20 May Symbol blockchain news update – 20/05/24
Good morning XYMCity! It has been a while (sorry!) but I am back from my travels and ready to go. I was going to put a post out last week but got a bit disheartened by the negative comments. Just to reiterate, this is a private blog run by me and is in no way affiliated with the Symbol Syndicate or an official news channel – it is not my place to put out official news or announce to the community what the Syndicate is working on, if I did this I would be in a lot of trouble! 😅 I put posts out to update you on what is happening in the community and attempt to decipher Japanese Twitter so you don’t have to. I appreciate those of you that read the blog and I have to say that through writing it I have a better understanding of the passion and drive of the community in Japan. You are doing some very cool things and flying the flag for Symbol so give yourselves a pat on the back – we salute you 🫡.
For those of you who don’t like what I write, just ignore my updates. I don’t really want to hear complaints about the content, style, perceived failures, opinions about price or progress. The blog is what it is, a source of information on community activity and public information. Anyway, with all of that said, I have some catching up to do so will get started with today’s post.
Nex Tech Week Tokyo
This is great to see. NEMTUS will have a booth at Nex Tech Week in Tokyo. starting on the 22nd May. Unusually they will be sharing their platform with companies that are building on Symbol which should show attendees that Symbol is already gaining traction and being used out there in the real world. It looks like NFT-Drive are also going to display a live feed at the conference showing messages of support for those flying the Symbol flag. This should be a great event and showcase for Symbol so attend if you can and if not then show your support for those manning the NEMTUS booth!
Exchange Listing
Always nice to see a new exchange listing Symbol and it looks as if BTCC have enabled XYM deposits and withdrawals and XYM/USDT pair for futures trading. They seem to be running a trading competition with prizes to be won too!
Technical Book Exhibition
NEMTUS were representing again at a technical book exhibition in Tokyo. This time promoting Symbol text books – I hope that the event was a success and lots of people went away with books and are tinkering with Symbol 😊
CoinPocket
A new version of CoinPocket has been released and has the man behind the app been revealed? 🤔
Symbol GPT
I am not sure if I have this right but it looks like there is a Symbol GPT plugin for Chat GPT? I think that it will help you writing transactions and currently is set up for version 2 of the SDK with an update to v3 in the pipeline. This is nice to see and hopefully will attract new people to the ecosystem.
Use Symbol Everyday
Just a reminder that if you are in Japan and want to spend some of your hard-earned XYM then there is a website to help you do this. Everyday Symbol lists real-world businesses that accept Symbol payment so go and check it out. Beer is sweeter when you buy with XYM 😁
EXYM Release
It seems like no week goes by without another EXYM update. It is fantastic to see the developers are continually improving what is already an excellent mobile wallet app (my app of choice at the moment).
Symbii the Seal!
Thank you Oris Dorch for the post. This made me smile 😀 We have a new unofficial Symbol mascot: Symbii the Seal! Very cute, I hope to see her(?) popping up in Symbol circles! 😁
Happy Mother’s Day!
Wishing all you mums out there a (very) belated Happy Mother’s Day! I had a small panic but we celebrate it on a different day here in the UK so all good, I didn’t miss it! Looking forward to seeing the Father’s Day artwork next(?) month!
Thanks!
Thanks again for reading – I hope to be back soon with another update. I expect that there will be lots of news coming out from Nex Tech so stay tuned!
I’m a Symbol and NEM enthusiast and run this blog to try to grow awareness of the platform in the English-speaking world. If you have any Symbol news you would like me to report on or you have an article that you would like to publish then please let me know!
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