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How @nftmachine used @openft to rug ~300e, flip NFTs with the funds to become an NFT influencer: The complete timeline
Crime pays in crypto, there's no other way around it. ngl, I'm pretty discouraged from this whole ordeal.
What goes around comes around, though. I hope. This will be a weekly reminder from now on. For shame.
https://twitter.com/0xShual/status/1447756426114473991

Fiskantes' brilliant thread containing different thoughts and ideas (Shual: well worth a read)
https://twitter.com/Fiskantes/status/1447921451781218309

Nansen Research — Fantom: Solving the Blockchain Trilemma
https://www.nansen.ai/research/fantom-solving-the-blockchain-trilemma

A thread of projects hiring by @abcoathup
https://twitter.com/abcoathup/status/1446216835959963684

Bankless — Why ETH will hit $20K
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/why-eth-will-hit-20k

The Psychology of Money
https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/the-psychology-of-money/

@sigp_io's thread on what was achieved when Ethereum researchers+developers met in person to work on PoS
https://twitter.com/sigp_io/status/1446521008702246913

A Complete Guide to Popsicle Finance - ICE and nICE by @blocmatesdotcom
https://www.blocmates.com/blogmates/a-complete-guide-to-popsicle-finance-ice-and-nice

@DCLBLogger's thread on the long term economics of NFT projects
https://twitter.com/DCLBlogger/status/1446459952571162627

@krzKaczor's favorite @ETHGlobal Dev Tool Summit talks
https://twitter.com/krzKaczor/status/1446795085530779653

Tokemak: The Path to Liquidity Deployment
https://medium.com/tokemak/the-path-to-liquidity-deployment-4cf9885eb619

Tokemak: C.o.R.E stats at a glance
https://medium.com/tokemak/c-o-r-e-stats-at-a-glance-39139f9f57e4

How to make it in crypto by @Derivatives_Ape
https://twitter.com/Derivatives_Ape/status/1446857763263586305

For founders — here's what you really need on your cap table by @jwdanner
https://twitter.com/jwdanner/status/1446822778494078976

Layer by Layer Issue 10: Avalanche, Tezos, Fantom, Algorand, and Polkadot
https://www.theblockresearch.com/layer-by-layer-issue-10-avalanche-tezos-fantom-algorand-and-polkadot-119865

@euler_mab's thoughts on retroactive airdrops based on address participation
https://twitter.com/euler_mab/status/1447137749769805828

Darren Lau's thread on what makes funds good
https://twitter.com/Darrenlautf/status/1447231013638180869

A good time to resurface this article from UMA about Success Tokens (in light of divergence saga/airdrops, thanks E )
https://medium.com/uma-project/success-tokens-an-incentive-aligned-way-for-vc-funds-to-invest-in-daos-1e8b8244f2f4
Additional Reads: (Cont'd)

Scupytropples' thread on DeFi 2.0
https://twitter.com/scupytrooples/status/1447398430574141445

Solana’s endgame: becoming an Ethereum rollup
https://polynya.medium.com/solanas-endgame-becoming-an-ethereum-rollup-c77ee479a8ae

The lay of the modular blockchain land
https://polynya.medium.com/the-lay-of-the-modular-blockchain-land-d937f7df4884

$SPELL thread by @PastryEth
https://twitter.com/PastryEth/status/1447323151256403971

Foot Guns #53 The Badger Flywheel
https://foot.substack.com/p/badger-fly-wheel

a16z — How to Win the Future: An Agenda for the Third Generation of the Internet
https://a16z.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/How-to-Win-the-Future-Deck.pdf

Cutting Out the Middleman: How the Blockchain is Disrupting the Way We Connect With Businesses
https://hackernoon.com/cutting-out-the-middleman-how-the-blockchain-is-disrupting-the-way-we-connect-with-businesses

@0xBender's thread on Bamboozlers and how he found it 24hrs early. (Shual: This thread is PACKED with alpha)
https://twitter.com/0xBender/status/1447427594362572801

@0xaeto's thread on NFTX and its resembles to OlympusDAO
https://twitter.com/0xaeto/status/1447449590244904965

A story of Alice and Bob cryptographers didn't envision. The interesting portion starts at point 14.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1440946/download

A thread about why CowSwap is perfectly suited for automated trading & DAO treasury management by @fleupold_
https://twitter.com/fleupold_/status/1447836453812285441

Avalanche Developer Tools 101 by @robogajesh
https://twitter.com/robogajesh/status/1447585925735665664

OpenSea: The Reasonable Revolutionary
https://www.readthegeneralist.com/briefing/opensea

Do Kwon's list of Terra's "infinity stones"
https://twitter.com/stablekwon/status/1447794524550406144

Betsizing Alpha by Tarolg
https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1srriki

Sino Global Cap: Why we invested in Jet Protocol
https://sinoglobalcap.medium.com/why-we-invested-in-jet-protocol-7371ddb415aa

Paradigm Research: A Guide to Designing Effective NFT Launches by Hasu, Anish Agnihotri
https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/10/a-guide-to-designing-effective-nft-launches/
https://twitter.com/hasufl/status/1448338281326948354

mgnr hacked — read this and improve your OpSec
https://twitter.com/mgnr_io/status/1448489251180474368

Cosmos SZN
https://twitter.com/PersistenceOne/status/1448309779357519878

McKinsey's 2021 Global Payments Report breakdown by @JohnStCapital
https://twitter.com/JohnStCapital/status/1448281773155262464

DriveWealth's 3Q21 retail trends report breakdown by @JohnStCapital
https://twitter.com/JohnStCapital/status/1448335327559573504

Betsizing by DegenSpartan
https://twitter.com/DegenSpartan/status/1447394725917388801

Great thread about Nexus Mutual's products by @Kevintrouble1
https://twitter.com/Kevintrouble1/status/1447473814955126784

Mapping out Dragonfly Capital's portfolio
https://www.theblockresearch.com/mapping-out-dragonfly-capitals-portfolio-2-118049

Why Daedalus are bullish on UniWhales
https://twitter.com/daedalus_angels/status/1447671265989365763

A weekly digest of everything going down in the FWB universe
https://twitter.com/FWBtweets/status/1447417771248144392

Mirror, DAOs, and the Exclusivity Problem
https://decrypt.co/83041/mirror-daos-and-the-exclusivity-problem
Podcasts:




Office Hours #44 with Justin Bram: MekaVerse, Evolving Forest, $SPELL, Sablier, LobsterDAO NFT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75x9yNmk5AY

@JohnStCapital's breakdown of Cuy Sheffield's appearance on Laura Shin's podcast: Visa's role in crypto
https://twitter.com/JohnStCapital/status/1447944033054101505

Crypto Unstacked: Dror Poleg
https://twitter.com/leslamb0/status/1447943178678530050

Podcast Notes: Kevin Rose from web2 to web3
https://twitter.com/isaaccyn/status/1448205287458934790

Talking Crypto #72 - Zeus from Olympus DAO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC6o5utVodU

The Nifty Show - From CryptoKitties to Epic Sh*t
https://theniftyshow.com/from-cryptokitties-to-epic-sht/

Unchained: Visa Is Building Infrastructure for NFTs, Smart Contracts, and L2s. Why?
https://unchainedpodcast.com/visa-is-building-infrastructure-for-nfts-smart-contracts-and-l2s-why/

Zero Knowledge: Episode 201: DeFi’s Multichain Future with Zaki Manian from Sommelier
https://zeroknowledge.fm/episode-201-defis-multichain-future-with-zaki-manian-from-sommelier/

Blockcrunch: Lessons in Rapid Growth: Scaling the Avalanche Ecosystem -Jay Kurahashi-Sofue, Nick Mussallem, Ava Labs, Ep. 167
https://blockcrunch.libsyn.com/lessons-in-rapid-growth-scaling-the-avalanche-ecosystem-jay-kurahashi-sofue-nick-mussallem-ava-labs-ep-167

The Nifty Show - #99 Featuring: Clam Island, Deus Ex NFTs, & Pixel Beasts
https://theniftyshow.com/the-nifty-show-99-featuring-clam-island-deus-ex-nfts-pixel-beasts/
Alpha:



Please use this RPC to avoid getting sandwiched and spend gas on reverted txs. No reason not to. Protect your neck.
https://medium.com/flashbots/announcing-flashbots-protect-9e039e9f0aa3

Neat project, and check if you're eligible for an airdrop
https://twitter.com/boredGenius/status/1447319424931811330
https://app.botto.com/

Gecko Terminal
https://twitter.com/Darrenlautf/status/1448653078043889667/

Art Bridge (developed by good folks, limited so hope you get lucky)
https://twitter.com/artbridge_io/status/1445223528802959369
https://twitter.com/artbridge_io/status/1440773841073045506

$FODL (live, listed an hour ago or so https://www.dextools.io/app/ether/pair-explorer/0xce7e98d4da6ebda6af474ea618c6b175729cd366)
https://twitter.com/FODLfi/status/1447624620279058438

PILLS
https://twitter.com/ashrithreddyy/status/1447795521649664001

Zeitgeist beta
https://twitter.com/ZeitgeistPM/status/1447607945450110978

Pods NFT rewards
https://blog.pods.finance/pods-nft-rewards-6018146596a4

$ATOM airdrop list :)
https://twitter.com/Cosmos_Airdrops/status/1447132417387601921

Apricot Finance
https://twitter.com/ApricotFinance/status/1447945217668116485

LobsterDAO NFT alpha by Wendel:
Current perks for holding the LobsterDAO NFT.
1) Ugly claw you can frame to your wall
https://news.1rj.ru/str/lobsterdao/967
2) Dracula airdrop
https://news.1rj.ru/str/lobsters_chat/282323
3) Lifelong glory
https://news.1rj.ru/str/lobsterdao/969
4) i think we get a free subnoscription to People magazine
https://news.1rj.ru/str/lobsterdao/966
5) geist finance airdrop?
https://news.1rj.ru/str/geist_finance/28324
6) tally token airdrop?
https://news.1rj.ru/str/lobsters_chat/283824
7) Holders safe from Ivan ban hammer
https://news.1rj.ru/str/lobsterdao/4888
8) free claim for :lobster: from Don Luv
https://news.1rj.ru/str/lobsterdao/4915
https://news.1rj.ru/str/lobsterdao/4929
9) Free LobsterDAO Hoodies?
https://news.1rj.ru/str/lobsterdao/6687
10) Gearbox airdrop to Lobster holders?
https://news.1rj.ru/str/lobsterdao/7470

Aleatoric
https://twitter.com/1ofthemanymatts/status/1448665675992600576
Hope you have a lovely weekend and that this week's dump brings you value.
Next week there might not be a dump. I need to reassess a few things.
Shualpha running late this week on account of Liscon and all that jazz.
Expect the dump tomorrow amigos.

Apologies 🙏🙏❤️
This week in crypto #19:

Burned: 600,146 ETH
Rewards: 1,055,400ETH
Tips: 146,272 ETH
Net Issuance: 455,253 ETH
Net Reduction: 56.86
News:

FTX raises $420 million in funding round with backing from 69 investors including Tiger Global, Ribbit Capital
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/121428/ftx-420-million-round-69-investors-tiger-ribbit

Facebook’s Novi pilot uses Paxos + Coinbase Custody
https://twitter.com/davidmarcus/status/1450447439341580293

Coinbase announces multiyear sponsorship deal with NBA, WNBA
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/121316/coinbase-announces-multiyear-sponsorship-deal-with-nba-wnba

Binance Smart Chain proposal would see an ongoing burn like Ethereum’s EIP-1559
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/121725/binance-smart-chain-proposal-would-see-an-ongoing-burn-like-ethereums-eip-1559

Binance destroys nearly $640 million worth of BNB tokens
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/121046/binance-17th-quarterly-bnb-burn-largest

Binance.US blames bitcoin flash crash to $8,200 on a bug in a client's trading algorithm
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/121657/binance-us-blames-bitcoin-flash-crash-to-8200-on-a-bug-in-a-clients-trading-algorithm

ARPA, AUCTION & PERP on Coinbase
https://twitter.com/CoinbasePro/status/1450172690392915980

Coinbase Prime!
https://twitter.com/CoinbaseInsto/status/1450134099146854400

Russian oil industry asks regulators to let them mine crypto using wasted flare gas
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/121487/russian-oil-industry-asks-regulators-to-let-them-mine-crypto-using-wasted-flare-gas

Sacramento Kings and Blockchain Company Ankr Launch Multi-Year Partnership
https://www.nba.com/kings/news/sacramento-kings-and-blockchain-company-ankr-launch-multi-year-partnership

DeFi Insurance Protocol Solace Goes Live
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/10/19/defi-insurance-protocol-solace-goes-live/

Iron Bank is live on Avalanche
https://twitter.com/CreamdotFinance/status/1450492726512799751

Wormhole V2
https://twitter.com/terra_money/status/1450538513141690371

Cosmos is building a new blockchain called Sagan for experimentation
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/121257/cosmos-is-building-a-new-blockchain-called-sagan-for-experimentation

The Composable Cross-Layer SDK is Now Live
https://composablefi.medium.com/the-composable-cross-layer-sdk-is-now-live-6c63d6e1ea5e?source=social.tw

Connextscan
https://twitter.com/ConnextNetwork/status/1450456240497307659

Atelier Ventures and Variant Fund are joining forces
https://variant.fund/writing/atelier-ventures-and-variant-fund-are-joining-forces

Multicoin Capital to Raise $250M for Its Third Crypto Fund: Report
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/10/19/multicoin-capital-to-raise-250m-for-third-crypto-fund-report/

Galaxy Interactive raises $325M to invest in games, finance, and tech
https://venturebeat.com/2021/10/19/galaxy-interactive-raises-325m-for-interactive-content-and-tech/

Patron - early stage venture firm: games, consumer and Web3
https://patron.xyz/

Olympus V2
https://olympusdao.medium.com/introducing-olympus-v2-c4ade14e9fe

Coinbase - Digital Asset Policy Proposal
https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1448714553764712451

Square is considering building a Bitcoin mining system based on custom silicon and open source
https://twitter.com/jack/status/1449110239442345995

MATT WEST FOR CONGRESS
https://twitter.com/mattdwest/status/1449165254886191111

Grayscale WILL file for $GBTC to be converted into an #ETF as soon as there’s a clear, formal indication from the SEC
https://twitter.com/jenn_rosenthal/status/1450085085940617219

Forta on Polygon
https://twitter.com/FortaProtocol/status/1450145699291488259

First Review of DAOrayaki — Pioneering Decentralized Media
https://dorafactory.medium.com/first-review-of-daorayaki-pioneering-decentralized-media-8adda4c425b3
NFTs:

Coinbase NFT marketplace
https://twitter.com/sanchans/status/1449926229599997954

Steam is removing NFT games from the platform
https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/steam-is-removing-nft-games-from-the-platform-3071694

Epic Games Store - still allows and will continude to do so if games are compliant
https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1449146317129895938

The Economist magazine plans to sell its DeFi front cover as an NFT
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/121634/the-economist-magazine-defi-front-cover-nft

A North Star in the Lootverse Sky: LootProject.com v2
https://mirror.xyz/timshel.eth/NoVV9rjxOlOGpPkMcXZGcc3hEHsAZD0mEtgvqnKbuW0

F1 driver Pierre Gasly ready to drop exclusive NFTs on Artion
https://fantom.foundation/blog/f1-driver-pierre-gasly-ready-to-drop-exclusive-nfts-on-artion/

See how much you paperhanded ;)
https://www.paperhands.gg/

Magic Eden - NFT marketplace on Raydium
https://twitter.com/MagicEden_NFT/status/1450809279565422594

PleasrDAO bought the historic Wu Tang album from the FBI for ~$4m
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/20/arts/music/wu-tang-clan-once-upon-a-time-in-shaolin.html

Sotheby’s Takes Its NFT Experiment Into the Metaverse
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/10/14/sothebys-takes-its-nft-experiment-into-the-metaverse/
https://nftnow.com/news/sothebys-launches-sothebys-metaverse-nft-platform/

The Greats
https://www.greats.art/

A thread about the NFT exhibition and gala in Prague
https://twitter.com/mitchellfchan/status/1449802673788751873

NFT FLEX, a way to showcase your Solana NFT portfolio and explore other wallets
https://twitter.com/solanalysis/status/1449093396321038340

Flow Blockchain Ecosystem
https://twitter.com/flowverse_/status/1449382480104939522

WTF is going on with MekaVerse?! by @NFTherder
https://twitter.com/NFTherder/status/1448750746967683075

themes and insights from @turkmmtz's research of over 120+ upcoming Solana NFT projects' roadmaps
https://twitter.com/turkmmtz/status/1448396963922251782

15 NFT Use Cases That Could Go Mainstream
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/10/14/15-nft-use-cases-that-could-go-mainstream/

COOL CATS ROADMAP V.1.1
https://twitter.com/coolcatsnft/status/1449152148114010112

Cradaba coming to Avalanche
https://twitter.com/PlayCrabada/status/1451156365548810254

Solana NFT Projects Cancel Holder Royalties After FTX US Launch
https://decrypt.co/83571/solana-nft-holder-royalties-ftx-us

Blockchain comics announces first NFT release
https://nftnewstoday.com/2021/10/11/blockchain-comics-announces-first-nft-release/

Create NFTs for free on Rarible.com via a new lazy minting feature
https://nftnewstoday.com/2021/10/18/create-nfts-for-free-on-rarible-com-via-a-new-lazy-minting-feature/

Animoca Will Make Play-to-Earn Olympic Games
https://nftnewstoday.com/2021/10/18/animoca-will-make-play-to-earn-olympic-games/

NBA Top Shot On Fire - Sales Up by 146% in a Week
https://cryptonews.com/news/nba-top-shot-on-fire-sales-up-by-146-in-a-week.htm

Fox Entertainment Gives Away 20,000 ‘Masked Singer’ NFTs
https://decrypt.co/83509/surprise-fox-entertainment-unmasks-a-new-line-of-the-masked-singer-nfts
Raises:

Genopets $8.3m seed round feat. Pantera
https://twitter.com/genopets/status/1450092936964702218

Element Finance Raises $32M Series A at a $320M Valuation
https://medium.com/element-finance/element-finance-raises-32m-series-a-at-a-320m-valuation-6622fab5fb40

PsyOptions Raises $3.5M for Options Liquidity Mining and NFT Derivatives
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/10/19/psyoptions-raises-35m-for-options-liquidity-mining-and-nft-derivatives/

Lending platform Sublime, which lets users stake their 'digital reputations,' raises $2.5 million
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/121204/defi-lending-platform-sublime-seed-funding

Republic may build a secondary exchange for digital securities, fueled by $150 million in new funding
https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/19/republic-may-build-a-secondary-exchange-for-digital-securities-fueled-by-150-million-in-new-funding

Polkadot-based privacy project Manta Network raises $5.5M
https://cointelegraph.com/news/polkadot-based-privacy-project-manta-network-raises-5-5m

FIAT DAO Raises $2M Seed Round to Empower DeFi Fixed Income
https://medium.com/fiat-dao/fiat-dao-raises-2m-seed-round-to-empower-defi-fixed-income-4844134636ed

DivineDAO 333 ETH raise
https://twitter.com/sznsNFT/status/1448740452425949188

Charting platform TradingView raises $298 million at $3 billion valuation
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/120628/charting-platform-tradingview-raises-298-million-at-3-billion-valuation

Ethereum-compatible developer platform Aurora raises $12 million
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/120620/aurora-ethereum-compatible-near-protocol-funding

NFT sci-fi card game Parallel raises at $500M valuation from Paradigm
https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/21/nft-sci-fi-card-game-parallel-raises-at-500m-valuation-from-paradigm/

Impossible Finance x Perpetual Protocol strategic round
https://twitter.com/perpprotocol/status/1448997121642881026

Laguna Games raises $5M to launch Crypto Unicorns with egg NFTs
https://venturebeat.com/2021/10/15/laguna-games-raises-5m-to-launch-crypto-unicorns-with-egg-nfts/

Solana Based Play-to-Earn Startup MonkeyBall raises $3M From Crypto’s Top VCs and Founders
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/121621/solana-based-play-to-earn-nft-game-monkeyball-funding

Antex raised a total of $7.3M to bring the crypto world to real life
https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/antex-raised-a-total-of-73m-to-bring-the-crypto-world-to-real-life

Supreme Finance raises $2M investment from Blockchain Lab
https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/supreme-finance-raises-2m-investment-from-blockchain-lab
Raises: (Cont'd)

Highstreet raises strategic round led by Binance and Animoca Brands
https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/highstreet-raises-strategic-round-led-by-binance-and-animoca-brands

Makor Capital Raises $17M in Series A Funding to Grow Brokerage Platform Enigma
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/10/13/makor-capital-raises-17m-in-series-a-funding-to-grow-brokerage-platform-enigma/

PrivacySwap raises $1M from family office, bringing crypto cards to DeFi spaces
https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/privacyswap-raises-1m-from-family-office-bringing-crypto-cards-to-defi-spaces

Former ConsenSys exec raises $6.15 million to build crypto staking protocol Obol
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/120960/obol-technologies-seed-funding-crypto-staking-protocol

Good Games Guild Raises $1.7M in Seed & Private Funding Round
https://medium.com/@goodgamesguild/good-games-guild-raises-1-7m-in-seed-private-funding-round-2ae04dc83b26

Chimeras play-to-earn metaverse raised over $2 million during a successful funding round
https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/chimeras-play-to-earn-metaverse-raised-over-2-million-during-a-successful-funding-round

Concept Art House raises $25M to create NFT art and games
https://venturebeat.com/2021/10/19/concept-art-house-raises-25m-to-create-nft-art/

Animoca Brands raises $65M at $2.2B valuation from Ubisoft, Sequoia China, Dragonfly Capital, others
https://www.animocabrands.com/animoca-brands-raises-usd65000000-at-usd2200000000-valuation

Safle raises $900k seed to launch next-gen multichain identity wallet and Web 3.0 infrastructure
https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/safle-raises-900k-seed-to-launch-next-gen-multichain-identity-wallet-and-web-30-infrastructure

Berlin-based Unstoppable Finance raises €4.47 million to bring decentralized finance to mainstream investors
https://www.eu-startups.com/2021/10/berlin-based-unstoppable-finance-raises-e4-47-million-to-bring-decentralized-finance-to-mainstream-investors/

Polynomial raises $1.1M to build a DeFi options marketplace
https://medium.com/polynomial-protocol/polynomial-raises-1-1m-to-build-a-defi-options-marketplace-d8e613740dfc

Gaia EverWorld GameFi Ecosystem Raises $3.7 Mln in Seed Funding
https://ethereum.today/gaia-everworld-gamefi-ecosystem-raises-3-7-mln-in-seed-funding/

Polychain Leads $23M Bet on Startup Streamlining DeFi Portfolio Management
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/10/20/polychain-leads-23m-bet-on-startup-streamlining-defi-portfolio-management/

Superplastic raises $20M to build entertainment brands in the age of NFTs and virtual characters
https://venturebeat.com/2021/10/20/superplastic-raises-20m-to-build-entertainment-brands-in-the-age-of-nfts-and-virtual-characters/

Sotheby’s Makes First Crypto Investment, Backing NFT Startup Using Ethereum Blockchain
https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabelcontreras/2021/10/21/sothebys-makes-first-crypto-investment-backing-nft-startup-using-ethereum-blockchain

MADworld Completes a USD $6 Million Private Token Sale of the UMAD Token to Launch their NFT Origination Platform
https://medium.com/madworld-nft/madworld-completes-a-usd-6-million-private-token-sale-of-the-umad-token-to-launch-their-nft-4459199830b9

Fitness metaverse OliveX (BVI) raises US$1.7M in a strategic round
https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/fitness-metaverse-olivex-bvi-raises-us17m-in-a-strategic-round

Numbers raises $6M from Protocol Labs and Twitch, HTC Vive co-founders
https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/numbers-raises-6m-from-protocol-labs-and-twitch-htc-vive-co-founders

Morpho Labs $1.35m raise
https://medium.com/morpho-labs/introducing-morpho-93653ed83fba
Regulation:

New York joins crackdown on crypto lending, seemingly targeting Nexo and Celsius
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/120972/new-york-joins-crackdown-on-crypto-lending-seemingly-targeting-nexo-and-celsius

Attorney General James Directs Unregistered Crypto Lending Platforms to Cease Operations In New York, Announces Additional Investigations
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2021/attorney-general-james-directs-unregistered-crypto-lending-platforms-cease

FATF has finalized its crypto guidance and plans release next week
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/121654/fatf-has-finalized-its-crypto-guidance-and-plans-release-next-week

Former regulator Redfearn joins Securitize two months after ditching Coinbase
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/121463/former-regulator-redfearn-joins-securitize-coinbase

Uniswap Labs Hires Former Obama Spokesman as DC’s DeFi Scrutiny Ramps Up
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/10/14/uniswap-labs-hires-former-obama-staffer-as-dcs-defi-scrutiny-ramps-up/

CFTC Orders Tether and Bitfinex to Pay Fines Totaling $42.5 Million
https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8450-21
https://twitter.com/bitcoinlawyer/status/1449075487041626124

Fed to ban policymakers from owning individual stocks, restrict trading following controversy
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/21/fed-to-ban-policymakers-from-owning-individual-stocks-restrict-trading-following-controversy.html

Australian Senate Committee Calls for New Rules for Crypto
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/10/21/australian-senate-committee-makes-12-recommendations-for-crypto-regulation/

The View From Brussels: How the EU Plans to Regulate Crypto
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/10/20/the-view-from-brussels-how-the-eu-plans-to-regulate-crypto/

Pakistan’s Sindh High Court Gives 3 Months to Government for Cryptocurrency Regulation
https://gadgets.ndtv.com/cryptocurrency/news/pakistan-sindh-high-court-3-months-deadline-government-cryptocurrency-regulation-2583307

The 12-point plan to bring crypto to the fore
https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/the-12-point-plan-to-bring-crypto-to-the-fore-20211020-p591kt

Most young crypto traders don't realize it's not regulated, UK markets watchdog says
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/19/young-traders-treat-crypto-investing-like-a-competition-fca-says.html

Coinbase Publishes Proposal for Crypto Regulation Pushing 4 Core Recommendations
https://news.bitcoin.com/coinbase-proposal-for-crypto-regulation-4-core-recommendations/
Additional Reads:

Web3 revenue thread by @masonnystrom
https://twitter.com/masonnystrom/status/1450104457652412423

Call for Ideas: YFI Tokenomics Revamp
https://gov.yearn.finance/t/call-for-ideas-yfi-tokenomics-revamp/11573

dYdX and Other Decentralized Derivatives Explode- Analysing User Experience, Future Developments, and Shortcomings
https://wublock.substack.com/p/dydx-and-other-decentralized-derivatives

Career progression of FAANG engineer vs crypto engineer, a thread by @cryptofishx
https://twitter.com/cryptofishx/status/1450164137053487104

A data-driven exploration into why crypto is a lot different today than in 2017 by token terminal
https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1450060010931855363

primer on BITO and futures-backed ETFs in general by @Brett_ftxus
https://twitter.com/Brett_FTXUS/status/1450193424712413187

Dove Metrics Q3 Crypto Fundraising Report
https://dovemountain.substack.com/p/dove-metrics-q3-crypto-fundraising

The Psychology of Money thread by @yahya_ahd
https://twitter.com/yahya_ahd/status/1450626249114759169

Mirror crowdfunding thread by @dabit3
https://twitter.com/dabit3/status/1450577008556224512

Mapping out the Institutional Digital Asset Infrastructure space
https://www.theblockresearch.com/mapping-out-the-institutional-digital-asset-infrastructure-space-121003

Lessons from Forefront, Syndicate, and Loot by @kristinmchen
https://twitter.com/kristinmchen/status/1450411924017934339

Someone hacked the entire country of Argentina
https://twitter.com/bantg/status/1450680411185688577

OPTIONS MARKET STRUCTURE 101 by @hidenotslide
https://twitter.com/HideNotSlide/status/1448334977486180354

5 threads to get you up to speed on the global economy by Sahil Bloom
https://twitter.com/SahilBloom/status/1448634196285530112

Uncomfortable truths? ML=BS and AML= BS2
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JFC-08-2017-0071/full/html

Anti-money laundering: The world's least effective policy experiment? Together, we can fix it
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339486326_Anti-money_laundering_The_world's_least_effective_policy_experiment_Together_we_can_fix_it

What are the first principles of $OHM and why do they matter? by @ishaheen10
https://twitter.com/ishaheen10/status/1449103132546326528

Adam Cochran's thread about DAOs and taking a growth funnel approach to onboard contributors
https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1448660575458709508

How NOT to raise money in crypto - A thread for founder by Jason Choi
https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi/status/1449384111739523086

88MPH updates
https://twitter.com/88mphapp/status/1450233076672516097

What's going on with Uniwhales? ;)
https://twitter.com/mattaaron/status/1449394255819165702

"Product Hunt as a protocol" or "grassroots AngelList" - vision for lobster... DAO?
https://lobsters.substack.com/p/product-hunt-as-a-protocol-or-grassroots

Here's a thread on how you can "make it" with $100k portfolio by @DefiGod1
https://twitter.com/DeFiGod1/status/1449559494933946378

Dave White's amazing thread about the "people forced to play high stakes games" genre. I suggest a read.
https://twitter.com/_Dave__White_/status/1450972131739635719

Long Take: The Law of Unintended Consequences via Wells Fargo, Divergence Ventures, DeFi designs, and the Federal Reserve
https://lex.substack.com/p/long-take-the-law-of-unintended-consequences
Additional Reads: (Cont'd)

Crypto Market Map 101 (aka a hierarchical DeFi-TradFi mapping) by @FabiusMercurius
https://twitter.com/FabiusMercurius/status/1449801581394677760

A beginners guide to Liquidity Pools (LPs) on Terra by @TheRyanLion
https://twitter.com/TheRyanLion/status/1449435810512707587

A quick threa dby @ahboyash on how to quickly onboard to Algorand
https://twitter.com/ahboyash/status/1449724212600401923

Tracking 0xbaeb, the most liquidated ohmie ever
https://twitter.com/RiceMaximalist/status/1449680915249041411

How does a DOT crowdloan work feat Acala Network
https://twitter.com/AcalaNetwork/status/1449796463723114499

Pricing Uniswap v3 LP Positions: Towards a New Options Paradigm?
https://lambert-guillaume.medium.com/pricing-uniswap-v3-lp-positions-towards-a-new-options-paradigm-dce3e3b50125

Start a DAO in 4 steps by Cooopahtroopa
https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa/status/1449909594516455426

Research as Understanding by Kanjun Qiu
https://kanjun.me/writing/research-as-understanding

Resetting venture capital return expectations: is 10x the new 3x?
https://versionone.vc/resetting-venture-capital-return-expectations-is-10x-the-new-3x/

Autonomous Scoop Shop thread
https://twitter.com/ScoopShopNFT/status/1450971780944904192

Nansen - Month in Review: September 2021
https://www.nansen.ai/post/month-in-review-september-2021

Solidity on Replit: Diving into Web3
https://blog.replit.com/solidity

The history of Hop
https://twitter.com/richardchen39/status/1448740271999569924

A thread that clearly explains parachain slot auctions & crowdloans on Polkadot by @danreecer_
https://twitter.com/danreecer_/status/1448670072956878853

The evolution of DeFi Pulse Index
https://www.theblockresearch.com/the-evolution-of-defi-pulse-index-120636

The Environmental Debate of Crypto: Part 1
https://www.theblockresearch.com/the-environmental-debate-of-crypto-part-1-120592

BGA Blockchain Game Report Q3 2021
https://dappradar.com/blog/bga-blockchain-game-report-q3-2021

Blockchain-Based Gaming: A Primer — Brought to you by Forte
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/120409/blockchain-based-gaming-a-primer-brought-to-you-by-forte

Polkadot resource list
https://twitter.com/AngelHack/status/1448664967343865870

What are the ways to manage the discord servers?
https://news.1rj.ru/str/lobsters_chat/286773
https://news.1rj.ru/str/lobsters_chat/286777

@ZainManji's deep dive re: $SPELL, $MIM and abracadabra
https://twitter.com/ZainManji/status/1450891943894994955

SmartCoin's thread about how they created a 100x token
https://twitter.com/0xSmartCoin/status/1451240164987129866

88MPH vs Options vs Anchor by @cryptopilot16
https://twitter.com/cryptopilot16/status/1445281932082876417

Mount Olympus: Fact and Fiction
https://messari.io/article/mount-olympus-fact-and-fiction

$PREMIA thread by @Krugman25
https://twitter.com/Krugman25/status/1449102385175990273

Governance Mining — liquidity mining for human capital
https://mirror.xyz/0x6507C1693c70Ebab813BCeBD8Bcd9152Cfffa91b/WDKGKpfLy-9nX_reyecjdGDA8CRsZ9sy3jk-JjliFnc

VCs 'pre-farming' DeFi projects raises questions about ethics in crypto investing and airdrops
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/news+/120824/vcs-pre-farming-defi-projects-raises-questions-about-ethics-in-crypto-investing-and-aidrops

A simple framework for understanding Web3 vs. Web2 technology
https://www.theblockresearch.com/a-simple-framework-for-understanding-web3-vs-web2-technology-120765

Dror Poleg: Invisible Hierarchies
https://www.drorpoleg.com/invisible-hierarchies/

A Crash Course on Crypto Economics in 1 Hour by @RealNatashaChe
https://twitter.com/RealNatashaChe/status/1448419168986882050

Facebook confronts growth problems as number of young users in US declines
https://www.ft.com/content/4304f14a-1b06-46d8-a066-42bb1b3c200c

TempleDAO: Opening Ceremony Drop #1: Org, Governance & Roadmap Update
https://templedao.medium.com/opening-ceremony-drop-1-org-governance-roadmap-update-9c8584cd1fba

What is ZEXE? (PART III)
https://zeroknowledge.fm/what-is-zexe-part-iii/
Podcasts:

Podcast Notes: Delphi Podcast x EnterDAO
https://twitter.com/delphiintern/status/1450114469053534210

Sam Bankman-Fried - Creating a Perfect Market
https://www.joincolossus.com/episodes/48641353/bankman-fried-creating-a-perfect-market

Talking Crypto #73 - Zemm + Zach from Coordinape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwzJqYIzxT0

Podcast notes: Zima Red x Nine Chronicles
https://twitter.com/The_ReadingApe/status/1450439083688292353

Aaron and David McDonald: Altered State Machine is Enabling AI Ownership via NFTs, Hereditary AI and Minting Brains
https://www.delphidigital.io/reports/aaron-and-david-mcdonald-altered-state-machine-is-enabling-ai-ownership-via-nfts-hereditary-ai-and-minting-brains/

Rewarding DAO contributors and incentivizing participation - Tracheopteryx
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2vKZ7Ti9LUsocShFQLIcZR?si=yBa3HEJTQieK4Bri-qQMbw

Nifty Show #103 Featuring: Drop Bears, The Rob Prior, & Splinterlands
https://theniftyshow.com/nifty-show-103-featuring-drop-bears-the-rob-prior-splinterlands/

NBA Top Shot on Fire – Nifty News #102 for Tuesday, Oct 19th
https://theniftyshow.com/nba-top-shot-on-fire-nifty-news-102-for-tuesday-oct-19th/

Zero Knowledge FM -- Episode 202: Stateless Ethereum & Verkle Tries with Dankrad Feist
https://zeroknowledge.fm/episode-202-stateless-ethereum-verkle-tries-with-dankrad-feist/

All You Need to Know About DAOs in 2021 - Cooper Turley, Ep. 168
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-you-need-to-know-about-daos-in-2021-cooper-turley-ep-168/id1350649166?i=1000539117001

Liscon Day 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJi1sziKNTA&ab_channel=LisCon
I’m going to write some thoughts from Liscon, free-form style.

Getting away from all the price-action driven manic depression in the telegram chats and discord groups was exactly what I needed to help me zoom out and remember the bigger picture. Sure, I met degens over there as well, and a some of the projects that I was exposed to in Liscon were all about ‘petty’ incremental improvements and optimizing for yield rather than substance, but you only need to catch a small glimpse of the real builders who are trying to bridge the digital with the physical to immediately snap back into perspective. I’m talking about projects like VitaDAO or Gitcoin for example. Projects that will help shape the future of our world for the better. KlimaDAO and Toucan are another great example.

When BTC (and the day after — ETH) hit ATH people were so euphoric it was great.

The talks were very interesting, for the most part. A lot of talks about web3, NFTs, gaming, the intersection points between them all. Some about rollups and the merge, some about public goods, it was great. Definitely try to watch videos of some talks. A lot of dealflow was shared. A lot of important and remarkable things were planted in Liscon, it feels like. ;)

The egg game by Witnet (decentralized oracle project) was captivating. It wasn’t novel per-se — the idea exists in gacha games and japenese yoshi-egg style QR games already — but the execution was perfect. I wrote about it here: https://twitter.com/0xShual/status/1450924600674635786

Yeah I don't really have a point, don't meant to take too much of your time.

TLDR: it was great moving away from casino-land and talk to actual builders and captains-of-the-industry for a few. Helps put things in perspective. Very needed.

Enjoyed every second.

Hope you have a great weekend and that you find value in this week's dump. Peace.❤️🙏
Heads up - Shualpha will be running late today as well.
Hope you're well.

Resuming regular posting schedule next week.
This week in crypto #20:

Burned: 704,619 ETH
Rewards: 1,173,309 ETH
Tips: 161,287 ETH
Net Issuance: 468,689 ETH
Net Reduction: 60.05%