

Internet Computer Developments

1. The registration for?“Buidl a web3” hackathon?by Lumos Labs; where more than 1750 developers will be competing for a chance to win 10,000 USD has been extended to October 31st 2022.
2. Dfinity voting has started for ICP motion proposal 88293 which?proposes to introduce canister timers. This would offer a much more flexible, efficient, and cheaper way for canisters to run periodic tasks than the current heartbeat solution.
3. The?latest IC update?rolling out this week will have smart contract canisters go from having 8 GiB stable memory to 32 GiB.
4. Dfinity is exploring different approaches to?increase the security of threshold ECDSA?after listening to community feedback.
5. Dominic shared a video created by PokedBots on the?current ICP Dapps.

Community updates

1. ORIGYN foundation?has been recognized as a top 3 finalist for the?2022 luxury innovation awards?in the NFT/Metaverse/Live Shopping category for their biometric digital certification solution.?
2. IC dinos will be?releasing their white-paper?after some minor improvements on their game map design, rendering, and animations.
3. Kyle Langham published a new medium article explaining?NNS and ICP Token Metrics Monthly Report of Sept 2022.
4. ICPSwap (a hub that provides full-stack financial, market, & DAO services on the Dfinity’s Internet Computer) and SupraOracles (Bridges real-world data to automate, simplify, & secure the smartcontracts of financial markets) have?announced their partnership.
5. Latest version of Infinity swap wallet?has been released with a whole new range of features and bug fixes.
6. Anvil introduces?Athena protocol?- a web3 identity for the Internet Computer which is currently on experimental status.
7. Crypto clouds, a cloud meme token on ICP, has launched their new website along with a new canister ID.

Crypto news in a?nutshell

1. Filecoin launches?Web3 data-storage solution for carbon offsets. This free storage utility aims to address the shortcomings of traditional storage solutions for all types of digital environmental assets.
2. Web3 projected to inject $1.1T in India’s GDP by 2032. The explosive Web3 growth in the country is supported by several factors, including a large talent pool, a high adoption rate and product development for global markets.
3. Swiss Seba Bank launches NFT custody. Seba Bank’s retail and institutional clients can now store tokens of Ethereum-based NFT collections like Bored Apes and CryptoPunks in the bank’s new custodial service.
4. Apple issues new app store rules for?crypto and NFT payments.?
5. Dogechain token price?triples in 7 days.?

Internet Computer’s NFT?summary

1. Poked studios is coming up with another pokedbots NFT named Gen 2 on ICP.
2. A new collection of NFT called Ape Warriors will be coming soon on Yumi Marketplace.
3. ETHFlower surpassed ICPunks, becomes No. 4 collection in total volume.
4. 8YearsGang collection is coming to Entrepot on 30th October, 2022.