Alpha-Packed: Monday 9 Oct 🦅

1. Arbitrum voting starts to distribute 50M ARB in incentives.
2. SBF's trial resumes on October 10, Caroline Ellison expected to testify.
3. Galxe's front end compromised, over 270K USD lost.
4. FTX hacker uses Thorswap; they go into maintenance mode.
5. Stars Arena exploited for 3M; recovery plan in place.

Read time: ⏰ 4 minutes

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These past few weeks the Arbitrum community has worked relentlessly around the 50,000,000 ARB STIP (Short Term Incentives Program).

Right now there are 97 proposals live in Snapshot from 97 different protocols requesting ARB incentives.

These grants will impact all of DeFi. 🧵

https://twitter.com/OlimpioCrypto/status/1712068679926448616

Alpha-Packed: Wed 11 Oct ⚖️

1. Caroline Ellison testifies that SBF directed her to commit fraud.
2. Bitfinex owner, iFinex; launches $150 million share buyback plan.
3. Farcaster Protocol will be 100% permissionless beginning today.
4. Raft $RAFT airdrop is live.
5. U.S. Producer Price Index (PPI) rises 0.5%.

Read time: ⏰ 6 minutes

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Raft Airdrop Wave 1 is live! 🪂

604 wallets are eligible to claim over 37 million $RAFT tokens. Eligible users can claim today.

Didn't qualify? Information on Raft Airdrop Wave 2 at the end of the thread.

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https://twitter.com/earndrop_io/status/1712147067219620333

Farcaster is now permissionless!

This is a Lens and DeBank competitor — yet another attempt at web3 decentralised social media.

Before it was gated to join, now anyone can now sign-up with no an invite for $1/month.

How to sign-up on and some alpha on what to do next.

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https://twitter.com/earndrop_io/status/1712192806268391877

INTMAX Wallet Guide 📝 🪂

The "stateless" Layer 2 zkRollup backed by Scroll and Ethereum researchers Justin Drake & Anthony Sassano is set for its Mainnet launch in Q1 2024.

Let's use INTMAX's newly upgraded wallet to position ourselves for Mainnet and a potential airdrop:

https://twitter.com/earndrop_io/status/1712544525821030500

Alpha-Packed: Fri 13 Oct 🌕

1. Terraform Labs alleges Citadel Securities was behind the $UST stablecoin depeg.
2. Sam Bankman-Fried blames Binance for balance sheet leak.
3. Tether appoints CTO Paolo Ardoino as its new CEO.
4. US Speaker selection uncertainty could delay cryptocurrency legislation.
5. zkSync launches Guild with secret roles.

Read time: ⏰ 8 minutes

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Alpha-Packed: Mon 16 Oct 📉

1. Cointelegraph allegedly profited 2M from deleted Bitcoin ETF tweet.
2. Chinese Bitcoin mining facilities across the US scrutinized as a National Security concern.
3. Scroll Mainnet launch possibly teased.
4. Celestia Genesis airdrop, less than 24 hours left to claim.
5. TrueUSD hit by third-party security breach.

Read time: ⏰ 6 minutes

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Alpha-Packed: Wed 18 Oct 🟠

1. Reddit plans to sunset blockchain-based community points.
2. Vitalik Buterin states he has NOT sold Ethereum for personal gain since 2018.
3. Scroll, a native zkEVM; launches mainnet.
4. Celestia Genesis airdrop concludes with 191,391 claims.
5. Fantom Foundation employees' personal wallets were compromised resulting in ~$7 million in losses.

Read time: ⏰ 9 minutes

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Alpha-Packed: Fri 20 Oct ⚖️

1. Ex-Consensys staff sue Consensys founder Joseph Lubin.
2. SEC drops lawsuit against Ripple and XRP executives.
3. Aptos Network shuts down for more than 5 hours.
4. Elon Musk & Mark Cuban file joint amicus brief at the Supreme Court.
5. Claim a KZG Ceremony POAP if you previously completed the KZG Ceremony.

Read time: ⏰ 7 minutes

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Infura token on the horizon? 👀

Several days ago, Infura published a blog post which seems to tease the imminent progress on their decentralization journey and the potential for an Infura token.

An in-depth look and a strategy for potential Infura airdrop at the end.

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https://twitter.com/OlimpioCrypto/status/1715451366766940381

Alpha-Packed: Mon 23 Oct 🚩

1. WSJ publishes fake news article claiming $90 million worth of cryptocurrency was used to fund Hamas.
2. Bitcoin developer Antoine Riard departs from Lightning Network’s development after disclosing a vulnerability.
3. Celestia $TIA Mainnet potentially launching on October 31st.
4. Galxe repays $466,296 to affected users of recent Galxe hack.
5. US President Biden asks Congress for nearly $106 billion.

Read time: ⏰ 4 minutes

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Scroll Mainnet is live 🚀

The native zkEVM with over $80 million in funding just went live.

How to bridge and use Scroll, as well as some information regarding the Scroll token.

🪂 Airdrop Strategy:

https://twitter.com/earndrop_io/status/1716511308835881473

Bitfinex 2016 hack incident turns into fortune for its users 🧵

iFinex (Bitfinex parent company) has proposed a $150 million share buyback for victims.

Hack was 120M back then, valued at 1.7B now.

What happened, how we got here, and why it could be important:

https://twitter.com/OlimpioCrypto/status/1716516068964073965

Week 3 of Arbitrum Odyssey 🔥

Featuring: Uniswap & ApeX

Complete all Week 3 tasks to be eligible to claim An Unexpected Friend and Galaxy of the Predatoooors NFT Badges.

Tasks and guide below 👇

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https://twitter.com/earndrop_io/status/1716919895840206981

Alpha-Packed: Wed 25 Oct 💰

1. FTX is in discussion with at least three bidders to buy the exchange.

2. Blackrock iShares Bitcoin ETF has been listed on the DTCC website since August.

3. Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to take the stand and testify on Thursday.

4. BlockFi emerges from bankruptcy.

5. Vitalik Buterin invests in Nocturne Labs.


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Chainchat by Zapper is a new FT alternative. 💬

Zapper, which is backed by Marc Cuban, has created an application similar to FriendTech, but differs in how it distributes fees.

Airdrop Strategy: exploring Chainchat and the potential for a Zapper token and airdrop. 🪂 🧵

https://twitter.com/OlimpioCrypto/status/1717611226476491086

Many airdrops pay attention and support the developer community.

Scroll is rewarding users who deploy a smart contract to Scroll Mainnet with a "Scroll Origins NFT". No use for now, but... 👀

How to deploy a smart contract in Scroll 📜

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https://twitter.com/earndrop_io/status/1717910570111058301

Alpha-Packed: Friday 27 Oct 👮

1. Kraken will share user data with the US IRS next month.
2. US lawmakers call on DOJ to consider criminal charges against Binance and Tether.
3. Sam Bankman-Fried blamed gross negligence for FTX's collapse and struggled during cross-examination in his testimony.
4. Citadel Securities denies allegations of being behind the collapse of the TerraUSD $UST stablecoin.
5. Elon Musk wants X to replace your bank.

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Alpha-Packed: Monday 30 October 🍬

1. Celestia's Mainnet and airdrop tomorrow.
2. Connext and others sign a unified letter calling for open bridge standards.
3. VanEck predicts price of $SOL could reach +~$3K.
4. ZachXBT alerts anyone who may have stored their seed phrase or private keys on LastPass to migrate their cryptocurrency assets immediately.
5. Gitcoin Grants 19 (GG19) is now open for applications.

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Alpha-Packed: Wednesday 01 NOV ⛔️

1. WalletConnect restricts availability in Russia.

2. Gary Gensler tweets Happy Anniversary to Bitcoin.

3. Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense concludes.

4. Pyth Network unveils retrospective airdrop.

5. Frax Finance temporarily loses control of domains.

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