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Green means go: Apillon Q1 2025 highlights

Accelerating innovation, building momentum, and setting the stage for the next big leap — Q1 done and done.

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Green means go: Apillon Q1 2025 highlights

Apillon has always been more than a platform. “For the builders, by the builders” is the underlying motto we have been pursuing since the company's inception, and this quarter our development team has once again been hard at work.

If you missed it, here’s the TL;DR version, with additional links for those interested in diving deeper.

  • Embedded wallets have been upgraded to major version 2.0 and, subsequently, additional improvements with the launch of 2.1.
Embedded Wallets 2.0: All the power, none of the pain
Making Web3 simple wasn’t easy enough — we made it even easier to access and benefit from our version of account…
  • $NCTR is now the first-party citizen of the Apillon platform, as we have launched Lock & Earn, promising a mouthwatering 20% APY on all the $NCTR you lock for at least 90 days.
$NCTR staking is here: lock, earn, unlock more
$NCTR staking is live with 20% APY. Lock your tokens, earn passively, and unlock new utility perks while you’re at it.
  • Alongside three other Polkadot innovator teams, Apillon has been selected into the Polkadot x ERA Accelerator program. This 12-week intensive is aimed at helping Web3 startups scale, secure funding, and make their mark in the U.S. market
Scaling Web3 for real-world use: Apillon joins Polkadot x ERA Accelerator in NYC
Apillon is heading to New York for the Polkadot x ERA Accelerator, joining a cohort of Web3 startups expanding into the…
  • We have partnered with CESS to bring encrypted and dynamic data storage into the Apillon platform, enabling users to choose the right storage for their use case.
Apillon partners with CESS: More ways to store, same place to build
Apillon and CESS bring new Web3 storage options to builders — all on the same platform.
  • We have opened our Github gates to the people participating in the Apillon Bug Bounty program, allowing users to report issues to the team and earn some $NCTR for their effort.
Bug Bounty is live: Code breakers, welcome to Apillon!
Test multiple Web3 features with Apillon, share your feedback, and earn rewards. A hands-on bounty for innovators and…
  • Last but not least, we’ve finally introduced Apillon Simplets to our plethora of services on the platform. Read about the awesome effect Simplets can have on your current marketing actions and campaigns.
Apillon Simplets: The revolution of your user growth
Apillon Simplets are here to speed up your projects, save you time and boost your growth with ready-to-use, open-source…

Events

We’ll come out and say it: If our event participation in the first quarter of 2025 could be visualized in a GitHub-style activity chart, we would be green all the way.

We started the year off with a jetset tour across the World, which would make Taylor Swift blush a little bit.

  • February 13–14, NFT Paris — The event was marked by the miles of smiles, familiar faces and sharing the Polkadot booth with a bunch of friendly Web3 faces as well as a Lionel Messi jersey to top the cake.
  • February 18–20, Consensus Hong Kong — Our return to Asia was as colorful as an NFT collection. Being one of 12 startups set to transform the crypto landscape in the Consensus PitchFest Finals was an arm-pinching moment for us.
  • February 23–26, Web Summit Qatar — Web Summit events always draw a crowd, and Qatar was no different this time around. Our ideal smoothie of Web2 and Web3 developers, Will Smith and a packed house — what’s not to love?
Apillon’s Web3 February events, deals and jetlags
Paris, Hong Kong, Doha — Web3 and awesome business deals never sleep; and apparently, neither do we.

Community

Besides the conferences, we’ve played a key role in supporting the growth of the Web3 ecosystem.

  • We hosted yet another Polkadot Meetup Ljubljana at Apillon HQ. It was great being joined by other speakers, all established players in the Web3 space — Scytale Digital, OriginTrail, Adrian from CoinRef as well as our own CEO Matjaž Sobočan and COO Domen Uršič. The beer was cold, the pizza was good, and the company of other builders was even better.
  • Our CEO, Matjaž Sobočan and CPO, Nino Kutnjak spoke at the PBA Campus program, the 3 week Polkadot’s flagship educational experience at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

Sharing insights learned from previous OpenGov proposals and Apillon’s vision for making Web3 more accessible and powerful for developers of all backgrounds on this highly coveted educational was a great experience for all.

  • Apillon contributed a $3000 bounty to a pool of other great prizes in the Polkadot Scalability Hackaton and our CPO, Nino Kutnjak once again inspired the participants with his presentation titled “Dapps, Docker, Done: Web3 Without the Headache”.

What’s next?

With Q2 2025 officially underway, we’re back at our whiteboards, computers, and coding, gearing up to bring you the next big things soon.

Web3 won’t stop in Q2 and neither will we. Stay tuned.

⧓ About Apillon

The Apillon platform serves as a unified gateway to the Web3 services provided by linked Polkadot parachains. Following the multi-chain vision, Apillon powers the transition of developers to Web3, simplifying its adoption in the real economy, and expanding its versatility as the ecosystem grows. With Apillon, Web3 services are within reach for every developer, regardless of their background and experience with blockchain technology.

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