Prestigious Japan Blockchain Affiliation (JBA) award organizers additionally named CEO Sota Watanabe Individual of 12 months
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Astar Community, a platform designed for constructing dApps with EVM and WASM sensible contracts within the Polkadot (DOT) ecosystem, receives two main awards in Japan.
Astar Community scores two prizes on Japan Blockchain Affiliation award
In response to an official assertion made by the Astar Network (ASTR) staff, its essential improvement was named “Product of the 12 months” on the fourth annual award of the Japan Blockchain Affiliation (JBA). Sota Watanabe, Astar’s CEO and founder, was awarded the “Individual of the 12 months” standing.
1/ ✨ We’re proud to announce @AstarNetwork was named ‘Product of the 12 months’ at this yr’s JBA Annual Blockchain Awards!
Not solely did #Astar win an award, @WatanabeSota, the founding father of Astar Community, was additionally awarded the ‘Individual of the 12 months’ Award for the 2nd time in a row! 👇 pic.twitter.com/UMti9N0r41
— Astar, the Way forward for Good Contract for Multichain (@AstarNetwork) December 23, 2022
Watanabe has gotten this standing for the second consecutive yr. The celebrated award is organized by the Japan Blockchain Affiliation (JBA), which is the biggest Web3 affiliation in Japan. It options representatives of 171 monetary, consulting and industrial heavyweights, together with the likes of bitFlyer, Coincheck, Microsoft, GMO, EY, Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, Toyota and ConsenSys.
Watanabe highlighted that these awards are of paramount significance to the progress of his ecosystem, its technical improvement and big adoption between Web3 builders:
We’re delighted to have been acknowledged by the Japanese Web3 group. As Japan’s main blockchain challenge, we stay dedicated to accelerating Web3 innovation by Astar. In 2023 and past, we’ll leverage our presence in Japan to unlock alternatives for entrepreneurs, builders, and customers alike
He was additionally featured in Forbes 30 Underneath 30 for each Asia and Japan and appeared on native Forbes’ covers repeatedly. Watanabe cooperates with the Japanese authorities as an professional in blockchain.
ASTR token registered as cryptocurrency in Japan
Within the final months, Astar Community has established itself as a number one Layer 1 platform in Japan. As a Polkadot (DOT) parachain, it permits Web3 engineers to develop cross-blockchain dApps supercharged by cross-consensus messaging (XCM) and cross-virtual-machine messaging (XVM).
Astar Community’s core native cryptocurrency ASTR is likely one of the few altcoins with a proved non-security standing as it’s registered as a digital foreign money by the Japanese authorities.
As coated by U.Right this moment beforehand, in mid-September 2022, ASTR was listed on Binance.US, which is the American arm of the biggest crypto ecosystem Binance (BNB).
ASTR was listed in pairs with main stablecoins and fiat currencies.