Protocol Village: Civic to Verify Driver IDs for Web3 Car-Rental Platform Rentality, on Base Chain

Civic,
developer
of
a

tokenized
identity
solution
on
the
verifiable
web,
has
partnered
with

Rentality,
described
as
the
first
Web3
car
rental
platform,
“to
securely
verify
drivers’
licenses
and
enforce
age
minimums
on
the
Base
network.”

According
to
the
team:
“Using
Civic’s
ID
Verification
Pass,
users
can
verify
licenses
virtually,
streamlining
the
car
rental
process.
This
solution
enhances
security,
trust
and
compliance
in
car
rentals
and
peer-to-peer
marketplaces
by
eliminating
the
need
for
physical
verification
and
reducing
friction
in
the
transaction,
setting
a
new
standard
for
secure
rentals.”

Chromia,
a
blockchain
ecosystem
that
aims
to
avoid
network
congestion
partly
by
giving
every
decentralized
app
(dapp)
its

own
cluster
of
nodes
and
computational
resources,
announced
the
upcoming
“Asgard”
mainnet
upgrade
on
the
TOKEN2049
stage,
along
with
a

$20
million
Data
and
AI
Ecosystem
Fund.
According
to
the
team:
“The
fund
is
aimed
at
supporting
data-intensive
projects
and
AI-enabled
applications.
Asgard,
scheduled
for
Q4
2024,
will
introduce
‘Extensions’
–
customized
chains
designed
to
bring
new
functionalities
to
the
platform
such
as
oracles,
computation
for
AI
models,
support
for
data
availability
and
ZK
proofs.”

ChainOpera
AI,
a
decentralized
and
open
AI
platform,
has

emerged
from
stealth,
according
to
the
team.
The
project
is
“launching
its
decentralized
platform
and
app
marketplace
that
enables
developers
to
build,
train,
and
deploy
AI
applications
using
fully
decentralized
resources.
While
existing
decentralized
AI
solutions
focus
on
infrastructure
like
GPUs,
they
still
rely
on
centralized
providers
like
AWS.
ChainOpera
fills
this
gap
by
delivering
enterprise-grade
AI
models
and
decentralized
infrastructure,
providing
cost-effective
GPU
access,
community-sourced
AI
training,
and
a
marketplace
for
apps
built
on
its
decentralized
infrastructure.”

Oasis
Network,
designed
to
be
a
scalable,
privacy-first
and
versatile
layer-1
blockchain,
has

launched
liquid
staking
in
partnership
with

Accumulated
Finance,
according
to
the
team:
“ROSE
token
holders
can
now
stake
their
assets
while
keeping
them
liquid
for
trading
or
use
in
DeFi
applications.
This
new
feature,
powered
by
the
Oasis
Sapphire
ecosystem,
provides
stROSE,
a
liquid
staking
token,
allowing
users
to
earn
rewards
and
engage
with
decentralized
apps.
Improvements
include
boosted
staking
APR
and
a
reduced
unbonding
period.”
Users
no
longer
have
a
14-day
unbonding
period
when
converting
staked
ROSE
to
unstaked
ROSE,
a

blog
post
reads.

MatrixPort,
a
digital
asset
services
platform,
and

exSat,
a

docking
layer
for
Bitcoin
scalability,
plan
to
work
together
to

introduce
nBTC,
a
wrapped
bitcoin
alternative,
“to
improve
liquidity
and
enable
diverse
financial
applications
such
as
staking
and
lending,”
according
to
the
team:
MatrixPort
“will
leverage
its
technology
and
user
base,
while
exSat
focuses
on
indexing
UTXO
data.
The
strategic
partnership
is
set
to
position
exSat
as
the
biggest
among
Bitcoin
L2s,
with
~$400
million
at
launch.”

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