[Issue #5] ICON Newsletter: The #broof is in the Pudding • View online By ICON Newsletter • Issue #5 It was another big week for the ICON Project as we announced several initiatives to grow the ecosystem and improve enterprise adoption. 2020 is going to be a huge year for the project and we’re off to a fast start! This week we’re going to take a deeper dive into #broof but first, let’s review all the action from last week. Key Highlights One of Korea’s top universities, POSTECH, issued #broof for diplomas and Saramin, Korea’s #1 HR recruiting company, signed a MoU with ICONLOOP to begin using #broof to verify and authenticate work and education certificates such as POSTECH diplomas. Expect more and more enterprise case studies to come.

The number of validators (“P-reps”) grew to 98 , just 2 short of our initial target, and up 15% over the past two weeks. +31% year-to-date. We expect to have over 100 P-Reps very soon!

, just 2 short of our initial target, and We expect to have over 100 P-Reps very soon! Wallet growth remained consistent in the 4-5% range week over week , which is a great sign for our growing ecosystem.

, which is a great sign for our growing ecosystem. Despite the significant price increase over the past several weeks, ~ 41% of circulating ICX supply remains staked providing approximately 18% annualized interest showing strong confidence from the community.

of circulating ICX supply remains staked providing approximately showing strong confidence from the community. ICX Station launched the beta version of ICON Vote to facilitate better communication with voters and P-Reps .

. Additionally, we released a stability upgrade to our protocol. Please be on the lookout for our updated 2020 roadmap in the coming days. ICON is growing by the day and there are a lot of exciting things in the pipeline. Stay tuned. Thank you, Min Kim, ICON Foundation Council



