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

Additional Reads: (Cont'd #1)

Dror Poleg's reading list from 2021
https://twitter.com/drorpoleg/status/1476963270145806338

The Tie: The Battle for Liquidity: Analyzing Olympus, Wonderland, and Redacted
https://research.thetie.io/battle-for-liquidity/

New Sharding design with tight beacon and shard block integration by Dankrad Feist
https://notes.ethereum.org/@dankrad/new_sharding

An overview of Account Abstraction in Ethereum blockchain (EIP-86, EIP-2938, EIP-4337 and more)
https://etherworld.co/2021/10/06/an-overview-of-account-abstraction-in-ethereum-blockchain/

@QwQiao's nuanced views about China and Web3
https://twitter.com/QwQiao/status/1477646743760216066

Facebook, Walmart and How Companies Shouldn’t Set Up in the Metaverse
https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/01/05/facebook-walmart-and-how-companies-shouldnt-set-up-in-the-metaverse/

On how to make it in crypto as a normal person by @punk6529
https://twitter.com/punk6529/status/1477259809493819393

The cost of learning #Web2 vs. #Web3
https://medium.com/cryptostars/the-cost-of-learning-web2-vs-web3-665a297f038d

Not Boring: The Laboratory for Complex Problems
https://www.notboring.co/p/the-laboratory-for-complex-problems

Solid Web3 criticism by @levie
https://twitter.com/levie/status/1477052989881782272

Stephen Diehl - The Case Against Crypto
https://www.stephendiehl.com/blog/against-crypto.html

Tascha: Why I’m Bearish on Ethereum
https://taschalabs.com/why-im-bearish-on-ethereum/

Never trust CryptoManRan by @simonsvatos1
https://twitter.com/SimonSvatos1/status/1474784683057721349

Mina protocol: Transparency Report 2021
https://minaprotocol.com/blog/transparency-report-2021

Fantom 2021 Recap
https://fantom.foundation/blog/fantom-2021-recap/

2022: Growth of structured products by @splitcapital
https://twitter.com/SplitCapital/status/1477380822302920705

Selling covered calls by Deribit Exchange
https://twitter.com/DeribitExchange/status/1477053932627054592

A thread about Axie Infinity and how to steer the ship back into the right course
https://twitter.com/jdorman81/status/1476654259068280833

A list of resources to get you started on developing on Terra by @eeyernlee
https://twitter.com/eeyernlee/status/1476784810970398720

Mapping out the blockchain gaming ecosystem
https://www.theblockresearch.com/mapping-out-the-blockchain-gaming-ecosystem-2-126295

PoW networks and insights thread by @OhGodAGirl
https://twitter.com/OhGodAGirl/status/1476438702003933185

@epolynya's shower thoughts on what they'd like to see from rollup tokens
https://twitter.com/epolynya/status/1476573982337875970

@mrfressdorf chimes in with more ideas
https://twitter.com/mfressdorf/status/1476584003641950209

TempleDAO Mistakes & Lessons Learned
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gxX6BaomSx782fwN7Awie9c11U_BW5a1G5o6z5HlyDI/edit#heading=h.dq0kkhisfn8w

(non-crypto) 10 most popular Not Boring essays in 2021
https://twitter.com/packyM/status/1476596466374393859

What is provenance in the context of non-fungible tokens by @adielyaakov
https://twitter.com/Adielyaakov/status/1476218471826567173

Messari: BitDAO: Rethinking the Investment DAO
https://messari.io/article/bitdao-rethinking-the-investment-dao

Katana explained by @ayushmenon_
https://twitter.com/ayushmenon_/status/1476651026547621891

Crypto And The Apocalypse by the great Matti
https://wrongalot.substack.com/p/crypto-and-the-apocalypse

Additional Reads: (Cont'd #2)

A doc compiling the best resources about StarkWare compiled by @natimuril
https://twitter.com/natimuril/status/1478998402390188032

10 things @sebaudet26's extremely excited about Zapper in 2022
https://twitter.com/sebaudet26/status/1477801849818431490

Creator Economy trends in 2022 by Coopahtroopa.eth
https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa/status/1477044828743475200

how $YEAR pulled the rug in under 6 hours by @cat5749
https://twitter.com/cat5749/status/1476813266462539779

@XLBao_'s bridging spreadsheet to find the best routing+slippage+fees
https://twitter.com/XLBao_/status/1476753395218272270

@ByzGeneral's thread about the recent price action following the Fed announcement
https://twitter.com/ByzGeneral/status/1479063644117864452

(non-crypto) A somewhat empirical look at The Magazine Cover Indicator
https://medium.com/@mbrentdonnelly/a-somewhat-empirical-look-at-the-magazine-cover-indicator-2d0ca835f7d1

uni.vote by @arr00c
https://twitter.com/Arr00c/status/1476706642381221888
https://uni.vote/

Ethereum explorer chrome extension by @apoorvlathey (proceed with caution, as always)
https://twitter.com/apoorvlathey/status/1477368073233448963

@pseudotheos' thread about EVM basics and how smart contracts work
https://twitter.com/pseudotheos/status/1477392401614397444

Alpha thread on $DPX @dopex_io Redacted vaults AKA Interest Rate Options by @systems_value
https://twitter.com/systems_value/status/1477284189246349313

Olympus PRO - 30 days analysis and viability by PoolTogether
https://twitter.com/spreekaway/status/1476642057456435202

Olympus 2022 thoughts by Mark11
https://mirror.xyz/0x06fbd4d74D1d2aE0f438B52256D2b03dADE9DdD7/5ferr5CDMzrguKyeEsOaocloig-zC92fa3RUPZszZwY

The problems with web3 by @chriscantino
https://twitter.com/chriscantino/status/1477665773619486720

$ATOM vs $FTM vs $NEAR thread by @emerick__mary
https://twitter.com/emerick__mary/status/1477820338809577477

A deep dive into Dopex and Ribbon by knowerofmarkets
https://theknower.substack.com/p/a-deep-dive-into-dopex-and-ribbon

@thenftisland's thoughts on gaming communities vs crypto
https://twitter.com/thenftisland/status/1477427786297982976

Doomer Optimism: What I See Coming, & How I’m Preparing by Tucker Max
https://www.tuckermax.com/doomer-optimism-what-i-see-coming-how-im-preparing/

NFTs make art, music, writing, games, and other creative content more abundant by Chris Dixon

Wtf is web3 by Cobie
https://cobie.substack.com/p/wtf-is-web3

Here are some of @sandraaleow's findings and breakdowns on the Celestia design
https://twitter.com/sandraaleow/status/1477957814479851520

DeFi Derivative Landscape by 0xperp
https://github.com/0xperp/defi-derivatives

WIRED - Welcome to the New WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/welcome-to-the-new-wired/

a NEAR thesis by @j0hnwang
https://twitter.com/j0hnwang/status/1477448456499531776

@epolynya's thread about NEAR (sort of a reply to @j0hnwang's thread)
https://twitter.com/epolynya/status/1477874076421013508

A thread about EBSI and what it means for IOTA by @JelleFm
https://twitter.com/jellefm/status/1473635200223657987

Additional Reads: (Cont'd #3)

(throw-back) SoK: Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348675097_SoK_Decentralized_Finance_DeFi

(throw-back) Disentangling Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Compositions
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.11933.pdf

(throw-back) Decentralized Finance: On Blockchain- and Smart Contract-Based Financial Markets
https://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/2021/02/05/decentralized-finance-on-blockchain-and-smart-contract-based-financial-markets

(throw-back) A Rebuttal to Multicoin Capital: Why $UST is Not Your Average Algorithmic Stablecoin by 305_Capital
https://medium.com/@cmj.johnson.305/a-rebuttal-to-multicoin-capital-why-ust-is-not-your-average-algorithmic-stablecoin-3d741435018

The Year of the Decoupling by Captain Kole
https://captainkole.substack.com/p/the-year-of-the-decoupling

a year in music and web3 by VÉRITÉ
https://mirror.xyz/verite.eth/uMPE9XBbZ0dfxbuih3WabXUY6xPSEYLDZhb_4A2vMoQ

Cobie's thoughts on incentives in crypto and PMF
https://twitter.com/cobie/status/1478360243750981637

some thoughts about why this is a mistake and how to get NatSpec-pilled by @clemlak
https://twitter.com/clemlak/status/1478850375419531265

The numbers behind Hsaka's god trades by @fozzydiablo
https://twitter.com/fozzydiablo/status/1478138915961901057

Predicting the future is hard by Kyle Samani
https://twitter.com/KyleSamani/status/1478429674011250693

The optimal token distribution by Coopahtroopa+Lstephanian
https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa/status/1478465134599180288

Risk Management thread by @CoinMarketMan
https://twitter.com/CoinMarketMan/status/1478446959077826562

DeFi Dad's thread about thinking before chasing high APYs
https://twitter.com/DeFi_Dad/status/1478378210299633665

What is Gamma? by Deribit Exchange
https://twitter.com/DeribitExchange/status/1478864020371214336

Octopus Network thread by @resdegen
https://twitter.com/resdegen/status/1478333923864240129

Digital Asset Banking: The Natives
https://www.theblockresearch.com/digital-asset-banking-the-natives-128128

@exaltedfoks' overview of protocols building on Arbitrum
https://twitter.com/ExaltedFoks/status/1478546621096996870

An outlook at the turn of 2021 by Zeus ($OHM)
https://ohmzeus.medium.com/an-outlook-at-the-turn-of-2021-ec66a8f39a6e

The Liquidity Wars: Arrival of the Tokemechs
https://www.tokebase.org/the-liquidity-wars-arrival-of-the-tokemechs/

Neat MIM dashboard
https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiNzBhNmI5NDktNjJiMS00ZDgzLThkZDUtZjdiY2QxNWU2NmI0IiwidCI6IjYyZTU1MTgwLTQzNmQtNDYyZC1hMWIwLTZkMTg2NjRlZDAxNSJ9&pageName=ReportSection143e6186e719d1d33eae

How to get historical holdings of a wallet (tax purposes?) by @Darrenlautf (check comments for more tools)
https://twitter.com/Darrenlautf/status/1478315266031243264

A Fantom Thesis by @j0hnwang
https://twitter.com/j0hnwang/status/1478798957400711170

Fantom $FTM: The Ghost of L1s by @linfluence
https://alexlin.co/writings/fantom

Gearbox thread by @futureiscrypto8
https://twitter.com/FutureIsCrypto8/status/1478659869372817411

@0x7d54's thread about Pendle
https://twitter.com/0x7d54/status/1478785867401547784

@ahboyash's thread about Fuse Network
https://twitter.com/ahboyash/status/1478701759065325569

A small thread about the future of mocking in Solidity with Smock by @0xGorrilaDev
https://twitter.com/0xGorillaDev/status/1478707660841230342

A retroactive breakdown of how much the top keepers profited from completing KP3R jobs in 2021 by @zashtonEth
https://twitter.com/zashtonEth/status/1478441597624676353

Wonderland just released version 1.0.0 of the CLI
https://twitter.com/DeFi_Wonderland/status/1478061081956343812

@0xkrane's thread about Osmosis
https://twitter.com/0xkrane/status/1478275681855455233

Additional Reads: (Cont'd #4)

Premia thread by @brypto_
https://twitter.com/brypto_/status/1478569359752716291

mgnr AMA
https://twitter.com/mgnr_io/status/1478124721862418432

Yearn Finance Newsletter #52
https://yearn.substack.com/p/yearn-finance-newsletter-52

TLDR; adopt ERC4626 or ngmi by @joey__santoro
https://twitter.com/joey__santoro/status/1478489634300588032

FloorDAO - The Floor Sweeping Flywheel
https://floordao.medium.com/the-floor-sweeping-flywheel-bbee448f0fa0

Electric Capital Developer Report (2021)
https://medium.com/electric-capital/electric-capital-developer-report-2021-f37874efea6d

Some use cases that are specifically unique to the smart contract PriFi protocol RAILGUN by @crypto_condom
https://twitter.com/crypto_condom/status/1478753052618375179

Tokenomics Tips - Token Float by @rewkang
https://twitter.com/Rewkang/status/1366486243064770560

Gorgeous list of the growing econohmy by @adampatel23
https://twitter.com/adampatel23/status/1478811610009546752

@Adi_dommaraju's thread about BTC and ETH's implied vols
https://twitter.com/Adi_Dommaraju/status/1478788532659314690

Yearn Web Engineering Update
https://yearnweb.substack.com/p/update-jan-5-2022

A thread to explain Fed minutes by @biancoresearch
https://twitter.com/biancoresearch/status/1478861153015058435

Adam Cochran's thoughts on the matter
https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1478813545462644738

Visualise Alpha: satsdart
https://www.visualisealpha.com/alphamail/satsdart

Organic DAI Demand growth thread by @JanOsolnik
https://twitter.com/JanOsolnik/status/1479128668723105799

Comparing sharding technologies
https://www.theblockresearch.com/comparing-sharding-technologies-128881

Hayden.eth's thread covering 2021
https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1477074229942263818

A quick thread breaking zk terms down by @pseudotheos
https://twitter.com/pseudotheos/status/1476380179966615557

Here's how @dylanacalinao would get allocation in competitive private deals
https://twitter.com/DylanMacalinao/status/1477536579178708995

A thread of @dabit3's 17 favorite Web3 videos & guides
https://twitter.com/dabit3/status/1477463655491031045

A mega-thread of all the ways @shivsakhuja has found to get more LUNA
https://twitter.com/shivsakhuja/status/1477716530901106690

How do help someone see the value in Web3? by @rpnickson
https://twitter.com/rpnickson/status/1477824858297974784

(non-crypto)top 10 newsletters that will make you smarter & wiser by @shethdhairyas
https://twitter.com/shethdhairyas/status/1476966386790375424

PsyOptions Quarterly Review: Q4 2021
https://medium.com/psyoptions/psyoptions-quarterly-review-q4-2021-5268f1210a12

The Life of an NFT Trader
https://nystrom.substack.com/p/the-life-of-an-nft-trader

Highly opinionated stats on Defi heading into 2022 by @hansolar21
https://twitter.com/hansolar21/status/1478276552169496587

Podcasts:

Multicoin Summit | 2021 | Multicoin Capital's 2022 Outlook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5akAn2RmQo

Bankless | 99 - Endgame | Vitalik Buterin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1m_PTVxD-s
Breakdown of said episode by @PastryEth
https://twitter.com/PastryEth/status/1478833476837253124

Nevermind the Shitcoins: Non-Fungible News Best Bits
https://nevermindtheshitcoins.com/episode/nevermind-the-shitcoins-non-fungible-news-best-bits

Zima Red: Alex Gausman - Creating The Decentralized NFT Liquidity Protocol & Exchange With NFTX
https://anchor.fm/andrew-steinwold/episodes/Alex-Gausman---Creating-The-Decentralized-NFT-Liquidity-Protocol--Exchange-With-NFTX---Zima-Red-ep-97-e1cfj8s

Delphi Podcast: Tarun Chitra: Drinking 3 Redbulls a Day, Gauntlet’s Financial Modelling Platform, and the Future of Governance
https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/tarun-chitra-drinking-3-redbulls-a-day-gauntlets-financial-modelling-platform-and-the-future-of-governance/

Blockcrunch: All You Need to Know About DAOs in 2021 - Cooper Turley, Ep. 168
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHHsqhk8A9s

Blockcrunch: Everything You Need to Know About P2E Guilds - Peter Ing, BlockchainSpace founder, Ep. 179
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UymITsm63g

Bankless: 🎙 Cooper Turley | Layer Zero
https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/-cooper-turley-layer-zero

Crypto 2022 Outlook: Where Will the Markets Go This Year? Plus DeFi and NFTs ft. Larry Cermak
https://unchainedpodcast.com/crypto-2022-outlook-where-will-the-markets-go-this-year-plus-defi-and-nfts/

INSIDE LIVE w/ Levana, Prism & Nexus Protocol | EP001
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YTJHdv9Q6w

Ice-T & Tommy the Animator – Nifty Show #129
https://theniftyshow.com/ice-t-tommy-the-animator-nifty-show-129/

Alpha:

Vaportrade
https://twitter.com/PhABCD/status/1478006068685021191

LooksRare
https://docs.looksrare.org/blog/the-nft-marketplace

Bribe
https://medium.com/@bribe-protocol/bribe-plans-token-distribution-through-liquidity-bootstrapping-pool-on-copperlaunch-435c02a2cb3f

Tracking CVX Owned by DAOs
https://daocvx.com/

$AVG
https://avocadoguild.medium.com/avg-governance-token-utility-and-fe-18d38c5f7002

Illiquid DAO
https://twitter.com/illiquidDao/status/1478390283750580238

$shdw
https://twitter.com/GenesysGo/status/1478576018730463235

Dani x Andre
https://twitter.com/danielesesta/status/1478683190982238208
https://twitter.com/AndreCronjeTech/status/1477993815650848775
https://andrecronje.medium.com/ve-3-3-44466eaa088b
https://twitter.com/danielesesta/status/1479095866589806593
https://twitter.com/AndreCronjeTech/status/1479129304604856323

BLANK_ Humanity Structure and Economics
https://medium.com/@pyxld_kris/blank-humanity-structure-and-economics-461b0d2387f1

Protocol Guild
https://stateful.mirror.xyz/mEDvFXGCKdDhR-N320KRtsq60Y2OPk8rHcHBCFVryXY

Notifi
https://twitter.com/notifi_xyz/status/1477000014572363788

Reverie
https://twitter.com/derek_hsue/status/1478848897418252291

Flipped NFTs test IP permissiveness by the great Anish Agnihotri
https://twitter.com/_anishagnihotri/status/1477077248930816000

$HFT
https://twitter.com/Ja_Brann/status/1475596172916150274

Hope you have a lovely weekend, a great, blessed and healthy 2022 and may this week's dump bring you value. ♥️
Coffee-sized donations address: 0xfBF60e5F3fa29B42b460B11eE461D12D3C0bB2fd

News/Updates:

Visa and ConsenSys team up on CBDC tech
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/129932/visa-and-consensys-team-up-on-cbdc-tech

NEAR Raises $150M From Major Crypto Investment Firms
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/01/13/near-raises-150m-from-major-crypto-investment-firms/

Certik: The State of DeFi Security 2021
https://certik-2.hubspotpagebuilder.com/the-state-of-defi-security-2021

Disney Moves Toward the Metaverse With Approved US Patent to Create a 'Virtual-World Simulator'
https://news.bitcoin.com/disney-moves-toward-metaverse-with-approved-us-patent-to-create-a-virtual-world-simulator/

Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities sells $1.2bn stake to Sequoia and Paradigm
https://www.ft.com/content/188afc27-5c08-4b06-b066-d79522ed787e

Katie Haun Seeks $900M for Crypto Funds After A16z Departure: Report
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/01/07/katie-haun-seeks-900m-for-crypto-funds-after-a16z-departure-report/

Signal's Cryptocurrency Feature Has Gone Worldwide
https://www.wired.com/story/signal-mobilecoin-cryptocurrency-payments/

Gnosis Protocol turns CoW Protocol
https://cow-protocol.medium.com/gnosis-protocol-turns-cow-protocol-481c9fa90bb2

Squeeth is live!
https://twitter.com/danrobinson/status/1480959461162471431

Redacted Cartel acquiring VoteMak
https://twitter.com/redactedcartel/status/1479158904642838530
https://twitter.com/dcfgod/status/1479161821600747525

Coinbase announces acquisition of derivatives exchange FairX
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/130126/coinbase-announces-acquisition-of-derivatives-exchange-fairx

BIS, Swiss National Bank, SIX Exchange Complete Wholesale CBDC Trial
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/01/13/bis-swiss-national-bank-six-exchange-complete-wholesale-cbdc-trial/

YGG: 2021 Year End Retrospective
https://medium.com/yield-guild-games/ygg-2021-year-end-retrospective-5957dcafc212

Sudhanshu Mishra joining Paradigm
https://www.paradigm.xyz/2022/01/joining-paradigm-11/

Introducing the Goldfinch Protocol token, GFI
https://medium.com/goldfinch-fi/introducing-the-goldfinch-protocol-token-gfi-e09579fd9740

Billionaires Are Embracing Crypto in Case Money ‘Goes to Hell’
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-01/billionaires-dalio-peterffy-embrace-bitcoin-ethereum-as-inflation-hedge

SpiritSwap: Introducing: Ape Mode — Unleash the degen within
https://spiritswap.medium.com/introducing-ape-mode-unleash-the-degen-within-66489cc731d

PayPal Says It Is 'Exploring a Stablecoin' After Dev Discovers It in Code
https://decrypt.co/90009/paypal-says-exploring-stablecoin

Matcha.xyz is now live on Optimism
https://twitter.com/matchaxyz/status/1480947664804093960

Introducing: The Zeta Liquidity Whirlpool
https://twitter.com/ZetaMarkets/status/1480919618281738247
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/solana-derivatives-platform-zeta-markets-130000885.html

The Iron Bank in 2022 and Beyond (token!)
https://ibdotxyz.medium.com/the-iron-bank-in-2022-and-beyond-1a66eb2d9d2d

Chainflip Community Update #4
https://blog.chainflip.io/community-update-4/

OlympusDAO: Introducing V2 Bonds
https://olympusdao.medium.com/introducing-v2-bonds-a17c7da298a2

TaxBit launches network in collaboration with major exchanges and DEXs
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/129865/taxbit-launches-network-in-collaboration-with-major-exchanges-and-dexs
https://twitter.com/TaxBit/status/1480909468527251456

Checkout.com's valuation hits $40 billion with $1 billion raise
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/130082/checkout-coms-valuation-hits-40-billion-with-1-billion-raise

Multichain (Anyswap) supports arbitrary swaps from asset A on chain 1 to asset B on chain 2
https://twitter.com/AndreCronjeTech/status/1479402409059356672

Mexico's national soccer team adds crypto exchange Bitso as sponsor
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/130137/mexicos-national-soccer-team-adds-crypto-exchange-bitso-as-sponsor

News/Updates (Cont'd #1):

DeFi Protocol Tranchess Meets Target to Become Binance Smart Chain Validator Node, Launches BNB Fund
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/01/13/defi-protocol-tranchess-meets-target-to-become-binance-smart-chain-validator-node-launches-bnb-fund/

Republic of Palau and Cryptic Labs launch digital residency program
https://cointelegraph.com/news/republic-of-palau-and-cryptic-labs-launch-digital-residency-program

Loop: The Year Behind And The Year Ahead
https://www.loop.markets/loop-the-year-behind-and-the-year-ahead/

Gitcoin Aqueduct by @_dave__white_ and @owocki
https://twitter.com/_dave__white_/status/1481406113404780544

VOLTSWAP launch on Theta Mainnet
https://medium.com/meter-io/voltswap-launch-on-theta-mainnet-a-harbinger-of-defi-downpour-b9a91855d74

POKT: PIP-11: Implementing an On-chain Rev Share Mechanism
https://forum.pokt.network/t/pip-11-implementing-an-on-chain-rev-share-mechanism/1552

Seashell Emerges From Stealth Mode With ‘Inflation-Resistant’ High-Yield Savings Accounts
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/01/13/seashell-emerges-from-stealth-mode-with-inflation-resistant-high-yield-savings-accounts/

Alchemix DAO: Toke War - Bonds (AIP 32)
https://messari.io/governor/proposal/4b794765-d4f8-4c8a-b583-83d48e389fd0

Introducing Login with Unstoppable
https://unstoppabledomains.com/blog/introducing-login-with-unstoppable

BBTV launches crypto payment solution for media monetization
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bbtv-launches-crypto-payment-solution-for-media-monetization

Uniswap: Seatbelt (DAO governance test suite)
https://twitter.com/Uniswap/status/1480685698063732743

Tonga to copy El Salvador’s bill making Bitcoin legal tender, says former MP
https://cointelegraph.com/news/tonga-to-copy-el-salvador-bill-making-bitcoin-legal-tender-says-former-mp

Tokemak will now start weekly purchases of $TOKE using the DAO treasury
https://twitter.com/TokenReactor/status/1479267083867336708

$MIM deposits are now live at Tokemak
https://twitter.com/TokenReactor/status/1479605124347617280

$DUSD exploit averted
https://twitter.com/defidollar/status/1479718032356241408
https://twitter.com/AndreCronjeTech/status/1479778350084333574

Notional: Critical Bug Payout Report
https://blog.notional.finance/critical-bug-payout-report/

Sushi: MISO is implemented
https://twitter.com/chillichelli/status/1480423060029292544

LCX - REKT
https://rekt.news/lcx-rekt/

@NilesLawrence: bb Palantir, hello Dune Analytics
https://twitter.com/NilesLawrence/status/1480564320991735810

Cryptopunks v1 contract exploited
https://twitter.com/peckshield/status/1480748265692090372

The Ethereum Push Notification Service Mainnet is Here
https://medium.com/ethereum-push-notification-service/the-epns-mainnet-is-here-470faec0c01

MakerDAO's last 2021 financial deck
https://twitter.com/SebVentures/status/1481194406921359364

Coinbase announces ‘nearly the entire company will shut down’ for four weeklong breaks in 2022 to allow workers to recharge
https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-announces-nearly-the-entire-company-will-shut-down-for-four-weeklong-breaks-in-2022-to-allow-workers-to-recharge

dYdX v4 - Full Decentralization
https://dydx.exchange/blog/v4-full-decentralization