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Additional Reads:

Vitalik Buterin - Two thought experiments to evaluate automated stablecoins
https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2022/05/25/stable.html

Arthur Hayes - Shut it Down!
https://entrepreneurshandbook.co/shut-it-down-15d230b28089

Yearn Finance Quarterly Report 2021Q4
https://github.com/yearn/yearn-pm/blob/master/financials/reports/2021Q4-yearn-quarterly-report.pdf

Frogs Anonymous - Dopex as a Baseplate
https://frogsanon.neworder.network/articles/dopex-as-a-baseplate

Frogs Anonymous - [REDACTED] Cartel V2: The Marketplace of Influence
https://frogsanon.neworder.network/articles/redacted-cartel-v2

Frogs Anonymous - The Yield Farmer's Almanac: GMX
https://frogsanon.neworder.network/articles/yield-farmers-almanac-gmx

TheTie Research - UMA: Modern Incentive Structures
https://research.thetie.io/universal-market-access-report/

Bankless | Ultimate Guide to Metagovernance
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/ultimate-guide-to-metagovernance

Deeper Data, Dune and Beyond: On-chain Analytics with Llama
https://llama.mirror.xyz/n02obRhyoPPebqMGBUNORRB6pXegZh8OpVh33aOkmcQ

Bankless Legal Newsletter | Decentralized Finance | Decentralized Law
https://banklessdao.substack.com/p/decentralized-finance-decentralized

Software. Not Services — The Web3 Fund Stack
https://medium.com/smart-money-defi-studio/the-future-of-on-chain-funds-107490f86df2

crv.mktcap.eth: May 25, 2022: Peggers Can't Be Choosers
https://curve.substack.com/p/may-25-2022-peggers-cant-be-choosers

crv.mktcap.eth: May 31, 2022: FRAX to Grind
https://curve.substack.com/p/may-31-2022-frax-to-grind-

crv.mktcap.eth: June 1, 2022: $PUSd Riot
https://curve.substack.com/p/june-1-2022-pusd-riot-

Year-in-Review: Convex Turns 1!
https://convexfinance.medium.com/year-in-review-convex-turns-1-63ad1889e187

Ser, is Tomb a ponzi?
https://loiynes.medium.com/ser-is-tomb-a-ponzi-ddc4292ac316

Malt V2 Debrief + Future Plan
https://medium.com/malt-protocol/malt-v2-debrief-future-plan-fca53ede9e02

DeFi Chads Ultimate Guide to: Staying Safu in DeFi
https://defichads.medium.com/defi-chads-ultimate-guide-to-staying-safu-in-defi-ebbb9c825828

How Early-Stage Investors Assess Investment Opportunities in the Swedish Video Game Industry
https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1574736/FULLTEXT01.pdf

The Present & Future State of Gaming Venture Capital
https://naavik.co/deep-dives/gamingvc

zkSync 1.0 vs. zkSync 2.0
https://www.numio.one/zksync-1-0-vs-zksync-2-0/

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Ethereum
https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-ethereum
Notes
https://twitter.com/0xb17z/status/1532039402234314752

On-Chain Forensics: Demystifying TerraUSD De-peg
https://www.nansen.ai/research/on-chain-forensics-demystifying-terrausd-de-peg

The rise of Mars Hub and an outpost on Osmosis
https://mars-protocol.medium.com/the-rise-of-mars-hub-and-an-outpost-on-osmosis-ac61683ea2ea

Back to Building: Ronin Security Breach Postmortem
https://roninblockchain.substack.com/p/back-to-building-ronin-security-breach

Glass Half Full on OPtimism
https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/glass-half-full-on-optimism

Immutable X deep-dive — Part 2: How Layer 1 and Layer 2 work together
https://medium.com/illuvium/immutable-x-deep-dive-part-2-how-layer-1-and-layer-2-work-together-a4196e333f70

Deciphering the Metaverse: Roadmap Fatigue
https://www.theblockresearch.com/deciphering-the-metaverse-roadmap-fatigue-149188

One vs. Two Token Models in Crypto Gaming
https://crypto.nateliason.com/p/one-vs-two-tokens

The Death of a Venture Fund
https://investing1012dot0.substack.com/p/death

On the VC private vs. public market arbitrage in crypto
https://mhonkasalo.substack.com/p/on-the-vc-private-vs-public-market

Getting a piece of the token upside
https://www.thedefiedge.com/value-accrual/

The Crypto Loan Economy
https://polygontech.medium.com/the-crypto-loan-economy-d788ac794b3c

Frax Finance: Building a decentralised central bank, starting with a stablecoin
https://mirror.xyz/buffets.eth/Qd5V1knD9h24rtuuhiOGD8Fk2Cmcomj0fZdautYTQxM
Additional Reads (Cont'd #1):

The Daily Degen - June 2nd, 2022
https://thedailydegen.substack.com/p/the-daily-degen-june-2nd-2022

Bull Market Rhymes
https://www.oaktreecapital.com/docs/default-source/memos/bull-market-rhymes.pdf

FTX Surpasses Coinbase in BTC Trade Volume (why no binance in report?)
https://blog.kaiko.com/ftx-surpasses-coinbase-in-btc-trade-volume-cfd217ce1fd

The Omega of Tesseract Finance
https://medium.com/@tesseract_fi/the-omega-of-tesseract-finance-36d6a75d7310

Gearbox: March - May 2022 updates/review
https://gearboxprotocol.notion.site/March-May-2022-b4cfb32bfc454c989138d19162a02498

This Week in Music NFTs - May 30
https://thisweekinmusicnfts.substack.com/p/this-week-in-music-nfts-may-30

StarkNet Roundup #18
https://swagtimus.substack.com/p/starknet-roundup-18

A Model for Sustainable and Accessible Blockchain Games
https://philipla.substack.com/p/sustainable-blockchain-game-model

MEV Memoirs: Into the Arena - Chapter 1, Part 1
https://noxx.substack.com/p/mev-memoirs-into-the-arena-chapter

Scream May 2022 Post-Mortem
https://screamsh.medium.com/scream-may-2022-post-mortem-38ae8196089a

Unihax0r - The exponential decade
https://unih4x0r.medium.com/the-exponential-decade-c58d13b36d18

OpSec in Crypto: Thoughts
https://officercia.mirror.xyz/VCUaozkvMw1CSaNm3VnafrDLX4dwEjDIQo6qSOIbO8o

Understanding Cross-Chain Bridges
https://www.theblockresearch.com/understanding-cross-chain-bridges-148589

Legal Wrappers and DAOs
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4123737

Decentralized Storage: A Primer
https://www.tbstat.com/wp/uploads/2022/05/20220531_DecentralizedStorage_TheBlockResearch.pdf

Valuing Ethereum into the Merge
https://res.cloudinary.com/drw/image/upload/v1654094124/comm-cumberland/uploads/Valuing_Ethereum_Into_the_Merge_mejrty.pdf

Measuring the impact of hidden DEX costs
https://blog.0x.org/measuring-the-impact-of-hidden-dex-costs/

Huff vs Yul for EVM Smart Contracts
https://medium.com/@jtriley15/huff-vs-yul-for-evm-smart-contracts-620d1d618197

The State of Staking in May 2022
https://consensys.net/blog/codefi/the-state-of-staking-in-may-2022/

Practical Deanonymization Attack in Ethereum Based on P2P Network Analysis
https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmZQLWi7V6XTsNnAZe6AHTvpaPiQnmH5r8brqkteMdVt8i

Under the Hood of the Ethereum Gossip Protocol
https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmU2Y13jHsKJEcEuf3UjiknHCo9rDEYZpu4oQP6fU9XM93

Tether: Stress Tests, Resiliency and Bank Runs
https://tether.to/en/stress-tests-resiliency-and-bank-runs/

Citadel’s Vision for Decentralized & Autonomous Governance
https://thecitadeldao.medium.com/citadels-vision-for-decentralized-autonomous-governance-959ec40f25b9

Flashloans in the squeeth ecosystem
https://medium.com/opyn/flashloans-in-the-squeeth-ecosystem-ff12ea06665b

Attack of the Frax
https://cryptoheathen.substack.com/p/attack-of-the-frax

How to write an Upgradeable ERC721 NFT Contract
https://medium.com/deeblueangel/how-to-write-an-upgradeable-erc721-nft-contract-b0d51e74a89f

Deciphering the Metaverse: Roadmap Fatigue
https://www.theblockresearch.com/deciphering-the-metaverse-roadmap-fatigue-149188

The Fall of Terra: A Timeline of the Meteoric Rise and Crash of UST and LUNA
https://www.coindesk.com/learn/the-fall-of-terra-a-timeline-of-the-meteoric-rise-and-crash-of-ust-and-luna/

Part One: State of Things in Music and Web3 Report
https://nftplazas.com/part-one-state-of-things-in-music-and-web3-report/
Twitter Threads:

where to from here? by @vitalikbuterin
https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1532151196021968896

PoolTogether founder @lay2000lbs is getting sued
https://twitter.com/lay2000lbs/status/1529827211401842694

The Ethereum beacon chain experienced a 7-block deep reorg by @koeppelmann
https://twitter.com/koeppelmann/status/1529458000011972610
And why it's not a big deal
https://twitter.com/koeppelmann/status/1529832225272897536
Visualising the 7-block reorg
https://barnabe.substack.com/p/pos-ethereum-reorg

Fund of Fun by @cloudxgmf and @0xkapital_k
https://twitter.com/0xkapital_k/status/1529661800584601601

Here are red flags to keep in mind when evaluating crypto projects by @uniwhalesio
https://twitter.com/uniwhalesio/status/1523738235012370435

Lessons learned from UST and a framework to think about risk-managing pegged asset exposure by @fasanaradigital
https://twitter.com/fasanaradigital/status/1526246882044809217

how do we think about crypto and why it matters? by @argentHQ
https://twitter.com/argentHQ/status/1529845719707828229

How is a honeypot contract trapped by an MEV bot by @blocksecteam
https://twitter.com/BlockSecTeam/status/1529832324774625281

10 key takeaways every business owner must know by @thealexbanks
https://twitter.com/thealexbanks/status/1529865275876659218

Cash Flow for Life with Curve Finance by @defi_made_here
https://twitter.com/DeFi_Made_Here/status/1529830280642629633

10 Teams And Buildoors @rektdiomedes is Bullish On Despite The Bear Market
https://twitter.com/rektdiomedes/status/1530687906968309762

A thread on hedging & how to use the included hedging calculator by @riley_gmi
https://twitter.com/Riley_gmi/status/1530300323561996288

Where is the money coming from? by @shivsakhuja
https://twitter.com/shivsakhuja/status/1530712622374342658

Day in the Life of a Hedge Fund Analyst by @fabiusmercurius
https://twitter.com/FabiusMercurius/status/1530596584789946369

Simulating a death spiral for $OHM by @asfi3333
https://twitter.com/Asfi3333/status/1530590576348844032

What is @LensProtocol by @what_the_func
https://twitter.com/what_the_func/status/1530134461223796736

What is the EVM, what makes it different than just Ethereum, and why might it be more important than the blockchain itself? by @nir_III
https://twitter.com/nir_III/status/1531720616616857601

Retroactive Airdrop: Best Returns w/ Minimal Investment by @coin98insights
https://twitter.com/coin98insights/status/1530488308400529408

Keen on stable APRs as high as 30%? by @shrimpypong
https://twitter.com/ShrimpyPong/status/1530647423072079872

How to Autocompound $CRV And/Or $FXS Without Big Gas Fees Via The Llama Airforce Union by @rektdiomedes
https://twitter.com/rektdiomedes/status/1527775789931851776

sudoAMM Progress Update
https://twitter.com/sudoswap/status/1528854914268819456
Open-sourcing the smart contract codes!
https://twitter.com/sudoswap/status/1531313975295545344

The Best Videos I Watched This Week On Crypto And Macro by @rektdiomedes
https://twitter.com/rektdiomedes/status/1531170120348880896

Quantitative Tightening by @adamscochran
https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1531989217500348416

A thread by @el33th4xor about blockchain scaling
https://twitter.com/el33th4xor/status/1529824159814909953

@riley_gmi re-modelled @tetranode's calculations on how much $CRV or $CVX it would take to subsidize pools of various sizes
https://twitter.com/Riley_gmi/status/1531259688104251392

On Layer 1s as Public Goods by @0xhamz
https://twitter.com/0xHamz/status/1531379511744516097

Recap of gaming news by @cloudxgmf
https://twitter.com/cloudxgmf/status/1531173505370247168

A framework for tax planning by @baldridgecpa
https://twitter.com/baldridgecpa/status/1531242623054270468

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of crypto market making by @crypto_wintern
https://twitter.com/crypto_wintern/status/1531328998936129538
Twitter Threads (Cont'd #1):

Let's build a smol EVM from scratch by @0xkarmacoma
part 1
https://twitter.com/0xkarmacoma/status/1486105494271922177
part 2
https://twitter.com/0xkarmacoma/status/1525625149424164864
part 3
https://twitter.com/0xkarmacoma/status/1530719721380753414

What are proto-danksharding and danksharding? by @the_readingape
https://twitter.com/The_ReadingApe/status/1531666573915672576

CompliFi one month anniversary + thoughts on performance by @1fishdontcry
https://twitter.com/1fishdontcry/status/1531942332672745474

Smart Contract Review: $GMX token from @GMX_IO by @bowtiedpickle
https://twitter.com/BowTiedPickle/status/1532013850567987200
https://twitter.com/BowTiedPickle/status/1532079546203136001
Retort by GMX dev
https://twitter.com/xdev_10/status/1532167238496976898

What is Reflexer Finance creating and why does it matter? by @asfi3333
https://twitter.com/Asfi3333/status/1531852623611015168

May summary by @lars0x
https://twitter.com/lars0x/status/1531981803334008833

How does @officer_CIA make money for a living? (Shual: imo officer is one of the most important dev/security talking heads in our space today. Consider donating to support!)
https://twitter.com/officer_cia/status/1532146395897004038

How is one of the top sandwichers on BSC saving more gas without using the Chi gastoken? by @fishingkrab
https://twitter.com/FishingKrab/status/1532000063928557569

Implicit public safeTransferFrom by @blocksecteam
https://twitter.com/BlockSecTeam/status/1532059317616058368

The story of Umami Finance by @crypto_condom
https://twitter.com/crypto_condom/status/1530964339435388928

Today in NFTs by @todayinNFTS
https://twitter.com/todayinNFTs/status/1532173916504039428
Podcasts/Watches:

Learn Blockchain, Solidity, and Full Stack Web3 Development with JavaScript – 32-Hour Course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyMwXuJrbJQ

Smart Money and Stablecoins - Office Hours #74 with El Barto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFXgLY7UHuM
Notes
https://twitter.com/hiremenansen/status/1529550029043781634

On-Chain Forensics: Why UST De-Pegged? Office Hours #75 with Nansen Research Team
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prXDgsahAHw

UpOnly - How to cope during the bear market (ft. Keyboard Monkey and Flood Capital)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SVAKfOgBnY
Notes
https://twitter.com/0x4c756b65/status/1529936918678413312

Bringing Crypto Natives to Institutional Funds
https://vimeo.com/event/2085535/embed
Notes
https://twitter.com/fintechintern/status/1529719889551773696

MarketCapping - Episode 1 (Goals for MarketCapping, Stablecoins, Market Analysis, & CRV/CVX Alpha)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GBTXG21Szw

Why You Can't Afford to Ignore MEV | Hasu & Stephane, Flashbots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6C2c6JEzn4

StarkWare founders talk through $100 million Series D fundraise, mass adoption
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/148567/starkware-founders-talk-through-100-million-series-d-fundraise-mass-adoption

The Parsec Podcast Episode 2: DeFi Roundup #1
https://podcast.parsec.finance/1983061/10691878-episode-2-defi-roundup-1

Arbitrum Insider – Special Episode – GMX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpyI_UWzurU

Arbitrum Insider – Special Episode – TracerDAO & GMX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncdEZDr_9DQ

Bankless | 120 - Reinventing the Internet | Marc Andreessen & Chris Dixon of a16z
https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/120-reinventing-the-internet-marc

Reentrancy | Hack Solidity (0.6)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mm3BCyHtDY

Web3 With a16z: Methods to the Madness
https://web3-with-a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/methods-madness-markets-mental-models-crypto-web3

Web3 With a16z: Blockchains / crypto / web3
https://web3-with-a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/blockchains-crypto-web3-movement-models
Tools:

NEW FOUNDRY RELEASE
https://twitter.com/gakonst/status/1531056739470016512

DeFi Toolkit by @gweicz
https://hackmd.io/@gweicz/defi-toolkit

Music NFT resources by @jakubjbln
https://jbln-crypto.notion.site/Music-NFTs-59108e7bba41483f9dae3299335c8967

Education about stablecoins for degens (lol, their words not mine)
https://stablecoins.wtf/

MEV attacks resources by @arunim_shukla
https://twitter.com/arunim_shukla/status/1531174626793259009

Public MEV explorer by @destinerx
https://metablock.dev/tools/mev/

ZK Research repo by @asnared and @exp_table
https://0xst.notion.site/ZK-Research-94ba836c3b2a4e2491a871364ee5b13b

Optimism dashboards:
https://dune.com/hildobby/op-airdrop
app.parsec.finance/layout/nO3bZGPS
https://dune.com/Marcov/OP-Optimism

know your worth in web3 by @blockchaingirls
https://twitter.com/saniyamore/status/1531685503115853831
Results
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1e5FdX0nvSAZe1S9Vhl6BdVpb5gnvSu7QkWltKUP3JPY/edit#gid=2042561928

Crypto tax tools:
https://koinly.io/
https://www.cointracker.io/
https://cointracking.info/
https://www.zenledger.io/
https://rotki.com/

CIA Officer's books pack
https://news.1rj.ru/str/officer_cia/287

List of all crypto VCs
https://news.1rj.ru/str/officer_cia/285

Common Vulnerabilities in Smart Contracts
https://www.xmind.net/m/2zbPP7/

Web3 Tool Explorer
https://app.guavatech.io/

Lens Leaderboard
https://leaderboard.withlens.app/

Cryptowatch
https://cryptowat.ch/nfts

farm.army
https://farm.army/

yield.rodeo
http://yield.rodeo/

NFT Analyst Starter Pack by @darenmatsuoka
https://twitter.com/darenmatsuoka/status/1504951367428816897

Laevitas
https://app.laevitas.ch/dashboard

Uniswap Calculator
https://uniswapv3.thechun.dev/

Tracking tools (thanks rick)
https://2.5.dev/tools
Have a lovely weekend. Enjoy the reads.
Until next time. ☕️
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News/Updates:

US spot bitcoin ETFs reach highest recorded total asset value after six-day inflow streak
https://www.theblock.co/post/322110/us-spot-bitcoin-etfs-reach-highest-recorded-total-asset-value-after-six-day-inflow-streak

SEC approves New York Stock Exchange listing of Bitcoin options ETF
https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-approves-new-york-stock-exchange-listing-bitcoin-options-etf

Pump.Fun planning to launch a token in the future: X Spaces
https://www.theblock.co/post/322122/pump-fun-planning-to-launch-a-token-in-the-future-x-spaces

Marc Andreessen-funded AI bot becomes a millionaire after 'Fartcoin' holdings rally
https://www.theblock.co/post/322002/marc-andreessen-funded-ai-bot-becomes-a-millionaire-after-fartcoin-holdings-rally

Kraken Launches Restaking on Ethereum-Based Protocol EigenLayer
https://decrypt.co/286494/kraken-launches-restaking-on-ethereum-based-protocol-eigenlayer

Nansen launches Solana support
https://x.com/nansen_ai/status/1846899509416415437

Jupiter Exchange introducing Ape Pro
https://x.com/JupiterExchange/status/1846898580856229937

All you need to know about the TANGO launch
https://medium.com/contango-xyz/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-tango-launch-db4a689191a5

Avalanche Foundation to repurchase tokens sold to Terra's LFG in 2022 deal, pending court approval
https://www.theblock.co/post/320833/avalanche-foundation-to-repurchase-tokens-sold-to-terras-lfg-in-2022-deal-pending-court-approval

Towns: Permissionless Group Chats
https://x.com/townsxyz/status/1846167106246848907

Arkham Intelligence, Crypto Startup Backed by OpenAI Founder, to Launch Derivatives Exchange
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/crypto-startup-backed-openai-founder-132558190.html

ORE — Introducing: Boosts
https://x.com/oresupply/status/1845675917110374807

Felix (Stablecoin project on top of Hyperliquid) emerges from stealth
https://x.com/felixprotocol/status/1845836198385992082

Introducing Rollup-Boost - Launching on Unichain
https://writings.flashbots.net/introducing-rollup-boost

Sonic Labs presents their litepaper
https://x.com/0xSonicLabs/status/1845906775725453493

Scroll: Trustless Randomness Now Deployable on All EVM Chains
https://x.com/Scroll_ZKP/status/1845830955531112635

Optimism: Airdrop 5: Onchain together, benefit together
https://app.optimism.io/airdrops/5

Elon Musk discusses DOGE cabinet position, economics at Trump rally
https://cointelegraph.com/news/elon-musk-discusses-doge-cabinet-position-economics-trump-rally

Stablecoins can benefit financial system, Fed governor says
https://cointelegraph.com/news/stablecoins-benefit-financial-system-federal-reserve-governor

Olympic Snowboarder Used Tether in Cocaine-Smuggling Murder Scheme, Feds Say
https://decrypt.co/287204/olympic-snowboarder-tether-cocaine-murders

Kraken joins Coinbase to compete with BitGo’s wBTC
https://blockworks.co/news/0xresearch-newsletter-kraken-wrapped-bitcoin

A crypto lawyer predicts a ‘dramatic increase’ in memecoin lawsuits
https://blockworks.co/news/lightspeed-newsletter-memecoin-lawsuits

Republican Sweep in U.S. Election Would be the Most Bullish Outcome for Coinbase and the Crypto Market: Citi
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/10/18/republican-sweep-in-us-election-would-be-the-most-bullish-outcome-for-coinbase-and-the-crypto-market-citi/

MicroStrategy's 'Nav Premium' Shouldn't be Feared, Says Benchmark, Raising Price Target to $245
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/10/18/microstrategys-nav-premium-shouldnt-be-feared-says-benchmark-raising-price-target-to-245/

Bitfinex-backed Plasma raises $3.5 million to expand access to USDT stablecoins on Bitcoin
https://www.theblock.co/post/321964/bitfinex-backed-plasma-raises-3-5-million-to-expand-access-to-usdt-stablecoins-on-bitcoin

BlackRock pitches Binance, OKX and Deribit on using its BUIDL token for derivatives trading: Bloomberg
https://www.theblock.co/post/322025/blackrock-pitches-binance-okx-and-deribit-on-using-its-buidl-token-for-derivatives-trading-bloomberg
News/Updates (Cont'd):

JPMorgan analysts say bitcoin miners face narrowing window of opportunity to secure AI data center deals
https://www.theblock.co/post/321727/jpmorgan-analysts-say-bitcoin-miners-face-narrowing-window-of-opportunity-to-secure-ai-data-center-deals

Stripe in talks to acquire stablecoin-focused fintech firm: Bloomberg
https://www.theblock.co/post/321680/stripe-stablecoins-bridge-acquisition

Ostium Labs, a startup building onchain perpetuals markets for traditional assets, launches mainnet
https://www.theblock.co/post/321800/ostium-labs-a-startup-building-onchain-perpetuals-markets-for-traditional-assets-launches-mainnet

Sam Altman-backed Worldcoin project launches mainnet blockchain following a rebrand
https://www.theblock.co/post/321792/sam-altman-backed-worldcoin-project-launches-mainnet-blockchain-following-a-rebrand

deBridge Token Goes Live With DBR Airdropped to 491K Wallets
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/10/17/debridge-token-goes-live-with-dbr-airdropped-to-491k-wallets/

Crypto Exchange Kraken Launches Wrapped Bitcoin Token kBTC
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/10/17/crypto-exchange-kraken-launches-wrapped-bitcoin-token-kbtc/

GraFun Starts Labs Division to Boost Memecoin Ecosystem on BNB Chain
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/10/17/grafun-starts-labs-division-to-boost-memecoin-ecosystem-on-bnb-chain/

Chaos Labs <> ether.fi AVS Onboarding Framework
https://governance.ether.fi/t/chaos-labs-ether-fi-avs-onboarding-framework/2489

U.S. Election Betting: Federal Court 'Erred' in Letting Kalshi Launch Prediction Markets, CFTC Says
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/10/17/us-election-betting-federal-court-erred-in-letting-kalshi-launch-prediction-markets-cftc-says/

Fuel Labs debuts 'Ignition' rollup network with focus on parallellization, UTXO-based model
https://www.theblock.co/post/321365/fuel-labs-debuts-ignition-rollup-network-with-focus-on-parallellization-utxo-based-model

Binance Labs invests in Bitcoin liquid staking platform Lombard
https://www.theblock.co/post/321450/binance-labs-bitcoin-liquid-staking-lombard

RWA tokenization startup Plume Network says it has $100 million in solar assets available to users keen to earn yield
https://www.theblock.co/post/321523/rwa-tokenization-startup-plume-network-says-it-has-100-million-in-solar-assets-available-to-users-keen-to-earn-yield

PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin market cap is down 40% from its high above $1 billion in August
https://www.theblock.co/post/321584/paypals-pyusd-stablecoin-market-cap-is-down-40-from-its-high-above-1-billion-in-august

U.S.-Listed Bitcoin Miners Hit Record 29% of Network Hashrate in October: JPMorgan
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/10/16/us-listed-bitcoin-miners-hit-record-29-of-network-hashrate-in-october-jpmorgan/

Protocol Village: Conduit Launches New G2 Sequencer, Claiming 10x Improvement Over Existing Versions
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/10/16/protocol-village/

Treasure DAO approves migration to ZKsync, eyes mainnet launch within two months
https://www.theblock.co/post/317789/treasure-dao-approves-migration-to-zksync-eyes-mainnet-launch-within-two-months

Crypto trader Ansem says there was a ‘misalignment of incentives’ in certain celebrity-backed memecoins
https://www.theblock.co/post/319090/crypto-trader-ansem-says-there-was-a-misalignment-of-incentives-in-certain-celebrity-backed-memecoins

Magic Eden and Ubisoft release gaming NFT collection on Arbitrum based on Captain Laserhawk anime
https://www.theblock.co/post/319542/magic-eden-and-ubisoft-release-gaming-nft-collection-on-arbitrum-based-on-captain-laserhawk-anime

Crypto battle royale game 'Off the Grid' launches on PlayStation and Epic Game Store
https://www.theblock.co/post/320163/crypto-battle-royale-game-off-the-grid-launches-on-playstation-and-epic-game-store
https://x.com/ZeMariaMacedo/status/1845054922678812862
https://x.com/impalementd/status/1845505674966663200
News/Updates (Cont'd #2):

Assassin’s Creed developer Ubisoft launches first crypto video game 'Champions Tactics'
https://www.theblock.co/post/320471/assassins-creed-developer-ubisoft-launches-first-crypto-video-game-champions-tactics

MiCA-compliant stablecoins take market share of euro-stablecoin sector: Kaiko Research
https://www.theblock.co/post/320956/mica-compliant-stablecoins-take-market-share-of-euro-stablecoin-sector-kaiko-research

Crypto Neobank Banq's Bankruptcy Case Dismissed by U.S. Judge
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/10/14/crypto-neobank-banqs-bankruptcy-case-dismissed-by-us-judge/

Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank introduces stablecoin service for international payments
https://www.theblock.co/post/321650/thailands-siam-commercial-bank-introduces-stablecoin-service-for-international-payments

Uniswap Developer Unveils Own Layer-2 Network, Unichain, Built on Optimism Tech
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/10/10/uniswap-developer-unveils-own-layer-2-network-unichain-built-on-optimism-tech/

Australia's Treasury to Include Stablecoin Rules in Crypto Bill Draft, ASIC's Warning For Crypto Entities
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/06/13/australias-treasury-to-include-stablecoin-rules-in-crypto-bill-draft-asics-warning-for-crypto-entities/

Solv Raises $11M to Grow the $1.3B Bitcoin Staking Protocol
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/10/14/solv-raises-11m-to-grow-the-13b-bitcoin-staking-protocol/

Deutsche Bank to provide foreign exchange services for crypto market-making firm Keyrock
https://www.theblock.co/post/320809/deutsche-bank-fx-crypto-keyrock

Solana-Based STEPN Reports $122.5M in Q2 Profits
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/07/12/solana-based-stepn-reports-1225m-in-q2-profits/

Ex-Valkyrie Founder’s Canary Capital Group Files for First Litecoin ETF
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/10/15/ex-valkyrie-founders-canary-capital-group-files-for-first-litecoin-etf/

How Japan Is Leading the Race to Regulate Stablecoins
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/10/25/how-japan-is-leading-the-race-to-regulate-stablecoins/

Singapore's DBS Bank Starts New Suite of Tokenized Banking Services for Institutional Clients
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/10/18/singapores-dbs-bank-starts-new-suite-of-tokenized-banking-services-for-institutional-clients/
NFTs / Gaming:

NFT activity on Telegram surged 400% in Q3: Report
https://cointelegraph.com/news/telegram-nft-surge-helika-report

Magic Eden unveils ME token, eyeing expansion beyond NFT sector
https://blockworks.co/news/magic-eden-announces-me-airdrop

BlockBar Opens Up NFT Market To Artisanal Wines And Spirits
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinrozario/2024/10/15/blockbar-opens-up-nft-market-to-artisanal-wines-and-spirits/

Will 'Off the Grid' Take Crypto Games Mainstream?
https://decrypt.co/287211/will-off-the-grid-take-crypto-games-mainstream

Moonray Expands Universe with PS5 Launch and Mobile Game in 2025
https://nftnewstoday.com/2024/10/18/moonray-expands-universe-with-ps5-launch-and-mobile-game-in-2025/

gmoney’s anguish over ‘buying the top’ of CryptoPunks: NFT Collector
https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/gmoneys-anguish-over-buying-top-of-cryptopunks-nft-collector/

Dungeon Siege: Stonebridge Debuts in The Sandbox
https://nftplazas.com/dungeon-siege-stonebridge/

A wave of new games could prove NFTs aren’t dead after all
https://blockworks.co/news/empire-newsletter-nfts-comeback-gaming

Nifty Island Dev Roadmap
https://guide.niftyisland.com/nifty-island-dev-roadmap

Web3 Strategy Game Age of Dino Transitions from ROAR to $AOD
https://nftplazas.com/age-of-dino-aod-token/

The Asprey Studio Gallery is set to be taken over by renowned digital innovator, investor, and anonymous figurehead of the NFT art movement, pranksy, between 19 and 25 October 2024
https://www.instagram.com/aspreystudio/reel/DBGwN5ZIYES/

10KTF Acquired By Possible Productions
https://nftnow.com/collectibles/exclusive-10ktf-acquired-by-possible-productions/

Guild of Guardians introduces Frostmire expansion
https://www.guildofguardians.com/news/frostmire-is-coming

Gods Unchained adds Tower of Dread expansion with new cards and lore
https://godsunchained.com/buy-packs/tower-of-dread

Forgotten Runes Wizard's Cult leaks 3D Warrior models
https://x.com/ForgottenRunes/status/1847306345361666389
Regulation:

Kamala Harris Crypto Regulation Plans Spark Criticism
https://decrypt.co/287262/kamala-harris-crypto-regulation-criticism-optimism

Crypto.com sees ‘strong legal footing’ in crypto rulings against SEC
https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-rulings-against-sec-legal-footing-crypto-com

Craig Wright Says Bitcoin Devs 'Misled the Public' in New $1 Billion Lawsuit
https://decrypt.co/287138/craig-wright-bitcoin-new-lawsuit

SEC’s Ripple appeal doesn’t challenge XRP non-security status
https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-ripple-appeal-no-challenge-xrp-not-a-security

Regulatory clarity key for banks entering crypto, industry exec says
https://cointelegraph.com/news/banks-crypto-digital-asset-banking-regulation-challenges

EU markets watchdog urges amendments to MiCA crypto regulations
https://cointelegraph.com/news/europe-esma-recommend-mica-amendments

Crypto trader Cumberland DRW sold $2bn in unregistered securities, SEC alleges
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/sec-says-crypto-trader-cumberland-drw-is-unregistered-broker/

‘Consider Cumberland DRW a warning shot’: Why more finance firms should fear the SEC’s crackdown
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/snapshot/why-sec-suing-drw-cumberland-is-a-warning-shot-to-trading-firms/

Days before opening, Flyfish Club settles with SEC for $750K
https://blockworks.co/news/flyfish-settlement-sec-nfts

DeFi startup Rari Capital settles with the SEC
https://blockworks.co/news/sec-settlement-rari-capital-unregistered-broker

TrustToken, TrueCoin settle with SEC over TUSD allegations
https://blockworks.co/news/sec-settlement-trusttoken-truecoin

TD Bank failed to disclose ‘suspicious’ crypto transactions tied to unnamed customer group
https://blockworks.co/news/fincen-td-bank-suspicious-crypto-transactions

SEC Commissioner says agency’s approach to crypto has been a “disaster for the whole industry”
https://coinjournal.net/news/sec-commissioner-says-agencys-approach-to-crypto-has-been-a-disaster-for-the-whole-industry-2/

Binance exec still awaiting bail decision as judge skips hearing for seminar
https://protos.com/binance-exec-still-awaiting-bail-decision-as-judge-skips-hearing-for-seminar/

Mango Labs accuses two Mango DAO leaders of embezzling $10m during Eisenberg trial
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/lawsuit-alleges-mango-markets-dao-leaders-embezzled-millions/
Mango Markets to destroy MNGO tokens following SEC settlement
https://blockworks.co/news/sec-announces-mango-markets-settlement
Raises:

'Network State' project Praxis secures $525 million to build crypto-friendly city
https://www.theblock.co/post/321268/network-state-project-praxis-secures-525-million-to-build-crypto-friendly-city

Blockstream Raises $210M in Convertible Note Financing Round
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/10/15/blockstream-raises-210m-in-convertible-note-financing-round/

Blockchain Capital leads $33 million Series C in African stablecoin exchange Yellow Card
https://www.theblock.co/post/321804/blockchain-capital-leads-33-million-series-c-in-african-stablecoin-exchange-yellow-card

Euroclear eyes Asia’s blockchain potential with stake acquisition in Singapore’s Marketnode
https://www.theblock.co/post/321885/euroclear-eyes-asias-blockchain-potential-with-stake-acquisition-in-singapores-marketnode

zkPass raises $12.5 million Series A at $100 million token valuation
https://www.theblock.co/post/321723/zkpass-funding-token-valuation

Bitcoin-backed stablecoin developer Hermetica raises $1.7 million in seed funding
https://www.theblock.co/post/321141/bitcoin-backed-stablecoin-developer-hermetica-raises-1-7-million-in-seed-funding

Crypto VC Market 'Tepid' as Q3 Investments Declined 20%, Says Galaxy Digital
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/10/16/crypto-vc-market-tepid-as-q3-investments-declined-20-says-galaxy-digital/

PinGo Lab Completes Seed Round Investment to Accelerate Growth in the TON Ecosystem
https://www.theblock.co/post/320675/pingo-lab-completes-seed-round-investment-to-accelerate-growth-in-the-ton-ecosystem

Crypto gaming developer PiP World raises $10 million in seed round months after buying Roblox stock simulator
https://www.theblock.co/post/320505/crypto-gaming-developer-pip-world-raises-10-million-in-seed-round-months-after-buying-roblox-stock-simulator

Curve governance votes on $6M team funding proposal
https://blockworks.co/news/curve-governance-votes-on-6m-team-funding-proposal

Paradigm invests $20 million in Ithaca, a spinoff building a Layer 2 blockchain 'from the future'
https://www.theblock.co/post/320714/paradigm-invests-20-million-in-ithaca-a-spinoff-building-layer-2-blockchain-from-the-future

Azra Games secures $42.7M funding for mobile RPG game
https://cointelegraph.com/news/azra-games-secures-42-7-million-mobile-rpg-game

Pell Network Secures $3M Funding to Build Omnichain DVS Network
https://coinjournal.net/news/pell-network-secures-3m-funding-to-build-omnichain-dvs-network/

CoinFLEX Begins Arbitration to Recover $84M in Delinquent Debt
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/07/11/coinflex-begins-arbitration-against-84m-delinquent-customer-flex-holders-in-focus/

NovaWulf Plans to Tokenize Equity of Celsius’ New Firm With $2B Assets, After Takeover
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/04/14/novawulf-plans-to-tokenize-equity-of-celsius-new-firm-with-2b-assets-after-takeover/

Opacity Network raises $12 million seed round for ZK-based data verification platform
https://www.theblock.co/post/321160/opacity-network-funding-zk-data-verification

Ripple leads $25 million round in Bitnomial as the derivatives exchange launches futures trading platform in US
https://www.theblock.co/post/321189/ripple-leads-25-million-round-in-bitnomial-as-the-derivatives-exchange-launches-futures-trading-platform-in-us

Trendies announces its $1.75m pre-seed led by Archetype
https://x.com/trendiestech/status/1844423731785142425
Security:

Radiant Capital Loses $50M to Second Blockchain Exploit This Year
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/10/16/radiant-capital-loses-50m-to-blockchain-exploit/
Post Mortem
https://medium.com/@RadiantCapital/radiant-post-mortem-fecd6cd38081

ECB paper claims older Bitcoin holders are exploiting new holders
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ecb-paper-claims-older-bitcoin-holders-impoverishing-new-holders

Tapioca DAO founder hack drops token value 96% as investors eat losses
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/tapioca-dao-tap-token-plummets-after-founder-suffers-hack/

Tapioca DAO stops 1,000 ETH worth $2.7 million from being stolen following exploit that drains majority of its funds
https://www.theblock.co/post/322061/tapioca-dao-stops-1000-eth-worth-2-7-million-from-being-stolen-following-exploit-that-drains-majority-of-its-funds

Radiant Capital hacker compromised developers’ devices
https://cointelegraph.com/news/radiant-capital-attacker-compromised-multiple-developers-devices-post-mortem

Fake Coinbase website leads to $20M fraud, 5-year sentence
https://cointelegraph.com/news/chirag-tomar-sentenced-coinbase-fraud-fake-websites

Machine Learning AI Helped Detect $4 Billion Worth of Fraud in 2024, Says US Treasury
https://decrypt.co/287141/machine-learning-ai-us-treasury

US prosecutors urge judge to hand Bitfinex hack mastermind five-year sentence
https://coinjournal.net/news/us-prosecutors-urge-judge-to-hand-bitfinex-hack-mastermind-five-year-sentence/

FBI arrests hacker behind SEC fake Bitcoin ETF approval
https://cointelegraph.com/news/fbi-arrests-hacker-behind-sec-fake-bitcoin-etf-approval

New bitcoin sextortion scams in Canada use photos of victims’ homes
https://protos.com/new-bitcoin-sextortion-scams-in-canada-use-photos-of-victims-homes/

Hong Kong police bust $46 million romance fraud scheme involving crypto
https://www.theblock.co/post/321381/hong-kong-police-bust-46-million-romance-fraud-scheme-involving-crypto

Fake Rabby Wallet scam linked to Dubai crypto CEO and many more victims
https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/rabby-scammer-konpyl-crypto-ceo-mountain-victims/

Binance assists Delhi Police in taking down renewable energy scam, $100k in Tether seized
https://coinjournal.net/news/binance-assists-delhi-police-in-taking-down-renewable-energy-scam-100k-in-tether-seized/

UK man sues council after denying requests to dig for lost Bitcoin hard drive in landfill
https://coinjournal.net/news/uk-man-sues-council-after-denying-requests-to-dig-for-lost-bitcoin-hard-drive-in-landfill/

Crypto whale loses $35M on Blast Network in phishing attack
https://coinjournal.net/news/crypto-whale-loses-35m-on-blast-network-in-phishing-attack/
AI/LLMs:

Nobel Physics Prize Awarded for Pioneering A.I. Research by 2 Scientists
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/science/nobel-prize-physics.html

NVIDIA's new model: Llama-3.1-Nemotron-70B-Instruct-HF
https://huggingface.co/nvidia/Llama-3.1-Nemotron-70B-Instruct-HF

Introducing Internal Knowledge Search and Spaces
https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/introducing-internal-knowledge-search-and-spaces

OpenAI's Swarm — An educational framework exploring ergonomic, lightweight multi-agent orchestration.
https://github.com/openai/swarm/tree/main

AMD Unveils New AI Processors
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/advanced-micro-devices-inc-amd-184906267.html

TSMC Stock Jumps on AI-Fueled Earnings Surge
https://www.investopedia.com/tsmc-stock-jumps-on-ai-fueled-earnings-surge-8729504

Google turns to nuclear to power AI data centres
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c748gn94k95o

Tesla robotaxi: Cybercab unveiled by Elon Musk
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm29x5ke9jdo

What Is Retrieval-Augmented Generation, aka RAG?
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/what-is-retrieval-augmented-generation/

Aethir announces $100 million Ecosystem Fund to support projects in AI and Gaming
https://x.com/AethirCloud/status/1844363440191611301

Un Ministral, des Ministraux — Introducing the world's best edge models
https://mistral.ai/news/ministraux/

Jailbreaking Large Language Models with Symbolic Mathematics
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.11445

New Gmail Security Alert For 2.5 Billion Users As AI Hack Confirmed
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2024/10/13/new-gmail-security-alert-for-billions-as-7-day-ai-hack-confirmed

Agents in Software Engineering: Survey, Landscape, and Vision
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.09030

Zoom will let AI avatars talk to your team for you
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/9/24266007/zoom-ai-avatars-clips-talk-for-you

Introducing V3 of the Sequoia Generative AI market map
https://x.com/sonyatweetybird/status/1704907096251387907

Introducing the prompt() Function: Use the Power of LLMs with SQL
https://motherduck.com/blog/sql-llm-prompt-function-gpt-models/

Sequoia: Generative AI’s Act o1
https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/generative-ais-act-o1/

SingularityDAO Plans to Merge With Cogito Finance, SelfKey to Form AI-Focused Layer-2
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/10/15/singularitydao-plans-to-merge-with-cogito-finance-selfkey-to-form-ai-focused-layer-2/

Prime Intellect announces INTELLECT-1: the first-ever decentralized training of a 10B model
https://x.com/PrimeIntellect/status/1844814829154169038

Iteration of Thought: Leveraging Inner Dialogue for Autonomous Large Language Model Reasoning
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.12618

Bittensor Subnet 13 - Data Universe: Decentralised Data Scraping
https://x.com/TensorplexLabs/status/1845804012412781037

GSM-Symbolic: Understanding the Limitations of Mathematical Reasoning in Large Language Models
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.05229

Training Language Models to Self-Correct via Reinforcement Learning
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.12917

OpenAI Unveils Secret Meta Prompt—And It’s Very Different From Anthropic's Approach
https://decrypt.co/285854/openai-secret-meta-prompt-anthropic

Sentient: All You Need To Know
https://www.chainofthought.xyz/p/sentient-all-you-need-to-know

OpenAI Chairman’s Startup Raising Funds at Over $4 Billion Value
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-10/openai-chairman-s-startup-raising-funds-at-over-4-billion-value

GenAI Agents: Comprehensive Repository for Development and Implementation
https://github.com/NirDiamant/GenAI_Agents

On the Diagram of Thought
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.10038

OpenR: An Open-Source AI Framework Enhancing Reasoning in Large Language Models
https://www.marktechpost.com/2024/10/13/openr-an-open-source-ai-framework-enhancing-reasoning-in-large-language-models/

To CoT or not to CoT? Chain-of-thought helps mainly on math and symbolic reasoning
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.12183
Tools and Useful Resources:

PaperQA2 — a package for doing high-accuracy retrieval augmented generation (RAG) on PDFs or text files, with a focus on the scientific literature
https://github.com/Future-House/paper-qa

NotebookLM by Google (Shual: use it, it's op)
https://notebooklm.google.com/

Free, AI-powered bloomberg-like terminal
https://pro.openbb.co

cursorrules templates for different environments
https://cursor.directory/

Revoke approvals:
https://etherscan.io/tokenapprovalchecker
https://revoke.cash/
https://revoke.cash/
On Rabby: Open your Rabby Wallet -> Approvals -> Select All -> Batch Revoke

NVIDIA ChatRTX
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/ai-on-rtx/chatrtx/

Bundle txs using Flashbot's Bundler (shout out @lcfr_eth)
https://bundler.lcfr.io/
https://github.com/lcfr-eth/FlashbotsBundlerUI
https://github.com/lcfr-eth/transferProxy

Open-source white hat frontrunning noscript by @@pcaversaccio
https://x.com/pcaversaccio/status/1846602838127849726
https://github.com/pcaversaccio/white-hat-frontrunning

Local File Organizer: AI File Management Run Entirely on Your Device, Privacy Assured
https://github.com/QiuYannnn/Local-File-Organizer

Crawl4AI
https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai

Tweetscout
https://tweetscout.io/

Hundreds of most popular algorithms - implemented in Python from scratch
https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/tree/master

Share signals, Decode hype (whitelist phase)
https://www.elfa.ai/

Anthropic's Prompt Engineering Interactive Tutorial
https://github.com/anthropics/courses/tree/master/prompt_engineering_interactive_tutorial
Real world prompting
https://github.com/anthropics/courses/tree/master/real_world_prompting

Generate custom/"optimized" ethereum transaction hashes for the clout
https://x.com/BreezeCrypto/status/1581995554770276352

AIHawk — Auto Jobs Applier
https://github.com/feder-cr/Auto_Jobs_Applier_AIHawk