Protocol Village: Burnt Banksy Launches XION Blockchain, With USDC as Primary Currency

March
7:

Burnt
Banksy
announced
the
launch
of
XION’s
mainnet,
“the
first
blockchain
purpose-built
for
mainstream
adoption
and
the
first
to
use
USDC,
a
fully-reserved
digital
dollar,
as
its
primary
transactional
currency,”
according
to
the
team:
“The
announcement
was
made
as
part
of
Burnt’s

exclusive
performance
in
New
York,
during
which
the
founder
lit
himself
on
fire
and
subsequently
set
XION
aflame,
symbolizing
a
new
light
for
the
crypto
industry.”

March
6:

Hashflow,
a
leading
decentralized
finance
(DeFi)
trading
platform,
today

announced
the
launch
of
its
Arbitrum-native
aggregator,
creating
a
hub
for
all
Arbitrum
ecosystem
traders,
according
to
the
team:
“Through
its

intent-based,
Smart
Order
Routing
architecture,
Hashflow’s
new
product,
Aggregator+,
enables
traders
to
tap
into
roughly
$8B
of
liquidity
to
get
the
best
prices
on
the
most
popular
tokens
on
Arbitrum.
As
the
Arbitrum
DeFi
community
continues
to
expand
rapidly,
Hashflow
is
positioning
itself
as
a
one-stop
trading
platform
for
all
users
in
the
ecosystem.”

(ARB)

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