DIA (Decentralised Information Asset) is an open-source oracle platform that enables market actors to source, supply and share trustable data.

Decentralised Information Asset (DIA) is a Swiss non-profit association. It is an open-source, data and oracle platform for the DeFi (Decentralised Finance) ecosystem. DIA leverages crypto economic incentives to drive supply, share and use transparent, crowd-verified price data and oracles on financial and digital assets.

On 3 August, DIA announced that they took the first step in decentralising its governance by public distribution of ‘tokens’. This event will provide participants with the opportunity to acquire  DIA’s Governance Tokens. DIA believes in a financial ecosystem that is owned, controlled, and maintained by its users. The DeFi ecosystem infrastructure, which they are trying to create, is governed through a token — the DIA Governance Token — which shall be held by a decentralised community of DIA token-holders and their delegates.

This will be the first public distribution of DIA’s governance token, and it aims to decentralise governance to the broader DeFi and blockchain ecosystem and raise funds for the continued development of the platform.

How to Get DIA Tokens

Step-by-step guide

Note, that the interface to get DIA will be published on Monday August 3 at 3pm CET. It will be shared in all our channels.

1. Set up wallet

To buy DIA you will need an Ethereum Smart contract enabled wallet. We recommend using  MetaMask,  Trust Wallet, imToken or  Gnosis safe.

Load sufficient USDC to your wallet, open the interface and connect your wallet.

2. Deposit funds in the interface

Open the ‘Balances’ tab and ‘Enable’ the coin you want to use. Confirm, if prompted. Then deposit your funds by clicking the blue ‘+’.

A pop up will appear that where you can enter the amount that you wish to deposit for the trade. Once it is done return to the “Trade” tab.

3. Place order

Enter the amount you wish to exchange for DIA into the ‘Sell’ field and the maximum average price you want to pay per token in the ‘Limit Price’ field.

The amount of DIA you will receive will be displayed. Click ‘Submit Limit Order’. The order will appear on the right and is executed when the price matches.

Example Order

1. Satoshi wants to spend 100 USDC on DIA, but doesn’t want to purchase DIA at a higher average price than USDC 3.
2. To execute his order, he selects USDC from the dropdown next to the ‘Sell’ field enters 100 in the ‘Sell’ field.
3. He then enters ‘3’ into the ‘Limit Price’ field — this is the maximum average price of USDC he wants to pay per DIA.
4. The ‘Receive at least’ field will show the minimum amount of DIA that Satoshi will receive if the order gets allocated.
5. If this satisfies him, he clicks ‘Submit Limit Order’ and it will appear on the right pane of the interface in the ‘Open’ tab.
6. When the next 5 minute interval is over, the solution for the transaction is calculated. This means that the algorithm decides which orders to process, optimising for maximum efficiency in token distribution.
7. If the order gets accepted in the batch, it will be executed, meaning that DIA will be sent to the interface and funds will be sent to the bonding curve contract. The successful order will appear under the ‘Trades’ tab, from where Satoshi can send his DIA tokens to his wallet.
8. Note, that the limit price is just the maximum price that Satoshi will pay. It may happen that a significantly lower price is paid if possible.
9. Also note that orders may be partially filled. The remaining portion will be transferred to the next batch, unless cancelled.

Additional Questions

How long does a transaction take?

There are several factors impacting the time that a transaction takes in total.

• The amount of gas you post, only has an impact on the speed at which your order is placed into the current or next order batch.
• Once in the batch, gas fees are irrelevant as they are equal for all participants of one batch.
• Batches are filled and closed in 5 minutes intervals
• When the batch is filled, the solution is calculated which defines the allocation.

How to cancel an order?

Once an unfulfilled order is listed in the right pane, you will be able to click it and an option to cancel the order will appear. When you click the cancel option the order is deleted as soon as the transaction is completed on the Ethereum network. This means that it is dependent on the gas fee you post.

What happens after the transaction?

Once a the price matches and your order is allocated, you will receive your DIA in the interface. You will need to withdraw them to your wallet. Your order will be stored in your wallet, so even if you forget this step, you will be able to withdraw your DIA at a later stage, if you reconnect the wallet that you used for the transaction.

When is an order closed? How will I know whether it is still open?

On the right hand pane of the interface, you will see three tabs: ‘Open’, ‘Trades’ and ‘Closed’. Your open transactions will show in the ‘Open’ tab. Your completed orders will show in the ‘Trades’ tab and your cancelled order will show in the ‘Closed’ tab.

How many orders can I place?

You may place an unlimited amount of orders. Be aware that this costs gas every time.

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How and Where to Buy DIA ?

DIA has been listed on a number of crypto exchanges, unlike other main cryptocurrencies, it cannot be directly purchased with fiats money. However, You can still easily buy this coin by first buying Bitcoin, ETH, USDT from any large exchanges and then transfer to the exchange that offers to trade this coin, in this guide article we will walk you through in detail the steps to buy DIA

You will have to first buy one of the major cryptocurrencies, usually either Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Tether (USDT)…

We will use Binance Exchange here as it is one of the largest crypto exchanges that accept fiat deposits.

Binance is a popular cryptocurrency exchange which was started in China but then moved their headquarters to the crypto-friendly Island of Malta in the EU. Binance is popular for its crypto to crypto exchange services. Binance exploded onto the scene in the mania of 2017 and has since gone on to become the top crypto exchange in the world.

Once you finished the KYC process. You will be asked to add a payment method. Here you can either choose to provide a credit/debit card or use a bank transfer, and buy one of the major cryptocurrencies, usually either Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Tether (USDT)

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After the deposit is confirmed you may then purchase DIA from the exchange.

Exchange: The top exchanges for trading in DIA are currently Binance, OKEx, BiKi, HBTC, and Bidesk

Apart from the exchange(s) above, there are a few popular crypto exchanges where they have decent daily trading volumes and a huge user base. This will ensure you will be able to sell your coins at any time and the fees will usually be lower. It is suggested that you also register on these exchanges since once DIA gets listed there it will attract a large amount of trading volumes from the users there, that means you will be having some great trading opportunities!

Which products support DIA? 



What regions support DIA? 



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Note: Coinbase Wallet does not support direct bank transactions. You’ll need to transfer your crypto to Coinbase.com or send it to an external address in order to cash out.

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See the full list of countries that Coinbase supports for crypto-to-crypto trading.

Note: Only assets hosted on the Ethereum blockchain can be converted through the Coinbase Wallet mobile app at this time. Learn more about trading on Coinbase Wallet.

How many confirmations are needed for DIA?

DIA requires 35 network confirmations. Learn about transaction confirmations.

Which blockchain network hosts DIA?

DIA is hosted on Ethereum. 

What are the minimum and maximum withdrawal amounts?

Coinbase has implemented safeguards to ensure a healthy and efficient network both on-chain and through our platform.  

These safeguards include both minimum and maximum amounts for each cryptocurrency we allow customers to send through the blockchain. These amounts vary by asset and are subject to change.

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Adventure Gold (AGLD) is an Ethereum token that can be used to vote on storylines and other governance features for Loot, an NFT project for generating randomized adventure gear stored on-chain. AGLD can also potentially be used for future in-game credits or other projects that build on top of Loot Project.

Which products support AGLD? 

What regions support AGLD? 

Crypto to fiat trading pairs

Note: Coinbase Wallet does not support direct bank transactions. You’ll need to transfer your crypto to Coinbase.com or send it to an external address in order to cash out.

Crypto to crypto trading pairs 

See the full list of countries that Coinbase supports for crypto-to-crypto trading.

Note: Only assets hosted on the Ethereum blockchain can be converted through the Coinbase Wallet mobile app at this time. Learn more about trading on Coinbase Wallet.

How many confirmations are needed for AGLD?

AGLD requires 35 network confirmation. Learn about transaction confirmations.

Which blockchain network hosts AGLD?

AGLD is hosted on Ethereum. 

What are the minimum and maximum withdrawal amounts?

Coinbase has implemented safeguards to ensure a healthy and efficient network both on-chain and through our platform.  

These safeguards include both minimum and maximum amounts for each cryptocurrency we allow customers to send through the blockchain.

Minimum: 0.000000000000000001 AGLD

Maximum: 100,000 AGLD

Quantstamp (QSP) is an Ethereum token that powers Quantstamp, a security auditing network for crypto protocols. QSP can be used to pay for smart contract audits, earned by running verification nodes, and for proposing and voting on network upgrades.

Which products support QSP? 

What regions support QSP? 

Crypto to fiat trading pairs

Note: Coinbase Wallet does not support direct bank transactions. You’ll need to transfer your crypto to Coinbase.com or send it to an external address in order to cash out.

Crypto to crypto trading pairs 

See the full list of countries that Coinbase supports for crypto-to-crypto trading.

Note: Only assets hosted on the Ethereum blockchain can be converted through the Coinbase Wallet mobile app at this time. Learn more about trading on Coinbase Wallet.

How many confirmations are needed for QSP?

QSP requires 35 network confirmations. Learn about transaction confirmations.

Which blockchain network hosts QSP?

QSP is hosted on Ethereum. 

What are the minimum and maximum withdrawal amounts?

Coinbase has implemented safeguards to ensure a healthy and efficient network both on-chain and through our platform.

These safeguards include both minimum and maximum amounts for each cryptocurrency we allow customers to send through the blockchain. These amounts vary by asset and are subject to change. 

Maple — the world’s first crypto bond platform. It enables users of DeFi lending platforms to issue crypto bonds (aka Maple SmartBonds) secured by their crypto assets.

As DeFi lending expands, users will be able to create banks which issue bonds to raise money for lending to customers. With one tiny catch: they’re crypto banks, selling crypto bonds to global investors and using the proceeds to give crypto loans to any user with an internet connection. Ethereum will be home to the world’s first crypto capital market.

Maple’s MVP is nearly finalised and is going through private testing. The public Beta product is expected to be released in the next two weeks and will integrate with Compound. With Maple’s protocol, use your cDai as collateral to 1) create SmartBonds to borrow and speculate on interest rates or, 2) invest in SmartBonds to lock in a fixed interest return.

What does Maple actually do?

Marketplace

Maple is a decentralised application which lets users create or invest in crypto bonds (SmartBonds). Maple is a two-sided marketplace with two types of users:

• Supply: Issuers who create the bonds to borrow money; and
• Demand: Investors who buy the bonds to earn interest.

The SmartBonds

The Maple SmartBonds are ERC20 tokens, paid for with Dai, which are 100% collateralised by interest-earning crypto assets. Each issuance of SmartBonds is collateralised by a unique basket of collateral staked by the Issuer (borrower). The Issuer retains Equity in the collateral so they have skin in the game (normally 10–20%) while Investors buy the SmartBonds.

Our MVP is integrated with Compound, so the collateral assets are cDai, which is a digital asset earning interest for the holder.

The Maple smart contract controls the cDai collateral to protect Investors so that it isn’t redeemed until the bonds are due to be repaid. Maple SmartBonds earn fixed rate interest for the Investor with the initial investment plus interest being paid in full when the bond matures. The way it works is that the collateral earns interest, which gets collected by the Maple smart contract, and that interest goes towards paying the Investors their fixed return with the Issuer keeping the remainder as profit.

Big Deal, What’s Magic About It?

Two things:

• Maple replaces lending collateralised by cash with lending collateralised by assets. DeFi needs this! It is not efficient for businesses to set aside cash when they want loans for growth. Maple lets businesses borrow against revenue-generating assets so they can reinvest the debt and grow. We are starting with digital loans as revenue-generating assets but the platform and technology can expand to subscriptions, profit sharing tokens and much more.
• Maple gives Investors different risk grade options. Until now you had one collateralisation level (150%) and one interest rate for everyone supplying on DeFi. Maple changes that. Now, more conservative investors can choose lower risk bonds (more collateral, lower interest) that get repaid first. More adventurous investors can choose medium risk bonds (less collateral, higher interest) getting repaid later.

Current use cases

• Speculate on interest rates: Maple SmartBonds pay fixed interest, while the collateral earns floating interest. Think the Compound rate will rise? Then issue bonds to increase your profit.
• Hedge interest rate risk: Think Compound rates will drop? Buy Maple SmartBonds to lock in a fixed rate.
• Borrow against your DeFi savings: Supplying Dai on Compound? Then borrow against this “savings account” by creating Maple SmartBonds.
• Be a crypto bank: Create Maple SmartBonds to borrow against cDai then reinvest in more cDai (fractional reserve banking). Keep the net interest left after paying Investors.
• Cover multiple platforms: Borrow against your Compound supply then reinvest in Nuo, Uniswap or other DeFi platforms to diversify.

Long term possibilities

Bond markets power the traditional financial system. Maple puts this at the fingertips of DeFi users. Here’s a few ideas of where we can go:

• Create Bond ETFs by basketing multiple Maple SmartBonds with TokenSet.
• Creating crypto banks in countries without a financial system. Wireless internet networks let African countries leap-frog fixed-line infrastructure. Maple powers wireless financial infrastructure, bypassing conventional banks.
• “Assets as collateral” makes more sense for businesses. They have valuable assets but not piles of Ether lying around. Maple can do bonds backed by subscription tokens (e.g. video streaming) and profit-share tokens (e.g. DAOs).
• Form a crypto yield curve with Interest rates on 30/90/180/360 day Maple SmartBonds.
• Multicollateral bonds backed by Compound, Nuo, Nexo, Uniswap and others. Diversifying the risk of a single platform.

By Sydney Powell

Pluton are a digital Ethereum asset (ERC20 token) that is issued automatically to users of the Plutus app as a reward for using the Plutus Tap & Pay app (making payments with converted Bitcoin or Ether). The payment process occurs via a proxy conversion to a virtual debit card linked to your account.

Pluton is also an optional way of loading your spending balance for goods and services, just like Bitcoin and Ethereum on the Plutus app. You can make a deposit request with PLU and your order will be matched with a buyer on PlutusDEX. The advantage of using Pluton instead of Bitcoin and Ethereum is that there are 0-fee and near instant transactions.

Distribution

There is only a small (4.25%) amount of Plutons (850,000) available for initial distribution. The reason for this is simple, they are designed have a valuable and unique use case — to pay for everyday goods using the Plutus app. As a result, they are rare tokens with a real life use case.

Apart from the initial distribution there will be no further distribution of Pluton to users, as they are NOT owned by Plutus. Plutons will be locked by a smart contract and allocated for the reward system, which issues Plutons to users of the Plutus Tap & Pay app as reward for making payments by exchanging Bitcoin and Ether for a virtual debit balance.

Governance

The rebate emission of Plutons (95.75%) to users is governed by the PlutusDEX (a decentralised exchange powered by the blockchain technology), which records each conversion made on the Plutus app and awards a limited amount of 3%* in Pluton. Users can then convert these Plutons at zero fee (Bitcoin and Ether will have a fee) and make payments towards everyday goods at any debit card and NFC-enabled merchant.

Longevity Calculator

We have released this useful longevity calculator which will illustrate how the rebate emission rate works, and how many more Plutons past the initial distribution will become available each year. If you like numbers then you will enjoy this!

By Plutus

Providing accurate external data to on-chain environments is essential for creating powerful decentralized apps, platforms, and marketplaces. API3’s dAPIs — decentralized APIs — make real-world data from existing oracle API providers natively compatible with smart contracts, dApps, and blockchain-based applications. Decentralized APIs can be bridged to support practically any blockchain, and exist as a multi-layer, cross-platform oracle solution for supplying data to any decentralized ecosystem that needs it.

Introduction to API3 and Web 3.0

Launched in December 2020, API3 is a platform that enables blockchain-based decentralized applications (dApps) to access blockchain-external, real-world data and services via application programming interfaces (APIs). APIs represent a highly established standard in software and app development. API3 provides a way for the world’s data to be fed into blockchain applications with the ease and standardization provided by API connectivity. 

When building programs or applications, developers often rely on existing APIs to port particular datasets or services into a new project without having to reinvent the wheel and code everything from scratch. For example, a weather app on your phone might gather recent data about real-time weather conditions via an API. APIs are the building blocks of many modern applications and software that we use everyday.

A problem that has arisen — one that API3 seeks to solve —  is that most APIs are built for the legacy ecosystem of centralized applications, data, and financial services, and are not natively compatible with the world of blockchain and dApps. API3’s mission is to make existing APIs compatible with the decentralization standards of Web 3.0 — and to do so without overly burdening API providers or dApp developers.  

Decentralized APIs: Connecting Decentralized Networks

In an effort to decentralize the process of porting off-chain data to the on-chain environment, API3 has designed its own decentralized APIs (dAPIs). These are fully decentralized APIs that are inherently compatible with blockchain technology and do not require the use of proprietary technology or access from a rent-seeking gatekeeper organization. 

Decentralized APIs can be bridged to support any blockchain and exist as a multi-layer, cross-platform oracle solution for supplying data to any decentralized ecosystem that needs it. Many platforms stand to benefit from reliable data oracles, so API3’s decision to remain blockchain-agnostic allows it to accommodate practically any decentralized network with smart contract capabilities.

API3 dAPIs aggregate data directly from first-party data providers, a specification that bolsters transparency, decreases the risk of third-party data tampering, and eliminates the need for rent-seeking middlemen — ultimately putting more revenue directly in the hands of API providers. With this unique structure, API3 differentiates itself from other blockchain data oracle projects — such as Chainlink — which commonly use their own nodes as intermediaries to deliver data from external APIs to the requesting smart contracts. 

Airnode and First-Party Oracles

Whereas most other oracle projects feature third-party oracle nodes hosted by an intermediary, API3 uses first-party oracle nodes, which are operated directly by data providers. To achieve this, API3 utilizes a technology called Airnode that allows API providers to turn their APIs into dAPIs. Airnode decentralizes data feeds at their respective sources, which eliminates the need for intermediary nodes and allows dApps to access data directly. Airnode is a serverless oracle node that an API provider can deploy with relative ease and without regular maintenance. Airnode thus makes it easy for oracle API providers to augment their data feeds for monetization in the decentralized landscape. 

API3’s design philosophy behind Airnode is to make the process of becoming a first-party oracle node simple and frictionless for API providers. Airnode is designed to be a set-and-forget deployment that doesn’t require any overly technical knowledge to deploy. Airnode also does not require API providers to accept cryptocurrency as a form of payment and uses on-demand pricing so oracle API providers don’t have to pay for hosting when their API is not in use.

Decentralized Governance and the API3 Token

The API3 decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) is responsible for managing API3 dAPIs, and provides the project with decentralized governance down to its core structure. With decentralized governance, dAPIs can be operated with more transparency and fewer risks of centralized points of failure.

Individual dAPIs on the platform and the overarching API3 project itself are both governed by the API3 DAO. In addition to being responsible for the creation, setup, management, and monetization of dAPIs, the API3 DAO also covers the operational costs of dAPIs including gas fees and compensation of oracle API providers. In order for the API3 DAO to function effectively, nuanced incentive mechanisms involving governance, staking, and insurance have been put in place. 

The API3 token is the native utility token of API3 and is the central mechanism for payments and community governance in the API3 DAO. The dApps that use the dAPI network will pay a subscription fee denominated in API3 to do so, although API providers using Airnode can opt to receive payment in fiat via an API3 DAO grant should they not wish to handle cryptocurrency.

The API3 token also enables all community stakeholders to participate directly in community governance by staking API3 tokens in the API3 insurance staking contract. By doing so, stakeholders receive staking rewards and inflationary rewards — and are thus financially incentivized to participate in the decentralized network and to increase its overall value.

The Future of API3’s Oracle API Gateway

The need for providing accurate external data to on-chain environments is an essential element for creating powerful decentralized apps, platforms, and marketplaces. API3’s oracle API gateway is meant to provide a frictionless framework to help API providers to do that. By reducing the role of middlemen and making it easy for data providers to operate their own nodes, API3 stands to put more revenue in the hands of data providers — a prospect that may incentivize even more providers to adopt and participate in the decentralized landscape. With decentralized governance and a sophisticated DAO, API3’s approach to becoming a competitive data oracle solution is democratizing access to information in the blockchain ecosystem.

Which products support API3? 

What regions support API3? 

Crypto to fiat trading pairs

Crypto to crypto trading pairs 

See the full list of countries that Coinbase supports for crypto-to-crypto trading.

How many confirmations are needed for API3?

API3 requires 35 network confirmations. Learn about transaction confirmations.

Which blockchain network hosts API3?

API3 is hosted on Ethereum. 

What are the minimum and maximum withdrawal amounts?

Coinbase has implemented safeguards to ensure a healthy and efficient network both on-chain and through our platform.  

These safeguards include both minimum and maximum amounts for each cryptocurrency we allow customers to send through the blockchain.

Minimum: 0.000000000000000001 API3

Maximum: 38,820 API3

By Gemini and Coinbase