This week in crypto #3:

Marvel and VeVe Collaborate to Offer Digital Collectibles Experience for Marvel Fans Worldwide
https://www.marvel.com/articles/gear/marvel-and-veve-collaborate-to-offer-digital-collectibles-experience-for-marvel-fans-worldwide
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Custodian Prime Trust Cuts Ties With Crypto Lender Celsius
https://www.coindesk.com/custodian-prime-trust-cuts-ties-with-crypto-lender-celsius
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Citigroup launches a digital asset unit within its wealth management division
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/109526/citigroup-digital-asset-unit
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SCRT x Terra - Announcing the Secret Terra Bridge!
https://scrt.network/blog/announcing-secret-network-terra-bridge
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Supporters of Hong Kong's Apple Daily are storing its archives on a blockchain after the government shut it down
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/109481/hong-kong-apple-daily-blockchain-government-shutdown
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Stablecoin SafeDollar Hit by Cyberattack
https://www.coindesk.com/polygon-defi-protocol-safedollar-hit-by-exploit-report
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Beeple Founded NFT Platform, Wenew Chooses Polygon to reduce its environmental impact
https://polygontech.medium.com/beeple-founded-nft-platform-wenew-chooses-polygon-to-reduce-its-environmental-impact-65fd96e8cea8
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Announcing Compound Treasury, for Businesses & Institutions
https://medium.com/compound-finance/announcing-compound-treasury-for-businesses-institutions-83d4484fb82e
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Crypto billionaire Jed McCaleb nearly out of XRP to dump on the market
https://protos.com/mccaleb-jed-ripple-labs-founder-finished-selling-crypto-xrp/
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650 U.S. Banks Will Soon Be Able To Offer Bitcoin Purchases to 24 Million Customers
https://decrypt.co/74858/650-banks-to-offer-bitcoin-purchases-to-24-million-customers
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SOCIOS.COM TO LAUNCH UFC FAN TOKEN
https://www.ufc.com/news/socioscom-launch-ufc-fan-token-today-500-pm-cet
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EXCLUSIVE Crypto billionaire Novogratz leads funding for virtual real estate firm
https://www.reuters.com/business/exclusive-crypto-billionaire-novogratz-leads-funding-virtual-real-estate-firm-2021-06-30/
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Announcing the Saddle D4 Pool Launch: alUSD, FEI, FRAX, LUSD
https://medium.com/saddle/announcing-the-saddle-d4-pool-launch-alusd-fei-frax-lusd-249b3b42734f
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Element is Live on Ethereum Mainnet!
https://medium.com/element-finance/element-is-live-on-ethereum-mainnet-ae7c58cf2e57
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Vesper - VUSD Beta
https://twitter.com/VesperFi/status/1410288908328448004
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Hermez Mobile Wallet Is Now Live For iOS And Android
https://blog.hermez.io/hermez-mobile-wallet/
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Earn 4% APY on USDC - Coinbase Lend!
https://www.coinbase.com/lend
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MERLIN LABS - R3KT
https://www.rekt.news/merlin3-rekt/
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Coinbase CEO: We plan to list every crypto asset where legally viable
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/109889/co%E2%80%A6
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Gemini Offsets Bitcoin Carbon Emissions, Launches Gemini Green
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/gemini-offsets-bitcoin-carbon-emissions-launches-gemini-green-1030550465
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Stronghold Digital Mining Raises $105M to Turn Waste Coal Into Bitcoin
https://www.coindesk.com/stronghold-digital-mining-raises-105m-to-turn-waste-coal-into-bitcoin
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ASIC Manufacturer Canaan Inc. Launches Bitcoin Mining Farm in Kazakhstan
https://cryptobriefing.com/asic-manufacturer-canaan-inc-launches-bitcoin-mining-farm-in-khazakstan/
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El Salvador to Airdrop $30 BTC to Residents as Bitcoin Adoption Gains Ground
https://btcmanager.com/el-salvador-30-btc-residents-bitcoin-adoption/
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Circle Launching DeFi API to Lower The Barrier to Entry for Businesses
https://btcmanager.com/circle-defi-api-barrier-entry-businesses/
Raises:
Yield closes $10mm funding round led by Paradigm
https://medium.com/yield-protocol/yield-closes-10mm-funding-round-led-by-paradigm-7e456e72b5e3
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Novogratz-Backed Cryptology Asset Group Invests $49M More in Block.one
https://www.coindesk.com/novogratz-backed-cryptology-asset-group-invests-49m-more-in-block-one
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t3rn closes first investment round led by Polychain totalling $1.35m
https://twitter.com/t3rn_io/status/1408038854733582339
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The $4.5M XPNET pre-sale is successfully completed
https://xpnetwork.medium.com/the-4-5m-xpnet-pre-sale-is-successfully-completed-b533123673b0
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Chainalysis announce a $100 million Series E round led by Coatue
https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/series-e-announcement
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RabbitHole raises 3.6M to build the on-chain resume for the future of work
https://rabbithole.mirror.xyz/ZYcTE1mh5TxpGNHEPWon8KH7R3MlllJE4VhG_yJIr-M
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DeFi Insurance Upstart Risk Harbor Goes Live With $3.25M in Seed Funding
https://www.coindesk.com/defi-insurance-upstart-risk-harbor-goes-live-with-3-25m-in-seed-funding
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InsureDAO closes $1M financing round and will launch a new DeFi insurance protocol on Testnet
https://medium.com/insuredao/insuredao-closes-1m-financing-round-and-will-launch-a-new-defi-insurance-protocol-on-testnet-e0a28d1d3892
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Meson Network Raises $3.5M in Fundraising Round
https://www.investing.com/news/cryptocurrency-news/meson-network-raises-35m-in-fundraising-round-2543279
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Coinvise raises $2.5M to Build a Social Network for the Web3 Creator Economy
https://coinvise.substack.com/p/coinvise-raises-25m-to-build-a-social
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A16z Leads $12M Investment in DeFi-Native Crypto Tracing Firm Nansen
https://www.coindesk.com/a16z-12m-investment-crypto-analytics-nansen
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Tracer DAO closes $4.5M USD raise
https://tracer.finance/radar/tracer-dao-raise/

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Bitcoin ETF applicant Valkyrie raises $10 million in Series A funding
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/110088/bitcoin-etf-applicant-crypto-valkyrie-10-million-series-a
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Blockware Mining raises $25 million amid bitcoin hashrate migration
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/110052/blockware-mining-raises-25-million-amid-bitcoin-hashrate-migration
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Syndicate Raises $800K from 100 Community Members
https://syndicate.mirror.xyz/_dIadEYTjam8Z8DGq2ezTBsYuf-bfSRoKFhNYZYJFk8
Additional Reads:
Yeah, about that “risk-free” 18% by Emily (@automataemily)
https://emily-automata.medium.com/who-wants-a-risk-free-18-1acda3952ce2
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Perpetual Protocol Analysis and Valuation by Greymatter Research (Joseph Todaro, James Todaro and Joe Kendzicky)
https://greymattercapital.substack.com/p/perpetual-protocol-analysis-and-valuation
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“China FUD”: Understanding China’s Recent Crypto Regulations - @mrjasonchoi
https://insights.deribit.com/market-research/china-fud-understanding-chinas-recent-crypto-regulations/
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I Still Can’t Draw a Line - Arthur Hayes
https://cryptohayes.medium.com/i-still-cant-draw-a-line-7d136d73e5ff
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Four charts to explain what’s happening to Bitcoin’s hashrate.
https://compassmining.io/education/four-charts-bitcoin-hashrate-crash/
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Demystifying China's Complex Relationship with Bitcoin: Past, Present and Future by Dale Aluf and Aaron Schorr
https://sino-israel.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Crypto-Report-Final-1.pdf
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Final thoughts by @0xSisyhpus (an account I love to follow on Twitter who's taking a break from crypto)
https://twitter.com/0xSisyphus/status/1409914070447312897
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Chainlink Fact Sheet
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ve5s2UWkjWcSWBZoK5cQWMhkqOX4DAs_/view

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How do banks work? by @Jonwu_
https://twitter.com/jonwu_/status/1409904554729041926
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Parachute Pants and Central Bank Money
https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/quarles20210628a.htm
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MakerDAO report by Gauntlet
https://maker-report.gauntlet.network/
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DAO First Capital Formation by kain (SNX)
https://blog.synthetix.io/dao-first-capital-formation/
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The Story of the Mexican Fisherman - a quick tale about wealth ;) keep your eyes on what's really important
https://bemorewithless.com/the-story-of-the-mexican-fisherman/
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Into The VC - Alameda by @solanians_
https://twitter.com/solanians_/status/1409727048893927428
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Gerald Cotten and Quadriga: Unraveling Crypto’s Biggest Mystery
https://www.coindesk.com/gerald-cotten-quadriga-serial-grifter
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Stablecoin thread by Ryan Watkins
https://twitter.com/RyanWatkins_/status/1410013765727305735
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DeFi attacks: the second part of the recap
https://www.theblockresearch.com/defi-attacks-the-second-part-of-the-recap-109809
Alpha:
https://www.facet.us/
Luxury jewelry for digital art and NFTs
Introducing Perpetual Protocol V2 — “Curie”
https://medium.com/perpetual-protocol/introducing-perpetual-protocol-v2-curie-730d3e9aa609
Rari Capital x xSushi Fuse pool
https://twitter.com/RariCapital/status/1410129161000153091

This week in crypto #4:



News:

USDC Backer Circle to Go Public in SPAC Deal
https://www.coindesk.com/usdc-backer-circle-to-go-public-in-spac-deal

Robinhood's S-1 goes public, detailing big surge in its crypto business unit since the start of 2021
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/110312/robinhoods-s-1-goes-public-detailing-big-surge-in-its-crypto-business-unit-since-the-start-of-2021


Uniswap V3 - We’re very excited to share that the Uniswap v3 liquidity mining contracts have been deployed to Ethereum mainnet and all testnets
https://twitter.com/Uniswap/status/1410675488172003330


JPMorgan Says Ethereum Upgrades Could Jumpstart $40 Billion Staking Industry
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilymason/2021/07/01/jpmorgan-says-ethereum-upgrades-could-jumpstart-40-billion-staking-industry


In gold-crazy India, millennials are turning to cryptocurrency amid Covid-19
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3139619/gold-crazy-india-millennials-are-turning-cryptocurrency-amid


Philippine Stock Exchange wants to provide crypto trading when regulators approve it
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/110486/philippine-stock-exchange-crypto-trading


BarnBridge unveils application to maintain portfolio weightings of ERC-20 tokens
https://cointelegraph.com/news/barnbridge-unveils-application-to-maintain-portfolio-weightings-of-erc-20-tokens


ArcherDAO x SushiSwap
https://twitter.com/Archer_DAO/status/1412387532642344965


Alpha Finance - June Monthly Summary
https://blog.alphafinance.io/june-summary/


Synthetix - June Monthly Summary
https://blog.synthetix.io/june-2021-monthly-update/


Israel’s new president will receive an NFT of the presidential oath
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/110679/israels-new-president-will-receive-an-nft-of-the-presidential-oath


UFC INKS $175 MILLION CRYPTO DEAL, ITS LARGEST SPONSORSHIP EVER
https://www.sportico.com/business/sponsorship/2021/ufc-crypto-partnership-million-1234633607/


Stake DAO Newsletter #1
https://stakedaohq.medium.com/stake-dao-newsletter-1-d52e50d2ac0


Marshall Wace to make foray into investing in crypto sector
https://www.ft.com/content/30bc58f8-c8b7-4e9f-a01c-bb3732ea5152

Raises:


Mark Cuban-backed NFT platform Mintable raises $13 million in Series A
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/110200/mark-cuban-nft-platform-mintable-13-million-series-a


Ripple Takes Part in $13 Million Series A Funding for NFT Product: Details
https://u.today/ripple-takes-part-in-13-million-series-a-funding-for-nft-product-details


Dexlab Raises $1.44M For Solana Gateway and Token Launchpad
https://coinquora.com/dexlab-raises-1-44m-for-solana-gateway-and-token-launchpad/


Spencer Dinwiddie’s Crypto App for Creators Raises $7.5M
https://www.coindesk.com/spencer-dinwiddies-crypto-app-for-creators-raises-7-5m


Animoca Brands completes US$138.88m capital raise with second tranche of US$50m
https://www.animocabrands.com/animoca-brands-completes-usd138888888-capital-raise-with-second-tranche-of-usd50000000


Softbank invests $200 million in Brazil’s Mercado Bitcoin crypto exchange
https://www.ledgerinsights.com/softbank-invests-200-million-in-brazil-mercado-bitcoin-crypto-exchange/


Community Gaming raises $2.3M for automated esports tournaments with player rewards
https://venturebeat.com/2021/07/01/community-gaming-raises-2-3m-for-automated-esports-tournaments-with-player-rewards/


Syndicate Raises $800K from 100 Community Members
https://syndicate.mirror.xyz/_dIadEYTjam8Z8DGq2ezTBsYuf-bfSRoKFhNYZYJFk8


Bling Seed Round Backed by Coinbase Ventures, CEO Amy Wan – We are Working on Other Financial Services
https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2021/07/177396-bling-seed-round-backed-by-coinbase-ventures-ceo-amy-wan-we-are-working-on-other-financial-services/


The Index Cooperative is excited to announce that we have raised $7.75M in a strategic Treasury diversification round led by 1kx and Galaxy Digital
https://medium.com/indexcoop/the-index-cooperative-completes-7-7m-treasury-diversification-led-by-galaxy-digital-1kx-4e481166b81f


DeFi investing platform Zerion raises $8.2 million in Series A funding
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/110675/defi-investing-platform-zerion-series-a-funding


DeFi on Solana: Solrise raises $3.4M for non-custodial asset management
https://cointelegraph.com/news/defi-on-solana-solrise-raises-3-4m-for-non-custodial-asset-management

Additional Reads




What do we really mean when we say “Gamification?” by @anafabrega11
https://twitter.com/anafabrega11/status/1411332400156712963


Impermanent Loss Insurance (Protection Markets) for Uniswap v3 LP’s
https://medium.com/gamma-strategies/impermanent-loss-insurance-protection-markets-for-uniswap-v3-lps-20d661f61883


Ron Conway and the Economic Empowerment Award by Airbnb
https://news.airbnb.com/ron-conway-and-the-economic-empowerment-award/
GBTC unlocks by Willy Woo
https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1412265600106188803


TradFi and how obsolete it is by @TopherTru
https://twitter.com/TopherTru/status/1411680285435916291


New Game Theory Who Dis?
https://medium.com/universe-xyz/new-game-theory-who-dis-e521835630dd


Is CVX the New veCRV? Token Breakdown & Analysis
https://defidividends.com/is-cvx-the-new-vecrv/


Why we invested in Project Serum - Sino Global Capital
https://sinoglobalcap.medium.com/why-we-invested-in-project-serum-b6c9fa57e0a2


Optimizing Token Economics - TheTie Research
https://research.thetie.io/token-economics/


A comprehensive regulatory overview of Australia - The Block Research
https://www.theblockresearch.com/overview-of-australia-108821

Alpha:




Since March, ecosystem funds have deployed over $3,900,000 in 33 projects building on Solana!
https://solana.com/ecosystem?categories=fund


Introducing, Mint with Levy
https://adamlevy.io/mint/


Introducing Gro Protocol
https://groprotocol.medium.com/introducing-gro-protocol-edd1cbfed94b


Introducing Fixed Forex (USD, EUR, ZAR, JPY, CNY, etc) - Andre Cronje
https://andrecronje.medium.com/introducing-fixed-forex-usd-eur-zar-ypy-cny-etc-e668b931a884


Thread for releasing some prototypes, hopefully it will inspire some teams to form around them, alternatively, hopefully the code can help teach some eager learners - Andre Cronje
https://twitter.com/AndreCronjeTech/status/1411244286146977792


Introducing Neptune Finance
https://neptunefinance.medium.com/introducing-neptune-finance-f717f5099a05


Enjoy.

This week in crypto #5:

News:


Digital Currency Group Buying $50M of Ethereum Classic Grayscale Shares
https://decrypt.co/74145/ethereum-classic-dcg-grayscale


We're proud to officially launch the Hop bridge starting with instant $USDC transfers between @ethereum, @0xPolygon and @xdaichain.
https://twitter.com/HopProtocol/status/1414624873775878148


The integration of the Gravity DEX protocol on the Cosmos Hub was successfully completed!
https://twitter.com/cosmos/status/1414762923092856841


The Lightning Network Is Going to Change How You Think About Bitcoin
https://www.coindesk.com/lightning-network-how-you-think-about-bitcoin


BAT Roadmap 2.0: Update 2
https://brave.com/bat-roadmap-update-2/


ShapeShift is Decentralizing
https://erikvoorhees.medium.com/shapeshift-is-decentralizing-639bb4c82fc8


Alpha Launchpad Review & Expansion Plan
https://blog.alphafinance.io/alpha-launchpad-review-expansion-plan/


USDC Assets to Be Disclosed in SEC Filings, Circle CEO Says
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/usdc-assets-disclosed-sec-filings-171403434.html


Fed Says ‘Surge’ in Crypto Prices Reflects Increased Appetite for Risk
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fed-says-surge-crypto-prices-214058784.html


Jack Dorsey Confirms Square Is Launching A Bitcoin Hardware Wallet
https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/21/07/21909152/jack-dorsey-confirms-square-is-launching-a-bitcoin-hardware-wallet


US Senator Invests in Bitcoin and Ethereum via Grayscale
https://news.bitcoin.com/us-senator-invests-in-bitcoin-and-ethereum-grayscale/


The World Bank, IMF and BIS push for central bank cryptocurrencies to improve cross-border payments
https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/cbdcs-crypto-payments-world-bank-imf-and-bis-report-2021-7


Uniswap V3 (UNI) Deployed on Optimism Mainnet
https://btcmanager.com/uniswap-v3-uni-optimism-mainnet/


Former CFTC Chair: ‘A Bitcoin ETF Would Be Good for Investors and Regulators’
https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2021/07/former-cftc-chair-a-bitcoin-etf-would-be-good-for-investors-and-regulators/


S&P Dow Jones Indices Launches S&P Cryptocurrency Broad Digital Market Index
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sp-dow-jones-indices-launches-sp-cryptocurrency-broad-digital-market-index-301332698.html


DeFi teams accused of hoarding tokens and voting power
https://decrypt.co/39671/defi-teams-accused-of-hoarding-tokens-and-voting-power


ANYSWAP - REKT
https://www.rekt.news/anyswap-rekt/


Gnosis Safe is Live on Layer 2!
https://blog.gnosis.pm/gnosis-safe-is-live-on-layer-2-24adf83f0032


Introducing SBR — the Saber Protocol Token
https://blog.saber.so/introducing-sbr-the-saber-protocol-token-5f1f1103d57d


FTX Deal Gives Institutions New Access to Crypto Markets
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/ftx-copper-technologies-tie-up-to-give-easier-access-to-crypto

Talk of town: Axie Infinity


It's time for some @AxieInfinity data. -@SJanuskas
https://twitter.com/SJanuskas/status/1413858522597572608


Axie Population & Long-term Sustainability
https://whitepaper.axieinfinity.com/gameplay/axie-population-and-long-term-sustainability


The Rise of Axie Infinity | @Jihoz_Axie (SotN 7/13) | Bankless
https://www.pscp.tv/w/1YqKDeqbDZaGVh


The Axie Infinity episode with @YanLiberman just dropped
https://twitter.com/VentureCoinist/status/1414977430251524101


Axie Infinity + YieldGuild thread by @AmyTongwu
https://twitter.com/amytongwu/status/1415185305196326918

@AxieInfinity is generating more fees than both Bitcoin and Ethereum right now.
https://twitter.com/pierskicks/status/1415611727794909184


Axie Infinity thread by @sisyphus
https://twitter.com/0xSisyphus/status/1415636898341695497

Raises:


Lithium Finance Takes On Additional Investors; Total Raise Reached $7.6M
https://medium.com/lithiumfinance/lithium-finance-takes-on-additional-investors-total-raise-reached-7-6m-878ef4f73bb7
hi

Announces Investment Partnerships to Accelerate Growth - HashKey, #hashed, Longling Capital.
https://medium.com/hi-official/hi-announces-investment-partnerships-to-accelerate-growth-90b8e47c9d54


Welsh crypto insurer Coincover lands $9.2 million Series A fundraise (insurance)
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/110691/welsh-crypto-insurer-coincover-lands-9-2-million-series-a-fundraise


NFT Oasis raises $4.4 million in financing and opens a bridge to the metaverse enabling creators to reach the masses using virtual reality
https://www.nftoasis.co/press/press-release-2021-07-08-financing-and-metaverse


UMA Raises $2.6mm with the Pilot of the Range Token
https://medium.com/uma-project/uma-raises-2-6mm-in-the-pilot-of-the-range-token-de5be578fa5e


Announcing Investors of Beta Finance (Alpha Homora launchpad) - Spartan Group, ParaFi, Multicoin, DeFiance, Delphi.
https://medium.com/beta-finance/announcing-investors-of-beta-finance-51eff7e98d


Argentinian Crypto Exchange Buenbit Raises $11M to Expand in Latin America
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/argentinian-crypto-exchange-buenbit-raises-%2411m-to-expand-in-latin-america-2021-07-12


Nifty's launches NFT-focused social media platform with $10 million in seed funding
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/111040/niftys-launches-nft-focused-social-media-platform-with-10-million-in-seed-funding


Arcana Raises $375K Seed from Balaji Srinivasan and Other Investors
https://medium.com/arcana-network-blog/arcana-raises-seed-from-balaji-srinivasan-and-other-leading-investors-f4ff94fa9c20


ClayStack Raises $5.2M in Seed Round Co-Led By CoinFund & ParaFi (#alpha)
https://blog.claystack.com/claystack-raises-5-2m-in-seed-round-co-led-by-coinfund-parafi-5e710c323e6a


Polychain Leads $21M Round for Retail-Oriented DEX
https://www.coindesk.com/polychain-leads-21m-round-for-retail-oriented-dex


Interoperability Project Connext Raises $12M From 1kx, ConsenSys
https://www.coindesk.com/interoperability-project-connext-raises-12m-from-1kx-consensys


Binary options platform Thales completes $2.5 million DAO-first funding round
https://thalesmarket.medium.com/binary-options-platform-thales-completes-2-5-million-dao-first-funding-round-410ec0c3aa29


Superfluid raises $9M To Build the Real-Time Finance Economy
https://medium.com/superfluid-blog/superfluid-raises-9m-to-build-the-real-time-finance-economy-988ed538def1


Chinese bitcoin miner BIT Mining raises $50 million to move overseas
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/111117/china-bitcoin-miner-bit-mining-50-million-overseas


Omm strategic partner announcement (CMS Holdings, FBG Capital, #hashed...)
https://ommfinance.medium.com/omm-strategic-partner-announcement-87321baea5a6


Zynga Co-founder's Gaming Firm Teams Up With Binance Smart Chain (#alpha)
https://www.bloombergquint.com/markets/zynga-co-founder-s-gaming-firm-teams-up-with-binance-smart-chain


Blocknative raises $12 million to scale core transaction monitoring infrastructure
https://www.blocknative.com/blog/series-a


ParaState successfully closes a new $5.5-million private fundraising round
https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/parastate-successfully-closes-a-new-55-million-private-fundraising-round


Phantom raises $9M from a16z, Variant, Jump Capital & more
https://phantom.app/blog/phantom-raises-9m-from-a16z-variant-jump-capital-more


CertiK Completes Series B Funding - Raising over $37M!
https://www.certik.io/blog/announcements/certik-completes-series-b-funding#home


Blockchain-Based Fantasy Soccer Platform Sorare to Raise $532M in Funding: Report
https://www.coindesk.com/blockchain-based-fantasy-soccer-platform-sorare-to-receive-532m-in-funding-round-report

Regulation:




Breaking: Binance’s Key Payment Partner in Europe Cut Ties Over Regulatory Concerns
https://coingape.com/breaking-binances-key-payment-partner-in-europe-cut-ties-over-regulatory-concerns/


Australia Faces Big Choices on Crypto Regulation
https://www.coindesk.com/australia-faces-big-choices-on-crypto-regulation


U.S. needs a ‘strong regulatory framework’ for stablecoins, Fed’s Powell warns crypto investors
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/u-s-needs-a-strong-regulatory-framework-for-stablecoins-feds-powell-warns-crypto-investors-11626284657


Is Congress about to get involved in crypto exchange regulation?
https://fortune.com/2021/07/08/senator-elizabeth-warren-asks-sec-for-cryptocurrency-exchange-regulation-information/


Crypto regulation: 578 cryptocurrencies under scrutiny by South Korean authority
https://www.cryptopolitan.com/crypto-regulation-578-cryptos-under-scrutiny/


Paraguay wants to regulate crypto mining and trading, but its proposed laws are nothing like El Salvador
https://www.businessinsider.in/cryptocurrency/news/paraguay-wants-to-bring-crypto-mining-trading-under-legal-purview/articleshow/84408347.cms

Additional Reads:



It's been a while so let's talk about what's been happening with MakerDAO smart contracts lately. - @brianmcmichael
https://twitter.com/brianmcmichael/status/1413264224135045120


Deconstructor of Fun breaks down successful free-to-play games in search of what makes them fun - or not. All of the contributors to this site are both gamers and game makers.
https://www.deconstructoroffun.com/blog


Yearn Finance Newsletter #40
https://yearn.substack.com/p/yearn-finance-newsletter-40


Astroport on Terra
https://twitter.com/lukedelphi/status/1414606358670974977
https://astroport.medium.com/introducing-astroport-a-next-generation-amm-on-terra-119d94a061e4


This Week’s Best Terra Data Dashboards
https://blog.flipsidecrypto.com/best-terra-datadashboard-july-12/


Intern notes: Sam Bankman-Fried + @cryptoCred
https://twitter.com/analyticalali/status/1414681325093769221


China crypto news of the week (July 5 to July 11 ) : China targets USDT
https://wublock.substack.com/p/china-crypto-news-of-the-week-july


The @DriveWealth team just published their 2Q Global Retail Trends report:
https://twitter.com/JohnStCapital/status/1414706314031292420


Re: Ethereum difficulty bomb
https://twitter.com/nethermindeth/status/1414622903274905600


mirror.xyz thread by @andrewhong5297
https://twitter.com/andrewhong5297/status/1415054747778920456


SushiSwap: influence, development, and trends
https://www.theblockresearch.com/sushiswap-influence-development-and-trends-110882


Here's my take on why China is going after its tech giants. Let me know your thoughts. Thread by @ArjunKharpal
https://twitter.com/ArjunKharpal/status/1414958408646729730


Q2'21 stablecoin report by Messari
https://messari.io/article/q2-21-defi-review


SBF: Why crypto exchanges make their data free
https://twitter.com/SBF_Alameda/status/1415096884960526341


The Purpose and Value of Cryptocurrency and Tokens
https://smartcontentpublication.medium.com/the-purpose-and-value-of-cryptocurrency-and-tokens-4ad9db9fac7b


Stay Informed on Polkadot and Kusama with new Dot Pulse newsletter
https://defipulse.com/blog/stay-informed-on-polkadot-and-kusama-with-new-dot-pulse-newsletter/


One of "those" threads collecting puzzle pieces that may represent risk by @BTC_jacksparrow
https://twitter.com/BTC_JackSparrow/status/1414955708995547139


The Market Making Landscape of Uniswap V3 - Nansen Research
https://www.nansen.ai/research/the-market-making-landscape-of-uniswap-v3


“I have spent ~100 hours going through 10,000 links sourced from 4 years of chat data from 5 prominent telegram groups to make this compilation. The list involves everything from IMFs views on stablecoins to theses on DeFi by anonymous contributors.” by @joel_john95
https://www.decentralised.co/the-reading-list/


"How BlockFi killed the market" by @MrBenLily
https://twitter.com/MrBenLilly/status/1415353206687813634


Q2'21 CoinGecko
https://twitter.com/coingecko/status/1415612125112799232

Podcasts:


Seb Audet: Zapper Is Illuminating Crypto For All To See
https://www.delphidigital.io/podcasts/seb-audet-zapper-is-illuminating-crypto-for-all-to-see/


Digging into Mining with Kristy-Leigh Minehan
https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/189


Yenwen Feng and Nick Tong: Introducing Perpetual Protocol v2 “Curie”
https://www.delphidigital.io/reports/yenwen-feng-and-nick-tong-introducing-perpetual-protocol-v2-curie/

Alpha:



HackATOM HCMC Winners
https://twitter.com/cosmos/status/1414666028890656782

v1 of Mars Protocol's Risk Framework
https://twitter.com/mars_protocol/status/1414633063368232967

Introducing the Coin98 (C98) Token Sale on Binance Launchpad!
https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/6f89120a6dfa4dd2b6a7e14e2912a1e1

Pyth Network
https://twitter.com/Mariobern_/status/1414128013554315264

Harvest v2
https://twitter.com/harvest_finance/status/1415054742619709442

Hope you find this dump valuable! Have fun and a great weekend!

This week in crypto #6:


News:

London Mainnet Announcement
https://blog.ethereum.org/2021/07/15/london-mainnet-announcement/


Square is creating a new business (joining Seller, Cash App, & Tidal) focused on building an open developer platform named TBD
https://twitter.com/jack/status/1415765941904941061


Alibaba’s E-Commerce Website Taobao to Include NFT Arts in Its Maker Festival
https://www.coindesk.com/alibabas-e-commerce-website-taobao-to-include-nft-arts-in-its-maker-festival


Bitcoin mixer blender.io logs leaked
https://twitter.com/UnderTheBreach/status/1415927265075077124


First DAO-to-DAO loan -- Cream Finance x PleasrDAO
https://twitter.com/CreamdotFinance/status/1415998512358035460


Introducing $IMX To Power Ethereum’s First Layer-2 for NFTs (Immutable X)
https://immutablex.medium.com/introducing-imx-to-power-ethereums-first-layer-2-for-nfts-8be74981f573


Polygon Launches Unit to Grow Blockchain Gaming, NFTs
https://www.coindesk.com/polygon-launches-new-arm-to-grow-blockchain-gaming-nfts


Mega Whale Wallets Dormant Since 2018 Abruptly Add $841,000,000 in BTC Over the Weekend
https://dailyhodl.com/2021/07/20/mega-whale-wallets-dormant-since-2018-abruptly-add-841000000-in-btc-over-the-weekend/


Ethereum Co-Founder Anthony Di Iorio to Sell Decentral and Cut Major Ties to Cryptocurrency
https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-co-founder-anthony-di-iorio-to-sell-decentral-and-cut-major-ties-to-cryptocurrency


Blockfolio now offers interest on your savings
https://twitter.com/blockfolio/status/1417497465574539277


Circle Reveals Assets Backing USDC Stablecoin
https://www.coindesk.com/circle-reveals-assets-backing-usdc-stablecoin


MakerDAO Moves to Full Decentralization; Maker Foundation to Close in ‘Months’
https://www.coindesk.com/makerdao-moves-to-full-decentralization-maker-foundation-to-close-in-months


Goldman Sachs reports nearly half of its rich family office clients want to get into crypto
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/112178/goldman-sachs-reports-nearly-half-of-its-wealthy-family-office-clients-want-to-get-into-crypto


Joseph Delong : Sushi Next Generation AMM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op56VX90lZo


Grayscale is launching an institutional-grade DeFi fund and index
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/111839/grayscale-is-launching-an-institutional-grade-defi-fund-and-index


Thorchain exploit
https://twitter.com/THORChain/status/1415813696857591813
https://www.coindesk.com/blockchain-protocol-thorchain-loses-4k-ethereum-in-attack

Talk of town: $SUSHI raise


Proposal and forum discussion
https://forum.sushi.com/t/sushi-phantom-troupe-strategic-raise/4554


Arca's take
https://twitter.com/jdorman81/status/1416192502873214977


Sam Bankman-Fried's thoughts
https://twitter.com/SBF_Alameda/status/1416032485364969474


Adam Cochran (@adamscochran)
https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1416059988510973958


Jason Choi (Spartan Group)
https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi/status/1417045046340186112

Raises:




Terraform Labs Assembles an All-Star Roster of Investors Committed to Deploying $150 Million in the Terra Ecosystem
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/terraform-labs-assembles-star-roster-160000476.html


OpenSea raises $100M at $1.5B valuation for NFT marketplace
https://venturebeat.com/2021/07/20/opensea-raises-100m-at-1-5b-valuation-for-nft-marketplace/


FTX closes $900 million funding round at an $18 billion valuation
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/112014/ftx-900-billion-funding-round


Revolut Raises $800M in Series E; Valued at $33 Billion
https://www.finsmes.com/2021/07/revolut-raises-800m-in-series-e-valued-at-33-billion.html


Seed Club Raises $2m to build “YCombinator of Tokenized Communities”
https://club.mirror.xyz/a5PQAwU0CuHJ90lEOmzq545nlC4qqNoTVTeHEGRrqow


Axelar Raises $25m in Series A led by Polychain Capital to Scale Blockchain Interoperability Network
https://axelar.network/news/axelar-raises-25m-in-series-a-led-by-polychain-capital-to-scale-blockchain-interoperability-network


4K raises $3 million for NFT marketplace
https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/88630/4k-raises-3-million-for-nft-marketplace


Ratio Finance Raises $2.25 Million to Unlock Liquidity on Solana with Collateralized Debt Positions
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ratio-finance-raises-2-25-161500225.html


Nym gets $6 million for its anonymous overlay mixnet to sell privacy as a service
https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/16/nym-gets-6m-for-its-anonymous-overlay-mixnet-to-sell-privacy-as-a-service/


Spores Network Raises $2.3M in Funds to Become First Full-stack NFTs and DeFi
https://coinquora.com/spores-network-raises-2-3m-in-funds-to-become-first-full-stack-nfts-and-defi/


DinoX Closes Oversubscribed Private Round and Announces SHO on DAO Maker
https://dinoxproject.medium.com/dinox-closes-oversubscribed-private-round-and-announces-sho-on-dao-maker-eef4a68f8419


Visor Finance raises $3.5M in funding to develop the next phase of its Active Liquidity Management Protocol
https://medium.com/visorfinance/visor-finance-raises-3-5m-in-funding-to-develop-the-next-phase-of-its-active-management-protocol-f0e7201f6a62


Off to the Races: Virtually Human Studio Secures $20M USD Series A round from TCG and Andreessen Horowitz
https://community.zed.run/2021/07/21/off-to-the-races-virtually-human-studio-secures-20m-usd-series-a-round-from-tcg-and-andreesen-horowitz/


Coin98 Raises $11.25M in Strategic Funding Round Led by Hashed and Spartan Group
https://blog.coin98.com/coin98-strategic-funding-round/


EthBlockArt pre-seed round
https://twitter.com/EthBlockArt/status/1417855792590598147

Additional Reads:


Impact of liquidity mining on protocol revenue by @Rewkang
https://twitter.com/Rewkang/status/1415870042307276803

The Moonshot that is Luna - $LUNA investment thesis
https://patrick-meister.medium.com/the-moonshot-that-is-luna-167b4a9e4add

Solana 101 for devs by @dumbcontract2
https://2501babe.github.io/posts/solana101.html

What would happen if Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of South Park, were crypto natives who built the show from the ground up with Web3 principles?
https://twitter.com/real_alethea/status/1415797303189905408

Cryptocurrency Is Not Just For the Young, But Everyone Wants Something a Little Different -- report by Civic Science
https://civicscience.com/cryptocurrency-is-not-just-for-the-young-but-everyone-wants-something-a-little-different/

Axie Infinity: A Deep Dive | TheTie research
https://research.thetie.io/axie-infinity/

The metaverse index 101 by @verto0912
https://twitter.com/verto0912/status/1417207323647520771

Q2'21 Layer-1 Review: A Peek at the Largest Ecosystems by TVL by Messari Research
https://messari.io/article/q2-21-layer-1-review-a-peek-at-the-largest-ecosystems-by-tvl

DeFi derivatives thread by @KyleSamani
https://twitter.com/KyleSamani/status/1415697784993374218

Understanding the Value of Uniswap v3 Liquidity Positions
https://lambert-guillaume.medium.com/understanding-the-value-of-uniswap-v3-liquidity-positions-cdaaee127fe7

A thread about Dror Poleg and his writings
https://twitter.com/0xElle/status/1386571271975145474

A (developing) thesis on current crypto market structure and why it leads to extreme volatility throughout the market cycles by @Arthur_0x
https://twitter.com/Arthur_0x/status/1416308601556066313

Frontrunning a Scammer - whitehat hacking using flashbots :)
https://amanusk.medium.com/frontrunning-a-scammer-95f34dd33cf8

Taming Wildcat Stablecoins (academic research piece) by Gary B. Gorton and Jeffery Zhang
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3888752

Mechanism Capital research regarding the growth of C.R.E.A.M
https://twitter.com/Rewkang/status/1416168304234872837

China Roundup 09 by Sino Global Capital
https://twitter.com/sinoglobalcap/status/1416801351770599429

Decentralized Stablecoins: An Unfulfilled Promise? - nansen research
https://www.nansen.ai/research/decentralized-stablecoins-an-unfulfilled-promise

Branding and marketing for crypto startups by @adamscochran
https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1408090837372784644

Staking Weekly #15 — MEV: The Costs, The Benefits, And The Proposed Solution
https://blog.claystack.com/mev-the-costs-the-benefits-and-the-proposed-solutions-4bb63c6a3923

Issue #26: How You DAO
https://30000feet.substack.com/p/issue-26-how-you-dao

Ethereum Reorgs After The Merge by Georgios Konstantopoulos, Vitalik Buterin
https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/07/ethereum-reorgs-after-the-merge/

Layer by Layer: A weekly look at Layer 1 blockchains by TheBlock Research
https://www.theblockresearch.com/layer-by-layer-a-weekly-look-at-layer-1-blockchains-111575

Your ultimate crypto reading list: 27 books that experts say everyone should read to better understand digital currencies and invest in them profitably
https://www.businessinsider.com/crypto-investing-best-books-list-recommendations-bitcoin-blockchain-ethereum-strategy-2021-7

Exploring DAOs Mega Thread by @shegenerates
https://twitter.com/shegenerates/status/1417482201294311438

The Compelling Case for NFT Gaming by nansen research
https://www.nansen.ai/research/the-compelling-case-for-nft-gaming

Dr. Reorg or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love MEV
https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/dr-reorg-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-mev-2ee72b428d1d

The nature of venture capital is changing - Messari
https://twitter.com/MessariCrypto/status/1417529137602961411

Thread on Silvergate Bank by @Nate_DiCamillo
https://twitter.com/Nate_DiCamillo/status/1417498690751770628

Regulation:




New Jersey Attorney General Issues Cease And Desist Order Against Multi-Billion Dollar Bitcoin Financial Services Platform (BlockFi)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenehrlich/2021/07/19/new-jersey-attorney-general-prepares-cease-and-desist-order-against-multi-billion-dollar-bitcoin-financial-services-platform


EU to tighten rules on cryptoasset transfers
https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-tighten-rules-cryptoasset-transfers-2021-07-20/


Former top US consumer regulator joins crypto risk monitoring firm
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/cryptocurrency/former-top-us-consumer-regulator-joins-crypto-risk-monitoring-firm


Cryptocurrency markets slide as Yellen leads mounting regulatory scrutiny
https://www.ft.com/content/9685a2e0-e8d5-48f5-9c1f-66aea8cb1597


Elizabeth Warren Gives SEC July 28 Deadline to Figure Out Crypto Regulation
https://www.coindesk.com/elizabeth-warren-sec-deadline-crypto-regulation


Turkey is ready to regulate crypto, and it could get more expensive for crypto companies to operate
https://www.businessinsider.in/cryptocurrency/news/turkey-to-introduce-crypto-bill-in-parliament-this-october


India’s crypto community plays for time as New Delhi dithers on regulation
https://forkast.news/indias-crypto-community-new-delhi-dithers-regulation/


Turkish Draft Law Regulating Cryptocurrencies Enters Parliament in October
https://news.bitcoin.com/turkish-draft-law-regulating-cryptocurrencies-enters-parliament-in-october/