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Allow me to apologize for the delay once more.
Shualpha will resume regular scheduling this week and onward, meaning back to Thursday dumps (I hope!)

Hope you find value with this week's dump and may you have a great day ♥️
This week in crypto #21:

I'm keeping it short and sweet this time.

Burned: 761,307 ETH
Rewards: 1,226,201 ETH
Tips: 168,689 ETH
Net Issuance: 464,893 ETH
Net Reduction: 62.08%
News:

CoinShares reports earnings gain amid crypto market resurgence
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/123294/coinshares-reports-earnings-gain-amid-crypto-market-resurgence

Enjin wants to decentralize its metaverse with new $100M fund
https://cointelegraph.com/news/enjin-wants-to-decentralize-metaverse-with-new-100m-fund

Bitcoin demand trends 'downwards' as institutions move into DeFi and 'blue chip' alts, says Genesis
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/123283/bitcoin-demand-trends-downwards-as-institutions-move-into-defi-and-blue-chip-alts-says-genesis

Aave Dai Direct Deposit Module (D3M)
https://twitter.com/MakerGrowth/status/1455190235906707464

Mayor-elect Eric Adams commits to make New York City more crypto-friendly
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/123212/mayor-elect-eric-adams-commits-to-make-new-york-city-more-crypto-friendly

CME Group to launch micro Ether futures on December 6
https://twitter.com/PriapusIQ/status/1455506316366163972

Celsius acquires high-security custodian GK8 for $115 million
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/123084/celsius-acquires-high-security-custodian-gk8-for-115-million

DeFi exploits total $680 million so far in 2021
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/123030/defi-exploits-total-680-million-so-far-in-2021

Katana, the Ronin Dex, is live!
https://twitter.com/AxieInfinity/status/1456161289722548225

Unofficial Squid Game token crashes 99% as devs dump for $12 million
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/122795/unofficial-squid-game-token-crashes-99-as-devs-dump-for-12-million

wXRP to launch on the Ethereum blockchain in December
https://cointelegraph.com/news/wxrp-to-launch-on-the-ethereum-blockchain-in-december

Crypto fork uses dog meme to raise $60 million — then the money goes missing
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/122529/crypto-fork-uses-dog-meme-to-raise-60-million-then-the-money-goes-missing

Avalanche creates $200-million fund to lure top crypto devs
https://cointelegraph.com/news/avalanche-creates-200-million-fund-to-lure-top-crypto-devs

Shiba Inu Owner Moves $2.76B to Four Different Wallets
https://blockworks.co/shiba-inu-owner-moves-2-76b-to-four-different-wallets/

Thailand’s oldest bank SCB acquires 51% stake in crypto exchange Bitkub
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/122988/thailand-oldest-bank-scb-acquires-51-stake-in-crypto-exchange-bitkub-for-537-million

Kevin Durant’s new SPAC firm to focus on crypto and blockchain
https://cointelegraph.com/news/kevin-durant-s-new-spac-firm-to-focus-on-crypto-and-blockchain

Hummingbot Foundation launches to democratize high-frequency trading
https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/hummingbot-foundation-launches-to-democratize-high-frequency-trading

Ethereum hash rate sets all-time high as price surges
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/122942/ethereum-hashrate-new-all-time-high-eth

Digital Currency Group Wants to Be Crypto’s Standard Oil
https://www.wsj.com/articles/digital-currency-group-wants-to-be-cryptos-standard-oil-11635764400
News: (Cont'd)

AWS to hire a 'digital assets specialist' focused on enterprise clients
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/122801/aws-to-hire-a-digital-assets-specialist-focused-on-enterprise-clients

ENS DAO: Call For Delegates
https://ens.mirror.xyz/cfvfKRpQSPtZJjPQOprWqEeqv2rytE7tQkxDg6ht7Oo
https://twitter.com/ensdomains/status/1455754470894317570
https://twitter.com/nicksdjohnson/status/1456048492141441027

And Adam Cochran's thoughts on the $ENS DAO rollout
https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1455906477307224069

International Cricket NFTs to Hit Flow Blockchain Following $17M Seed Round
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/03/international-cricket-nfts-to-hit-flow-blockchain-following-17m-seed-round/

Coinbase is testing a subnoscription service with zero trading fees and prioritized support
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/123134/coinbase-is-testing-a-subnoscription-service-with-zero-trading-fees-and-prioritized-support

[Temp. Check] Should Compound retroactively distribute COMP tokens to early users?
https://compound.finance/governance/proposals/67

Boba Network's first native AMM is now live
https://twitter.com/oolongswap/status/1455736136245129216

Company behind FTX.US pens NIL deal with University of Kentucky men’s basketball team
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/123171/company-behind-ftx-us-pens-nil-deal-with-university-of-kentucky-mens-basketball-team

Crypto is Creating Newfound Wealth – and Job Freedom – for Many Americans
https://civicscience.com/crypto-is-creating-newfound-wealth-and-job-freedom-for-many-americans/

Synapse is now live on Harmony
https://twitter.com/SynapseProtocol/status/1455977319533797376

Ribbon Finance announces Ribbon Treasury
https://twitter.com/ribbonfinance/status/1455403395171295235

Rari Fuse Pool #23 exploit
https://twitter.com/RariCapital/status/1455569653820973057

DeFi Founders Debate Whether to Resist or Embrace Regulation
https://thedefiant.io/defi-regulation-debate/

MetaMask, Phantom Wallet Users Targeted in Crypto Phishing Scam: Report
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/04/crypto-phishing-scam-targets-metamask-phantom-wallet-users-report/

Online Broker TradeStation Going Public Via $1.43B SPAC Merger
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/04/online-broker-tradestation-going-public-via-143b-spac-merger/

CryptoCompare Gets FCA Authorization to Operate as Benchmark Administrator
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/04/cryptocompare-gets-fca-authorization-to-operate-as-benchmark-administrator/

Governance of DeFi Giant Curve in Flux as Smaller Convex Exerts Control
https://thedefiant.io/curve-convex-governance-crv-control/

Payments DEX Stellar First L1 to Offer Integrated Automated Market Making
https://thedefiant.io/stellar-amm-layer-1/

XRP Holders to Get Huge Airdrop of New Blockchain Songbird
https://thedefiant.io/xrp-holders-to-get-huge-airdrop-of-new-blockchain-songbird/
NFTs:

Someone took out a $1.4 million loan with an NFT as collateral
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/123165/someone-took-out-a-1-4-million-loan-with-an-nft-as-collateral

Crypto anons buy 2,000 lb tungsten cube NFT for $250,000
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/123015/crypto-anons-buy-2000-lb-tungsten-cube-nft-for-250000

A very long post about why NFTs are bad that caught a lot of heat on CT. I'll let you do the searches but here's the article if you want to read it
https://antsstyle.medium.com/why-nfts-are-bad-the-long-version-2c16dae145e2

Disney Sides with Veve for Golden Moments NFTs
https://nftplazas.com/disney-sides-with-veve-for-golden-moments-nfts/

Quentin Tarantino to Drop Never-Before-Seen ‘Pulp Fiction’ Scenes as NFTs
https://nftnow.com/news/quentin-tarantino-pulp-fiction-nfts-announced/

NFTs across the board are getting slaughtered
https://twitter.com/Zeneca_33/status/1455680134703460352

Philadelphia 76ers Launch Legacy NFT Collection on Crypto.com
https://nftplazas.com/philadelphia-76ers-launch-legacy-nft-collection-on-crypto-com/

Virtual Nikes: Shoe Giant Follows Facebook Into The Metaverse
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimberleespeakman/2021/11/02/virtual-nikes-shoe-giant-follows-facebook-into-the-metaverse/

Microsoft Teams enters the metaverse race with 3D avatars and immersive meetings
https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/2/22758974/microsoft-teams-metaverse-mesh-3d-avatars-meetings-features

The Forgotten runes Wizards' Cult is one of the only NFT avatar projects outperforming the ETH run lately
https://twitter.com/UseMasterpiece/status/1456238943721172996

ESL Gaming Partner with ImmutableX for CS:GO NFTs
https://nftplazas.com/esl-gaming-immutablex-csgo-nfts/

NFTs and play-to-earn are future of gaming industry, says EA boss
https://cointelegraph.com/news/nfts-and-play-to-earn-are-future-of-gaming-industry-says-ea-boss

Monster-battle NFT game Axie Infinity soars in popularity among developing nations
https://cointelegraph.com/news/monster-battle-nft-game-axie-infinity-soars-in-popularity-among-developing-nations

FC Barcelona Joins NFT Rush With Moments From 122 Years of History
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/04/fc-barcelona-joins-nft-rush-with-moments-from-122-years-of-history/

DeFi Lending Hub Goldfinch Fuses NFTs and User IDs to Attract Wary Investors
https://thedefiant.io/nfts-kyc-goldfinch-identity/

ESP Guitars Partner with Fanaply for Eco-Friendly NFTs
https://nftplazas.com/esp-guitars-partner-with-fanaply-for-eco-friendly-nfts/

Hot Wheels Partners with WAX for Set of vIRL Collectibles
https://nftplazas.com/hot-wheels-wax-virl-nft/

Jungle Freaks NFT sparks racism issues as social groups get offended
https://nftnewsinsider.com/jungle-freaks-nft-sparks-racism-issues-as-social-groups-get-offended/

K-Pop Group BTS Adds to NFT Hype With First Collection
https://nftnewstoday.com/2021/11/04/k-pop-group-bts-adds-to-nft-hype-with-first-collection/
Raises:

Digital property trading platform Upland scores $18 million Series A led by Animoca
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/122981/digital-property-trading-platform-upland-scores-18-million-series-a-led-by-animoca

FTX backs African fintech unicorn Chipper Cash in $150M fundraise
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/122954/ftx-backs-african-fintech-unicorn-chipper-cash-in-150m-fundraise

Aussie crypto micro-investment app Bamboo raises $3M, eyes US market
https://cointelegraph.com/news/aussie-crypto-micro-investment-app-bamboo-raises-3m-eyes-us-market

The Sandbox raises $93M to expand its NFT metaverse
https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-sandbox-raises-93m-to-expand-its-nft-metaverse

Endaoment raises $7M for nonprofits in its first year as crypto donations thrive
https://cointelegraph.com/news/endaoment-raises-7m-for-nonprofits-in-its-first-year-as-crypto-donations-thrive

FTX, Lightspeed Lead $21M Funding Round in Gaming Studio Faraway
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/04/alameda-lightspeed-lead-21m-funding-round-in-gaming-studio-faraway/

Enjinstarter Announces Successful Completion of Fundraising and Pipeline of Projects for November
https://news.bitcoin.com/enjinstarter-announces-successful-completion-of-fundraising-and-pipeline-of-projects-for-november/

Digital Currency Group reaches $10B valuation after $700M secondary sale
https://siliconangle.com/2021/11/01/digital-currency-group-reaches-10b-valuation-700m-secondary-sale/

Koi Labs Secured $2.6 Million in Pre-A Funding Round to Unlock the Next-Generation GameFi and Metaverse Economy
https://koimetaverse.medium.com/koi-labs-secured-2-6m-pre-a-round-fundraising-867f632c2fd4

Spruce Raises $7.5 million to Scale Decentralized Identity and Storage
https://blog.spruceid.com/spruce-raises-7-5-million-to-speed-the-development-of-user-controlled-id-and-data/

xToken Raises $2m to Grow its Decentralized Asset Management Platform
https://medium.com/xtoken/xtoken-raises-2m-to-grow-its-decentralized-asset-management-platform-d2f2acb35cf

International Cricket NFTs to Hit Flow Blockchain Following $17M Seed Round
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/03/international-cricket-nfts-to-hit-flow-blockchain-following-17m-seed-round/

WeMeta announces $1.1m funding round to help users buy, sell & build in the Metaverse
https://medium.com/wemeta/wemeta-announces-1-1m-funding-round-to-help-users-buy-sell-build-in-the-metaverse-f0103b12281

Alameda Research, Polychain Capital Back 'CeFi DeFi' Crypto Exchange AscendEx
https://decrypt.co/85181/alameda-research-polychain-capital-back-cefi-defi-crypto-exchange-ascendex
Regulation:

Acting US comptroller says both OCC crypto review and interagency 'crypto sprint' have concluded
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/123216/acting-us-comptroller-says-both-occ-crypto-review-and-interagency-crypto-sprint-have-concluded

Singapore to position itself as global crypto center, says regulator
https://cointelegraph.com/news/singapore-to-position-itself-as-global-crypto-center-says-regulator

SEC seeks comments on Grayscale's GBTC ETF proposal
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/123227/sec-seeks-comments-on-grayscales-gbtc-etf-proposal

Senators respond to US stablecoin report, setting stage for coming debate
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/122926/senators-respond-to-us-stablecoin-report-setting-stage-for-coming-debate

ConsenSys AG Shareholders Readying Legal Action Over Share Valuation
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/02/consensys-shareholders-readying-legal-action-over-share-valuation/

Stablecoins report: SEC won’t lead regulation, Congress urged to act
https://cointelegraph.com/news/stablecoins-report-sec-won-t-lead-regulation-congress-urged-to-act

Iran Blockchain Association head calls for special council on crypto laws
https://cointelegraph.com/news/iran-blockchain-association-head-calls-for-special-council-on-crypto-laws

DeFi — the ‘Wild West’ of crypto — is next on regulators’ hit list
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/04/defi-the-wild-west-of-crypto-is-set-to-face-regulatory-crackdown.html

Apple App Store removes crypto wallet TokenPocket after PayPal complaint
https://cointelegraph.com/news/apple-app-store-removes-crypto-wallet-tokenpocket-after-paypal-complaint

Congressmen Emmer and Soto to SEC Chair Gensler: We want BTC Spot ETFs
https://cointelegraph.com/news/congressmen-emmer-soto-to-sec-chair-gensler-we-want-btc-spot-etfs

Australian Senator Says Clear Crypto Regulations Will be Introduced Within a Year
https://cryptopotato.com/australian-senator-says-clear-crypto-regulations-will-be-introduced-within-a-year/

Hong Kong regulator re-evaluates retail crypto ETFs laws
https://cointelegraph.com/news/hong-kong-regulator-re-evaluates-retail-crypto-etfs-laws

Bitfury Hires Former Binance US Chief Brian Brooks as CEO
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/04/bitfury-hires-former-binance-us-chief-brian-brooks-as-ceo-report/
Additional Reads:

Vitalik Buterin - Crypto Cities
https://vitalik.ca/general/2021/10/31/cities.html

Messari - Yearning for Yearn
https://messari.io/article/yearning-for-yearn

The power of DAOs comes from their ability to dramatically bring down the barriers to entry when launching a new collective pursuit thread by Arianna Simpson
https://twitter.com/AriannaSimpson/status/1455274836239036418

All TWAPs are subject to manipulation by Mudit Gupta
https://twitter.com/Mudit__Gupta/status/1455627465678749696

MakerDAO vault protection score analysis
https://twitter.com/JanOsolnik/status/1442474412851310592

Credit score thread by @Terranaut3
https://twitter.com/terranaut3/status/1455475123113373698

@yieldlabs thread regarding Anchor protocol and whether it can sustain the 20% APY rate
https://twitter.com/YieldLabs/status/1455526945182076937

What I Wish I Knew Before Talking to Lawyers about DAOs
https://mirror.xyz/0x954888B7a5C6736F4955dF18B556D8328FD02f61/5K9llACK4tzu5WHL68CM3bBsmSleL_XxJ2kRGYnwp7A

Collection of threads compiled by @liscivia_ about Frax Finance
https://twitter.com/Liscivia_/status/1454770976466612225

(non-crypto) a collection of interesting threads by @blakeaburge
https://twitter.com/blakeaburge/status/1455917191509864451

(non-crypto) my thread about Lucid Dreaming if you're interested
https://twitter.com/0xShual/status/1456004309456461824

CIA Officer's recommended crypto telegram chats
https://twitter.com/officer_cia/status/1455970744865894402

OurNetwork x Dune Analytics Data Course Week 1
https://twitter.com/NDGcrypto/status/1455919286401343491
https://ournetwork.mirror.xyz/gP16wLY-9BA1E_ZuOSv1EUAgYGfK9mELNza8cfgMWPQ

@pscltllrd short thread on MAker's D3M and its grand implications
https://twitter.com/pscltllrd/status/1455793869392687109

Today in DeFi Research - $FXS
https://twitter.com/todayindefi/status/1456229347900080134

DappRadar Exclusive Report: Play-to-Earn Revolution Leaps Beyond Axie Infinity with New Games and Tokens
https://thedefiant.io/metverse-nfts-play-to-earn-games-axie/

DeFi 2.0 Wave of New Projects Test Liquidity Mining Alternatives
https://thedefiant.io/olympusdao-uniswap-defi-2-0-liquidity-mining/

(throwback) why BTC and ETH will never be money and what stablecoins are actually about by Sam Kazemian
https://twitter.com/samkazemian/status/1400308033104670725
Hope you have a lovely weekend and that this week's dump brings you value♥️
This week in crypto #22:

Packed drop this time round.
Also we broke 2k subscribers! (and then some — like 150 people joined in the past 24 hrs so welcome!)

Burned: 846,830 ETH
Rewards: 1,319,470 ETH
Tips: 180,348 ETH
Net Issuance: 472,635 ETH
Net Reduction: 64.17%
News:

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin Lead Crypto Market Cap to Record $3 Trillion
https://decrypt.co/85498/bitcoin-ethereum-dogecoin-lead-crypto-market-cap-record-3-trillion

Bitcoin soft fork days away as Taproot upgrade closes in
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-soft-fork-days-away-as-taproot-upgrade-closes-in

NY major taking next three paychecks in Bitcoin
https://twitter.com/ericadamsfornyc/status/1456311827550384129

Playco x Immutable
https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1455932195583922176

Solana Powers Up Web3 Gaming Projects with $100M Funding Deal (ft. Lightspeed)
https://thedefiant.io/solana-web3-lightspeed-ftx/

Fragola is live (Popsicle Finance)
https://twitter.com/PopsicleFinance/status/1457049139552866309

Bitmain to launch new Bitcoin miner with a touted hash power of 150 TH/s
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/123505/bitmain-new-bitcoin-miner-150-terahash

Pendle and the 3 Joesephs
https://medium.com/pendle/pendle-and-the-3-joesephs-dee7c645ff12

Maple Finance Launches Permissioned Institutional Lending Pool With BlockTower, Genesis
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/08/maple-finance-launches-permissioned-institutional-lending-pool-with-blocktower-genesis/

Sequoia Jumps Into Token Plays With Investment in DeFi Project Parallel
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/08/sequoia-jumps-into-token-plays-with-investment-in-defi-project-parallel/

Indonesia’s Religious Leaders Declare Crypto Illegal for Muslims
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/11/11/indonesias-religious-leaders-declare-crypto-illegal-for-muslims-report/

Smart Contract Platform Agoric Launches Public Chain
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/11/smart-contract-platform-agoric-launches-public-chain/

Coinbase Wallet is now available as a standalone browser extension
https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-wallet-is-now-available-as-a-standalone-browser-extension-c65bb5c87b83

Dogecoin Core 1.14.5 is out
https://twitter.com/mishaboar/status/1457789575019970560

Crypto Exchange Huobi Global to Move Spot Trading Services to Gibraltar
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/08/crypto-exchange-huobi-global-to-move-spot-trading-services-to-gibraltar/

Ronin mobile wallet is live
https://twitter.com/AxieInfinity/status/1457967105777754112

Ethereum: Arrow Glacier inked for December as Difficulty Bomb is pushed again
https://ambcrypto.com/ethereum-arrow-glacier-inked-for-december-as-difficulty-bomb-is-pushed-again/

$MASK (Metamask's token) rumors intensify
https://twitter.com/ethereumJoseph/status/1457834493469884418

Fin VC closes three new funds as it eyes 2022 expansion to Europe
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/123545/fin-vc-fund

Hive Blockchain to Raise C$110M to Expand Bitcoin Production
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/09/hive-blockchain-to-raise-c110m-to-expand-bitcoin-production/

Nansen will support Solana soon
https://twitter.com/nansen_ai/status/1458058217204846592

Tether launches USDT stablecoin on the Avalanche blockchain
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/123931/tether-usdt-stablecoin-launches-avalanche-blockchain

Uniswap Brand Update
https://uniswap.org/blog/brand-update/

StarkNet Alpha
https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd/status/1457707282238738448

Reddit Co-Founder, Solana Ventures Launch $100M Initiative for Web 3 Social Media
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/09/reddit-co-founder-solana-ventures-launch-50m-initiative-for-web-3-social-media/

Discord: Imagine a Place
https://www.notboring.co/p/discord-imagine-a-place

Discord CEO/founder: probably nothing
https://twitter.com/jasoncitron/status/1457841222995693570

Turns out it's actually nothing this time
https://twitter.com/jasoncitron/status/1458607550677405699

Tim Cook owns crypto
https://twitter.com/BTC_Archive/status/1458093050304024577
News: (Cont'd)

Circle Launches Venture Fund To Support Early-Stage Blockchain Projects & Companies
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/circle-launches-venture-fund-to-support-early-stage-blockchain-projects--companies-301419245.html

Nervos launches cross-chain bridge to connect Ethereum and Cardano
https://cryptoslate.com/nervos-launches-cross-chain-bridge-to-connect-ethereum-and-cardano/

FTX Is Spending Big on Marketing Because 'We're Behind on Name Recognition': CEO
https://decrypt.co/85744/ftx-is-spending-big-on-marketing-because-were-behind-on-name-recognition-ceo

Rocket Pool is live
https://twitter.com/Rocket_Pool/status/1457893042367582209

Ape Safe v0.3.0 Released
https://twitter.com/bantg/status/1458456785099141131

Ribbon Finance's latest vault using stETH as collateral
https://twitter.com/ribbonfinance/status/1458477208717062144

Twitter's crypto team
https://twitter.com/_tessr/status/1458466734327963648

Trailblazer THORChain Accidentally Front-runs THORSwap Community in Latest Woe
https://thedefiant.io/thorswap-front-running-thorchain-ido/

The Web3 Three: Discord, Reddit and Twitter Tease Crypto Integration
https://thedefiant.io/discord-twitter-reddit-tease-crypto/

(non-crypto) Elon Musk sells $1.1 billion in Tesla stock after Twitter poll
https://twitter.com/time/status/1458612443521900544

(non-crypto) Evergrande dodges default again; property sector debt concerns linger
https://www.reuters.com/business/several-bondholders-china-evergrande-receive-overdue-bond-coupon-payments-media-2021-11-11/

DOLA-3pool gauge
https://twitter.com/InverseFinance/status/1458731204094664705

October crypto VC roundup: Throwing money at blockchain gaming startups
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/news+/123552/crypto-vc-trends-october-blockchain-gaming-nft-funding

Introducing Manchester City Fan Token (CITY) on Binance Launchpool
https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/fbc8651b81304e6196a3afa5b209614e

And FC Porto (PORTO) as well
https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/14e4354e11444c7092934e618f5eac64

$5k is the largest open interest strike for ETH options across expiries, followed by $10k and $15k
https://twitter.com/CoinbaseInsto/status/1458008909801742336

Bitcoin Tops Record-Breaking $6.4 Billion in Institutional Money Inflows
https://decrypt.co/85556/bitcoin-record-breaking-6-4-billion-institutional-money-inflows

Former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan: 'Code Laws Faster Than They Learn To Outlaw Code'
https://decrypt.co/85534/former-coinbase-cto-outlines-tenets-of-cryptos-ideology-layer

FTX US Beats Kraken, Coinbase as America’s Most Liquid Crypto Exchange
https://decrypt.co/85801/ftx-us-beats-kraken-coinbase-americas-most-liquid-crypto-exchange
News: (Cont'd #2)

Crypto Firm Grayscale Hits $60 Billion AUM, Overtaking Top Gold ETF
https://decrypt.co/85798/crypto-firm-grayscale-hits-60-billion-overtaking-top-gold-etf

current list of Bitcoin and Crypto ETF filings with the SEC
https://twitter.com/JSeyff/status/1457782369142788101

To Combat Solana's Bot Problem, Civic Unveils Free Digital ID for NFTs
https://decrypt.co/85492/combat-solana-bot-problem-civic-unveils-digital-id-nfts

The Graph Foundation allocates over $1.5M in Grants, Ecosystem & Dev Support in Wave 3
https://thegraph.com/blog/wave-three-funding

Polkadot Parachain Launchpad is Live on Ankr StakeFi!
https://medium.com/@ankr.network/polkadot-parachain-launchpad-is-live-on-ankr-stakefi-3b340e3e7d2b

DOT Holders Have Pledged $800M Ahead Of First Polkadot Parachain Auction
https://thedefiant.io/polkadot-parachains-auction/

Privacy Browser Brave Expands Beyond Ethereum to Solana
https://decrypt.co/85538/privacy-browser-brave-expands-beyond-ethereum-solana

UAE-Based Phoenix Technology Consultants Places Order for $650M Worth of Crypto Mining Rigs
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/09/uae-based-phoenix-technology-consultants-places-order-for-650m-worth-of-crypto-mining-rigs/

5 Million Robinhood Customer Emails Stolen, Company Says No Financial Data at Risk
https://decrypt.co/85553/robinhood-data-breach

Bank of China Reveals Machine That Converts Foreign Currency to Digital Yuan: Report
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/11/08/bank-of-china-reveals-machine-that-converts-foreign-currency-to-digital-yuan-report/

Mastercard Partners with Leading Digital Currency Companies Across Asia Pacific to Launch the Region’s First Crypto-Linked Payment Cards
https://www.mastercard.com/news/ap/en/newsroom/press-releases/en/2021/november/mastercard-partners-with-leading-digital-currency-companies-across-asia-pacific-to-launch-the-region-s-first-crypto-linked-payment-cards/

Microsoft’s ION Digital ID Network Is Live on Bitcoin
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2021/03/25/microsofts-ion-digital-id-network-is-live-on-bitcoin/

DeFi protocol bZx compromised again: $55 million stolen in private key leak
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/123429/defi-protocol-bzx-compromised-again-55-million-stolen-in-private-key-leak

Metis Joins Ethereum Layer 2 Race With $100M Ecosystem Fund
https://thedefiant.io/metis-latest-optimistic-rollup/

Axie Infinity’s Katana Breaks $1B in TVL After Launch of Governance Token
https://thedefiant.io/axie-infinitys-katana-breaks-1b-in-tvl-after-launch-of-governance-token/

Wormhole x Polygon
https://twitter.com/wormholecrypto/status/1458074281280094208

Keep3r Fixed Forex: $1bn TVL, zarp.cash collaboration, and ZAR launch
https://andrecronje.medium.com/keep3r-fixed-forex-1bn-tvl-zarp-cash-collaboration-and-zar-launch-809be6852449

Tokemak: C.o.R.E.2
https://twitter.com/TokenReactor/status/1457806164201127938

Zebec Protocol Launches on Solana Offering Flexible Payroll
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/10/zebec-protocol-launches-on-solana-offering-flexible-payroll/

EVM Equivalence is coming to OE
https://medium.com/ethereum-optimism/introducing-evm-equivalence-5c2021deb306

Jihoz is joining 1kx as a venture partner
https://twitter.com/1kxnetwork/status/1458505555161481216

Announcing the $100M Efinity Metaverse Fund
https://twitter.com/enjin/status/1456207767925100545

Risk Harbor Ozone whitepaper
https://github.com/Risk-Harbor/RiskHarbor-Whitepaper/blob/main/Risk_Harbor_Ozone.pdf

1mo. Olympus Pro progress report
https://twitter.com/scupytrooples/status/1456092108352208902

Notional Finance hit $100m TVL
https://twitter.com/NotionalFinance/status/1456154813037752327
NFTs:

Sneak peak of Coinbase's NFT marketplace
https://twitter.com/sanchans/status/1456391829922848768

Aurory: Solana's First Role-Playing Game
https://www.theblockresearch.com/aurory-solanas-first-role-playing-game-122207

Rarestone Capital Announces Strategic Investment In Rainicorn To Bolster Play-To-Earn NFT Farming Economy
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rarestone-capital-announces-strategic-investment-170242296.html

No Joke: Hannibal Buress Is Doing Comedy NFTs
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/10/13/no-joke-hannibal-buress-is-doing-comedy-nfts/

More Firms Embracing the Metaverse and Gaming Stocks Have Already Benefited, Morgan Stanley Says
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/11/more-firms-embracing-the-metaverse-and-gaming-stocks-have-already-benefited-morgan-stanley-says/

Decentralized Search Engine Presearch Integrates With NFT Marketplace OpenSea
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/11/dnp-emb-decentralized-search-engine-presearch-ingrates-with-nft-marketplace-opensea/

South Korean gaming studio NCSoft stock price spikes 30% amid plans to launch NFT games in 2022
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/124060/south-korean-gaming-studio-ncsoft-stock-price-launch-nft-games-2022

Country Music Association to release NFT collection for its latest award show
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/124012/country-music-association-to-release-nft-collection-for-its-latest-award-show

Genie now allows anyone to Batch List NFTs for Sale on OpenSea in a few clicks
https://twitter.com/genie_xyz/status/1458175710166724615

International Chess Federation to Launch Its Own NFT Marketplace
https://decrypt.co/85167/international-chess-federation-launch-nft-marketplace

NFT Stake Locking
https://twitter.com/TheSolcietyNFT/status/1457109285008142337

Beeple sold 'Human One' for $28.9M
https://twitter.com/farokh/status/1458249722007785474

Todd McFarlane, Steve Aoki Launch NFT Marketplace
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/todd-mcfarlane-steve-aoki-nft-oddkey-1235044306/

Warner Bros. Plans ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ NFT Project
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/warner-bros-the-matrix-resurrections-nfts-1235040166/

'Crypto College' Instructor Has Raked in More Than $388K for Week-Long NFT Class
https://decrypt.co/85752/crypto-college-instructor-greg-isenberg-dao-nft-class

Rolling Stone Mints First-Ever NFTs With Bored Ape Yacht Club
https://decrypt.co/85765/rolling-stone-mints-first-ever-nfts-bored-ape-yacht-club

NFT Project Endorsed by Elijah Wood in Disarray Over Artist’s 'Racist' Drawings
https://decrypt.co/85123/nft-project-jungle-freaks-elijah-wood-artist-racist-drawings

Nike plans its metaverse play
https://archive.ph/lN3Uj#selection-2513.0-2526.0

NFT Marketplace OpenSea Hits $10B in Total Volume
https://decrypt.co/85507/nft-marketplace-opensea-hits-10b-total-volume

AMC Theaters Weighs Launching Cryptocurrency, NFTs for Movies
https://archive.ph/Z8AuJ#selection-3027.0-3030.0

Flash-loaning NFTs
https://twitter.com/OilerNetwork/status/1458414519840088068

Ember Sword Partners with Immutable X for Ethereum L2 Scalability
https://nftplazas.com/ember-sword-partners-with-immutable-x-for-scalability-to-ethereum-l2/

EA and Take-Two Come Out in Support of NFTs and Play-to-Earn
https://nftplazas.com/ea-take-two-nft-play-to-earn/

Cradaba: The Pure, the Genesis and the Legendary..?
https://medium.com/@PlayCrabada/the-pure-the-genesis-and-the-legendary-385dab267947

Solana-Based GameFi Title Genopets to Partner With Yield Guild Games
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/10/solana-based-gamefi-noscript-genopets-to-partner-with-yield-guild-games/

NFT gaming is paving the way to shift traditional gaming models
https://twitter.com/sandraaleow/status/1458523277593243649

How blockchain’s unicorns see the future of NFTs and games
https://venturebeat.com/2021/11/09/how-blockchains-unicorns-see-the-future-of-nfts-and-games/

MetaForce Comics to Launch Alien Worlds NFT Comic Books
https://nftplazas.com/metaforce-comics-to-launch-alien-worlds-nft-comic-books/
Raises:

Penumbra Labs Raises Seed Round To Build Private, Decentralized Exchange
https://penumbra.zone/blog/penumbra-labs-raises-seed-round-to-build-private-exchange/

Matter Labs Announces $50M in New Funding for zkSync
https://medium.com/matter-labs/funding-ea89c1fa731e

Neon Labs, developer of Ethereum virtual machine on Solana, raises $40 million
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/123744/neon-labs-developer-of-ethereum-virtual-machine-on-solana-raises-40-million

DeFi liquidity provider WOO Network raises $30 million in Series A round
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/123803/defi-liquidity-provider-woo-network-raises-30-million-in-series-a-round

rct.ai: We Closed Our Series A-3 Funding
https://rct.ai/en-us/blog/we-closed-our-series-a-3-funding

Crypto compliance startup Notabene raises $10.2 million Series A
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/123614/crypto-compliance-startup-notabene-raises-10-2-million-series-a

Jet Announces $6.8 Million Follow-on Round with Paradigm, Reciprocal Ventures, Solana Ventures and more
https://medium.com/jetprotocol/jet-raises-6-8-million-from-follow-on-investors-including-paradigm-reciprocal-and-solana-capital-c9575da3c20a

Meow raised $5m+ from Coinbase Ventures and more
https://twitter.com/JoinMeow/status/1457747296532189185

Core Loop raises $12M to develop sandbox MMO with blockchain
https://venturebeat.com/2021/11/05/core-loop-raises-12m-to-develop-sandbox-mmo-with-blockchain/

New NFT Discovery Platform Raises $2M From Spartan and Sequoia
https://thedefiant.io/pulsr-nfts-price-discovery-tool-sequoia/

Cradaba successful IDO
https://twitter.com/AvalaunchApp/status/1457970126918021123

Deri Protocol Secures Investment Under Binance Smart Chain’s $1B Fund
https://www.binance.org/en/blog/deri-protocol-secures-investment-under-binance-smart-chains-1b-fund/

MIXMOB Angel Round backed by some of the best in the space
https://mixmoborigin.medium.com/mixmob-angel-round-backed-by-some-of-the-best-in-the-space-54d2585ce55a

GuildFi Raises $6 Million in Seed Funding
https://medium.com/guildfi/seed-funding-announcement-eacc8b3220bc

A16z Leads $150M Round for NFT Game Platform Mythical Games at $1.25B Valuation
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/04/a16z-leads-150m-round-for-nft-game-platform-mythical-games-at-125b-valuation/

Nyan Heroes Raises 2.5M in Seed Round Funding To Disrupt the Play-2-Earn Ecosystem
https://nyanheroes.medium.com/nyan-heroes-raises-2-5m-in-seed-round-funding-to-disrupt-the-play-2-earn-ecosystem-892913362b41

Tempus Raises $4M Strategic Funding Round
https://medium.com/tempusfinance/tempus-raises-4m-strategic-funding-round-7e0e3cea781d

BEMIL SUCCESSFULLY RAISED $1,655,000 IN PRIVATE ROUNDS
https://twitter.com/BemilGame/status/1455893197075337218

Phantasia is excited to announce $1.85M of Strategic funding
https://twitter.com/PhantasiaSports/status/1455297139941195780

Risk monitoring firm Solidus Labs completes $15M strategic round
https://cointelegraph.com/news/risk-monitoring-firm-solidus-labs-completes-15m-strategic-round

Seeded Network $1.25m round
https://twitter.com/seedednetwork/status/1457407598748110848

Notabene raises $10.2M to help crypto exchanges comply with new global regulations
https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/08/notabene-raises-10-2m-to-help-crypto-exchanges-comply-with-new-global-regulations/

Sarcophagus DAO Funding Round Annoucement
https://sarcophagus.io/2021/11/08/Sarcophagus-DAO-Funding-Round-Announcement.html

FTX Backs CoinMENA In $9.5M Seed Round To Build A Crypto Exchange For The Middle East
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tatianakoffman/2021/11/08/ftx-backs-coinmena-in-95m-seed-round-to-build-a-crypto-exchange-for-the-middle-east

izumi Finance $2.1m investment round
https://twitter.com/izumi_Finance/status/1458444560464429061
Regulation:

Congress Passes $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill, Paving Way for Extra Crypto Taxes in U.S.
https://decrypt.co/85450/congress-passes-1-2-trillion-infrastructure-bill-paving-way-for-extra-crypto-taxes-in-u-s

Thoughts wrt IRS provision 6050I (part of the infrastructure bill)
https://twitter.com/duganist/status/1456228685137260558

Brazilian federal deputy proposes crypto payment option for workers
https://cointelegraph.com/news/brazilian-federal-deputy-proposes-crypto-payment-option-for-workers

What FATF’s Latest Guidance Means for DeFi, Stablecoins and Self-Hosted Wallets
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/11/09/what-fatfs-latest-guidance-means-for-defi-stablecoins-and-self-hosted-wallets/

Zimbabwe may be the next country to embrace Bitcoin as legal tender
https://cointelegraph.com/news/zimbabwe-may-be-the-next-country-to-embrace-bitcoin-as-legal-tender

Amid regulatory woes, Binance CEO details France HQ ambitions
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/124039/binance-france

SEC halts token registrations of Wyoming-based DAO
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/123979/sec-halts-token-registrations-of-wyoming-based-dao

Kazakhstan Senate approves legislation regulating crypto service providers
https://cointelegraph.com/news/kazakhstan-senate-approves-legislation-regulating-crypto-service-providers

France Sees Merits in a Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency
https://archive.ph/MJNQ7#selection-3027.0-3030.0

Russian Duma creates working group to tackle crypto mining regulations
https://cointelegraph.com/news/russian-duma-creates-working-group-to-tackle-crypto-mining-regulations

Nigerian banks tracking customer accounts for crypto trading
https://cointelegraph.com/news/nigerian-banks-tracking-customer-accounts-for-crypto-trading

Retail-focused Singaporean CBDC to hedge against privately issued stablecoins
https://cointelegraph.com/news/retail-focused-singaporean-cbdc-to-hedge-against-privately-issued-stablecoins

FATF wants governments to hold the people behind DeFi protocols accountable
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/news+/123842/fatf-wants-governments-to-hold-the-people-behind-defi-protocols-accountable
Additional Reads:

SBF on hubris
https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1456327104908251139

Venture capital is broken by @unbanksyETH
https://twitter.com/unbanksyETH/status/1456022986864005124

Plush Project Report : Illuvium
https://medium.com/@plush.pandasnft/plush-project-report-illuvium-63193cefe9c7

takeaways for those who just discovered crypto / are looking to break into the space by @cptn3m0x

How to Get Rich in Crypto (without getting lucky) by Jason Choi (happy to have you as shualpha reader btw :p)
https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi/status/1455888139927515137

How to Get Rich in NFTs (without getting lucky) by @loopifyyy
https://twitter.com/Loopifyyy/status/1456627212485070853

SBF on crypto gaming
https://twitter.com/BloombergLive/status/1456674665305411585

Possible upcoming Paraswap token airdrop
https://twitter.com/FrankResearcher/status/1456992470777188354

$PILOT thread by @___ProfessorX
https://twitter.com/____ProfessorX/status/1457273078916935681

$YFI tokenomics thread
https://twitter.com/crypto_condom/status/1457296378049306626

Why developers are excited about Web3 by Madhavan Malolan
https://madhavanmalolan.medium.com/why-developers-are-excited-about-web3-e719c87bcf3b

@epolynya (good follow in general) on zk rollups
https://twitter.com/epolynya/status/1457589580941578243

yet another $OHM breakdown thread, this time by @bork_eth
https://twitter.com/bork_eth/status/1457402180416286722

Tascha on pricing layer 1 blockchains as countries/nation-states
https://twitter.com/RealNatashaChe/status/1457060324939423745

CoinShares blog: Volume 54: Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly
https://medium.com/coinshares/volume-54-digital-asset-fund-flows-weekly-84c236f64b81

Chris Dixon: Modern blockchains are fully programmable computers that enable new classes of applications
https://twitter.com/cdixon/status/1457720814002974724

Deri Protocol: The future of derivatives and on-chain market-making (comissioned content)
https://messari.io/article/deri-protocol-the-future-of-derivatives-and-on-chain-market-making

PartyDAO––Collective Building and Bidding (by the talented Anish Agnihotri)
https://messari.io/article/partydao-collective-building-and-bidding

50% of wallets losing money in uni v3
https://twitter.com/NateHindman/status/1457744185235288066

@0xStark's thread on Ethereum's energy consumption reduction after the switch to PoS
https://twitter.com/0xstark/status/1457823831360368640

a new form of MEV attack — Just-in-Time Liquidity (JIT)
https://twitter.com/ChainsightA/status/1457958811243778052

@feld4014 on Synapse Protocol and how they handled the attack this week
https://twitter.com/feld4014/status/1457362940429049857

xToken resurgence
https://twitter.com/mjayceee/status/1458189176634068993

SBF: notes from Coinbase's Q3 earnings
https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1458205105124257793

JohnStCapital: notes from Coinbase's Q3 earnings
https://twitter.com/JohnStCapital/status/1458185009324511232

Messari on Arweave
https://twitter.com/MessariCrypto/status/1458117289212059657

$ENS is a watershed moment by @jessepollak
https://twitter.com/jessepollak/status/1458100550919233548

Lending and borrowing status on Solana
https://twitter.com/solana_daily/status/1458399969258663936
Additional Reads: (Cont'd)

Dawn of the Guilds: Settlers of the Metaverse
https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/dawn-of-the-guilds-settlers-of-the-metaverse/

Optimistic rollups by the numbers
https://www.theblockresearch.com/optimistic-rollups-by-the-numbers-122662

Words With Web 3’s King: An Interview With Chris Dixon
https://sotonye.substack.com/p/words-with-web-3s-king-an-interview

The Social (Token) Network: Rally, Friends With Benefits and the Future of Branding
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/09/the-social-token-network-rally-friends-with-benefits-and-the-future-of-branding/

Revisiting the Fat Protocol Thesis by Jeff Dorman
https://www.ar.ca/blog/revisiting-the-fat-protocol-thesis

Token Ecosystems as Value Sponges
https://mirror.xyz/puniaviision.eth/qqYKlCrIg-cOsCIA69vru0vtUPFgy7wBoLXTzHKIweA

Croissant on Metamask's possible airdrop
https://twitter.com/CroissantEth/status/1458522980716265475

Piracy in the punks' market (please use Flashbots RPC for these kind of things)
https://twitter.com/tsarrast/status/1458539603615354886

How Zero-Knowledge Proofs Became Ethereum’s Magic Bullets
https://thedefiant.io/zero-knowledge-ethereum-layer-1/

Mochi debacle
https://twitter.com/AndreCronjeTech/status/1458588862998003713
https://twitter.com/MidasTheFool/status/1458668935209893889
https://twitter.com/boredGenius/status/1458740237945872384
https://twitter.com/boredGenius/status/1458740237945872384

Curve in response: Emergency DAO kills USDM gauge after discovering some suspicious hybrid + liquidity activity
https://twitter.com/CurveFinance/status/1458758206595944454

Not the first time Azeem was in the spotlight for these kind of things
https://twitter.com/chefalan_eth/status/1306079417882611713

TheTie research: Uniswap v3 and the Opportunity for Yield Optimization
https://research.thetie.io/uniswap-v3-and-the-opportunity-for-yield-optimization/

GMX: The Trading Platform of the People, by the People, for the People
https://medium.com/@vikram.arun/gmx-the-trading-platform-of-the-people-by-the-people-for-the-people-c4856897478

Music NFTs are where digital art was in 2020 by @jessewldn
https://twitter.com/jessewldn/status/1457912578064125955

How Avalanche Plans to Take Over the World by @das_connor
https://twitter.com/das_connor/status/1456592161420587017

How to build a tokenized community
https://twitter.com/seedclubhq/status/1457739723921780740

Mapping out Standard Crypto's portfolio
https://www.theblockresearch.com/mapping-out-standard-cryptos-portfolio-123629

Curare: A Curation Framework for DAOs
https://jo7.mirror.xyz/ordGOgzoZclKwXN656O6_jC3wXM-FK8A0r8JfcC1d10

What is a directed acyclic graph in cryptocurrency? How does DAG work?
https://cointelegraph.com/explained/what-is-a-directed-acyclic-graph-in-cryptocurrency-how-does-dag-work

How blockchain technology might bring triple-A games to metaverses
https://cointelegraph.com/news/how-blockchain-technology-might-bring-triple-a-games-to-metaverses