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Wrapping Up the Mercata V2 Contest
Yesterday, our long-awaited Mercata V2 Contest came to a close after a week of exciting trading and bug hunting on the Mercata testnet.
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Mercata V2 Contest Kickoff: Bridge, Trade, Triumph
In mid-September 2025 we announced and kicked off the second Mercata V2 competition, this time with a dual focus on trading and reporting vulnerabilities.
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Announcing the Mercata V2 'Trading and Testing Challenge'
Our long-awaited Mercata V2 contest is starting tomorrow, Wednesday 17th September 2025. The contest will start at 5pm Eastern time, during our 17th September Twitter Spaces.
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Announcing the Mercata V2 Trading Competition!
Our team has been busy at work on a complete revamp of the Mercata application. We are inviting the community to explore the new application and to participate in a trading and bug bounty competition.
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STRATOSCAN: New Public Block Explorer for STRATO Mercata
We are delighted to unveil the first iteration of STRATOSCAN, our public block explorer!
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Introducing Mercata Rewards: Earn CATA for Every Real Asset Move
STRATO Mercata is reimagining how users interact with real-world assets by combining the familiarity of gold and silver with the speed and utility of a decentralized financial system.
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Introducing Gary and Friends: AI Coding Projects from STRATO Mercata
During the STRATO Mercata quarterly offsite last month, each team member worked on AI-assisted coding projects. The AI assisted coding tools are progressing at breakneck speed, and the utility and productivity gains are frankly stunning.
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Introducing GOLDST: A New Era for Gold, and for You
We've been conditioned to think about gold in terms of safety. Stability. Hedging against chaos. But what if gold could be more than just a store of value?
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STRATs is Becoming USDST—Here's What You Need to Know
Names matter. That's why we're changing STRATs to USDST—our stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the U.S. dollar.
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Vaulting Precious Metals on Mercata: The Trust You Deserve
At STRATO Mercata, we're redefining how you collect real-world assets. With our vault-backed staking for physical gold and silver, we've made it easier, safer, and more rewarding to own precious metals.
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Open sourcing STRATO Mercata
Announcement of open-sourcing the STRATO Mercata platform, applications and tools.
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Bob Summerwill Joins BlockApps as Head of Ecosystem
Announcement that Bob Summerwill has joined BlockApps as Head of Ecosystem.