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Marmalade is an NFT smart contract system in Kadena’s blockchain, which is simply a system of multiple contracts that programs and runs logic configured by the token policies that the token is built with. Marmalade has been in action for several years, and now we’ve diligently upgraded to Marmalade V2, encapsulating an entirely new system and simplifying the process of engaging with NFTs. Most excitingly, Marmalade V2 is now live on testnet!

In this article, we’ll walk you through our collective journey within Kadena’s extensive open-source ecosystem. We’ll share insights and experiences from across our team who are actively engaged in different projects. Although we have numerous projects underway, this article will focus on Kadena Client, Chainweb Stream, Kadena Tools, and our new Kadena React UI Components.

Kadena enters a new era as we welcome our new Chief Marketing Officer, Mike Herron! Mike brings over two decades of experience in marketing and branding, with five years in crypto & blockchain. Before joining Kadena, Mike was the CMO of Chain, where he led brand development, communications, go-to-market strategies, product marketing, and marketing partnerships.

UNITT, The Universal Transaction Token Project, is a project focused on building a tokenized payment infrastructure for chat-based interaction and content discovery. The aim is to have a fairer and more efficient ecosystem for people to buy and sell any type of digital content.

Whether you are already familiar with Kadena or just learning about it for the first time, the Kadena Tech Bulletin provides a short technical overview of how we are revolutionizing the blockchain industry, one block at a time. From Pact to Chainweb, to how we are refining our builder onboarding process, we will provide our community of builders and developers with all the updates and tools needed to help nurture and scale their projects in our ever-growing ecosystem.

At Kadena, we’re proud of our token economic model, as it provides robust rewards for the miners who keep our network running, and funds all the critical initiatives that drive adoption on the platform. In January 2021, working closely with our incredible community, Kadena announced a major update to our token economic model in January 2021.

Today, we’re shining the spotlight on KadenAI, an innovative platform engineered to enhance the creator experience in the NFT space. KadenAI offers a suite of comprehensive tools designed to facilitate the creation of NFT collections. These tools include, but are not limited to, NFT minters, utility generators, and AI-powered image generation.

Today, we’re shining the spotlight on Swarms.Finance! Swarms.Finance is a platform built on the Kadena blockchain, with a mission to transform Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) within the world of decentralized finance (DeFi). The platform provides a comprehensive suite of tools and features for managing funds, investments, liquidity, swaps, payments, and purchases.

Web3 is not only a finance revolution, it’s also a business evolution that harnesses powerful ideas such as the Wisdom of Crowds, composability, collaboration, decentralized storage, and headless branding. Prior to web3, these concepts were either impossible to implement or didn’t meet business standards. In this new paradigm, these ideas are multipliers that can launch web2 businesses into an ecosystem that is growing exponentially in every direction.