Building with Japan!

We continue to make strides in the US market; now ASTR is listed for all Americans to purchase. But this month Astar exploded onto the Japanese market! ASTR was officially listed as a cryptocurrency, available for new retail and business to purchase. 329 companies had a keen interest to support our NFT ad in the Nikkei newspaper and celebrate bringing Astar to Japan (you'll recognize many names in the ad below).

In the first week of October, our entire team had a work retreat in Japan to plan through 2023. Members also met the excited entrepreneurs at a jam-packed public event in Tokyo! Yoshitaka Amano, the artist who brought us Final Fantasy, spoke with the executive group of Astar to discuss the launch of his first NFT - Candy Girl. We have an exciting opportunity to bring Japanese artists and businesses to the world market through our community and technology.

Hope you enjoy this month's updates!

Top Japanese Companies join Astar

World-renowned companies and major financial institutions, such as GMO, DeNA, Accenture, Microsoft, AWS, and others, make up the 329 brands that have united to create this ad campaign for the Nikkei newspaper to support bringing new value to Japan with Astar Network!

Final Fantasy artist will launch 1st NFT!

Yoshitaka Amano will curate his first NFT collection on Astar Network. Candy Girl will take root in our ecosystem and branch to new galleries, entertainment, and design! Whitelist spots will be handed out to the community!

Astar team in Japan

We had a team meetup with

a room packed full of entrepreneurs excited to meet our team. We were thrilled to meet with many parties looking to engage the Japanese market with Astar. We thank the GMO team for hosting this event!

Astar at TOKEN2049

Many new partnerships were made at TOKEN2049 Singapore. Sota took the stage to present our achievements in 2022 and share how Astar solves the major problems of blockchain today. 

Top News

Astar token is listed in Japan!

It is a great honor to be listed on the Japanese exchange bitbank and we are thrilled about the opportunity to bring ASTR to our Japanese community!

got dApps? Learn about AstridDAO

AstridDAO aims to provide the native, multi-collateralized stablecoin $BAI. A decentralized borrowing protocol built by a team of rockstars graduating from the Astar Incubation Program. It's one of the best ways in DeFi to use your precious crypto as collateral.

Ecosystem Spotlights

MyEtherWallet integrates Astar in their wallet interface

The MEW team built Enkrypt in collaboration with Web3 Foundation and Parity Tech as a new multichain wallet for Polkadot!

Native USDt is available on Astar through XCM

We made a guide and infographic for transferring USD₮ to Astar Network via XCM.

SubWallet makes purchasing $ASTR easier

You can now purchase ASTR or SDN instantly & pay with any local payment method thanks to this new on-ramp feature.

 Shiden Spotlights

ShidenDAO - The people's parachain

ShidenDAO officially launches on Momentum!

Team News and Community Updates

Our ambassadors and other community members have been on fire recently with the content they are creating. Check out the threads and videos:

Csaint from the Kusamarian entertainly breaks down the current status of Astar Network.

Pitcoin highlights the recent Astar one-page feature in one of Japans largest newspapers.

Events

Astar Tech Talk 001: We have our 1st Tech Talk on Oct 18, with a guest appearance by Covalent to analyze on-chain data.

In the Press

The media love our work in Japan! Please read and share the news with your networks!

Binance: Legendary Artist Yoshitaka Amano To Launch His New NFT Collection On The Astar Network

“Without a doubt, Yoshitaka Amano is a legendary artist in the 21st century. I am very honored to be able to work with him and host his first NFT on Astar Network,” said Astar Network Founder and CEO Sota Watanabe. 

Cointelegraph: DeData 2022: The advantages of decentralization in Web3

“There's definitely value in centralization for certain things. So making everything decentralized is like a kind of total anarchy. And there's also the other way around where total centralization is essentially a dictatorship,” said CTO Hoon Kim.

Crypto.news: Astar Network Joins Forces with 329 Japanese Top Brands to Promote Web3

“Web3 is all about community. And we are proud that we could make this epoch-making ad supported by 329 companies including the biggest banks, reputable Internet companies, and branch offices of foreign tech giants like Microsoft and Accenture. This ad reflects the strong unity of the Japanese ecosystem. As Japan’s leading blockchain project, we will do our best to accelerate Web3 innovation through Astar,” Sota Watanabe.

Blockchain Reporter: Astar Network Partners with Legendary Artist Yoshitaka Amano to Release New NFT Collection

“For people to see and appreciate my work is a bonus. It makes me want to draw even more. That was already the case when I was a child, and it hasn’t changed ever since,” said Yoshitaka Amano.

Polkadot Summit is coming to SF Blockchain Week on Nov 3rd!

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