Hope you have a lovely weekend and that this week's dump brings you value♥️

This week in crypto #29:

Last Shualpha dump for 2021. Or forever, who knows really...

Burned: 1,305,614 ETH
Rewards: 1,973,789 ETH
Tips: 245,768 ETH
Net Issuance: 668,176 ETH
Net Reduction: 66.14%

News:

Planning for Better Breed of DOGE: Dogecoin Foundation Lays Out First-Ever Road Map
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/24/planning-for-a-better-breed-of-doge-dogecoin-foundation-lays-out-first-ever-roadmap/

A New Era for StakeWise — Upgrading to A Decentralized Architecture
https://stakewise.medium.com/a-new-era-for-stakewise-decentralizing-the-architecture-e598fde75ea8

Dfinity’s Internet Computer Opens Ethereum Bridge
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/12/24/dfinitys-internet-computer-opens-ethereum-bridge/

$SPELL and $UST are live on Binance
https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/43d0f0d01c6a42a7941c9ecd1a1ae94b

$JOE too
https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/278d0e13f8484d2fb90d784b5277a0e5

Arweave x ZigZag bridge
https://twitter.com/zigzagexchange/status/1476233052833472513

Coinbase Votes in Favor of Another Ethereum Name Service Airdrop
https://decrypt.co/87505/coinbase-votes-favor-another-ethereum-name-service-airdrop

Algorand Surges as Foundation Incentivizes DeFi Activity on Algofi
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2021/12/30/algorand-surges-as-foundation-incentivizes-defi-activity-on-algofi/

Covered call $LUNA vaults are now live on Katana on Solana
https://twitter.com/terra_money/status/1474104777524998153

Russia’s Largest Bank Introduces First Blockchain-Focused ETF in the Country
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/30/russias-largest-bank-introduces-first-blockchain-focused-etf-in-the-country/

Solana Foundation announces blockchain is carbon neutral, thanks to carbon offsets
https://solana.com/news/solana-foundation-carbon-neutral-2021

Polygon Quietly Patched Vulnerability That Put $24 Billion in MATIC at Risk
https://decrypt.co/89514/polygon-quietly-patched-vulnerability-that-put-24-billion-in-matic-at-risk
https://medium.com/immunefi/polygon-lack-of-balance-check-bugfix-postmortem-2-2m-bounty-64ec66c24c7d

MicroStrategy Buys Another $94.2M of Bitcoin
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/30/microstrategy-buys-another-942-million-of-bitcoin/

stLuna: The Next Generation of Liquid Staking on Terra
https://blog.lido.fi/stluna-the-next-generation-of-liquid-staking-on-terra/

Bakkt President Adam White Announces He Is Leaving
https://decrypt.co/89216/bakkt-adam-white

ASIC reveals how it infiltrated crypto ‘pump and dump’ Telegram groups
https://cointelegraph.com/news/asic-reveals-how-it-infiltrated-crypto-pump-and-dump-telegram-groups

Bitswift Unlimited Mint Bugfix Postmortem
https://medium.com/immunefi/bitswift-unlimited-mint-bugfix-postmortem-147a1e57dca9

Hong Kong Arrests 2 Suspected of Laundering $384M Through Banks and a Crypto Exchange
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/30/hong-kong-arrests-2-suspected-of-laundering-384m-through-banks-and-a-crypto-exchange/

Japan’s Taxes on Crypto Firms Are Leading Some to Leave the Country
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/12/23/japans-taxes-on-crypto-firms-are-leading-some-to-leave-the-country/

PixelDAO x X-Consoles
https://twitter.com/pixeldaofi/status/1474935756032741383

Upgrade Curve DAO to allow optional fractional votes proposal: Passed
https://dao.curve.fi/vote/ownership/112

Arca x Frog Nation Combined Restructure (SMSP 0): Passed
https://messari.io/governor/proposal/d13ee12a-fc8b-46df-a7cb-753dca3cb1dd

Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson Lays Out 2022 Plans
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/12/27/cardano-founder-charles-hoskinson-lays-out-2022-plans/

Number of Non-Zero Ethereum Addresses Hits Record High Above 71M: Glassnode
https://decrypt.co/89486/number-of-non-zero-ethereum-addresses-record-high-71-million-glassnode

Badger DAO: Emissions Q1 2022 proposal: Passed
https://messari.io/governor/proposal/56cc4083-b8a2-4d4c-894a-f30f351a57d4

Pyth Network x Neon Labs
https://twitter.com/neonlabsorg/status/1475977035449352205

Decrypt's Founder of the Year: Sam Bankman-Fried
https://decrypt.co/88831/crypto-founder-of-the-year-sam-bankman-fried-ftx

ARC: Deploying Aave on StarkNet
https://governance.aave.com/t/arc-deploying-aave-on-starknet/6726

News: (Cont'd)

Arbitrum One based deposits & withdrawals for $ETH are available on Huobi
https://twitter.com/HuobiGlobal/status/1476045335357132801

ProShares Files Application With SEC for a Metaverse ETF
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/29/proshares-files-application-with-sec-for-a-metaverse-etf/

OpenDAO’s SOS Token Hits $250M Market Cap Despite Unclear Goals, Security Risks
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/28/opendaos-sos-token-hits-250m-market-cap-despite-unclear-goals-security-risks/

Iran Banning Crypto Mining Until March 6 to Save Power
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/12/28/iran-banning-crypto-mining-until-march-6-to-save-power-report/

EthSign PDF Signing and Smart Agreement
https://twitter.com/ethsign/status/1474223722085109765

Upcoming FTX features
https://twitter.com/sbf_ftx/status/1475971836760440835

NFTs:

Open-Sourcing a New Interface for the Cryptopunks Market
https://www.larvalabs.com/blog/2021-11-11-18-0/open-sourcing-a-new-interface-for-the-cryptopunks-market

NFTGAN: Non-Fungible Token Art Generation Using Generative Adversarial Networks
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2112/2112.10577.pdf

NBA's Sacramento Kings' NFT collection
https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings/status/1474047768414994436

Kraken to Develop NFT Marketplace Offering Token-Backed Loans
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/24/kraken-to-develop-nft-marketplace-offering-token-backed-loans/

BAYC x MAYC mobile game expected in 4 weeks
https://twitter.com/BoredApeYC/status/1474145664951103489

Cryptobatz: Ozzy Osbourne announces first NFT collection
https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/exclusive-ozzy-osbourne-announces-nfts-cryptobatz-collection-8800/

NFT trading volume surpassed $13 billion in 2021
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/128676/nft-trading-volume-surpassed-13-billion-in-2021

UK Students Sell NFT to Raise Funds for Tornado Survivors
https://www.nftradar.org/uk-students-sell-nft-to-raise-funds-for-tornado-survivors/

NFT-Related Internet Searches Top the Blockchain
https://nftplazas.com/nft-internet-searches/

Popular Miami nightclub E11EVEN buys Bored Ape #11 for $400,000
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/128618/popular-miami-nightclub-e11even-buys-bored-ape-11-for-400000

"unicrawl" roughpaper by @dhof
https://twitter.com/dhof/status/1475246745399476235

China’s first "News Digital Collection" NFT, limited to 110,000 copies, all available for free
https://twitter.com/BlockBeatsChina/status/1473479874061160451

Animoca Brands Purchase $3M Worth of Star Atlas NFT Spaceships
https://nftplazas.com/animoca-brands-purchase-3m-worth-of-star-atlas-nft-spaceships/

The Sandbox: Is it following the Roblox playbook?
https://www.theblockresearch.com/the-sandbox-is-it-following-the-roblox-playbook-128704

Current state of NFTs and blockchain-based gaming in 2021
https://www.theblockresearch.com/current-state-of-nfts-and-blockchain-based-gaming-in-2021-128054

Scuderia Ferrari and Velas Blockchain Prepare High Octane NFTs
https://nftplazas.com/scuderia-ferrari-velas-nfts/

Artnet Launch NFT Platform with Inaugural Collection ‘ArtNFT: Beginnings’
https://nftplazas.com/artnet-launch-nft-platform-inaugural-collection/

Decentraland: Global New Year's Eve In The Metaverse
https://nye.wemeta.world/

Raises:

Port Finance Closes Impressive $5.3M Series A Funding Round
https://www.solana.news/post/port-finance-closes-impressive-5-3m-series-a-funding-round

TreasureDAO raises $3m led by 1kx
https://twitter.com/Treasure_NFT/status/1474027911799836677

DeFi Portfolio Tracking Firm DeBank Raises $25M in Round Led by Sequoia China
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/28/defi-portfolio-tracking-firm-debank-raises-25m-in-round-led-by-sequoia-china/

Aoki, Alameda Back Algorithmic Stablecoin on Arbitrum at $200M Valuation
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/29/aoki-alameda-back-algorithmic-stablecoin-on-arbitrum-at-200m-valuation/

Avatar platform Ready Player Me raises $13 million in Series A funding
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/128684/avatar-platform-ready-player-me-raises-13-million-in-series-a-funding

Battle of Guardians Secured $4.4M in Funding Rounds Led by Good Games Labs
https://medium.com/@battleofguardians/battle-of-guardians-secured-4-4m-in-funding-rounds-led-by-good-games-labs-2163fd975f56

Binance Labs leads $1.5m seed round of play-to-earn guild
https://www.techinasia.com/binance-labs-leads-15m-seed-round-playtoearn-guild-cosmic-guild

DeSyn Protocol Fundraised Millions of Dollars for the Second Round, Over 20+ Top Tier Institutions Invested
https://medium.com/desyn-protocol/desyn-protocol-fundraised-millions-of-dollars-for-the-second-round-over-20-top-tier-institutions-acd60211e66e

Elfin Kingdom secures $5.25M raise co-led by Binance Labs and Alameda Research
https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/elfin-kingdom-secures-525m-raise-co-led-by-binance-labs-and-alameda-research

Regulation:

Thai Central Bank to Delay CBDC Test Till Late 2022
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/12/24/thai-central-bank-to-delay-cbdc-test-till-late-2022-report/

China’s Securities Regulator Lays Out Overseas Listing Rules
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-securities-regulator-lays-out-overseas-listing-rules-11640374590

Binance to Continue Operating in Ontario After Cooperating With Canadian Regulators
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/29/binance-to-continue-operating-in-ontario-after-cooperating-with-canadian-regulators/

Korean government tells Apple and Google stores to take down P2E games
https://cointelegraph.com/news/korean-government-tells-apple-and-google-stores-to-take-down-p2e-games

India’s Central Bank Recommends Basic Version of CBDC
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/12/28/rbi-recommends-india-implement-basic-version-of-cbdc/

Pro-Bitcoin Senator Lummis to Propose New Crypto Regulator
https://decrypt.co/89258/pro-bitcoin-senator-lummis-propose-new-crypto-regulator

Korean crypto exchange ‎Coinone will no longer allow withdrawals to unverified external wallets
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/128735/korea-crypto-exchange-%e2%80%8ecoinone-withdrawals-external-wallets

Criminal trial for BitMEX exec Greg Dwyer delayed to October
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/128686/criminal-trial-for-bitmex-exec-greg-dwyer-delayed-to-october

Binance gets the green light from Canada and Bahrain
https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-gets-green-light-from-canada-and-bahrain

Crypto lobbying kicked into high gear this year
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/128757/crypto-lobbying-kicked-into-high-gear-this-year

Mexico confirms plans to roll out CBDCs in 2024
https://cointelegraph.com/news/mexico-confirms-plans-to-roll-out-cbdcs-in-2024

Additional Reads:

cobie blogs:
On the meme of market caps & unlocks
https://cobie.substack.com/p/on-the-meme-of-market-caps-and-unlocks
Trading the metagame
https://cobie.substack.com/p/trading-the-metagame
Tokens in the attention economy
https://cobie.substack.com/p/tokens-in-the-attention-economy
Probabilistic thinking
https://cobie.substack.com/p/probabilistic-thinking

Crypto Job Boards:
https://twitter.com/theklineventure/status/1475488853599285250
https://pompcryptojobs.com/
https://jobs.multicoin.capital/jobs
https://jobs.polychain.capital/companies
https://chainlinklabs.com/jobs
https://cryptobesties.pallet.xyz/jobs
https://bankless.pallet.xyz/jobs
https://cryptocurrencyjobs.co/
https://blockace.io/
https://jobsboard.zeroknowledge.fm/
https://crypto.jobs/
https://cryptojobslist.com/

SBF on Crypto's roadmap as a whole
https://twitter.com/sbf_ftx/status/1475567126165532676

Anish Agnihotri: Merkle airdrop starter
https://github.com/Anish-Agnihotri/merkle-airdrop-starter

More links re: Merkle airdrop generation
https://www.ethdump.com/how-generate-merkle-tree-airdrops

Messari: The Convex Complex: How Convex Finance is Shaping DeFi
https://messari.io/article/the-convex-complex-how-convex-finance-is-shaping-defi

The Block Research's top 20 most read reports in 2021
https://twitter.com/theblockres/status/1475892220418998277

Dawn Of Algorand DeFi: AlgoFi
https://arringtonxrpcapital.com/2021/12/29/dawn-of-algorand-defi-algofi/

Element Finance Year in review: 2021
https://medium.com/element-finance/element-year-in-review-2021-83a0a02fbb65

VitaDAO structure
https://twitter.com/vita_dao/status/1476542666427060230

How I cheesed the EVM by botdad
https://mirror.xyz/botdad.eth/Hh_aZLuAXgwtxNCFMdBWUranbFhphIYYzzEJ2LnPAj0

Vader protocol thread by @the_readingape
https://thereadingape.substack.com/p/vader-protocol-burnmint-mechanism

The Web3/Crypto/Metaverse Ecosystem Guide — From the Minds of Lightspeed
https://medium.com/lightspeed-venture-partners/the-web3-crypto-metaverse-ecosystem-guide-from-the-minds-of-lightspeed-e5c35eebb27d

The Curve Wars Rage On by @knowerofmarkets
https://theknower.substack.com/p/the-curve-wars-rage-on

Growth of shard chain ecosystems
https://www.theblockresearch.com/growth-of-shard-chain-ecosystems-128034

Coinbase - DAOs: Social networks that can rewire the world
https://blog.coinbase.com/daos-social-networks-that-can-rewire-the-world-128b73732547

Op-ed: How Algorand is gearing up to become a contender to Ethereum
https://cryptoslate.com/op-ed-how-algorand-is-gearing-up-to-become-a-contender-to-ethereum/

Additional Reads: (Cont'd #1)

(Bankless) Defending the Crypto Space | Decentralized Law #2 | December 2021
https://banklessdao.substack.com/p/defending-the-crypto-space-decentralized

(throw-back) Decentralized Justice: A Comparative Analysis of Blockchain Online Dispute Resolution Projects
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbloc.2021.564551/full

@libevm MEV knowledge threads
https://twitter.com/libevm/status/1474870661373779969
https://twitter.com/libevm/status/1476034043724533764

The Delphi Year In Review: 2021 Highlights, Staff Picks, & Hits
https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/the-delphi-year-in-review-staff-picks-2021/

Simulation results for RAI-3pool metapool from Curve & Reflexer by @nagakingg
https://twitter.com/nagakingg/status/1473402853792399364

Arcane Research: Summary of 2021 in crypto
https://www.research.arcane.no/blog/week51

Nansen: Avalanche Rush
https://www.nansen.ai/research/avalanche-rush

Dror Poleg: No Floor, No Ceiling
https://www.drorpoleg.com/no-floor-no-ceiling/

Why is the Internet So Lonely? by Gary Goldberg
https://gaby.mirror.xyz/N-pG7BnsLh9DUEcLr5yfaF-hJqnzh0i-uYI6nDEotM0

NEAR bridge thread by @ahboyash
https://twitter.com/ahboyash/status/1474275367800041474

Economic Infrastructure for DAOs
https://llama.mirror.xyz/q1hcX8cbL3RGjUCETxlf6GyEURnQCHa_-rQqJ2yN8ng

Adam Cochran on KP3R
https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1474085379976404994

CryptoCred's important lessons from 2021
https://twitter.com/CryptoCred/status/1474221877480542211

Defining the web3 stack by Nader Dabit
https://edgeandnode.com/blog/defining-the-web3-stack

Binance Research: Convex ($CVX)
https://research.binance.com/en/projects/convex-finance

Competitive outlook for NFTs and blockchain-based gaming in 2022
https://www.theblockresearch.com/competitive-outlook-for-nfts-and-blockchain-based-gaming-in-2022-128077

DAO Masters - Newsletter #3
https://daomasters.substack.com/p/dao-masters-newsletter-3

Why I Sold My Axies for DeFi Kingdoms by Crypto Crier
https://cryptocrier.substack.com/p/why-i-sold-my-axies-for-defi-kingdoms

How The Next Million Gets Onto Web3
https://mirror.xyz/lillichoung.eth/2cFocaVOEThrO1dMddlIjqDNtBHI1sWOjJ84YZEizvQ

A thread on the Game Theory of the Crypto universe by @gametheorizing
https://twitter.com/gametheorizing/status/1435693384694321158

TokenInsight's yearly review
https://twitter.com/TokenInsight/status/1475428606616936449

@0xSEM's research on $CRV bribe rewards with different scenarios
https://twitter.com/0xSEM/status/1475284063204388867

A game plan for profiting off NFTs during this boom by @chriscantino
https://twitter.com/chriscantino/status/1475488321187024897

Balaji Srinivasan: The Mirrortable
https://balajis.com/mirrortable/

How did someone make a fake $MASK token and scam hundreds of ETH by exploiting DexTools? by @cobynft
https://twitter.com/cobynft/status/1475569815821733894

Messari - The Convex Complex: How Convex Finance is Shaping DeFi
https://messari.io/article/the-convex-complex-how-convex-finance-is-shaping-defi

A thread on OlympusDAO treasury revenue
https://twitter.com/quasicypher1/status/1475612129092853760

Web3 VCs are nothing like Web2 VCs by @shaugnessy119
https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119/status/1475640658836787200

How to trade options thread by @brypto_
https://twitter.com/brypto_/status/1473447234561720320

kain's thread about general thoughts regarding Ethereum being too expensive
https://twitter.com/kaiynne/status/1475623690175860739

@smartmoney8888's thread on wihch Solana projects and communities you should join now
https://twitter.com/smartmoney8888/status/1475601383273508864

Additional Reads: (Cont'd #2)

Staying Safe in Web3: OTC Scams
https://app.subsocial.network/@bruno/staying-safe-in-web3-otc-scams-30094

How to make a jump from Web2 hacking to Web3 hacking? by @adrianhetman
https://twitter.com/adrianhetman/status/1475550508354093072

Under-the-radar product trends: 2021 recap and 2022 predictions by Richard Chen
https://thecontrol.co/under-the-radar-product-trends-2021-recap-and-2022-predictions-403084a63ce8

A Glimpse of the Deep: Finding a Creature in Ethereum's Dark Forest by Flashbot's Robert Miller
https://www.bertcmiller.com/2021/12/28/glimpse_nonce_reuse.html

The 69 most interesting charts in crypto for 2021 by @eliasimos
https://twitter.com/eliasimos/status/1475396812915810305

How Sentiment can be the bedrock of a decentralized credit market on-chain
https://twitter.com/sentimentxyz/status/1475906604809830402

@n2ckchong's thread of updates, thanks and learnings after a full year at ParaFi Capital
https://twitter.com/n2ckchong/status/1475948364806037506

A thread on: "Curve Wars, the history, the impact, and potential connection to Fantom DeFi by @crypto_klay
https://twitter.com/crypto_klay/status/1475995973151338497

“Play-to-earn” and Bullshit Jobs
https://paulbutler.org/2021/play-to-earn-and-bullshit-jobs/

The Wolf Den #398 - Tax Loss Harvesting 101
https://www.getrevue.co/profile/TheWolfDen/issues/the-wolf-den-398-tax-loss-harvesting-101-939958

Airdrop taxation thread by @jonsyu
https://twitter.com/jonsyu/status/1476002241991434244

Crypto Tax Loss Harvesting: Investor's Guide
https://koinly.io/blog/crypto-tax-loss-harvesting/

How to Reduce Your Crypto Taxes
https://tokentax.co/blog/how-to-reduce-your-crypto-taxes/

A look at top 25 $SOS airdrop recipients and what they did with their tokens by @ASvanevik
https://twitter.com/ASvanevik/status/1476165444549726210

W3BB: Organizations and Governance
https://www.theblockresearch.com/w3bb-organizations-and-governance-128464

(throw-back) Measuring Asset Composability as a Proxy for DeFi Integration
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2102/2102.04227.pdf

(throw-back) DeFi’s Composability: More Possibility, More Risk
https://quantstamp.com/blog/defis-composability-more-possibility-more-risk

Biconomy year-end review
https://twitter.com/biconomy/status/1475539325735477248

How to get started with Music NFTs by @cooopahtroopa
https://twitter.com/cooopahtroopa/status/1475609894220808196

What are the $CRV wars? Why they are a big deal? and Why is $BTRFLY in a good position to benefit? A thread by @B49Jme
https://twitter.com/B49Jme/status/1476010917846401035

MegaCycles in Tech & Crypto
http://blog.eladgil.com/2021/10/megacycles-in-tech-crypto.html

why Alchemix should use -% to stimulate conversation by @plumbxbt
https://twitter.com/plumbxbt/status/1476396752131477512

@SillyPunts' thoughts on topics (Curve Wars, GameFi, BTC and others)
https://twitter.com/SillyPunts/status/1476252317540179970

Andre Cronje's thoughts the recent airdrops and real innovation
https://twitter.com/AndreCronjeTech/status/1476162044927819781

vyperlang full stack #dApp tutorial series (Thanks CIA Officer)
https://twitter.com/officer_cia/status/1476152482195779584

@ayushmenon_'s step-by-step guide to Solana development
https://twitter.com/ayushmenon_/status/1476294409205526534

Oasis 2021 Year in Review
https://medium.com/oasis-protocol-project/oasis-2021-year-in-review-608af136243c

Hidden Intel Trapped in Options Chain Data by @FabiusMercurius
https://twitter.com/FabiusMercurius/status/1474855205728501760

Legendmaps: Adventurer's Art Inspiration
https://legendmaps.io/adv_art_inspirations.pdf

Tokemak Oil: Greed-onomics, Efficiency, and Ease of Use
https://medium.com/@d.masters.0808/tokemak-oil-greed-onomics-efficiency-and-ease-of-use-2a70c38f170f

Boardroom on FTX and Sports
https://boardroom.tv/boardroom-year-in-review-ftx-crypto-nft-2021/

Messari: Curve Finance – Valuation Report
https://messari.io/article/curve-finance-valuation-report

The Virtual Economy
https://atelier.net/virtual-economy/

Additional Reads: (Cont'd #3).. ffs

A look at the crazy hiring spree crypto firms went on this year
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/news+/128331/a-look-at-the-crazy-hiring-spree-crypto-firms-went-on-this-year

Podcasts:

Gabriel Shapiro: Demystifying Crypto Legalities, the Motivations of Regulatory Bodies, and Stablecoin Regulation
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2YwU69ntiYQYgPDdHMNdoU

Unconfirmed: What Could the Crypto Media Do Better? Four Journalists Discuss - Ep.301
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2MqxlY3rw74GKI0Vxt3LRz

Lex Fridman: #251 – Ray Dalio: Money, Power, and the Collapse of Empires
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6pbsJ5T7Zl9Wx1OeMt4PLH

BotBait - Baiting Adversarial Blockchain Scraping Bots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw_HhWp3NkY

All About Bitcoin: What’s Keeping Bitcoin Rangebound, Signals from the Community
https://www.coindesk.com/tv/all-about-bitcoin/all-about-bitcoin-december-29-2021/

Blockcrunch: Why This Top Selling Metal Band is Using NFTs to Engage Fans - Synyster Gates, Lead Guitarist of Avenged Sevenfold, Ep. 178
https://blockcrunch.libsyn.com/why-this-top-selling-metal-band-is-using-nfts-to-engage-fans-synyster-gates-lead-guitarist-of-avenged-sevenfold-ep-178

Zee Prime - 10xMas Special Podcast Episode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmrY5nVJBRU

Blockcrunch: "This is the future of Ethereum scaling" - Starkware, Uri Kolodny & Eli Ben-Sasson, Ep 164
https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/this-is-the-future-of-ethereum-scaling-starkware/id1350649166?i=1000536610058

Alpha:

Last week to tax loss harvest your Ethereum NFTs via
https://harvest.art/

The best yields on $ETH by @0x_lucas
https://twitter.com/0x_Lucas/status/1474117598929375236

Aperture
https://medium.com/@aperturefinance/what-is-aperture-e823c939d667

Seed Club
https://twitter.com/seedclubhq/status/1474111823846666258
https://club.mirror.xyz/6oGZxfK787Yj3qNkyyrVrYzhM7TluZDfZ_e5bteyk2A

Holiday Stablecoin Farming: From 20-100+% APY
https://research.thetie.io/holiday-stablecoin-farming/

Alethea
https://medium.com/alethea-ai/alethea-ai-announces-token-distribution-auction-ec17600e6233

Aelin
https://mirror.xyz/seldon.eth/iwUxGuwCSe7uHPTBJyNAcF1XOsX-cYAFga860EYlLTw

Interleave
https://medium.com/@interleaveCC/interleave-launch-plans-57b660ba1aac

FloorDAO
https://floordao.medium.com/floordao-hello-defi-meet-nfts-f16b986ed3b7

Hermes
https://mirror.xyz/0xcAB174c02Bee2cdF57995272fA821375ba22193b/dNEpCewhwbCpyjZ__1tar5Uhg2xpxwvAfMioj2uR3Rg

@lindyape's advice on how to get true alpha
https://twitter.com/lindyape/status/1475852784025182211

Maya
https://twitter.com/thornoobs/status/147630489455437414

Market Return on StableCoin-based Strategies（27 Dec 2021)
https://serenityfund.medium.com/weekly-market-return-on-stablecoin-based-strategies-27-dec-2021-bf24e9d294ee

Hope you had a great year and that you found Shualpha valuable. Be safe and have a great weekend and new year.

This week in crypto: Reboot. #1

Guess I'm back with Shualpha for 2022. A pretty dense dump today.
Gonna drop the ETH burn updates unless people really want them included.

News:

Fed Minutes Point to Possible Rate Increase in March
https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/fed-minutes-reflect-growing-unease-over-high-inflation-11641409628

Aave launches permissioned DeFi platform Aave Arc, Fireblocks becomes first whitelister
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/129277/aave-arc-permissioned-defi-platform-fireblocks-first-whitelister

REKT reviews the hacks and scams of 2021
https://twitter.com/RektHQ/status/1476902345896308744

Aave rumored to build a mobile wallet
https://twitter.com/StaniKulechov/status/1477067176733335556

MoneyGram buys minority stake in crypto company Coinme
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/129340/moneygram-buys-minority-stake-in-crypto-company-coinme

Binance announces spot grid trading to automate buying and selling crypto
https://coingape.com/breaking-binance-announces-spot-grid-trading-to-automate-buying-and-selling-crypto/

Tinyman exploited
https://twitter.com/tinymanorg/status/1477587672466083841

OpenSea exploit
https://mobile.twitter.com/cap10bad/status/1476900859460169732

ARBIX FINANCE - REKT
https://rekt.news/arbix-rekt/

Illuvium exploited
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/01/04/illuvium-team-drains-silv-uniswap-pool-in-bid-to-prevent-exploit-cash-out/
https://twitter.com/illuviumio/status/1478462060350476288
https://twitter.com/FrankResearcher/status/1478455292329435137
https://twitter.com/testinprodcap/status/1478450663487160323 (comments)

Uniswap V3 on Polygon is now live on Revert
https://twitter.com/PolygonDaily/status/1478554344060428290

Breaking: China’s largest messaging and payment app WeChat to integrate Digital Yuan
https://coingape.com/breaking-chinas-largest-messaging-and-payment-app-wechat-to-integrate-digital-yuan/

Worldwide Webb January roadmap
https://twitter.com/Worldwide_WEB3/status/1477739104704114688

Key crypto hires, exits and moves: December 2021
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/news+/129090/key-crypto-hires-exits-and-moves-december-2021

South Korea’s Presidential Candidate Lee Jae-Myung Says ‘Yes’ to Crypto Donations
https://coingape.com/south-koreas-presidential-candidate-lee-jae-myung-says-yes-to-crypto-donations/

India: Three institutional handles hacked, renamed to ‘Elon Musk’ to promote crypto
https://ambcrypto.com/india-three-institutional-handles-hacked-renamed-to-elon-musk-to-promote-crypto/

Thailand imposes 15% capital gain tax on cryptocurrency
https://coingape.com/thailand-imposes-15-capital-gain-tax-on-cryptocurrency/

Liquidation of hacked cryptocurrency firm Cryptopia heading towards $15m
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/127401736/liquidation-of-hacked-cryptocurrency-firm-cryptopia-heading-towards-15m

Boba's WAGMI incentive program
https://twitter.com/bobanetwork/status/1478218201494294528

Why DeFi platform WonderFi is acquiring crypto exchange Bitbuy
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/129232/why-defi-platform-wonderfi-is-acquiring-crypto-exchange-bitbuy

EPNS Teams Up With dYdX Foundation to Enable Notifications for Governance Updates
https://medium.com/ethereum-push-notification-service/epns-teams-up-with-dydx-foundation-to-enable-notifications-for-governance-updates-5794a5e22c4d

Chainlink 2021 in review
https://twitter.com/TheLinkMarine1/status/1478154808037105676

2 crypto M&A shops are merging ahead of a wave of expected deal-making activity
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/129368/crypto-deals-shops-are-merging-ahead-of-a-wave-of-expected-acquisition-activity

Twitter still working on NFT verification
https://twitter.com/TheSmarmyBum/status/1478500975602139139

Changes to Wonderland and future outlook
https://twitter.com/danielesesta/status/1478647683401326596

cBridge Partners with Aurora to Enable Cross-Chain Bridges
https://blog.celer.network/2022/01/04/cbridge-aurora/

$METIS Bridge to/from #Polygon is now live on Multichain
https://twitter.com/MultichainOrg/status/1478569252647215105

Primitive RMM SDK
https://mirror.xyz/mirror.primitive.eth/719kLkcROTWn7w1pv6ZI8jtQDVg0DEECCPp0PXsXM-Y

News: (Cont'd)

VeChain hinting about a stablecoin
https://twitter.com/vechainofficial/status/1478009170527862788

Cosmos' Theta Upgrade (Scheduled for Mar 31, 2022)
https://twitter.com/masonnystrom/status/1478424740427550722

VitaDAO FAQ
https://twitter.com/vita_dao/status/1478738609759039491

Crypto crime was the highest — and lowest — ever in 2021: Chainalysis
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/129409/crypto-crime-highest-lowest-ever-2021-chainalysis

Kazakh Bitcoin Mining Seen Hurt Following Energy Riots, Internet Shutdown
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/01/05/kazakh-bitcoin-mining-seen-hurt-following-energy-riots-internet-shutdown/
https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1478764142957846531

Shares in LSE-listed Kazakh super-app Kaspi plummet as unrest continues
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/129377/kaspi-share-price

Hasu joining Flashbots, leading Strategy
https://twitter.com/hasufl/status/1478770626735362054

$1b Ribbon Theta Vault
https://mirror.xyz/alexangel.eth/TEBqxbYcoK_5kD8k_fmXuIeKEgfjmdm0LLcm_yqwqt8

Dot Pulse #19 — Polkadot’s 2021
https://dotpulse.defipulse.com/p/dot-pulse-19-polkadots-2021

Synapse is live on Aurora (NEAR)
https://twitter.com/SynapseProtocol/status/1477774889763311617

Terra x Osmosis bridge
https://twitter.com/terra_money/status/1478148633820205056

NEAR Foundation’s new CEO on defining web3 and her return to the blockchain space
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/news+/128741/near-foundations-new-ceo-on-defining-web3-and-her-return-to-the-blockchain-space

Ryan Watkins leaving Messari
https://twitter.com/RyanWatkins_/status/1478031041457795072

Joe Q1 roadmap
https://twitter.com/cryptofishx/status/1477326943431368709

Introducing Frax-as-a-Service
https://blog.ondo.finance/introducing-frax-as-a-service-3b906a5257dd?gi=6d2dbe4836d7

Harmony: Lost Funds Investigation Report
https://blog.harmony.one/chrome-extension-wallet-update/

You can now stake $SBR and create proposals in the Saber DAO
https://twitter.com/Saber_HQ/status/1477162486788882432

GIP-13 (Phase 2): CowDAO and COW Token
https://forum.gnosis.io/t/gip-13-phase-2-cowdao-and-cow-token/2735

Avalanche Summit will take Barcelona by storm at the Poble Espanyol from March 22 to 27, 2022
https://twitter.com/avalancheavax/status/1478875863953428483

NFTs:

Founders’ Long-Term Vision for Treasure Project
https://medium.com/@TreasureNFT/founders-long-term-vision-for-treasure-project-c236bfee0039

Forgotten Runes 2021 Year Review
https://www.forgottenrunes.com/posts/2021

Samsung Announces NFT Support on Smart TVs in 2022
https://cryptopotato.com/samsung-announces-nft-support-on-smart-tvs-in-2022/

Samsung enters the metaverse, opening its flagship 837 store in Decentraland
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/129380/samsung-metaverse-flagship-837-store-decentraland

NFT Rugpull: Bored Bunny NFT project drains out 2000 ETH; Floor price drops to 0.59 ETH
https://coingape.com/nft-rugpull-bored-bunny-nft-project-drains-out-2000-eth-floor-price-drops-to-0-59-eth/

Eminem Buys Bored Ape NFT for $450,000
https://coingape.com/eminem-buys-bored-ape-nft-for-450000/

A List of Bollywood Stars Trying Their Hand At NFT’s, Including Salman Khan
https://coingape.com/video/a-list-of-bollywood-stars-trying-their-hand-at-nfts-including-salman-khan/

A thread on the historical NFT antiques market by @aether_city
https://twitter.com/aether_city/status/1477723351498035208

ZED RUN the Future: 2022
https://community.zed.run/2021/12/31/zed-run-the-future-2022/

Yuga Labs (creators of BAYC) thread about them and what's to come
https://twitter.com/yugalabs/status/1478100695404449804

Larva Labs' new Meebits API to allow Metaverse projects access to models
https://twitter.com/larvalabs/status/1478100904159105032

CEEK And You Won’t Find: H&M Denies Metaverse Rumors
https://www.forbes.com/sites/markfaithfull/2022/01/06/ceek-and-you-wont-find-hm-denies-metaverse-rumors/?sh=47bc405c244c

The Weirdest Non-Fungible Crypto News Stories of 2021
https://hackernoon.com/the-weirdest-non-fungible-crypto-news-stories-of-2021

CoinList: Introducing Our First NFT Collection: FiatWorks
https://blog.coinlist.co/introducing-our-first-nft-collection-fiatworks/

Pudgy Penguins drama by @9x9x9eth
https://twitter.com/9x9x9eth/status/1478909630164185089
https://twitter.com/NizzyNFT/status/1478908022550413319

METADROP taking the Penguin drama a step further: Phugdy Phenguins
https://twitter.com/metadropmeta/status/1478956754356645890

Square Enix president talks about blockchain gaming and NFTs
https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1477119032771821570
Square Enix plans to invest more in blockchain gaming in 2022
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/128874/square-enix-plans-to-invest-more-in-blockchain-gaming-in-2022

Ubisoft x FRONTIER
https://twitter.com/middlebroiz/status/1477012852548550668

Devin Finzer's thread covering the NFT highlights of 2021
https://twitter.com/dfinzer/status/1476969046880894983

CoinGecko: How to NFT
https://twitter.com/coingecko/status/1477942819880947715

1confirmation's 2021 NFT year in review
https://twitter.com/1confirmation/status/1477717570358689795

Bankless: State of the NFTs
https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/state-of-the-nfts

Royalties are coming to Decentraland
https://decentraland.org/blog/announcement/royalties-are-coming-to-decentraland/

Dapper Labs becomes the first NFT company to register to lobby with the US government
https://cointelegraph.com/news/dapper-labs-becomes-the-first-nft-company-to-register-to-lobby-with-the-us-government

Adidas Originals NFT Compilation Enters Top 50
https://www.nftradar.org/adidas-originals-nft-compilation-enters-top-50/

First NFT Collection in Commemoration of Bruce Lee
https://nftplazas.com/first-nft-collection-in-commemoration-of-bruce-lee/

Raises:

OpenSea valued at $13.3 billion in new round of venture funding
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/business/opensea-13-billion-valuation-venture-funding.html

PerionDAO secures $8.6m raise feat Pantera Capital, Alameda, hiFrame and frens
https://twitter.com/PerionDAO/status/1476982581400797185

Vesta's angel round
https://medium.com/@VestaFinance/announcing-our-angel-round-a75b25a67a7d

Crypto bank Sygnum raises $90 million, now valued at $800 million
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/129363/crypto-bank-sygnum-raises-90-million-series-b-now-valued-800-million

Ethereum-based video streaming platform Livepeer raises $20 million in new funding
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/129270/ethereum-video-streaming-platform-livepeer-20-million-new-funding

Crypto infrastructure startup Cion Digital raises $12 million in seed funding
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/129108/crypto-infrastructure-startup-cion-digital-12-million-seed-funding

DeFi startup Umee raises additional $32 million in CoinList sale
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/128813/defi-startup-umee-raises-additional-32-million-in-coinlist-sale

Binance Labs Announces Strategic Investment in Coin98 to grow DeFi in BSC Ecosystem
https://www.binance.com/en/blog/ecosystem/binance-labs-announces-strategic-investment-in-coin98-to-grow-defi-in-bsc-ecosystem-421499824684903256

Solana DeFi Protocol Exotic Markets Raises $5M Ahead of Mainnet Launch
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/01/05/solana-defi-protocol-exotic-markets-raises-5m-ahead-of-mainnet-launch/

NFT-focused Metaversal raises $50 million in Series A funding
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/129187/nft-focused-metaversal-raises-50-million-in-series-a-funding

Binance Invests $12M in Liquidity Platform WOO Network
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/01/04/binance-invests-12m-in-liquidity-platform-woo-network/

Crypto Infrastructure Firm Pocket Network Raises $10M
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/01/06/crypto-infrastructure-firm-pocket-network-raises-10m/

More Than Gamers Receives VC Investment From Founding Twitch Community Builder
https://hackernoon.com/more-than-gamers-receives-vc-investment-from-founding-twitch-community-builder

Singapore cloud storage firm CyberHash raises $20M in Lemon-led round
https://technode.global/2021/12/31/singapore-cloud-storage-firm-cyberhash-raises-20m-in-lemon-led-round/

Play It Forward DAO Raises US$6M to Drive Growth in Play-to-Earn Gaming
https://pif-dao.medium.com/play-it-forward-dao-raises-us-6m-to-drive-growth-in-play-to-earn-gaming-119ba36ecec2

DarleyGo’s Seed Round to Accelerate Game Development with New Investors
https://medium.com/@DarleyGo/darleygos-seed-round-to-accelerate-game-development-with-new-investors-519dbd223947

Miner Bitfarms Raises $100M Bitcoin-Backed Loan From Galaxy Digital
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/31/miner-bitfarms-raises-100m-bitcoin-backed-loan-with-galaxy-digital/

NFT Infrastructure NFTSCAN completed $1.5 million angel round financing, with Mask Network and other investors participating
https://www.theblockbeats.info/en/flash/61916

Regulation:

Estonia is not banning cryptocurrencies; finance minister clarifies rumors
https://coingape.com/breaking-estonia-is-not-banning-cryptocurrencies-finance-minister-clarifies-rumors/

Congress is preparing an oversight hearing on Bitcoin mining's environmental impact
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/129336/congress-is-preparing-an-oversight-hearing-on-bitcoin-minings-environmental-impact-sources

Turkey seeks to implement the crypto law “as soon as possible”
https://coingape.com/turkey-seeks-to-implement-the-crypto-law-as-soon-as-possible/

CFTC Fines Crypto Betting Service Polymarket $1.4M for Unregistered Swaps
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/01/03/cftc-fines-crypto-betting-service-polymarket-14m-for-unregistered-swaps/

London travel network cracks down on crypto ads amid regulation blitz
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/129290/london-travel-network-cracks-down-on-crypto-ads-amid-regulation-blitz

Mexican government signals circulation of digital currency by 2024
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/128836/mexican-government-signals-circulation-of-digital-currency-by-2024

European Markets Regulator Seeks Feedback on Regulation of Tokenized Securities
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/01/04/european-markets-regulator-seeks-feedback-on-regulation-of-tokenized-securities/

FTX CEO: Expect First Batch of Crypto Regulation This Year
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2022-01-03/ftx-ceo-expect-1st-batch-of-crypto-regulation-this-year-video

Crypto regulation is a must, says AllianceBlock CEO
https://coinrivet.com/crypto-regulation-is-a-must-says-allianceblock-ceo/

Former CFTC chairman blasts Biden approach to crypto regulation as ‘reactionary’
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/former-cftc-chairman-blasts-biden-approach-to-crypto-regulation-as-reactionary-11641324665

Additional Reads:

Vitalik Buterin's thread of some of the things he said and wrote over the years and what he thinks about them today
https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1477402749994156036

Vitalik Buterin: Multidimensional EIP 1559
https://ethresear.ch/t/multidimensional-eip-1559/11651

2022 predictions threads (and more): (thanks darren)
Daniele Sesta
https://twitter.com/danielesesta/status/1476639425929134088
The mighty Adam Cochran (206 tweet thread)
https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1476652328736342023
Messari's theses report for 2022
https://messari.io/crypto-theses-for-2022
The Block Research
https://twitter.com/TheBlockRes/status/1471538870697136129
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/129091/the-block-researchs-analysts-2022-predictions
Larry Cermak
https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1478437712357175302
Jump Capital
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/128666/crypto-starts-to-eat-the-world-peter-johnson-of-jump-capitals-2022-predictions
The Defiant
https://newsletter.thedefiant.io/p/-defi-shined-in-a-mad-mad-mad-mad
Do Kwon
https://twitter.com/stablekwon/status/1476545660363350020
Arca
https://www.ar.ca/blog/arca-2022-outlook-themes-narratives-were-bullish-on
SBF
https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1475567126165532676
Paul Veradittakit
https://www.veradiverdict.com/p/2022-crypto-predictions
Amy Wu
https://twitter.com/amytongwu/status/1476416578124070914
DeFi Dude
https://defidude.medium.com/2021-crypto-ethereum-year-end-review-7e487fdf770b
0xjim
https://jim.mirror.xyz/eW8O258nflwIRo-MKR5u2ipGgoDdT_KOAQAIhK0Iu5M
dame.eth
https://dame.mirror.xyz/qfmL6ezHuiPhGFlc2Ig9uW9c774Ie_D5rlhRX2OYTIA
0xedenau
https://twitter.com/0xedenau/status/1476554154579353612
Jason Yanowitz
https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz/status/1476927729450823683
fomosaurus
https://twitter.com/fomosaurus/status/1477736837582147591
redphonecrypto
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jxmTpPE-XXUCDkJwez87FA9Fi-xlaXqr/view
@eliasimos
https://twitter.com/eliasimos/status/1478723787721949184
Ansem
https://blknoiz06.substack.com/p/quarter-i-2022
@analyticalali
https://twitter.com/analyticalali/status/1477068244603207680
@goitbykojiro
https://twitter.com/goitbykojiro/status/1477309923239284737
@larsiusprime (gaming)
https://twitter.com/larsiusprime/status/1477779913092517888

Pocket Network pill
https://twitter.com/analyticalali/status/1478652771687493632
https://twitter.com/pelgueta/status/1477982160749412358
https://twitter.com/mskvsk/status/1478733151291674626

Curve wars threads
@JackNiewold
https://twitter.com/JackNiewold/status/1476334616797749248
TokenBrice
https://tokenbrice.xyz/crv-wars/
Deplhi
https://twitter.com/Delphi_Digital/status/1478190655314837507

Saber Wars by @N65Jim
https://twitter.com/N65Jim/status/1477902726772277250