NEW: Today we welcome Huobi Pool as the latest node to join Secret Network, helping expand our global presence and providing strong support to the Secret ecosystem! Huobi Pool is devoted to providing one-stop financial services to all kinds of digital asset holders.

As a sub-brand of Huobi Group, Huobi Pool plays a significant role in Huobi Global strategy. Huobi Pool has many public chain nodes and is currently the largest staking pool and leading PoW pool in the world.

Their node: https://secretnodes.com/secret/chains/secret-2/validators/D164F5D602732836D35D35A7BE701D5706EAF33D

Website: https://www.hpt.com

NEW: The second Secret Grant has been awarded for the development of @FardelsNetwork, a new kind of distributed social network application built on Secret Network that lets users share items of small value.

Learn more about Fardels on the Secret Blog!

https://scrt.network/blog/secret-grant-2-fardels-distributed-social-media

Tweet: https://twitter.com/SecretNetwork/status/1385250096347025414?s=20

NEW: Calling all developers! 🚨

Today we're introducing Secret Fellows, a program for developers interested in building dApps and tooling for Secret Network in return for competitive compensation and mentorship. Learn more (and apply) on the Secret Blog!

https://scrt.network/blog/secret-fellows-developer-program

Tweet: https://twitter.com/SecretNetwork/status/1385614114127372288?s=20

NEW VIDEO: Watch Tor Bair of Secret Foundation explaining the value of private smart contracts, Secret #DeFi, Secret #NFTs, and more on Token Metrics!

More apps, bridges, and improvements launching soon 👀

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRv5V1ANzhc

NEW: $SCRT is now available on Binance Smart Chain, allowing users to utilize $SCRT as a BEP20 within the #BSC #DeFi ecosystem!

Now learn about more next steps - including the Secret BSC bridge, bringing programmable privacy to #BSC assets.

https://scrt.network/blog/scrt-now-available-on-binance-smart-chain

Tweet: https://twitter.com/SecretNetwork/status/1386710121833762816?s=20

NEW: SecretSwap has now passed $40M in total liquidity! 🚀

Meanwhile, SecretSwap LPs are earning 100-250% across major pools with their $SCRT, $SEFI, $ETH, $WBTC, and more 🤑

...but something much bigger is coming this week 🤫

Starting exploring now at https://secretswap.io.

Tweet: https://twitter.com/secret_swap/status/1387038331138158596?s=20

🚨 NEW $SEFI REWARD POOLS 🚨

$SCRT / $RUNE and $SCRT / $RSR pools are now incentivized for LPs on SecretSwap!

With $15M in $RUNE and $RSR on the bridge, who will be the first to take advantage of these APYs? 👀

Go get 'em.

https://bridge.scrt.network/sefi

Tweet: https://twitter.com/secret_swap/status/1387082622975762433?s=20

Proposal 30: "Modification to Downtime Window" has now entered on-chain voting!

If passed: Validators will be able to sign at least 11,250 blocks out of the last 22,500 blocks to prevent being slashed because of downtime.

Read more and vote here: https://secretnodes.com/secret/chains/secret-2/governance/proposals/30

NEWS: Today we welcome Arrington Capital, Blocktower Capital, Spartan Group, and Skynet Trading to the Secret ecosystem as they acquire a collective $11.5M position in $SCRT, helping support the ongoing growth of privacy-preserving apps on Secret Network.

https://scrt.network/blog/arrington-blocktower-spartan-skynet-11-million-secret-network

Tweet: https://twitter.com/SecretNetwork/status/1389219944580136960?s=20

In TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/03/in-the-race-towards-web-3-financial-privacy-secret-network-attracts-backing-from-key-players/

In Coindesk: "Secret Network Raises $11.5M to Further Privacy and App Development."

https://www.coindesk.com/secret-network-privacy-app-nft-development

"Several large venture capital firms have acquired a stake in SCRT, the native token of Secret Network, a layer 1 blockchain featuring privacy-preserving smart contracts. The position, amounting to $11.5 million, was led by Arrington Capital and Blocktower Capital and included Spartan Group and Skynet Trading."

NEW on Defiprime - How does SecretSwap protect against front running and secure users by leveraging privacy-preserving smart contracts? How does it bring privacy to cross-chain assets? Learn more in this interview with Can Kisagun of Enigma MPC.

https://defiprime.com/secretswap

Tweet: https://twitter.com/secretnetwork/status/1389580963110428674?s=21

NEW: The Secret #BSC Bridge has launched on testnet! 🎉

Our latest bridge brings programmable privacy to #BSC assets. Learn how to test the bridge and what's next for Secret and SecretSwap as we continue building our data privacy and liquidity hub.

https://scrt.network/blog/secret-binance-smart-chain-bridge-is-live-on-testnet

Tweet: https://twitter.com/SecretNetwork/status/1389596804132581382?s=20

📣 Special Announcement 📣

Join us for AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Thursday, May 6th at 3:00PM GMT

The AMA will be Live here on @CryptoCoinsCoach and we will feature $SCRT with Tor Bair, Founder of Secret Network‼️

Submit your questions in the form below and join the lottery of $500 for up to the best 10 questions sent❗️
https://forms.gle/xUncbjsYgS2YmnvK6

We will also raffle $500 to 2 random listeners that stay with us during the AMA!

*Make sure to update your Telegram to the latest version to support live broadcasts.

@CryptoCoinsCoach Live

Tomorrow, join the Figment and Enigma MPC teams (including the awesome Cashmaney!) at a new exciting event: Privacy-First Development in Web3.

Learn about Secret Network, tips for developers, DataHub, and more. RSVP now to ensure you don't miss out!

https://www.crowdcast.io/e/enigma-privacy-first-development-in-web3/

NEW: SecretSwap volumes are finally available on Coingecko! 🦎

SecretSwap: https://www.coingecko.com/en/exchanges/secretswap

$SEFI volumes updated: https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/sefi

$SCRT volumes updated:
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/secret

Plus, you can always access data on SecretSwap usage at: http://secretanalytics.xyz/secretswap

Tweet: https://twitter.com/secret_swap/status/1389981487261536256?s=20

NEW: Revealing Secret Heroes, Secret Network’s first product featuring Secret NFTs - launching on mainnet May 11th! 🦸

To celebrate the launch, we’ll be giving away free personalized Secret Heroes and rewarding top players 💰

Visit the Secret Heroes homepage at: https://secrethero.es
Sign up to receive your Secret Hero airdrop: https://forms.gle/LzNtbxXQkLwH3ift9

Tweet thread on Secret Heroes: https://twitter.com/secretheroesnft/status/1390414719740039170?s=20

Catch up on a huge week for Secret Network in this tweet thread: https://twitter.com/SecretNetwork/status/1390645463565705218?s=20

Monday: Arrington Capital, Blocktower Capital, Spartan Group, Skynet Trading, and more joined the Secret ecosystem, acquiring a combined $11.5M stake in $SCRT. https://www.coindesk.com/secret-network-privacy-app-nft-development

Tuesday: The Secret Binance Smart Chain Bridge launched on testnet, the final stage before allowing BSC assets to be supported on the Secret Network mainnet. They'll join over $130M in Ethereum assets already in use in Secret #DeFi and SecretSwap! https://scrt.network/blog/secret-binance-smart-chain-bridge-is-live-on-testnet

Wednesday: Cashmaney (of EnigmaMPC) and the Figment team held an event on Privacy-First Development in Web3, where some secrets about future Secret Network developments were shared... https://www.crowdcast.io/e/enigma-privacy-first-development-in-web3/

Thursday: We announced the imminent launch of Secret Heroes, the very first product based on Secret NFTs! Secret Heroes goes on mainnet May 11th - and if you sign up now, you'll get your own free personalized Hero. https://secrethero.es

But that's just this past week.

Next week brings even more secret product launches (keep an eye on Secret #DeFi...), the beginning of Secret Heroes gameplay, and new opportunities for community members to get involved and earn $SCRT + other rewards.

Stay tuned, Secret Agents 🤫

NEW: The April Ecosystem Update is out!

April brought substantial growth to Secret DeFi ($50M+ in liquidity on SecretSwap), the completion of Secret NFTs, a bridge via Plasm Network to $DOT, and more. Catch up on an exciting month on the Secret Blog!

https://scrt.network/blog/secret-network-ecosystem-update-april-2021

The Secret ecosystem is exploding 🚀

Last week: Arrington Capital, Blocktower Capital, Spartan Group, Skynet Trading take $11.5M position in $SCRT.

This week: Sienna Network raises $11.2M for their private #DeFi platform - secured by Secret Network.

Congrats!

https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/10/signalling-that-privacy-is-coming-to-defi-sienna-network-raises-11-2m-for-its-platform/

SecretHero.es is now LIVE on Secret Network mainnet! 🎉

If you filled out the Herodrop form, you’re now ready to view your hero and ✅ play the Secret Heroes game on Secret Network.

Plus: to celebrate the launch, Secret Heroes is giving away 500 $SCRT distributed to the top 3 Secret Heroes players from 5/11-5/18 as follows:

🏆 1st Place: 350 $SCRT
🥈 2nd Place: 100 $SCRT
🥉 3rd Place: 50 $SCRT

View this tweet thread to get familiar with all the steps so you can get a leg up and start battling 👇 👇 👇

https://twitter.com/secretheroesnft/status/1392178612275752974?s=20

To discuss Secret Heroes and the novelty behind #secretNFTs, join us for a special Clubhouse TONIGHT at 5pm US ET with Allen Hena, Tor Bair, John Caldwell, and more!

https://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/PY6ongbG

Good luck - and happy battling ⚔️

There is now over $150M in $ETH assets being used in Secret DeFi 😯

But this doesn't even include...
🔜 #BSC bridge on mainnet
🔜 Sienna Network launch
🔜 $XMR, $DOT, IBC integrations

Oh, and yesterday was the 2nd highest gas usage ever.

So what do you think happens next? 🤔

Tweet: https://twitter.com/SecretNetwork/status/1392485490692067333?s=20