Week in Internet Computer (#ICP) News, Apr 29, 2025
Milestone-Based Development, marking New Phase of SNS Governance. This shift shows rising investor caution, with communities demanding stricter funding oversight and proof of progress.
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Important Announcements
DFINITY as the only blockchain project acknowledged for enriching CVE vulnerability data, joining top tech leaders like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon.
aZen Protocol has received a $25,000 strategic grant from the DFINITY Foundation to power its AI-driven DePIN network.
The ICP Dashboard has rolled out a major upgrade, making it easier to track real-time activity on the Internet Computer.
Governance
136376 Introduce an opt-in Expert Mode in the NNS Dapp to provide access to otherwise hidden or unsupported governance functions.
136374 Remove Node Provider DFINITY USA Research LLC.
136328 Uninstall the Bitcoin KYT canister.
Applications & Builders
Total Staked ICP: 233’231’824
ckBTC: 244.7005
ckETH: 1’038.5481
ckUSDC: 1’078’779
ckUSDT: 2’642’094
Neurons' Fund Maturity: 3,715,017
Total SNSs Treasury: 4,359,455
New members in Ecosystem: Big welcome!
aZen, target to unifyi computing infrastructure for Ubiquitous AI.
Univoice, a decentralized voice-AI platform.
Second Mountain, a fully permissionless portfolio management platform.
Upcoming Events
Apr 20 - May 1, Binance Clubhouse, UAE
Jun 3, ICP 4th Anniversary: World Computer Summit, Switzerland
Jun 18-19, AI Agents Summit 2025, Germany
Jun 23-24, European DAO Workshop 2025, Switzerland
SNS Projects Updates
Ghost
The DAO was taken over by Adam and updated they're building toko.app, a marketplace, and also a NFT creation system.The team will have all the original NFTs migrated to this NFT maker and toko.
OpenChat
Proposed to transfer 25,000 ICP to OpenChat labs for Q2 2025 (part 2 of 3).
BOOM DAO
The DAO was taken over by Adam and updated Token Name to “Clay”.
KINIC
Kinic launched Open Beta.
Kinic is close to delivering zero-knowledge machine learning (zkML) with fast off-chain proofs in ~2 months. They plan to introduce zkML for private AI models on the Internet Computer, alongside TEE-based LLM inference. VetKey integration is progressing well.
ICPanda
Proposed 100M Token Long-Term Treasury Lock for ICPanda Sustainability.
The team is in process to integrate with BNB chain.
WaterNeuron
Proposed to provide 60,000 WTN each as community grants to Mico, Alex, Epic and 3,390,000 WTN to core team as grants.
Alice
Proposal37 is approved to transfer the ALICE trading agent to the DAO.
TRAX
Proposed to switch to a Milestone-based development approach.
Community Highlights
The WaterNeuron team released a new tool to track voting power across SNS DAOs on the Internet Computer. It highlights principals holding over 33% or 50% of usable VP, signaling potential DAO control. Explore it at sns.ic.app.
A step-by-step tool for hosting fully decentralized websites on the Internet Computer.
Industry News
Paul Atkins sworn in as 34th Chair of the Securities & Exchange Commission (USA).
The European Data Protection Board’s (EDPB) draft guidelines on blockchain data storage are set to reshape the industry.
