Velocity Labs and Ramp Network facilitate fiat to crypto onramp on Polkadot via Asset Hub support
zug, SWITZERLAND, April twenty fifth, 2024, Chainwire
Velocity Labs is proud to announce a fiat to crypto onramp utilizing Ramp Community by way of the mixing of Asset Hub. Via it, Ramp will be capable to service any parachain within the Polkadot ecosystem.
Onramps from fiat to crypto have traditionally been one of many largest ache factors with regard to DeFi accessibility. Due to the tireless builders who recognized this difficulty early on, and have been working with regulators, bank card issuers and different fee infrastructure suppliers, the excessive obstacles to crypto entry are about to be a factor of the previous.
In November of final 12 months, Velocity Labs started talks with Ramp, the main onramp infrastructure supplier for web3. The target was easy: maximize Asset Hub’s accessibility, and to get it to its full potential.
Asset Hub is a system parachain thought of the “house base” of belongings within the Polkadot blockspace ecosystem. It allows the creation, administration, and use of belongings within the Polkadot community. As a system parachain, it has a trusted relationship with the Polkadot Relay Chain, permitting for porting of DOT from the Relay Chain to Asset Hub. Asset Hub is essential for the emission of tokens just like ERC-20 (the Ethereum commonplace powering DeFi on that chain) and the upcoming and future resurgence of DeFi on Polkadot. Nevertheless, Asset Hub has many constraints, notably round UX and DevEx. Recognizing the potential of Asset Hub and its significance, Velocity has been working tirelessly to deal with these limitations.
Ramp is a monetary know-how firm constructing options that join the crypto economic system with right now’s world monetary infrastructure. Via its core on- and off-ramp merchandise, Ramp offers companies and people throughout 150+ nations with a streamlined and clean expertise in changing between cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies. Ramp is totally built-in with the world’s main fee strategies, together with debit and bank cards, financial institution transfers, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and extra.
About Velocity Labs
Velocity Labs is a DeFi and infrastructure growth firm based with the target of remodeling the Polkadot blockspace ecosystem right into a thriving hub for DeFi innovation. A workforce fashioned by Polkadot veterans and DeFi consultants, Velocity Labs is dedicated to constructing essential market infrastructure and tooling to unlock Polkadot’s full potential.
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MARIA PAULA FERNANDEZ
Velocity Labs AG
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