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
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
YouTube
Learn Blockchain, Solidity, and Full Stack Web3 Development with JavaScript – 32-Hour Course
This course will give you a full introduction into all of the core concepts related to blockchain, smart contracts, Solidity, ERC20s, full-stack Web3 dapps, decentralized finance (DeFi), JavaScript, TypeScript, Chainlink, Ethereum, upgradable smart contracts…
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
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
Twitter
Georgios Konstantopoulos
🔥⚒️ NEW FOUNDRY RELEASE 🔥⚒️ Announcing Solidity Scripting & Deployments! This is a game changing feature we've been designing since January, with @brockjelmore starting it and @joshie_sh getting it over the line last week. Read on to learn more. github.com/foundry…
Alpha:
Risk DAO
https://medium.com/risk-dao/introducing-risk-dao-75a241115c95
Hydra Ventures
https://twitter.com/hydraventures_/status/1531613266748837889
Interest Protocol
https://medium.com/interest-protocol/announcing-interest-protocol-c3d3a28fcaaa
dAMM
https://medium.com/@joshua_baker/introducing-damm-4978bc4b8eff
$SWEAT (i guess?)
https://twitter.com/defi_airdrops/status/1532324469477343232
Risk DAO
https://medium.com/risk-dao/introducing-risk-dao-75a241115c95
Hydra Ventures
https://twitter.com/hydraventures_/status/1531613266748837889
Interest Protocol
https://medium.com/interest-protocol/announcing-interest-protocol-c3d3a28fcaaa
dAMM
https://medium.com/@joshua_baker/introducing-damm-4978bc4b8eff
$SWEAT (i guess?)
https://twitter.com/defi_airdrops/status/1532324469477343232
Medium
Introducing Risk DAO
We’re excited to announce the launch of Risk DAO — a service DAO spearheaded by B.Protocol and 1kx that will focus on providing a new…
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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
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
The Block
US spot bitcoin ETFs reach highest recorded total asset value after six-day inflow streak
After six days of positive inflows and a rise in bitcoin's price, US-based spot bitcoin ETFs hold more value than ever—nearly 5% of BTC's market cap.
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
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
The Block
JPMorgan analysts say bitcoin miners face narrowing window of opportunity to secure AI data center deals
Bitcoin miners must act quickly to secure HPC and AI data center deals, JPMorgan analysts said.
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/
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/
The Block
Assassin’s Creed developer Ubisoft launches first crypto video game 'Champions Tactics'
Years in the making, Ubisoft is finally launching a blockchain-enabled video game called "Champions Tactics" on PC.
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
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
Cointelegraph
NFT activity on Telegram surged 400% in Q3: Reportpost.noscript.seo-tail
Helika data also shows that the average gaming session for Telegram users increased from 2.8 minutes in August to 6.7 minutes at the start of October.
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
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
Decrypt
Kamala Harris Crypto Regulation Plans Spark Criticism—But Also Optimism - Decrypt
The Kamala Harris campaign’s focus on Black male crypto investors sparks claims of pandering, but some still consider it a positive move.
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
'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
The Block
'Network State' project Praxis secures $525 million to build crypto-friendly city
New investors include Arch Lending, GEM Digital, Manifold Trading, and angels like Farcaster CEO Dan Romero.
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/
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/
Coindesk
Radiant Capital Loses $50M to Second Blockchain Exploit This Year
Attackers appear to have obtained three private keys controlling upgrade access over the protocol.
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
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
NY Times
Nobel Physics Prize Awarded for Pioneering A.I. Research by 2 Scientists
With work on machine learning that uses artificial neural networks, John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “showed a completely new way for us to use computers,” the committee said.
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
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
GitHub
GitHub - Future-House/paper-qa: High accuracy RAG for answering questions from scientific documents with citations
High accuracy RAG for answering questions from scientific documents with citations - Future-House/paper-qa
Podcasts:
Are We Overhyping AI in Crypto? | Casey Caruso & Mohamed Baioumy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJfbYBe3xJc
Memoirs of a Polymarket Whale
https://podcast.parsec.finance/1983061/episodes/15593745-memoirs-of-a-polymarket-whale
Arthur Cheong and Jordi Alexander on DeFi Is Poised for a Bull Run
https://unchainedcrypto.com/2-crypto-investors-on-why-they-believe-defi-is-poised-for-a-bull-run/
Why ZK Verification is Ethereum's Final Frontier For Scaling
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ZjPGDpHWkVPfU8FksndIq
Why Crypto's Capital Allocation is Broken | Jordi Alexander
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1tN12Q1MchseKGQseWm8GI
Aravind Srinivas: Will Foundation Models Commoditize & Diminishing Return in Model Performance
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7iY3zaULYLyGMERoeSH4Xu
Ep17. Welcome Jensen Huang | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0pt8FAP3UKdZhgKHfAWPdC
Are We Overhyping AI in Crypto? | Casey Caruso & Mohamed Baioumy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJfbYBe3xJc
Memoirs of a Polymarket Whale
https://podcast.parsec.finance/1983061/episodes/15593745-memoirs-of-a-polymarket-whale
Arthur Cheong and Jordi Alexander on DeFi Is Poised for a Bull Run
https://unchainedcrypto.com/2-crypto-investors-on-why-they-believe-defi-is-poised-for-a-bull-run/
Why ZK Verification is Ethereum's Final Frontier For Scaling
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ZjPGDpHWkVPfU8FksndIq
Why Crypto's Capital Allocation is Broken | Jordi Alexander
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1tN12Q1MchseKGQseWm8GI
Aravind Srinivas: Will Foundation Models Commoditize & Diminishing Return in Model Performance
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7iY3zaULYLyGMERoeSH4Xu
Ep17. Welcome Jensen Huang | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0pt8FAP3UKdZhgKHfAWPdC
YouTube
Are We Overhyping AI in Crypto? | Casey Caruso & Mohamed Baioumy
In this episode, we explore the critical intersection of AI and crypto with Casey Caruso and Mohamed Baioumy. They delve into why decentralization could be the key to democratizing AI, unpack edge computing, local AI models, and the potential for crypto and…
Additional Reads:
I have galloped into the infinite abyss upon a $GOAT with narrow hips
https://redphone.substack.com/p/i-have-galloped-into-the-infinite
When AIs Play God(se): The Emergent Heresies of LLMtheism
https://pdfupload.io/docs/aae14f87
Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol, part 1: The Merge
https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/10/14/futures1.html
Possible futures for the Ethereum protocol, part 2: The Surge
https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/10/17/futures2.html
Memecoins as memetic hygiene for LLM backrooms
https://terminallyonchain.xyz/goat
Create a Solana Telegram Bot in Less Than 100 Lines of Code
https://www.helius.dev/blog/create-a-solana-telegram-bot-in-less-than-100-lines-of-code
How currencies for online games were created
https://paragraph.xyz/@him/gamingcurrencies
TAO Times #9: Bittensor x Ethereum
https://taotimes.xyz/p/tao-times-9-bittensor-x-ethereum
Weekly AI Edge #17: The AI Agent Edition — An AI Agent turns $50,000 into millions?
https://www.chainofthought.xyz/p/weekly-ai-edge-17-the-ai-agent-edition
Zero Trust Execution Environments
https://writings.flashbots.net/ZTEE
These are not the bots you're looking for
https://mirror.xyz/1kx.eth/a6Ws15tPShkvzCAJtEnDSIK2gHYUCVfGHXDEZKYh45g
2024 Q3 Crypto Industry Report
https://www.coingecko.com/research/publications/2024-q3-crypto-report
What's Happening at Coinbase?
https://www.backoftheenvelope.xyz/p/whats-happening-at-coinbase
a16z: State of Crypto Report 2024: New data on swing states, stablecoins, AI, builder energy, and more
https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/state-of-crypto-report-2024/
Abstract Chain: Introducing Panoramic Governance: A new mechanism that rewards both users and builders across a chain’s ecosystem.
https://x.com/AbstractChain/status/1847344743317180628
Wildcat: Undercollateralized Credit Expansion for Fun and Profit 2.0
https://research.2077.xyz/wildcat-finance
Creating, Destroying, and Restoring On-Chain Artwork
https://medium.com/etherscan-blog/creating-destroying-and-restoring-on-chain-artwork-d6f1d031a2d5
Are We Overhyping AI in Crypto?
https://www.chainofthought.xyz/p/are-we-overhyping-ai-in-crypto
Preliminary Findings: Get Blobs Optimization in Prysm and Geth
https://hackmd.io/@ttsao/get-blobs-early-results
Everything Old is New Again
https://zeeprime.capital/everything-old-is-new-again
The Second $100B AI Company — The Case for Consumer AI
https://www.digitalnative.tech/p/the-second-100b-ai-company
The Strawberry Juice is Not Worth the Squeeze
https://daveshap.substack.com/p/the-strawberry-juice-is-not-worth
How Many USDT Users Are There?
https://tether.io/news/how-many-usdt-users-are-there/
How to Win in Memecoins (Hint: It's Not "Cults")
https://blog.onlyapes.xyz/p/how-to-win-in-memecoins-hint-its
UMA - The Fairness Question and the 51% Attack
https://definalist.notion.site/UMA-The-Fairness-Question-and-the-51-Attack-1221617ce2f580929352e8f2e355ea4a
Neon EVM’s next chapter: Becoming the Fast Track to Solana for EVM developers
https://neonevm.org/blog/neon-evm%E2%80%99s-next-chapter:-becoming-the-fast-track-to-solana-for-evm-developers
In-Distribution vs. Out-of-Distribution Ideas - Why ideas matter and how AI models allow us to litigate novelty, creativity, complexity, and depth of ideas and life
https://mhdempsey.substack.com/p/in-distribution-vs-out-of-distribution
Persistent Weak Layer
https://cryptohayes.substack.com/p/persistent-weak-layer
Blockchain as coercion to impartiality — A brief history of patents
https://paragraph.xyz/@him/blockchain-a-brief-history-of-patents-1
Emerging Trends in Crypto Venture Capital in Q3 2024
https://insights4vc.substack.com/p/emerging-trends-in-crypto-venture
Signum Newsletter 17
https://paragraph.xyz/@signumcapital/signum-newsletter-17
How to build function calling and JSON mode for open-source and fine-tuned LLMs
https://www.baseten.co/blog/how-to-build-function-calling-and-json-mode-for-open-source-and-fine-tuned-llms/
I have galloped into the infinite abyss upon a $GOAT with narrow hips
https://redphone.substack.com/p/i-have-galloped-into-the-infinite
When AIs Play God(se): The Emergent Heresies of LLMtheism
https://pdfupload.io/docs/aae14f87
Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol, part 1: The Merge
https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/10/14/futures1.html
Possible futures for the Ethereum protocol, part 2: The Surge
https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/10/17/futures2.html
Memecoins as memetic hygiene for LLM backrooms
https://terminallyonchain.xyz/goat
Create a Solana Telegram Bot in Less Than 100 Lines of Code
https://www.helius.dev/blog/create-a-solana-telegram-bot-in-less-than-100-lines-of-code
How currencies for online games were created
https://paragraph.xyz/@him/gamingcurrencies
TAO Times #9: Bittensor x Ethereum
https://taotimes.xyz/p/tao-times-9-bittensor-x-ethereum
Weekly AI Edge #17: The AI Agent Edition — An AI Agent turns $50,000 into millions?
https://www.chainofthought.xyz/p/weekly-ai-edge-17-the-ai-agent-edition
Zero Trust Execution Environments
https://writings.flashbots.net/ZTEE
These are not the bots you're looking for
https://mirror.xyz/1kx.eth/a6Ws15tPShkvzCAJtEnDSIK2gHYUCVfGHXDEZKYh45g
2024 Q3 Crypto Industry Report
https://www.coingecko.com/research/publications/2024-q3-crypto-report
What's Happening at Coinbase?
https://www.backoftheenvelope.xyz/p/whats-happening-at-coinbase
a16z: State of Crypto Report 2024: New data on swing states, stablecoins, AI, builder energy, and more
https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/state-of-crypto-report-2024/
Abstract Chain: Introducing Panoramic Governance: A new mechanism that rewards both users and builders across a chain’s ecosystem.
https://x.com/AbstractChain/status/1847344743317180628
Wildcat: Undercollateralized Credit Expansion for Fun and Profit 2.0
https://research.2077.xyz/wildcat-finance
Creating, Destroying, and Restoring On-Chain Artwork
https://medium.com/etherscan-blog/creating-destroying-and-restoring-on-chain-artwork-d6f1d031a2d5
Are We Overhyping AI in Crypto?
https://www.chainofthought.xyz/p/are-we-overhyping-ai-in-crypto
Preliminary Findings: Get Blobs Optimization in Prysm and Geth
https://hackmd.io/@ttsao/get-blobs-early-results
Everything Old is New Again
https://zeeprime.capital/everything-old-is-new-again
The Second $100B AI Company — The Case for Consumer AI
https://www.digitalnative.tech/p/the-second-100b-ai-company
The Strawberry Juice is Not Worth the Squeeze
https://daveshap.substack.com/p/the-strawberry-juice-is-not-worth
How Many USDT Users Are There?
https://tether.io/news/how-many-usdt-users-are-there/
How to Win in Memecoins (Hint: It's Not "Cults")
https://blog.onlyapes.xyz/p/how-to-win-in-memecoins-hint-its
UMA - The Fairness Question and the 51% Attack
https://definalist.notion.site/UMA-The-Fairness-Question-and-the-51-Attack-1221617ce2f580929352e8f2e355ea4a
Neon EVM’s next chapter: Becoming the Fast Track to Solana for EVM developers
https://neonevm.org/blog/neon-evm%E2%80%99s-next-chapter:-becoming-the-fast-track-to-solana-for-evm-developers
In-Distribution vs. Out-of-Distribution Ideas - Why ideas matter and how AI models allow us to litigate novelty, creativity, complexity, and depth of ideas and life
https://mhdempsey.substack.com/p/in-distribution-vs-out-of-distribution
Persistent Weak Layer
https://cryptohayes.substack.com/p/persistent-weak-layer
Blockchain as coercion to impartiality — A brief history of patents
https://paragraph.xyz/@him/blockchain-a-brief-history-of-patents-1
Emerging Trends in Crypto Venture Capital in Q3 2024
https://insights4vc.substack.com/p/emerging-trends-in-crypto-venture
Signum Newsletter 17
https://paragraph.xyz/@signumcapital/signum-newsletter-17
How to build function calling and JSON mode for open-source and fine-tuned LLMs
https://www.baseten.co/blog/how-to-build-function-calling-and-json-mode-for-open-source-and-fine-tuned-llms/
Redphonecrypto
I have galloped into the infinite abyss upon a $GOAT with narrow hips
My lids are cut from mine eyes, and i can see now... (clearly)... this memecoin is not like the rest
From Twitter
Thoughts on the market by smileycapital
https://x.com/smileycapital/status/1846907600220090741
The story behind $GOAT
https://x.com/AISafetyMemes/status/1846220545542529329
VC Coins vs Memecoins
https://x.com/hmalviya9/status/1845018305888911697
Trusting Trust in the Age of AI
https://x.com/omeragoldberg/status/1846909251886764369
What Makes the Best Web3 Gaming Guide?
https://x.com/impalementd/status/1842942276475277422
Phantom Tokenomics, Inside the Obscure Daedalus Labyrinth
https://x.com/0xLouisT/status/1847233306414170168
Drift’s Path to Dominance: Exploring Its Market Potential
https://x.com/0x_jaethorn/status/1845806114711216190
Crypto Founder Culture Fit
https://x.com/ManoppoMarco/status/1846914298695897499
$ETH: A Saturday Tragedy
https://x.com/splitcapital/status/1845174023073955904
L2s Are the New Old L1s—And Why ETH's Price Is Stuck.
https://x.com/defiignas/status/1846595669131247886
Decentralized Derivatives 101: Models, Challenges, and Opportunities
https://x.com/chaos_labs/status/1844809725130756373
The Hidden Cost of Borrowing: Why High Rates on Lending Protocols Are Eating Into Your Returns
https://x.com/defidotmoney/status/1846547951226958185
RIP-7789: Cross Rollup Contingent Transactions
https://x.com/0xshake/status/1847353061053747610
A non-exhaustive list of the amazing Crypto work happening in India
https://x.com/thede_plandude/status/1845743807259664738
Breaking down how each sector of AI works
https://x.com/cryptotrissy/status/1843221654669017432
YouTuber MrBeast Accused of Making Millions from Low-Cap Token Pump-And-Dump Schemes
https://x.com/somaxbt/status/1844718089478324309
Mini-Thread/Curation - Saturday, October 19th, 2024 by rektdiomedes
https://x.com/rektdiomedes/status/1847645807874380156
A long-winded and winding update on Fredi9999 -- the person or entity -- who is singlehandedly rocketing up the price of Trump on prediction markets around the world
https://x.com/Domahhhh/status/1846597997507092901
We Analyzed The Top Crypto Venture Capital Wallets (Here's What We Found)
https://x.com/thedefiedge/status/1845787411323965478
The DeFi Renaissance: Make DeFi Great Again
https://x.com/Arthur_0x/status/1845844922085335457
A list of every app you can use today that is powered by Bittensor subnets
https://x.com/563defi/status/1843655518616690725
First interview with PunksOTC in years
https://x.com/randomcdog/status/1836741477420171325
$230K Morpho Labs PAXG/USDC Market Oracle Exploit Breakdown
https://x.com/omeragoldberg/status/1845515843787960661
On mgnr blowout
https://x.com/xmgnr/status/1845331228016136652
Definitive guide to studying ML without wasting time
https://x.com/yoobinray/status/1844460463670886902
Thoughts on the market by smileycapital
https://x.com/smileycapital/status/1846907600220090741
The story behind $GOAT
https://x.com/AISafetyMemes/status/1846220545542529329
VC Coins vs Memecoins
https://x.com/hmalviya9/status/1845018305888911697
Trusting Trust in the Age of AI
https://x.com/omeragoldberg/status/1846909251886764369
What Makes the Best Web3 Gaming Guide?
https://x.com/impalementd/status/1842942276475277422
Phantom Tokenomics, Inside the Obscure Daedalus Labyrinth
https://x.com/0xLouisT/status/1847233306414170168
Drift’s Path to Dominance: Exploring Its Market Potential
https://x.com/0x_jaethorn/status/1845806114711216190
Crypto Founder Culture Fit
https://x.com/ManoppoMarco/status/1846914298695897499
$ETH: A Saturday Tragedy
https://x.com/splitcapital/status/1845174023073955904
L2s Are the New Old L1s—And Why ETH's Price Is Stuck.
https://x.com/defiignas/status/1846595669131247886
Decentralized Derivatives 101: Models, Challenges, and Opportunities
https://x.com/chaos_labs/status/1844809725130756373
The Hidden Cost of Borrowing: Why High Rates on Lending Protocols Are Eating Into Your Returns
https://x.com/defidotmoney/status/1846547951226958185
RIP-7789: Cross Rollup Contingent Transactions
https://x.com/0xshake/status/1847353061053747610
A non-exhaustive list of the amazing Crypto work happening in India
https://x.com/thede_plandude/status/1845743807259664738
Breaking down how each sector of AI works
https://x.com/cryptotrissy/status/1843221654669017432
YouTuber MrBeast Accused of Making Millions from Low-Cap Token Pump-And-Dump Schemes
https://x.com/somaxbt/status/1844718089478324309
Mini-Thread/Curation - Saturday, October 19th, 2024 by rektdiomedes
https://x.com/rektdiomedes/status/1847645807874380156
A long-winded and winding update on Fredi9999 -- the person or entity -- who is singlehandedly rocketing up the price of Trump on prediction markets around the world
https://x.com/Domahhhh/status/1846597997507092901
We Analyzed The Top Crypto Venture Capital Wallets (Here's What We Found)
https://x.com/thedefiedge/status/1845787411323965478
The DeFi Renaissance: Make DeFi Great Again
https://x.com/Arthur_0x/status/1845844922085335457
A list of every app you can use today that is powered by Bittensor subnets
https://x.com/563defi/status/1843655518616690725
First interview with PunksOTC in years
https://x.com/randomcdog/status/1836741477420171325
$230K Morpho Labs PAXG/USDC Market Oracle Exploit Breakdown
https://x.com/omeragoldberg/status/1845515843787960661
On mgnr blowout
https://x.com/xmgnr/status/1845331228016136652
Definitive guide to studying ML without wasting time
https://x.com/yoobinray/status/1844460463670886902
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VC Coins vs Memecoins
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