📰 Week in Mina News - 50
May 18, 2025 - Stay Updated with the Latest from Mina: Protocol Updates, Developer News, and Community Highlights
🪶 Ecosystem News
Mina Foundation Announced Audited NFT Standard
Mina’s official NFT standard has been launched following a successful audit by Veridise. Developed by @dfst_io, the standard arrives alongside a full-featured NFT marketplace (@minanft_io) and a no-code token launchpad. This new framework supports customizable minting, marketplace functionality, and zk-powered privacy tools—paving the way for secure, flexible NFT applications on Mina.
ZkNoid Announced “Wizard Battle” – A New Strategic Game Mode
ZkNoid has officially unveiled Wizard Battle, a brand new strategy game designed to elevate the user experience on the platform. Players will begin by selecting and customizing unique heroes, each with their own skills and perks. The game features turn-based tactical battles, spell-casting mechanics, and both PvP and single-player modes. As players win battles and level up, they’ll unlock new spells and heroes, deepening gameplay. With stunning visuals and immersive mechanics in development, the ZkNoid team invites the community to stay tuned for more sneak peeks.
Silvana Releases Official Docs Covering Architecture & ZK Use Cases
Silvana has launched its official documentation, offering in-depth insights into the project’s architecture, use cases, and foundational concepts behind its ZK-powered platform. The newly released docs aim to help users and developers better understand how Silvana works and where it’s headed.
Explore more at https://docs.silvana.one/
Mirae Asset Releases ZK Privacy Framework in Collaboration with Mina
South Korea–based Mirae Asset, a global investment firm managing over $613 billion in assets, has released a developer version of STOPE (Security Token Offerings Privacy Extension). Developed in partnership with the Mina Foundation, STOPE enables users to privately and securely prove asset ownership using Mina’s zero-knowledge technology—bringing enhanced privacy to tokenized securities platforms.
🗳️ Governance Updates
No Governance updates were provided this week.
📌 Mina Community Bulletin Board
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Blog Posts
No blog posts were provided this week.
🎟️ Events
Last Week’s Events
Mina at ETHDam: Exploring Privacy and Censorship-Resistance
Last week, Yunus Gürlek represented Mina Protocol at ETHDam in Amsterdam, speaking on two key privacy-focused stages. He joined a panel titled “The Future of Privacy: Protocols, Not Promises” alongside Aaron Day (Brownstone Institute), Reuben Yap (Firo), and others to discuss censorship-resistance, decentralization, and privacy infrastructure. Later, Yunus delivered a solo talk on “What is the perfect way of achieving Privacy?”, where he highlighted Mina’s unique architecture as the most suitable foundation for building censorship-resistant and privacy-preserving applications.
💼 Open Jobs
Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) - o1Labs
o1Labs’ vision is to create an internet where developers use programmable cryptography to create more powerful applications. The team successfully incubated the Mina Protocol and is now in the next stage of their journey as the world’s premier zero-knowledge tooling provider. o1Labs is seeking an experienced and visionary CMO to lead their marketing strategies and initiatives, shape the brand's presence, and drive user engagement. As o1Labs’ CMO, this person will be a key member of the execution and strategy of all marketing efforts for [Project Untitled], a novel state management solution for web3.
Details here.
🔭 Statistics and Metrics
Key Metrics from Last Week:
Total Amount Transferred (daily average): 6,01M MINA
Unique Snark Workers (daily average): 8
Snarks Included (daily average): 4,590
Transactions (daily average): 3,807
CryptoMiso Commit Stats: Mina secured 2nd place over the past 12 months with 3,600 commits and +100 contributors.
More details here.
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