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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%
News:

Updated Ethereum roadmap diagram
https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1466411377107558402

Celsius Reportedly Affected in Exploit of DeFi Protocol BadgerDAO
https://blockworks.co/celsius-reportedly-affected-in-exploit-of-defi-protocol-badgerdao/
https://twitter.com/CelsiusNetwork/status/1466833049014972422
https://twitter.com/Bitfinexed/status/1466731307447300098

Large Traders Dominate DEXs as High Ethereum Fees Keep Retail Investors at Bay
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2021/12/02/whales-dominate-dexs-as-high-ethereum-fees-keep-retail-investors-at-bay/
https://blog.kaiko.com/the-rise-of-dexs-bb8e849dc720

Wallet Maker Ledger Launches Crypto-Linked Debit Card for US and EU Customers
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/09/wallet-maker-ledger-launches-crypto-linked-debit-card-for-us-and-eu-customers/

Meta’s WhatsApp to Trial Novi Digital Wallet
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/09/metas-whatsapp-to-trial-novi-digital-wallet/

Crypto Exchange BitMart Hacked With Losses Estimated at $196M
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/05/crypto-exchange-bitmart-hacked-with-losses-estimated-at-196-million/
https://rekt.news/bitmart-rekt/

OpenSea Hires New CFO From Lyft, Plans IPO
https://decrypt.co/87675/opensea-hires-new-cfo-from-lyft-plans-ipo
https://twitter.com/BKRoberts/status/1467873287405514754

Astroport launch delayed
https://twitter.com/astroport_fi/status/1467146915653603328

v0.4.0 of Flashbots Protect RPC is live with free transaction cancellations
https://twitter.com/bertcmiller/status/1467856851438088196

DefiLlama - new portfolio feature
https://twitter.com/DefiLlama/status/1467769355526098948

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Joins Chainlink Labs as a Strategic Advisor
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/former-google-ceo-eric-schmidt-joins-chainlink-labs-as-a-strategic-advisor-301438428.html

CleanSpark Aims to Grow Bitcoin Mining Output Over 20% Through Immersion Cooling
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/09/cleanspark-aims-to-grow-bitcoin-mining-output-over-20-through-immersion-cooling/

Polygon Acquires Ethereum Scaling Startup Mir for $400M in MATIC
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/09/polygon-acquires-ethereum-scaling-startup-mir-for-400m-in-matic/

Bitcoin Hashrate Approaches Full Recovery From China Crackdown
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/12/09/bitcoin-hashrate-approaches-full-recovery-from-china-crackdown/

EOS community halts payments worth $250 million in EOS to Block.one and Brock Pierce
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/126801/eos-community-halts-payments-worth-250-million-in-eos-to-block-one-and-brock-pierce

Messari Launches Governance Portal as DAOs Inch Toward Mainstream
https://messari.io/governor/proposal-tracker
News: (Cont'd)

DeFi Index Project to Launch With Vampire Attack on Index Coop, Others
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/12/07/defi-index-project-to-launch-with-vampire-attack-on-index-coop-others/

Index Coop Isn’t Worried About Enso’s ‘Vampire Attack’
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/12/08/index-coop-isnt-worried-about-ensos-vampire-attack/

Tribal Credit, Bitso and Stellar Development Foundation unveil cross-border payment tool in Mexico
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/126955/tribal-credit-bitso-and-stellar-development-foundation-unveil-cross-border-payment-tool-in-mexico

Binance to acquire 18% stake in Singapore-based private securities exchange Hg
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/126761/binance-to-acquire-18-stake-singapore-hg-exchange

Leading crypto trade association doubled membership, quadrupled funding in 2021
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/126871/leading-crypto-trade-association-doubled-membership-quadrupled-funding-in-2021

Reddit is bringing its tokenized Community Points to more subreddits
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/126842/reddit-is-bringing-its-tokenized-community-points-to-more-subreddits

Olympus Pro — Introducing Cohort 4 Launch Partners
https://olympusdao.medium.com/olympus-pro-introducing-cohort-4-launch-partners-6bf98c94a47e

Coinbase lists $SPELL among other tokens
https://twitter.com/CoinbasePro/status/1467901250620510210
https://blog.coinbase.com/idex-idex-moss-carbon-credit-mco2-polkastarter-pols-shapeshift-fox-token-fox-spell-89482df5f98b

Mirror: AllCoreDevs Update 008
https://tim.mirror.xyz/3pbg3_DnCqF10FGp28yURGqKaobGX5zDP3oRcKGBSyA

Three Arrows Capital Buys 100,000 ETH
https://www.trustnodes.com/2021/12/07/three-arrows-capital-buys-100000-eth

Argent X, the first wallet for StarkNet
https://twitter.com/argentHQ/status/1468508907916177409

Fidelity Digital Assets Taps Nexo's Crypto Credit Lines in New Partnership
https://decrypt.co/87738/fidelity-digital-assets-taps-nexos-crypto-credit-lines-new-partnership

Drift is live on mainnet
https://twitter.com/cindyleowtt/status/1466465637136416771

Avalanche Data is now Available on Nansen
https://medium.com/avalancheavax/avalanche-data-is-now-available-on-nansen-e6c62593fcb8

Introducing the (very improved) Mirror Dashboard
https://twitter.com/viamirror/status/1467969672909787136

Upstart Silo Finance Preps Token Sale in Challenge to Aave and Compound
https://thedefiant.io/silo-finance-defi-lending-aave-compound/

Why the World’s Biggest Traders Are Betting on Blockchain Data
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-worlds-biggest-traders-are-betting-on-blockchain-data-11638803023

Indian CoinDCX crypto exchange to go global in 2022, says exec
https://cointelegraph.com/news/indian-coindcx-crypto-exchange-to-go-global-in-2022-says-exec

Bitcoin dips below $50K as Evergrande defaults on US dollar debt
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-dips-below-50k-as-evergrande-defaults-on-us-dollar-debt

It’s Time for AlphaX - Alpha on Avalanche
https://blog.alphafinance.io/its-time-for-alphax/

Kickstarter says it’s switching to crowdfunding via the blockchain
https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/8/22825086/kickstarter-crowdfunding-blockchain-open-source-protocol-cleo

MicroStrategy stacking sats
https://twitter.com/saylor/status/1468930815421820932
NFTs:

Introducing Ubisoft Quartz, The First Platform for Playable and Energy-Efficient NFTs In AAA Games
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/12/07/2347700/0/en/Introducing-Ubisoft-Quartz-The-First-Platform-for-Playable-and-Energy-Efficient-NFTs-In-AAA-Games.html
https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2021/12/08/

Will the Artworld’s NFT Wars End in Utopia or Dystopia?
https://artreview.com/will-the-artworld-nft-wars-end-in-utopia-or-dystopia/

An Overview of Venture Capital NFT Investing
https://www.nfttech.com/insights/an-overview-of-venture-capital-nft-investing

BAYC app rugged by the Apple store
https://twitter.com/BoredApeYC/status/1467629893991157771

Foundation: New feature - collections
https://twitter.com/withFND/status/1465727613297512456

Rarible messenger
https://twitter.com/rarible/status/1463204635624230916

The Infinite Machine by Camila Russo is becoming a movie
https://twitter.com/camirusso/status/1463522018066931716

DefiLlama: NFTs(!)
https://twitter.com/DefiLlama/status/1467982859344433155

Major punk holder dumping inventory
https://twitter.com/wilburforce_/status/1467895496245141510
https://twitter.com/punk4156/status/1467515691452534793

FreeRossDAO emerges winner of imprisoned Silk Road founder's NFT auction
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/126980/freerossdao-emerges-winner-of-imprisoned-silk-road-founders-nft-auction

Treeverse FPP virtual land utility
https://twitter.com/TheTreeverse/status/1467949232103596036

Adidas leaps into the metaverse
https://twitter.com/adidasoriginals/status/1466443459951271939

Pepsi's NFT collection
https://twitter.com/pepsi/status/1468946201718501376

Realy Presents Its Virtual City KOOOLA And The First #VirtualConcert
https://twitter.com/RealyOfficial/status/1466023971451654144

TikTok Shelved Lil Nas X’s NFT on This L2 for NFTs, But We’re Still Optimistic: Immutable X Overview
https://medium.com/momentum6/tiktok-shelved-lil-nas-xs-nft-on-this-l2-for-nfts-but-we-re-still-optimistic-immutable-x-6d9cf6d647da
Raises:

FTX to Seek $1.5B in New Funding Round at $32B Valuation: Report
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/04/ftx-to-seek-15b-in-new-funding-round-at-32b-valuation-report/

DeFi Trading Platform Slingshot Raises $15M Led by Ribbit Capital
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/09/defi-trading-platform-slingshot-raises-15m-led-by-ribbit-capital/

Crypto derivatives platform Paradigm nabs $400 million valuation in funding round
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/126894/crypto-derivatives-paradigm-valuation-funding-round

B2B fintech Tipalti raises $270 million as it prepares to go public
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/126770/b2b-fintech-tipalti-raises-270-million-as-it-prepares-to-go-public

‘DeFi 2.0’ Platform JellyFi Raises $4.4M Seed Round
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/08/defi-20-platform-jellyfi-raises-44m-seed-round/

Platypus has secured US$3.3M from a funding round led by Three Arrows Capital
https://twitter.com/Platypusdefi/status/1466396487449939972

Former Facebook engineers at Mysten Labs raise $36M for Web3 infrastructure
https://cointelegraph.com/news/former-facebook-engineers-at-mysten-labs-raise-36m-for-web3-infrastructure

Mnemonic raises $4 million to launch B2B API platform focused on NFT's
https://cointelegraph.com/news/mnemonic-raises-4-million-to-launch-b2b-api-platform-focused-on-nft-s

Pre Seed Round - PlayTreks
https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/playtreks-pre-seed--07fdc6f1

PopopWorld with a $5.75m round
https://twitter.com/popop_world/status/1465677008562655244

Myty maker Off raises $3.5M to create social avatars for ‘microverses’
https://venturebeat-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/venturebeat.com/2021/11/30/myty-maker-off-raises-3-5m-to-create-social-avatars-for-microverses/

Zomfi NFT-Based P2E Game Completes $2.6M Seed and Private Round Funding From High-Profile Investors
https://zycrypto.com/zomfi-nft-based-p2e-game-completes-2-6m-seed-and-private-round-funding-from-high-profile-investors/

Mint Songs $3m seed
https://twitter.com/mintsongs/status/1465758365225652229

Brazil’s 2TM raises $50.3 million in second Series B closing
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/125767/brazils-2tm-raises-50-3-million-in-second-series-b-closing

MetaMundo Raises $2.7M to Launch the First 3D NFT Marketplace for Building the Metaverse
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/metamundo-raises-2-7m-to-launch-the-first-3d-nft-marketplace-for-building-the-metaverse-301433594.html

Massive Raises $11 Million in Seed Funding from Point72 Ventures to Bring a New Business Model to the Internet
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/massive-raises-11-million-in-seed-funding-from-point72-ventures-to-bring-a-new-business-model-to-the-internet-301434259.html

Fanaply Closes Seed Round Led By Elysian Park Ventures And Alpha Edison
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fanaply-closes-seed-round-led-by-elysian-park-ventures-and-alpha-edison-301433196.html
Raises: (Cont'd)

Sloika Raises $2M to Propel Rising Ethereum Photo NFT Market
https://decrypt.co/87244/sloika-raises-2m-propel-rising-ethereum-photo-nft-market

Praxis Raises $4.2mm Seed Round Led by Bedrock
https://mirror.xyz/0x7a02D50B22cC79a3dc667E80B413996b81f5ED6E/85WJX8VT1y-263wpW97jqy_l-87fr3xmQ-YhJqqO3rg

Algofi Raises $2.8M in Seed Funding
https://www.finsmes.com/2021/12/algofi-raises-2-8m-in-seed-funding.html

MetaVisa announces $5-million raise in seed and private rounds
https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/metavisa-announces-5-million-raise-in-seed-and-private-rounds

Real estate blockchain platform Coadjute raises $8 million
https://www.ledgerinsights.com/real-estate-blockchain-platform-coadjute-raises-8-million/

Nigeria’s Payourse secures $600k pre-seed to accelerate crypto adoption across Africa
https://techcabal.com/2021/12/01/payourse-secures-600k-pre-seed/

CertiK Closes $80M Investment Round at a Nearly $1B Valuation
https://www.certik.io/resources/blog/announcements/CertiK-Closes-$80M-Funding-Round

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/

Loot Squad Raises $5 Million, Led by Delphi Digital, to Scale Social Gaming Community in the Metaverse
https://lootsquad.substack.com/p/loot-squad-and-delphi-digital-join

Froyo Games raises strategic round of $1.6M led by Animoca Brands and other investors
https://medium.com/@froyogames/froyo-games-raises-strategic-round-of-1-6m-led-by-animoca-brands-and-other-investors-cb2d491dbf87

Digital asset custody firm Fireblocks raises $400m at $8 billion valuation
https://www.ledgerinsights.com/digital-asset-custody-firm-fireblocks-raises-400m-at-8-billion-valuation/

The 1inch Network closes a $175 mln Series B round
https://blog.1inch.io/the-1inch-network-closes-a-175-mln-series-b-round-e22d572754ae

TeraWulf Inc. Raises Approximately $200 Million to Strengthen Capital Structure in Advance of Public Listing
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/terawulf-inc-raises-approximately-200-million-to-strengthen-capital-structure-in-advance-of-public-listing-301436715.html

Solv Protocol $4m Series A Round
https://medium.com/solv-blog/we-have-completed-our-series-a-ffc3f14b6cf1

FuseFi raises $2.3M to launch DAO focussed on taking DeFi services mainstream
https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/fusefi-raises-23m-to-launch-dao-focussed-on-taking-defi-services-mainstream

MetaGods Receives $3 Million In Funding from Multiple Investors
https://medium.com/@PlayMetaGods/metagods-receives-3-million-in-funding-from-multiple-investors-e4a79e026de8

RaceFi Raises $2.9M to Bring a Play-to-Earn Racing Experience to Solana
https://racefi.medium.com/racefi-raises-2-9m-to-bring-a-play-to-earn-racing-experience-to-solana-73c6d0c543e2

Fragments Foundation Raises $2.6M to Expand Fragcolor’s Distributed Game Engine, Asset Store and Gaming Platform
https://fragcolor.com/Fragments-Foundation-Raises-to-Expand-Fragcolor

Yield Guild Games and Ascensive Assets Co-Lead $3 Million Seed Round For Mobile Play-to-Earn Tournament Infrastructure Provider Ignite Tournaments
https://medium.com/ignite-tournaments/yield-guild-games-and-ascensive-assets-co-lead-3-million-seed-round-for-mobile-play-to-earn-fa1a78c694

PathDAO closes seed round led by DeFiance Capital and Merit Circle to be the SuperIndex of Metaverse
https://medium.com/@pathDAO/pathdao-closes-seed-round-led-by-defiance-capital-and-merit-circle-to-be-the-superindex-of-50d73e1b3ac6

DeFi-based Wallet Ambire Raises $2.5M in Funding Round
https://coinquora.com/defi-based-wallet-ambire-raises-2-5m-in-funding-round/

Crypto tower defense game with opportunities to win tokens and NFT rewards
https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/crypto-tower-defense-game-with-opportunities-to-win-tokens-and-nft-rewards
Regulation:

Crypto CEOs testify before lawmakers on digital assets — 12/8/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_kZELcynKQ
https://twitter.com/SplitCapital/status/1468603286961987586
https://twitter.com/cmsintern/status/1468669356125077508

Crypto CEOs Went to Congress—And Got a Warm Welcome
https://decrypt.co/87855/crypto-ceos-congress

DeFi Vulnerabilities ‘Exceed Those in Traditional Finance’: Bank of International Settlements
https://decrypt.co/87660/defi-vulnerabilities-exceed-traditional-finance-bis

China, Hong Kong Enter Second Phase of Cross-Border Digital Yuan Trials: Report
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/12/09/china-hong-kong-enter-second-phase-of-cross-border-digital-yuan-trials-report/

Biden admin spotlights digital assets in global corruption, calling for greater AML
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/126467/biden-admin-spotlights-digital-assets-in-global-corruption-calling-for-greater-aml

Japanese regulators seek limits on domestic stablecoin issuance: report
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/126476/japanese-regulators-seek-limits-on-domestic-stablecoin-issuance-report

Fidelity Digital Assets receives FCA approval for its UK crypto business
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/126689/fidelity-digital-assets-receives-fca-approval-for-its-uk-crypto-business

South Korean crypto VC Hashed confirms it is under investigation by the country's tax authority
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/126540/south-korea-crypto-vc-hashed-investigation-tax-authority-nts
Additional Reads:

Vitalik Buterin: Endgame
https://vitalik.ca/general/2021/12/06/endgame.html

Gitcoin Round 12 is live, go donate! (Should I apply for a grant?)
https://twitter.com/defi_airdrops/status/1466814376611090432

$SUSHI soap opera drama
https://twitter.com/Boring_Crypto/status/1467162233905893379
https://twitter.com/josephdelong/status/1467498477542379522
https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1467898489879379970
https://twitter.com/0xjack_/status/1467961712099872774
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/126411/sushiswap-cto-threatens-to-quit-as-infighting-escalates
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/12/08/sushi-cto-joseph-delong-resigns-after-reports-of-project-infighting/
https://twitter.com/RektHQ/status/1467927536281735170

Daniele Sesta vs Trader Joe soap opera drama
https://twitter.com/danielesesta/status/1468683636748820483
https://twitter.com/traderjoe_xyz/status/1468691574183718912
https://twitter.com/danielesesta/status/1468692418493095938
https://twitter.com/danielesesta/status/1468693063744770059
https://twitter.com/danielesesta/status/1468694597463429132
https://twitter.com/traderjoe_xyz/status/1468701592337616896
https://twitter.com/danielesesta/status/1468709041451020289
https://twitter.com/danielesesta/status/1468799008487391235
https://twitter.com/cryptofishx/status/1468743321782681604
https://twitter.com/traderjoe_xyz/status/1468707379537580034

The "house money" effect by @fintechjunkie
https://twitter.com/fintechjunkie/status/1466217991532650496

Messari Crypto Theses for 2022
https://messari.io/pdf/messari-report-crypto-theses-for-2022.pdf

Introducing the Foundry Ethereum development toolbox
https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/12/introducing-the-foundry-ethereum-development-toolbox/

(throw-back) The Current State of Undercollateralized DeFi Lending — 2021
https://medium.com/coinmonks/the-current-state-of-undercollateralized-defi-lending-2021-1f84e14527b5

Delphi's new tokenomics model
https://twitter.com/Delphi_Digital/status/1466439597316050951

A Normie’s Guide to Becoming a Crypto Person How to (cautiously and skeptically) fall down the rabbit hole
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/crypto-nft-twitter-discord-guide.html

Of dollars and data: My Favorite Investment Writing of 2021 by Nick Maggiulli
https://ofdollarsanddata.com/my-favorite-investment-writing-of-2021/

List of zk-STARKs resources by @joranhonig
https://twitter.com/joranhonig/status/1466441536334348303

The biggest startup red flags @justinkan looks for when getting pitched
https://twitter.com/justinkan/status/1466554183218311172

@sovereignsignal's compandium
https://twitter.com/sovereignsignal/status/1466862063968395264

Critical bug in the token-lending contract of the Solana-program-library (SPL)
https://twitter.com/Neodyme/status/1466885443019063301

November crypto VC roundup: Investors double down on blockchain gaming, NFTs
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/news+/126612/crypto-vc-funding-roundup-november-blockchain-gaming-nft

A recap of recent listings on @tokenterminal
https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1467077186884706305

Hasu leaving Deribit Insights
https://twitter.com/hasufl/status/1467146392581906433

Another Tabasco (@alamedatrabucco) "I got you liquidated gg" thread
https://twitter.com/AlamedaTrabucco/status/1467219711830151178

@MapleLeafCapital's thread about vertical-focused DAOs vs generalists
https://twitter.com/MapleLeafCap/status/1467493363091853315

Welcome to ‘Web3.’ What’s That?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/business/dealbook/what-is-web3.html

Coordination.Party Kit
https://gov.gitcoin.co/t/coordination-party-kit/9231

The Dystopian - Issue #3
https://dystopialabs.substack.com/p/the-dystopian-issue-3

This week in DeFi by @cryptogucci
https://twitter.com/CryptoGucci/status/1467680070915567624
Additional Reads: (Cont'd #1)

Here’s a thread on the top 10 worst accounts to follow crypto trading edition
https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1467918962365288457

Nansen 30 over 30
https://twitter.com/nansen_ai/status/1467887303355813889

Guide to Yield Farming on Cronos by Jay Lin
https://jayljl.medium.com/guide-to-yield-farming-on-cronos-9319a3295732

A thread about MEV alpha (or lackthereof) by @0x9212ce55
https://twitter.com/0x9212ce55/status/1467909946629324806

A thread about MEV alpha (or lackthereof) by @libevm
https://twitter.com/libevm/status/1467376978697211904

A summary of the Ethereum sharding roadmap by @likebeckett
https://twitter.com/likebeckett/status/1467456222861217792

Introducing 𝗜𝗻𝗯𝟬𝘅: end-to-end encrypted communication between wallets, secured by your Ethereum address by ParallelNFT
https://twitter.com/ParallelNFT/status/1467965194785763338

mgnr alpha leak wrt predictive model for stocks
https://twitter.com/mgnr_io/status/1468045761883492354

Chris Cantino with a checklist of everything it took to earn a $100M+ exit
https://twitter.com/chriscantino/status/1467990696514572291

An interactive write-up on Dune Analytics showcasing how OHM bonding works by @andrewhong5297

Damnnn Daniel(e), Back At It Again with the Frog Nation: An Overview
https://medium.com/momentum6/damnnn-daniel-e-back-at-it-again-with-the-frog-nation-an-overview-a1cc2e34f0c1

Flash Crash for Cash: Cyber Threats in Decentralized Finance
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2106/2106.10740.pdf

croissant's thread about Ubisoft and Axie Infinity
https://twitter.com/CroissantEth/status/1468033833505284103

Sahil Bloom: The Lindy Effect
https://twitter.com/SahilBloom/status/1468240370312134667

Terra November recap by @olha_everstake
https://twitter.com/olha_everstake/status/1466534365488459792

Synapse Protocol November recap
https://twitter.com/SynapseProtocol/status/1466503165092769794
Additional Reads: (Cont'd #2)

Arca: 2022 Digital Asset Industry Outlook
https://www.ar.ca/outlook/2022

Is Proof of Stake a Rich get Richer Scheme?
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/is-proof-of-stake-a-rich-get-richer

Ethereum L2 on Near by Paul Veradittakit
https://www.veradiverdict.com/p/ethereum-l2-on-near

Good thread about P2E by @galaxyRTK
https://twitter.com/galaxyRTK/status/1465811928362717193

Product vs. Protocol: Finding a Balance in Web3
https://variant.fund/writing/balance-product-protocol-web3

Letter 23: A Guide to Discord by Zeneca_33
https://zeneca33.substack.com/p/letter-23-a-guide-to-discord

Current state of DeFi in 2021: Part 2
https://www.theblockresearch.com/current-state-of-defi-in-2021-part-2-125936

Tornado Cash ELI5
https://twitter.com/_jefflau/status/1468065457190350850

Burning The Path to Becoming a Deflationary Asset
https://messari.io/article/burning-the-path-to-becoming-a-deflationary-asset

An updated look at DeFi audits and bug bounties
https://www.theblockresearch.com/an-updated-look-at-defi-audits-and-bug-bounties-2-125714

StunLikes google drives: (random repos I've found about finance, books and such)
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1jJemLnt_RK--O0n5WqmjXXl_MsSAjjo0
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B7JU4C31G8gObUQxTTZOQW5zeVE
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1QKSHEWuKFlUpjPR7QgSdEER4Yk_OtlcM
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lkNJ0uQwbeC1ZTRrxdtuPLCIl7mlUreoKfSIgajnSyY/htmlview#gid=2129022708

Rethinking “gamification” for DAOs by Cherie Hu
https://waterandmusic.mirror.xyz/fgYrh2v0XxK-Gmv1g5utreOF247k_fPSgkO6btQNuSg

The Pareto Funtier
https://www.notboring.co/p/the-pareto-funtier

Mapping out Union Square Ventures' portfolio
https://www.theblockresearch.com/mapping-out-union-square-ventures-portfolio-126446

Meet Kryptology: Coinbase’s Open Source Cryptography Library
https://blog.coinbase.com/meet-kryptology-coinbases-open-source-cryptography-library-b5f22854f3f7

@0xRusowski answers pressing $OHM FUD
https://twitter.com/0xRusowsky/status/1468591488103763972

HFT and MEV by @NathanWorsley_
https://twitter.com/NathanWorsley_/status/1468742584889659393
Podcasts:

Not3Lau Capital: Hunting for Alpha, Finding Your Tribe, and Working Effectively With Founders
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4QMGfG5zFJuW9nmQPRvXuB?si=TSytaXS7Qwen5GmXDavpDg&amp

Lightspeed Venture Partners' top gaming VC explains how NFTs will revolutionize gaming
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/126674/lightspeed-ventures-top-gaming-vc-explains-how-nfts-will-revolutionize-gaming

Modern Finance: Where Data Lives in an IPFS/Filecoin World with Mikael Rogers
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5JXtjO5d9JudoguXZ5ibXp?si=x3QiTgXoTieNZaufBYvJgQ

Zero Knowledge FM: Liquid Staking with Lido and Chorus One
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7oFk4As4YDHIXMw7ZiCH66?si=0adG45tASYmA8lpL1Ob_wg

Bankless: Justin Aversano | Layer Zero
http://podcast.banklesshq.com/justin-aversano-layer-zero

Will Robinson - PhD In Game Design Turned Incubator Lead @ DeFi Alliance - Zima Red ep 92
https://anchor.fm/andrew-steinwold/episodes/Will-Robinson---PhD-In-Game-Design-Turned-Incubator-Lead--DeFi-Alliance---Zima-Red-ep-92-e1bfo15
Hope you have a lovely weekend and that this week's dump brings you value♥️ Be safe
This week in crypto #27:

Burned: 1,201,481 ETH
Rewards: 1,780,651 ETH
Tips: 229,972 ETH
Net Issuance: 579,170 ETH
Net Reduction: 67.47%
News:

Announcing the Client Incentive Program
https://blog.ethereum.org/2021/12/13/client-incentive-program/

Tesla to Accept Dogecoin For Payments
https://www.trustnodes.com/2021/12/15/tesla-to-accept-dogecoin-for-payments

MetaMask integrates Transaction Insight
https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1469653253336014849

The Gnosis Chain 🦉 (formerly xDai Chain) journey begins
https://twitter.com/xdaichain/status/1470088745210859521

FTX lists Avalanche
https://twitter.com/FTX_Official/status/1469094624283095041

Aztec Connect, the first private bridge for Ethereum DeFi, is live on testnet
https://twitter.com/aztecnetwork/status/1469121178228994051

State Explorer being built for dYdX by L2BEAT
https://twitter.com/l2beatcom/status/1468890316946264069
https://twitter.com/bkiepuszewski/status/1469201939049103360

Announcing Alchemy Ventures - Why A $3.5 Billion Crypto Firm Is Going To Invest In Its Own Clients
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenehrlich/2021/12/10/why-a-35-billion-crypto-firm-is--going-to-invest-in-its-own-clients/
https://twitter.com/Nikilster/status/1469412308220735490

Critical vulnerability in a G-UNI Router contract on Sorbet Finance
https://twitter.com/gelatonetwork/status/1469813838916866050
https://twitter.com/peckshield/status/1469825148211503106

AscendEX loses $80M following ERC-20, BSC, Polygon hot wallet compromise
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ascendex-loses-80m-following-erc-20-bsc-polygon-hot-wallet-compromise
https://twitter.com/peckshield/status/1469915194004766722

YFI Tokenomics Non-Binding Poll
https://snapshot.org/#/ybaby.eth/proposal/0x783cb3d57dd59b2827f6a42967375f06504cc947ebaa3c0e495c7b29ffd47aea

Why we invested in FTX by Joan Kim (Samsung)
https://www.samsungnext.com/blog/why-we-invested-in-ftx

Ethereum The New Appstore Says Microsoft Chief
https://www.trustnodes.com/2021/12/15/ethereum-the-new-appstore-says-microsoft-chief

The Graph awards $48M to GraphQL developer The Guild
https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-graph-awards-48m-to-graphql-developer-the-guild

Ethereum Mixer Tornado Cash Launches Major Upgrade as V3 Approaches
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/12/15/ethereum-mixer-tornado-cash-launches-major-upgrade-as-v3-approaches/

Ether Capital Corporation Announces First Commitment to Ethereum Staking
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211215005502/en/Ether-Capital-Corporation-Announces-First-Commitment-to-Ethereum-Staking

Frog Nation x Sushi proposal by Daniele Sesta
https://forum.sushi.com/t/frog-nation-3-sushi/6494

Copper and Balancer Align On Terms
https://medium.com/@copper_/aligning-copper-and-balancer-terms-e46e89c2d31e

Tinder, Stripe, Instagram Vets Announce $50M Crypto Fund With Focus on Design
https://decrypt.co/88163/crypto-fund-chapter-one

Lemonade Diversifies Its Portfolio With Bitcoin
https://www.banklesstimes.com/2021/12/15/lemonade-diversifies-its-portfolio-with-bitcoin/

Former South Carolina gubernatorial candidate launches Bitcoin mining company
https://finbold.com/former-south-carolina-gubernatorial-candidate-launches-bitcoin-mining-company/

Terra Stablecoin's Market Cap Could Soon Flip DAI as Adoption Continues
https://decrypt.co/88314/terra-stablecoins-market-cap-could-soon-flip-dai

Proposal to deploy Tornado Cash Nova
https://torn.community/t/proposal-to-deploy-tornado-cash-nova/1911

Coinbase Launches High-Interest DeFi Yields to 70 Countries
https://decrypt.co/87924/coinbase-launches-high-interest-defi-yields-70-countries

AccuWeather Connects to Chainlink to Broadcast Weather Data
https://decrypt.co/88226/accuweather-taps-chainlink-provide-untamperable-weather-data

Wonderland Governance Framework
https://medium.com/the-defi-wonderland/wonderland-governance-framework-25b8792ecc8

SBI Holdings invests in Singaporean crypto exchange Coinhako
https://cointelegraph.com/news/sbi-holdings-invests-in-singapore-crypto-exchange-coinhako

NBA Star Kevin Durant Goes Crypto With Coinbase Deal
https://decrypt.co/88380/kevin-durant-coinbase-ink-new-promotional-deal