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Regulation:

President Biden picks Jerome Powell to be next Fed chair
https://cointelegraph.com/news/president-biden-picks-jerome-powell-to-be-next-fed-chair

Council of the European Union moves forward on two crypto proposals
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/125459/council-of-the-european-union-moves-forward-on-two-crypto-proposals

Indian parliament's agenda for winter session includes bill on banning 'private cryptocurrencies'
https://cointelegraph.com/news/indian-parliament-s-agenda-for-winter-session-includes-bill-on-banning-private-cryptocurrencies

US banking regulators plan to publish crypto guidance throughout 2022
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/125175/us-banking-regulators-say-they-will-publish-crypto-guidance-over-the-course-of-2022

South Korea's financial regulator lays groundwork for ICO regulations
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/125138/south-koreas-financial-regulator-lays-groundwork-for-ico-regulations

Clinton: Regulate crypto to stop manipulation by Russia and China
https://cointelegraph.com/news/clinton-regulate-crypto-to-stop-manipulation-by-russia-and-china

Finnish regulators tighten the screw on digital currency marketing
https://cointelegraph.com/news/finnish-regulators-tighten-the-screw-on-virtual-currency-marketing

South Korea financial authority rules that NFTs are taxable
https://cointelegraph.com/news/south-korea-financial-authority-rules-that-nfts-are-taxable

FCA seeks crypto forensics help amid AML registration backlog
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/124991/fca-seeks-crypto-forensics-help-amid-aml-registration-backlog

A full update on the infrastructure bill by @jchervinsky
https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1461384347974615041

ECB extends oversight of electronic payments to digital wallets and crypto-assets
https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/39260/ecb-extends-oversight-of-electronic-payments-to-digital-wallets-and-crypto-assets

India govt plans bill to ban private cryptocurrency, allow RBI digital coin
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/indias-crypto-law-will-allow-only-a-few-cryptocurrencies-government-says/articleshow/87873526.cms

Policy 4.0 suggests a wallet-based approach to regulate crypto in India
https://www.livemint.com/market/cryptocurrency/policy-4-0-suggests-a-wallet-based-approach-to-regulate-crypto-in-india-11637659236944.html

U.S. banking regulators to clarify banks' crypto role in 2022
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-banking-regulators-clarify-banks-crypto-role-2022-statement-2021-11-23/
Additional Reads:

Vitalik Buterin: State of research: increasing censorship resistance of transactions under proposer/builder separation (PBS)
https://notes.ethereum.org/@vbuterin/pbs_censorship_resistance

kain v zhu su
https://twitter.com/kaiynne/status/1461932035245707270
https://twitter.com/zhusu/status/1461940074237489156
https://twitter.com/zhusu/status/1461940601922863114
https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1462513172464734217
https://twitter.com/LordTylerWard/status/1462304011831459847
https://twitter.com/zhusu/status/1462216210116853762
https://twitter.com/kaiynne/status/1462240101476421645
https://twitter.com/zhusu/status/1462386644296683523

REKT - AIRDROP HUNTERS
https://rekt.news/airdrop-hunters/

how @satsdart plays avax launches
https://twitter.com/satsdart/status/1461346249525784581

Bankless: The best comparison on zkRollups today
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/the-best-comparison-on-zkrollups

Render rabbit hole thread by @ArbVision
https://twitter.com/arbvision/status/1460774216136024071

What the heck are ‘social tokens’ — and why would anyone want to use them?
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/news+/124551/what-are-social-tokens-and-why-use-them

Bankless: State of the DAOs #3 | Overview of the DAO Ecosystem
https://banklessdao.substack.com/p/state-of-the-daos-3-overview-of-the

11 courses to cut through the crypto jargon, break into marketing, and become a better leader
https://twitter.com/MavenHQ/status/1461091237340065803

Kyle Samani about what kinds of games are best suited for crypto
https://twitter.com/KyleSamani/status/1461365044000669696

Monetsupply on Aave governance activity
https://twitter.com/MonetSupply/status/1461410118109577217

@0xMinion's thread about ETH Lisbon hackathon projects
https://twitter.com/0xminion/status/1461355652756901896?

Paradigm Research: On Staking Pools and Staking Derivatives
https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/04/on-staking-pools-and-staking-derivatives/

Galaxy Digital Research: Ethereum's EIP-1559 Upgrade: 100 Days Later
https://docsend.com/view/jngzufksntmpbgej

Chris Dixon: The myth of "ETH killers" — why demand for blockchains will always outpace supply
https://twitter.com/cdixon/status/1462452996785119234

An Introduction to Backrunning on Ethereum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApAJ1afUbBI

Fiskantes' On builders vs investors in crypto
https://twitter.com/Fiskantes/status/1462369800043352064

The history of yield farming by kain.eth
https://twitter.com/kaiynne/status/1462549593455878146

@toptickcrypto's 1 tweet = 1 coin thesis thread
https://twitter.com/toptickcrypto/status/1454583794367930374

Banteg's dev alpha leak wrt alternative approach for storage slot discovery
https://twitter.com/bantg/status/1462810217448620035

EIP-4444 and @lightclients thread about Ethereum clients storage and data pruning
https://twitter.com/lightclients/status/1462576116359569411

Realms (For Adventurers) is pivoting from Arbitrum to Starknet + zk-rollup thread
https://twitter.com/LootRealms/status/1462992403971784704

Week 1 observations from @fintechjunkie's early steps into the land of crypto/web3
https://twitter.com/fintechjunkie/status/1462869794630348811

@cooopahtroopa's list of who to follow in web3
https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa/status/1462994664215105543
Additional Reads: (Cont'd #1)

The Financialization of Fun: Crypto Gaming Thesis
https://www.mechanism.capital/crypto-gaming-thesis/

and my thoughts on this (^) great article
https://twitter.com/0xShual/status/1463177032112746498

Reviews DAO
https://forum.dao.reviews/t/welcome-to-reviews-dao/7

Secureum
https://github.com/x676f64/secureum-mind_map

Julian Shapiro’s Framework to Angel Investing
https://www.angellist.com/blog/julian-shapiro-angel-investing

WNXM Case Study: Breakdown of an Asymmetric Trade
https://defieducation.substack.com/p/wnxm-case-study-breakdown-of-an-asymmetric

Decentralizing the Insurance Industry
https://defieducation.substack.com/p/decentralizing-the-insurance-industry

What is Klima DAO and How Does it Work?
https://www.coingecko.com/buzz/what-is-klima-dao-and-how-does-it-work

Mechanism's Marc Weinstein's take on digital fashion
https://twitter.com/WarcMeinstein/status/1462406289355677696

a16z — DAOs, A Canon
https://future.a16z.com/dao-canon/

Play-to-earn: How gaming’s revolutionary new business model works
https://medium.com/ironsource-levelup/play-to-earn-from-a-systems-design-lens-6d134ddeca0

Coordinape thread by @The_ReadingApe
https://twitter.com/The_ReadingApe/status/1462760274021130241

GMX thread by @FloodCapital
https://twitter.com/FloodCapital/status/1462901024352522241

TempleDAO - Exploring The Pumpamentals
https://hackmd.io/@bull4361/r1aUCsCwY

Mapping out New York’s blockchain ecosystem
https://www.theblockresearch.com/mapping-out-new-yorks-blockchain-ecosystem-121015

Ken Griffin and the MEV dystopia
https://mirror.xyz/thegostep.eth/NayGRPko-vFnauN5WOn6rQHgMEUqCpmlPPDfKRXJriU

Arca: Going Beyond Crypto — Exploring the Different Types of Digital Assets
https://www.ar.ca/digitalassettypes

With Decentralized Identity, Your Reputation Travels With You Across Cyberspace
https://future.a16z.com/decentralized-identity-on-chain-reputation/

Trading Card Games Evolved
https://hackmd.io/rSywxFz6TIKMiKmuFbLVIw?view

What the booming VC market means for the future of crypto
https://insights.deribit.com/market-research/what-the-booming-vc-market-means-for-the-future-of-crypto/

Create a Solana dApp from scratch
https://lorisleiva.com/create-a-solana-dapp-from-scratch

Solana Validator 101: Transaction Processing
https://jito-labs.medium.com/solana-validator-101-transaction-processing-90bcdc271143

The Power and Scale of The Crypto ‘Self-Tenured’ Class
https://twitter.com/lessin/status/1463217136680062979

0xMaki updates (tokemak mostly)
https://twitter.com/0xMaki/status/1463319836017119236
https://twitter.com/TokenReactor/status/1463320665008705539

Miner exchange flows spiked when bitcoin reached all-time highs.
https://compassmining.io/education/miner-exchange-flow-spike/
Additional Reads: (Cont'd #2)

DCLBlogger's quick thread on why listening to NFT influencers can lose you a LOT of money
https://twitter.com/DCLBlogger/status/1463433197895569409

Wagmi Labs Inc. hackathon
https://wagmi.ink/

New and improved Yearn docs
https://twitter.com/iearnfinance/status/1463607948916187137

And new UI as well
https://twitter.com/iearnfinance/status/1463622432439382021

Paradigm's new CTO is Georgios Konstantopoulos (well deserved)
https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/11/paradigms-new-chief-technology-officer/

The Messari Compound Financial Statements Dashboard
https://twitter.com/MessariCrypto/status/1463589136091209728

Understanding Security Issues in the NFT Ecosystem
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.08893.pdf

How does Anchor produce a stabilized 20% for users?
https://twitter.com/dareal_sisyphe/status/1463536308769468420

Crabada overview
https://twitter.com/avaxholic/status/1463538824898760707

Chris Dixon: Web2 is built on advertising
https://twitter.com/cdixon/status/1463573466217521159

Whats Really Happening on Terra
https://medium.com/@lunainsider/whats-really-happening-on-terra-b27b03d5530f

Whats really happening on Sushi
https://twitter.com/AGdyor/status/1463756236264988672

Why calldata gas cost reduction is crucial for rollups
https://twitter.com/epolynya/status/1463403548528443392

A curated list of awesome StarkNet resources, libraries, tools and more
https://twitter.com/gakonst/status/1463263651373137925

A Primer on PRISM Protocol & Hashed’s Value-Add
https://medium.com/hashed-official/a-primer-on-prism-protocol-hasheds-value-add-cc833129f500

Customer Acquisition Cost in crypto
https://twitter.com/_ermin/status/1463413018457305089

Dror Poleg's list of 11 NFT projects worth exploring
https://twitter.com/drorpoleg/status/1463583461135077378

Move Towards the Playable NFTs: An Analysis on LAND of GameFi
https://mirror.xyz/0x9e8bE10261c4fbD017991fe8af5b4892255E9684/oRLhDn9xmQa-gHwCVoDxivqBwDSCQDbNJDerrrm7CBQ

Redemption of GameFi: The Design of In-Game Economy Mechanism
https://racingtime.medium.com/redemption-of-gamefi-the-design-of-in-game-economy-mechanism-39e500afeef3

How is web3 changing the music industry
https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa/status/1463267390876119049

Level 2: Game Monetization, The Promise of Play-And-Earn and Harmonizing Incentives
https://metaversus.substack.com/p/play-and-earn

Deribit Company Intelligence Report
https://www.theblockresearch.com/deribit-company-intelligence-report-125117
Podcasts:

Delphi Digital: SquiggleDAO: Creating Lasting Cultural Impact, Bootstrapping a $25 Million Dollar Treasury, and Incentivizing DAO Work
https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/squiggledao-creating-lasting-cultural-impact-bootstrapping-a-25-million-dollar-treasury-and-incentivizing-dao-work/

Intern notes from Solana Breakpoint panel with some of the top sol NFT/ gaming projects
https://twitter.com/cmsintern/status/1461064555338084353

Jerry Brito & Peter Van Valkenburgh: Coin Center – The Current US Regulatory Landscape for Crypto
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6bFgXibfZ2mlvOMPdz9JcA?si=ZDKKnYWeTLmyv8OPX9FmZA

Anatoly Yakovenko: Solana — at Breakpoint
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5DEQwERAOIZjP93NYZU6r2?si=dAE5PsOqSQ2KNg-Ql-CJvw&nd=1

92 - The Fight for the Future of Money | CryptoDad Chris Giancarlo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeQrSWa_qy8

Udi vs David (Bankless) on uponly
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1213253675

The FTX Podcast #89 - Michelle Bailhe a Partner at Sequoia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKKJuQktmi0

Delphi Podcast Terra Series
https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119/status/1462898554683408385

Bankless: 93 - Crypto Payments and the DeFi Mullet | Visa's Cuy Sheffield and Anchorage's Diogo Mónica
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1rLqczylxBuSobJrRzG36b?si=EPVbFcBBRyOx9MPkDPkK2g

Lyra Live 3 w/ Hasu, Kain, mjs and nf
https://twitter.com/lyrafinance/status/1463451895494688770

Super Scaling with StarkWare | Uri Kolodny & Eli Ben-Sasson
https://open.spotify.com/episode/51dXcZ8GEDrpxH25xrDXqe

Zero Knowledge FM: Episode 207: Journey Through the Cosmos Ecosystem with Billy Rennekamp
https://zeroknowledge.fm/episode-207-journey-through-the-cosmos-ecosystem-with-billy-rennekamp/

Next Generation Gaming with Gen-E
https://theniftyshow.com/next-generation-gaming-with-gen-e/

Momentum 6 Alpha Leaks x Small Caps Scientist
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2vdMX4i9QAbpLAEC0uMW8e
Alpha:

My list of 250+ crypto tools to help make things easier for you in this crazy space
https://twitter.com/0xShual/status/1463575819717070863

ZigZag
https://twitter.com/defi_airdrops/status/1460936195693846528

Apollo airdrop for lunatics
https://articles.apollo.farm/apollo-token-launch/

Harvest NFT losses ;)
https://harvest.art/

Tranchess DAO
https://twitter.com/tranchess/status/1461635371523923968

Umeeverse Genesis Launch — Calling All Umee Supporters!
https://medium.com/umeeblog/umeeverse-genesis-launch-calling-all-umee-supporters-e11541849665

DaoLand
https://medium.gpool.app/how-to-join-genesis-pools-7th-ido-daoland-b06355fa94e2

New Order
https://mirror.xyz/0x13c5432CfC12bA1f32B6090d1a09cf0Efe9C95Bd/wNnjtD5e0z36XG6RU1YCHVD81gVuADDOXH9oaPzs1Yw

watch the genie bot on discord
https://twitter.com/Scott_eth/status/1462870420357623815

Babylon DAO (i guess..)
https://twitter.com/Route2FI/status/1462824989825146888

wizard nouns?
https://twitter.com/tv3636/status/1462815133319585799

Semi Supers
https://www.semisupers.com/

MoraSwap
https://twitter.com/moraswap_amm/status/1447926493338873863

upcoming TGEs/sales/auctions/listings
https://twitter.com/ICO_Analytics/status/1462570758442569732

Jupiter x CoinGecko's "Get Alpha"
https://twitter.com/JupiterExchange/status/1462803214978502665

DeFi Airdrops alpha thread
https://twitter.com/defi_airdrops/status/1463883580208295939

Silo Genesis Token Auction
https://medium.com/silo-protocol/silo-genesis-token-auction-6c98fabc9765

Pontem
https://twitter.com/stakenode_dev/status/1463864543608807424

Gearbox
https://twitter.com/GearboxProtocol/status/1463857660529414151

GuildFi
https://medium.com/guildfi/guildfi-announcement-bb11582f2415

Colony
https://blog.colony.io/how-to-prepare/
Hope you have a lovely weekend and that this week's dump brings you value♥️
This week in crypto #25:

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Burned: 1,089,170 ETH
Rewards: 1,597,072 ETH
Tips: 213,323 ETH
Net Issuance: 507,903 ETH
Net Reduction: 68.19%
News:

#freeross - Ross Ulbricht's NFT auction
https://twitter.com/RealRossU/status/1465788108461514756

Jack Dorsey Steps Down as Twitter CEO, Replaced by CTO Parag Agrawal
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-29/jack-dorsey-to-step-down-as-twitter-ceo-cnbc-reports
https://twitter.com/jack/status/1465347002426867720
https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1465347071851081732

Badger DAO Protocol Suffers $120M Exploit
https://twitter.com/BadgerDAO/status/1466263899498377218
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/02/badger-dao-protocol-suffers-10m-exploit/
https://twitter.com/peckshield/status/1466356911842856967
https://twitter.com/napgener/status/1466255608823357452

Nexus Mutual won't cover the exploit on account of it being a front-end attack and not a smart contract issue
https://twitter.com/NexusMutual/status/1466395880806928387

StarkNet Alpha, Now on Mainnet!
https://medium.com/starkware/starknet-alpha-now-on-mainnet-4cf35efd1669
https://thedefiant.io/starkware-layer-2-rollups-zk-proofs/
https://twitter.com/hasufl/status/1465327781328347141
https://twitter.com/martriay/status/1465407079842304003

Introducing Bancor 3
https://twitter.com/Bancor/status/1465445447292571657
https://thedefiant.io/bancor-v3/

Payments Giant Square Is Changing Its Name to Block
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/01/payments-giant-square-is-changing-its-name-to-block/

Reports of Celsius Network CFO’s arrest could signal more trouble for Tether
https://coingeek.com/reports-of-celsius-network-cfo-arrest-could-signal-more-trouble-for-tether/

FiCAS Subsidiary Bitcoin Capital Lists Actively Managed Bitcoin, Ethereum ETPs in Switzerland
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/02/ficas-subsidiary-bitcoin-capital-lists-actively-managed-bitcoin-ethereum-etps-in-switzerland/

New DAO Proposal: ParaSwap Safety Module
https://twitter.com/paraswap/status/1464923748243542026

Paradigm's samczsun saves the day (dYdX) once more
https://twitter.com/bantg/status/1464577081996718089
https://twitter.com/dydxprotocol/status/1464572467872247815

Synthetix: Futures Update
https://blog.synthetix.io/futures-update/

Crypto data firm DappRadar set to launch its own token
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/125577/crypto-dappradar-own-token-radar-plans

Iota set to launch decentralized smart contract platform to expand Web3 ecosystem
https://cointelegraph.com/news/iota-set-to-launch-decentralized-smart-contract-platform-to-expand-web3-ecosystem

Crypto.com to Sponsor Latin America’s Leading Soccer Competition
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/26/cryptocom-to-sponsor-latin-americas-leading-soccer-competition/

Facebook Owner Meta Relaxes Crypto Ad Policies
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/01/facebook-owner-meta-relaxes-crypto-ad-policies/
News: (Cont'd)

Bitmain-Backed BitFuFu Abandons Mining Rigs In Kazakhstan Due to Power Rationing
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/12/02/bitmain-backed-bitfufu-abandons-mining-rigs-in-kazakhstan-due-to-power-rationing/

ZenGo X fixes double-spending vulnerability affecting BitClout
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/125950/zengo-x-finds-double-spending-vulnerability-on-deso-blockchain

Two Bitcoin funds launched in Singapore by MAS-regulated fund manager
https://cointelegraph.com/news/two-mas-regulated-bitcoin-funds-launch-in-singapore

Russians transact $5B in crypto each year, Bank of Russia says
https://cointelegraph.com/news/russians-transact-5b-in-crypto-each-year-bank-of-russia-says

Crypto.com splashes $216 million to acquire two US-based derivatives platforms
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/125884/crypto-com-splashes-216-million-to-acquire-two-us-based-derivatives-platforms

GFX Labs' revised RGT x Fei merger proposal
https://twitter.com/labsGFX/status/1465428506943401993
https://twitter.com/jai_bhavnani/status/1465440927061721094

MonoX exploit
https://twitter.com/peckshield/status/1465704678545526795
https://twitter.com/BlockSecTeam/status/1465690478414761992

Tornado.Cash Deployment Proposal On Arbitrum
https://tornado-cash.medium.com/tornado-cash-deployment-proposal-on-arbitrum-fb02e508fe74

DoinGud's beta version
https://twitter.com/ManuAlzuru/status/1465800838002221064

Zerion is multichain
https://twitter.com/zerion_io/status/1463604103192403973

Avalaunch December update
https://twitter.com/avalaunchapp/status/1465193017237663746

Grayscale Launches New Trust Dedicated to Solana
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/30/grayscale-launches-new-trust-dedicated-to-solana/

Gearbox's first launch
https://docs.gearbox.finance/overview/launch-phases

Life Is Short, Just YOLO — Oolong’s Auto Compound Staking
https://oolongswap.medium.com/life-is-short-just-yolo-oolongs-auto-compound-staking-45382513af26

Borderless Capital Launches $500M Algorand-Focused Fund
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/30/borderless-capital-launches-500m-algorand-focused-fund/

Former Wall Street banker launches $1.5 billion crypto venture fund
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/125664/former-wall-street-banker-launches-1-5-billion-crypto-venture-fund
Raises:

Three Arrows Leads $4.3M Round for Solana-Based Metaverse Project Solice
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/02/three-arrows-leads-43m-round-for-solana-based-metaverse-project-solice/

AAG Ventures Raises $12.5M to Launch New ‘Learn-to-Earn’ Platform
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/01/aag-ventures-raises-125m-to-launch-new-learn-to-earn-platform/

Structure Raises $20M to Make DeFi Mainstream- and Mobile-Friendly
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/01/structure-raises-20m-to-fund-development-of-mobile-app/

Hashed Raises $200M for Web 3 Investments
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/01/hashed-raises-200m-for-web-3-investments/

Mean DAO brings world-class investors onboard to revolutionize the Banking Sector ($3.5m raise feat. 3AC, SoftBank, DeFiance etc.)
https://meandao.medium.com/mean-dao-brings-world-class-investors-onboard-to-revolutionize-the-banking-sector-and-build-the-c8bd4b7ed89b

Hxro Raises $34M on Promise of Derivatives Trading Infrastructure for Solana (feat. Susquehanna and Jump Crypto)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/30/hxro-raises-34m-on-promise-of-derivatives-trading-infrastructure-for-solana/

SoftBank invests $150 million in South Korean metaverse platform Zepeto
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/125763/softbank-invests-150-million-in-south-korean-metaverse-platform-zepeto

Play Ventures sets up blockchain gaming fund with $75 million committed
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/125648/play-ventures-sets-up-blockchain-gaming-fund-with-75-million-committed

A16z Leads $28M Round for Privacy Coin Iron Fish
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/30/a16z-leads-28m-round-for-privacy-coin-iron-fish/

SpiceDAO $11.8 million raise
https://twitter.com/TheSpiceDAO/status/1465740519246548992

Avalanche ecosystem accelerator raises $18.5M in seed funding
https://cointelegraph.com/news/avalanche-ecosystem-accelerator-raises-18-5m-in-seed-funding

KingdomX Raises $2M in the Private and Seed Round
https://medium.com/@kingdomxgame/kingdomx-raises-2m-in-the-private-and-seed-round-53b12702f746

UniX Gaming Fundraise Has Officially Reached $28 Million
https://medium.com/@UniXgaming/unix-gaming-fundraise-has-officially-reached-18-million-86a9a3559a3e

Panther Protocol Raises 22 Million in Public Sale Creating the Privacy Layer for DeFi and Web3
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/panther-protocol-raises-22-million-in-public-sale-creating-the-privacy-layer-for-defi-and-web3-301432118.html

HappyLand Successfully Raised $2.97 Million in Private Funding Round!
https://medium.com/@happyland_finance/happyland-successfully-raised-2-97-million-in-private-funding-round-80d5898cf965

Bitlocus raises $2.7 million for CeFi and DeFi investment solution in the Private rounds
https://medium.com/@bitlocus/bitlocus-raises-2-7-million-for-cefi-and-defi-investment-solution-in-the-private-rounds-83009a8d7650

Neptune Mutual Raises Seed Round Led by Fenbushi Capital to Build Decentralized Cover Protocol
https://cryptoslate.com/press-releases/neptune-mutual-raises-seed-round-led-by-fenbushi-capital-to-build-decentralized-cover-protocol/

TabTrader Raises $5.8M
https://tab-trader.com/blog/tab-trader-raises-5-8-m

InPoker announces closure of the private and public sale rounds
https://inpoker.medium.com/inpoker-announces-closure-of-the-private-and-public-sale-rounds-b2c6a9e2bd3f

Harmony Launcher Raises $1.7 Million In Private Seed Funding
https://harmonylauncher.medium.com/harmony-launcher-raises-1-7-9b85f85fcb2f

NFT Protocol Unicly Raises $10M Led by Blockchain Capital and Animoca Brands Before the Launch of v2
https://news.bitcoin.com/nft-protocol-unicly-raises-10m-led-by-blockchain-capital-and-animoca-brands-before-the-launch-of-v2/
Regulation:

Jury in Kleiman v. Wright Civil Suit Says It ‘Cannot Come to a Decision’
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/01/jury-in-kleiman-v-wright-civil-suit-says-it-cannot-come-to-a-decision/

South Korean lawmakers inch closer to deal to delay crypto tax by one year
https://cointelegraph.com/news/south-korean-crypto-tax-delay-inches-closer-to-reality

Gensler, Clayton contend that crypto regulatory challenges will abate as the industry consolidates
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/125961/gensler-clayton-contend-that-crypto-regulatory-challenges-will-abate-as-the-industry-consolidates

Is India finally ready to regulate crypto?
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/news+/125957/india-crypto-ban-regulation-what-next-signs

India misinterpreted private crypto ban, says crypto bill creator
https://cointelegraph.com/news/india-misinterpreted-private-crypto-ban-says-crypto-bill-creator

Singaporean crypto exchange enters India amid regulatory uncertainty
https://cointelegraph.com/news/singaporean-crypto-exchange-enters-india-amid-regulatory-uncertainty

'Coin Signals' trader pleads guilty to commodities fraud, faces up to 10 years
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/125819/coin-signals-trader-pleads-guilty-to-commodities-fraud-faces-up-to-10-years

Bank of France official: Existing regulatory frameworks 'constrained' by DeFi characteristics
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/125635/bank-of-france-official-existing-regulatory-frameworks-constrained-by-defi-characteristics

Yellen says some non-custodial entities won't be subject to FATF standards
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/125828/yellen-says-some-non-custodial-entities-wont-be-subject-to-fatf-standards

Canadian crypto exchange Bitbuy secures regulatory approval as marketplace and restricted dealer
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/125944/canadian-crypto-exchange-bitbuy-secures-regulatory-approval-as-marketplace-and-investment-dealer

Vladimir Putin says cryptocurrencies 'bear high risks'
https://cointelegraph.com/news/vladimir-putin-says-cryptocurrencies-bear-high-risks

Morgan Stanley Sees Crypto-Banking Regulation Arriving Faster Than Expected
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/12/01/morgan-stanley-sees-crypto-banking-regulation-arriving-faster-than-expected/

CBDC is a tool to combat Bitcoin, says Bank of Indonesia exec
https://cointelegraph.com/news/cbdc-is-a-tool-to-combat-bitcoin-says-bank-of-indonesia-exec

New German government cites crypto in coalition agreement
https://cointelegraph.com/news/new-german-government-cites-crypto-in-coalition-agreement

Congress to hold hearing with execs from Coinbase, FTX, Paxos and others
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/126020/congress-to-hold-hearing-with-execs-from-coinbase-ftx-paxos-and-others

Council of the European Union moves forward on two crypto proposals
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/125459/council-of-the-european-union-moves-forward-on-two-crypto-proposals
Additional Reads:

Disentangling Decentralized Finance Compositions
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.11933.pdf

What the next crypto bear market might look like by Jason Choi
https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi/status/1463886162909491206

What founders need to know following Brian Ma's breakdown of how VCs construct their portfolios
https://twitter.com/zealoustiger/status/1463665292085657600

ThoughtSlime on Why All NFTs are a Scam
https://hackernoon.com/thoughtslime-on-why-all-nfts-are-a-scam

The Rise Of NFTs And dApps That Are Building A Home Away From Ethereum
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lawrencewintermeyer/2021/11/25/the-rise-of-nfts-and-dapps-that-are-building-a-home-away-from-ethereum/?sh=2706b9e01bf0

SNOWDOG - REKT
https://rekt.news/snowdog-rekt/

Nov. 20-27th Balancer Report
https://balancer.substack.com/p/the-balancer-report-832

Visor exploit
https://twitter.com/VisorFinance/status/1464574917056385025
https://twitter.com/Mudit__Gupta/status/1464657484367339527
https://twitter.com/qiushui777/status/1464384551715700744
https://twitter.com/0x_tuna/status/1464605220193849351
https://medium.com/visorfinance/safeguarding-uniswap-v3-positions-against-arbitrage-274d9b5bbe3c

The different types of rollups by @likebeckett
https://twitter.com/likebeckett/status/1464704058694856704

$SPELL bear case (bullish post though)
https://twitter.com/JackNiewold/status/1464724080800808962

The history of music consumption: from pre-web to web3
https://twitter.com/Adielyaakov/status/1465028502789541894

@devonzuegel's thoughts on blockchain applications and their usecases
https://twitter.com/devonzuegel/status/1462854292621176832

The Token Disconnect by Stephen Diehl (more in the Twitter comments)
https://www.stephendiehl.com/blog/disconnect.html
https://twitter.com/smdiehl/status/1464596313845215234

Cross-chain token gating
https://twitter.com/guildxyz/status/1464208495809544195

Hop Protocol: updates
https://twitter.com/HopProtocol/status/1464284419053834253

Defi Kingdoms: Lost Annals of Gaia — Vol. 3 (Nuggets of Knowledge from the Discord About Gameplay)
https://medium.com/@Samichpunch/lost-annals-of-gaia-vol-3-nuggets-of-knowledge-from-the-discord-about-gameplay-bcf242139e91

Defi Kingdoms: Lost Annals of Gaia — Vol. 4 (Nuggets of Knowledge from the Discord)
https://medium.com/@Samichpunch/lost-annals-of-gaia-vol-4-nuggets-of-knowledge-from-the-discord-97c3d5c24753

A Guide to DAO Treasury Diversification Sales
https://medium.com/1kxnetwork/a-guide-to-dao-treasury-diversification-sales-eee65f89d0b5

Play-to-Earn gaming guilds
https://www.theblockresearch.com/play-to-earn-gaming-guilds-124876

Deciphering the Metaverse #2: Virtual World Frenzy, the Evolution of Blockchain Gaming, and In-Game Economies
https://www.theblockresearch.com/deciphering-the-metaverse-2-virtual-world-frenzy-the-evolution-of-blockchain-gaming-and-in-game-economies-125560

November by the numbers: A look at crypto exchange volumes, open interest, and miner revenue
https://www.theblockresearch.com/november-by-the-numbers-2-125928

Trading addiction
https://twitter.com/coldbloodshill/status/1464328087445938184
https://twitter.com/visualisealpha/status/1464316848548184064

A list of founders to follow - segmented by sector and curated by @cooopahtroopa
https://twitter.com/cooopahtroopa/status/1464358457834762245

A short story about what happened to the U.S. economy since the end of World War II
https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/how-this-all-happened/

How to get started in Crypto - the Playbook by @distorcean
https://twitter.com/distorcean/status/1465053543220408323

Lido Node Operator & Validator Metrics
https://research.lido.fi/t/lido-node-operator-validator-metrics/1431
Additional Reads: (Cont'd #1)

Croissant on Ethereum
https://twitter.com/CroissantEth/status/1465485926088515590

A Pattern of Deception: Cataloguing the lies, exaggerations, and wild claims of Celsius Network's CEO Alex Mashinsky
https://twitter.com/MikeBurgersburg/status/1465415442563055616

Cutting gas by up 70% with one smart contract tweak may NOT necessarily always be the best idea, thread by @thedigitalvee
https://twitter.com/thedigitalvee/status/1465656037449605121

Nexus Mutual's record monthly revenue
https://twitter.com/richardchen39/status/1465898109540741126

How easy it is to create your own customized Weighted Pool on Balancer V2?
https://twitter.com/BalancerLabs/status/1466090417267494916

@litocoen's list of projects on Optimism
https://twitter.com/litocoen/status/1466070775056719875

Terra — An Emerging Ecosystem by Remi Tetot
https://medium.com/@remi.tetot/terra-an-emerging-ecosystem-491fdaa5bb33

Gaming is coming to Terra
https://twitter.com/TheMoonMidas/status/1466185247087906818

Is Solchicks the worst culprit of 2021's bull run? (absolutely disgusting)
https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1466201971149479940
https://twitter.com/danielwagmi/status/1450617042336354306

Metamask approval hygiene by @cryptocatvc
https://twitter.com/CryptoCatVC/status/1466380960648380419

For $ONE and For All: Harmony Ecosystem Overview
https://medium.com/momentum6/for-one-and-for-all-harmony-ecosystem-overview-d974e8e2d6f2

Vader Protocol 101
https://medium.com/@vaderprotocol/vader-protocol-101-e67f5e9a2edc

The Whitelist game: How whitelists have transformed the NFT experience.
https://www.nft-insight.com/p/the-whitelist-game

Layer Zero Demo | The Future of Omnichain dApps | 3 contracts. 2 Chains. 1 Transaction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFnF1dgbF00
Additional Reads: (Cont'd #2)

“Play-for fun-to Earn” versus “Play to Earn” - On NFT Gaming and its Current Model
https://mirror.xyz/sandraleow.eth/youGybV7XMBFVNptxGXAwWJBALn0KEeauwyga9Tw3ds

The Era of Guilds
https://defivader.medium.com/the-era-of-guilds-375f9905287f

P2E gaming guilds
https://twitter.com/_erinaazmi/status/1464558319637434378

Ben thompson current thinking on crypto
https://twitter.com/benthompson/status/1464658201886920707

Intro to black scholes merton model for options
https://twitter.com/arrowmarkets/status/1460270365456977926

RomeDAO: Launch & Roadmap
https://medium.com/@RomeDAO/romedao-launch-roadmap-9edfe738c98c

A thread for people who are thinking wtf is NFT or people who are having doubts in this bear market by @nicopei_eth
https://twitter.com/nicopei_eth/status/1463910420469542913

analyst notes #1 (Nov 22-28)
https://0xpemulis.substack.com/p/analyst-notes-1-nov-22-28

How The Merge Impacts Ethereum’s Application Layer
https://blog.ethereum.org/2021/11/29/how-the-merge-impacts-app-layer/

The Raging Bull Case for $OHM
https://twitter.com/WagmiLabsInc/status/1464476494290296834

Understanding OlympusDAO
https://wublock.substack.com/p/understanding-olympusdao-defi-20s

PoolTogether Research Report: Vibes, Labor, Constituencies
https://otherinter.net/research/pooltogether-offchain-report/

Intro to DerivaDEX Architecture
https://twitter.com/DDX_Official/status/1465312364862005257

A Big Test for DAOs: Honing New Compensation and Contribution Practices
https://thedefiant.io/a-big-test-for-daos-honing-new-compensation-and-contribution-practices/

The basics of zkSTARKs and zkSNARKs
https://alexbeckett.medium.com/the-basics-of-zkstarks-and-zksnarks-3fee758496e8

How to become a crypto lawyer
https://banklessdao.substack.com/p/how-to-become-a-crypto-lawyer-decentralized

Digital Economies, Gaming, and IP Legos by Rex Woodbury
https://digitalnative.substack.com/p/digital-economies-gaming-and-ip-legos

Reviewing the blockchain-privacy landscape
https://medium.com/momentum6/you-didnt-see-nothin-reviewing-the-blockchain-privacy-landscape-8cfe3b0a82f3

Guide to Building, Testing, & Deploying your First DApp with Truffle, Ethers.js, Ganache, & React
https://twitter.com/developer_dao/status/1465726567624052740

Metaverse Resources / Projects
https://github.com/M3-org/awesome-metaverse

Element Finance's new instance of Yield Token Compounding (YCT) feat. Component Finance
https://twitter.com/element_fi/status/1466098227577425920

StarkNet Resources
https://github.com/gakonst/awesome-starknet
Podcasts:

Jose & Yan discuss Delphi Labs, Incubating Mars/Astroport, & Token Economic Design
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMLUZJs0lmc

PleasrDAO: Collecting Internet Culture, Acquiring the Wu Tang Clan Album, Snowden & Doge NFT, and Art DAO Operations
https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/pleasrdao-collecting-internet-culture-acquiring-the-wu-tang-clan-album-snowden-doge-nft-and-art-dao-operations/

The FTX Podcast #90 - Raj Gokal Co-Founder and COO of Solana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMEWUbqGALE

Bankless 94 - The Swiss Army Knife of Scaling | Polygon's Sandeep Nailwal & Mihailo Bjelic
https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/-94-the-swiss-army-knife-of-scaling

#28 The Fabricant: Web3 Fashion
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2RQtsvwLQ2VdtZpiu7mYWC?si=SxuzfjRlRd6Ma9mSL2EmHQ&nd=1

The FTX Podcast #91 - Sam Bankman-Fried Founder of FTX and Alameda Research
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmXvgz1zKAs

The Defiant: Nick Johnson of ENS
https://newsletter.thedefiant.io/p/-nick-johnson-of-ens-we-want-to-be

Podcast Notes: Z and Hentai Avenger on Up Only
https://twitter.com/cmsintern/status/1465782122594119686

Zero Knowledge FM Episode 208: Digging into Data Availability with Ismail Khoffi from Celestia
https://zeroknowledge.fm/208-2/

Blockcrunch: FeiRari: The Largest DeFi Protocol Merger Ever...Will It Work? - Joey Santoro (Fei Protocol), Jai Bhavani (Rari Capital), Derek Hsue (Reverie), Ep. 174
https://blockcrunch.libsyn.com/feirari-the-largest-defi-protocol-merger-everwill-it-work-joey-santoro-fei-protocol-jai-bhavani-rari-capital-derek-hsue-reverie-ep-174

DJzofDGen, BigBugs & Society of the Hourglass – The Nifty Show #113
https://theniftyshow.com/712-2/
Hope you have a lovely weekend and that this week's dump brings you value♥️ Be safe
This week in crypto #26:

Burned: 1,153,778 ETH
Rewards: 1,689,922 ETH
Tips: 222,319 ETH
Net Issuance: 536,144 ETH
Net Reduction: 68.27%