Binance Update | October 2022
DARA made contact with Binance officials in Paris last month. At their invitation we have since shared a private Telegram group to exchange information. Yesterday they asked us a question.
“I shared it because I think you can.”
We publish this update for transparency and to appraise our community of the latest development with Binance, some of whose European officials we’ve shared a Telegram group with for several days following our trip to Binance Blockchain Week.
During this short period we’ve communicated by text and video conference, made a video demo, a pitch deck (to be published publicly soon), a new website, and added profiles and file uploads to DARA Dashboard.
Update
In the interest of discretion the names of the Binance officials will not be mentioned. Zheng "Bruce" Li, NKN co-founder and DARA angel and adviser, was also present.
Yesterday, shortly before noon Central European time, the principle Binance official handling discussions with DARA asked us to confirm we are based in the EU.
On receiving our confirmation he immediately asked if we’d be interested in Binance’s “just launched accelerator program.”
Naturally we replied saying we certainly would be, and now we have a few days to complete our application.
We then asked the Binancian:
Assuming all is in order with our form should we expect that we will be accepted into the program?
The reply came:
Hopefully! There is limited slot, I think you have a good shot at it as your project is quite innovative. Can't confirm 100% as I'm not the one shortlisting, but I shared it because I think you can.
There’s still no guarantee we’ll land a slot in the accelerator, but we have good reason to be proud of ourselves.
After all, this is the second Binance employee to suggest an accelerator; to recommend our application and to support the innovation of DARA. Whether we make it into the program or not our achievements are quite remarkable, especially given our comparatively limited resources.
Just over a year ago we grew from seed and today we are close to having the official support of Binance. Unofficially we seem to have made an impression.
What’s more we’ve achieved it together, as a community. This is a moment we should all celebrate.
The team will leave no stone unturned in pursuit of the accelerator and will update you as soon as we have more to share.
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Way to go guys!!!! Ive been with you since even before day 1 and I will be with you for as far as I can imagine. Dara is so important in these times!