A number of companies in the EOS ecosystem have teamed up to create a “digital goods” token standard for EOS.

EOS New York has proposed an alternative funding system that doesn’t rely on inflation like the WPS. Instead, it works like Monero’s voluntary, donation-based forum funding system.

EOS Authority has begun doing a full code review of the resource exchange (REX). They’ve published their first update after finding and helping patch a critical bug.

We spoke with entrepreneur Ashe Oro about the opportunities and challenges for businesses looking to build on EOS.

A short video showing users how to lease out their EOS tokens on Chintai. If you’re a long-term EOS holder and would like to put your capital to work, leasing out your resource capacity on Chintai is a great way to do that.

The team behind Bancor and LiquidEOS has launched LiquidApps, a new initiative aimed at optimizing blockchain development and scaling blockchain dApps. Their first proposal, called vRAM, attempts to address RAM pricing issues on EOSIO chains.

Everipedia is going live with its governance module, conducting the first in-dApp referendum on EOS. If you’re an IQ holder, make sure you vote!

We’re watching the EOS gaming space closely this year, and ITAM is one of the top teams we’ve seen. In this video, they introduce their mobile game store. We’re really looking forward to the UX and user on-boarding advancements that ITAM is working on.

If you can read French, check out this article about a Montreal-based ridesharing app built on EOS called Eva. The organization recently got an official license to being operating within the city’s limits.

Eva, in my opinion, isn’t quite a “dApp,” since so much of its stack is still centralized in some way. But it is an interesting experiment, and perhaps it will distribute control over time. What’s most exciting about what they are doing is that they are challenging Uber, Lyft, and other incumbents by taking a much smaller cut of the ride fee.

This is an awesome proof-of-concept! A developer has managed to clone the look and feel of a Gmail inbox but for EOS accounts. The backend is powered entirely by dfuse. Right now it functions like a block explorer, but hopefully this service will link with Scatter or Ledger and users will soon be able to interact with their accounts in the same way they interact with email today.

The dfuse team continues to ship at an astonishing pace, with at least one major update every week. This week they’ve added scalable history APIs that can be customized to any EOSIO chain.

Dividend-paying tokens seem like a major trend for EOS dApps these days. Wilfra has put together a cool, simple site for viewing returns from different EOS-based dApp tokens. I think we’ll see a lot of teams experiment with different models this year, so keep an eye on this site.

BOS, the first major EOSIO chain to launch in 2019, has officially gone live with their implementation of inter-blockchain communication (IBC). This is a pretty big deal, as users can now trustlessly move funds between different EOSIO chains. Our developers are still taking a closer look at this, but we’re excited about the research and work being put in on this front.