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

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

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/

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

Have a lovely weekend. Enjoy the reads.
Until next time. ☕️

This week in crypto: October 21st — October 27th, 2024

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News/Updates:

Federal Investigators Probe Cryptocurrency Firm Tether
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/federal-investigators-probe-cryptocurrency-firm-tether-a13804e5
Tether CEO says he sees no indication of US probe
https://www.reuters.com/technology/tether-ceo-denies-probe-us-federal-investigators-2024-10-25/

Chinese scientists claim they broke RSA encryption with a quantum computer — but there's a catch
https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/chinese-scientists-claim-they-broke-rsa-encryption-with-a-quantum-computer-but-theres-a-catch

Sky mulls further changes to brand identity, return to MakerDAO on the table
https://www.theblock.co/post/322385/sky-mulls-option-to-revert-back-to-makerdao
Maker founder blames $5m rebrand flop on ‘typical DeFi mistake’
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/maker-founder-blames-rebrand-flop-on-typical-defi-mistake

Pumpdotfun introducing pump advanced: the FASTEST trading terminal
https://x.com/pumpdotfun/status/1847730806334378287

Pumpdotfun adds feature to tokenize videos
https://x.com/pumpdotfun/status/1848782937178648963

Base plans to introduce fault proofs this month, aiming for decentralization
https://www.theblock.co/post/322808/base-plans-to-introduce-fault-proofs-this-month-aiming-for-decentralization

Sturdy teams up with Morpho to offer AI-optimized yields, powered by Gauntlet and Bittensor
https://sturdyfinance.medium.com/sturdy-teams-up-with-morpho-to-offer-ai-optimized-yields-powered-by-gauntlet-and-bittensor-218839fd2e03

Lido DAO votes to activate anticipated ‘community staking module’ boosting access to Ethereum solo staking
https://www.theblock.co/post/323054/lido-dao-votes-to-activate-anticipated-community-staking-module-boosting-access-to-ethereum-solo-staking
https://blog.lido.fi/community-staking-module-new-era-for-solo-stakers/

Crypto data tracking platform Arkham adds support for Solana
https://www.theblock.co/post/323120/crypto-data-tracking-platform-arkham-adds-support-for-solana

Vela Exchange shutting down
https://x.com/vela_exchange/status/1849512562552971665

Golden State Warriors Name Coinbase as Crypto Sponsor, Replacing FTX
https://decrypt.co/288431/golden-state-warriors-coinbase-crypto-sponsor

Binance Connect relaunches with integrated crypto-to-fiat service
https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-connect-crypto-fiat-relaunch

EURC stablecoin supply hits all-time high as market cap approaches $100 million
https://www.theblock.co/post/322854/circle-eurc-stablecoin-supply

Kraken plans 'Ink' Ethereum Layer 2 launch in 2025 built using the OP Stack
https://www.theblock.co/post/322879/kraken-ethereum-layer-2-ink-op-stack

Luna, the first autonomous agent to employ humans onchain
https://x.com/virtuals_io/status/1849841392241283559

Bitstamp secures trading facility license in Europe
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitstamp-secures-trading-facility-license-europe

DWF Labs considering legal action against former partner Eugene Ng over drink spiking allegations
https://www.theblock.co/post/324211/dwf-labs-considering-legal-action-against-former-partner-eugene-ng-over-drink-spiking-allegations

Fireblocks launches $1M grant program to boost PYUSD developer adoption
https://cointelegraph.com/news/fireblocks-launches-grant-program-pyusd-developer-adoption

Aptos Foundation partners with crypto-AI startup to build Move programming language tools
https://www.theblock.co/post/322772/aptos-foundation-partners-with-crypto-ai-startup-to-build-move-programming-language-tools

Farcaster's monthly revenue is down 96% compared to its February peak
https://www.theblock.co/post/323003/farcasters-monthly-revenue-down-96-percent

Jito DAO may start taking in MEV fees
https://blockworks.co/news/jito-dao-mev-fee-scheme

Binance lists $MOODENG, token responds with a rally
https://x.com/DegenerateNews/status/1849723944229597410

Binance, Bybit, Okx list $GOAT perps
https://beincrypto.com/binance-lists-goat-meme-coin/

News/Updates (Cont'd):

zkLink postpones token vesting schedule
https://www.theblock.co/post/322775/zklink-postpones-its-token-vesting-schedule-ahead-of-planned-product-launches

Uniswap's permissionless bridging goes live across nine networks
https://www.theblock.co/post/322683/uniswaps-permissionless-bridging-goes-live-across-nine-networks

Emory University reports holding $15 million worth of shares in Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust: filing
https://www.theblock.co/post/323160/emory-university-reports-holding-15-million-worth-of-shares-in-grayscale-bitcoin-mini-trust-filing

Synthetix Multi-Collateral Perps with 81 New Markets on Kwenta
https://blog.synthetix.io/synthetix-multi-collateral-perps-with-81-new-markets-on-kwenta/

Sanko has launched an instant L1 bridge powered by LayerZero
https://x.com/LayerZero_Core/status/1849913917008724189

Chiliz’ Socios.com secures in-principle license approval in Malta
https://cointelegraph.com/news/socios-malta-class3-vfaa-license

Buenos Aires launches QuarkID, a digital identity service using ZK proofs
https://coinjournal.net/news/buenos-aires-launches-quarkid-a-digital-identity-service-using-zk-proofs/

Decentraland Launches Revamped Virtual World with Enhanced Performance, Engaging Features, and Future-Ready Architecture
https://decrypt.co/287706/decentraland-launches-revamped-virtual-world-with-enhanced-performance-engaging-features-and-future-ready-architecture

Bitcoin mining difficulty hits new all-time high amid record network hash rate
https://www.theblock.co/post/322443/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-hash-rate-all-time-high

Magic Eden adds support for BeraChain and ApeChain, sets sights on Monad
https://www.theblock.co/post/322530/magic-eden-adds-support-for-berachain-and-apechain-sets-sights-on-monad

Arbitrum-based crypto derivatives trading protocol Variational raises $10.3 million in seed funding
https://www.theblock.co/post/322653/arbitrum-crypto-protocol-variational-funding

RedStone launches oracle AVS on EigenLayer
https://cointelegraph.com/news/redstone-launch-first-defi-oracle-avs-eigen-layer

Japan slow to approve crypto ETFs, maintains strict tax, regulations
https://cointelegraph.com/news/japans-regulatory-stance-stalls-crypto-etfs-global-shifts

Aurum Equity Partners launches tokenized fund worth $1B
https://cointelegraph.com/news/aurum-equity-partners-launches-equity-debt-tokenized-fund

APE price surges after Yuga Labs launches ApeChain
https://coinjournal.net/news/ape-price-surges-after-yuga-labs-launches-apechain/

Crypto casino 1xBet accused of rigging matches, streaming children’s games
https://protos.com/crypto-casino-1xbet-accused-of-rigging-matches-streaming-childrens-games/

Avalanche Foundation launches Avalanche Card, a Visa crypto spending card
https://coinjournal.net/news/avalanche-foundation-launches-avalanche-card-a-visa-crypto-spending-card/

Launch Dates for Season 2: Methamorphosis & $cmETH Revealed
https://www.mantle.xyz/blog/announcements/launch-dates-for-season-2-methamorphosis-and-cmeth-revealed

Hyperbolic Partners with Hermes 3 Creators – Nous Research
https://hyperbolic.xyz/blog/hyperbolic-partners-with-nous-research

GnosisDAO is launching a new $40 million venture fund targeting real-world assets, crypto infrastructure and payments
https://www.theblock.co/post/322895/gnosisdao-is-launching-a-new-40-million-venture-fund-targeting-real-world-assets-crypto-infrastructure-and-payments

NFTs / Gaming:

Web3 Game Off the Grid Numbers Shine Despite Promotional Drop
https://news.bitcoin.com/web3-game-off-the-grid-numbers-shine-despite-promotional-drop/

Parallel Expands Game Access with Aethir Cloud Integration
https://nftplazas.com/parallel-on-aethir-cloud/

‘X Empire’ Telegram Game Token Launches at Half the Pre-Market Price
https://decrypt.co/288232/x-empire-telegram-game-token-launches

Web3 Game RIFTSTORM Ranks First in Steam’s ‘Trending Free’ Category
https://bitpinas.com/learn-how-to-guides/riftstorm-steam-chart/

Faraway Reveals FChain, A New Layer 1 Gaming Blockchain
https://nftplazas.com/faraway-reveals-fchain/

Mech shooter game MetalCore moves to Solana
https://cointelegraph.com/news/mech-shooter-game-metal-core-moves-solana

Southeast Asian Gaming Market to Hit $7.1 Billion by 2028
https://gam3s.gg/news/southeast-asian-gaming-market/

PS5-Bound Web3 Game Moonray Mint Out Their Godspawn NFTs
https://nftplazas.com/moonray-godspawn-nfts/

Bored Apes' Otherside Builder Improbable to Develop Layer 1 Blockchain Somnia
https://decrypt.co/288261/bored-apes-improbable-layer-1-blockchain-somnia

Axie Infinity Reveals Newest App.axie Updates
https://gam3s.gg/news/axie-infinity-newest-app-updates/

Web3 FPS ‘Exverse’ Launches Playtest on Epic Games Store
https://nftplazas.com/exverse-playtest/

‘Assassin’s Creed’ Maker Ubisoft Releases First Original NFT Game ‘Champions Tactics’
https://decrypt.co/287890/ubisoft-releases-champions-tactics-nft-game

Space Nation Reveals New Live-Action TV Series
https://gam3s.gg/news/space-nation-live-action-tv-series/

Weekly Esports Wrapup | Oct 25
https://news.communitygaming.io/weekly-esports-wrapup-oct-25/

Paragon Sells Out Flagship NFT Loot-Box Collection in Seconds
https://gam3s.gg/news/paragon-nft-loot-box-collection/

A Complete Guide to Doodles in 2024
https://nftplazas.com/doodles-guide-2024/

Regulation:

Policymakers on privacy: Highlights from the DC Summit
https://blockworks.co/news/privacy-policy-washington-summit

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) launches crypto asset consultation
https://www.captiveinternational.com/eiopa-launches-crypto-asset-consultation

Binance to face prosecution in Nigeria after freed exec returns to US
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/people-culture/binance-trial-to-open-in-nigeria-as-tigran-gambaryan-freed/

South Korea Plans to Regulate Cross-Border Crypto Transactions
https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/south-korea-plans-to-regulate-cross-border-crypto-transactions/

Industry Stakeholders Cautious as Argentina Drafts New Crypto Regulations
https://news.bitcoin.com/industry-stakeholders-cautious-as-argentina-drafts-new-crypto-regulations/

Wall Street Financial Services Firm Lazard Plans to Create Tokenized Funds with Bitfinex Securities
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/10/25/wall-street-financial-services-firm-lazard-plans-to-create-tokenized-funds-with-bitfinex-securities/

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Passes Crypto Bill to Bring Regulatory Clarity: Report
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/10/25/pennsylvania-house-of-representatives-passes-crypto-bill-to-bring-regulatory-clarity-report/

Ripple files Form C, appeals SEC ruling on XRP institutional sales
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ripple-files-appeal-sec-ruling-second-circuit

Netherlands seeks input on crypto tax monitoring laws to align with EU
https://cointelegraph.com/news/netherlands-input-crypto-tax-monitoring-bill-align-eu

Crypto firm Circle expects the UK to introduce stablecoin laws in ‘months, not years’
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/23/uk-to-introduce-stablecoin-law-in-months-circles-dante-disparte.html

US state regulators report a 'sharp rise' in tech and digital asset related investigations
https://www.theblock.co/post/322952/us-state-regulators-report-a-sharp-rise-in-tech-and-digital-asset-related-investigations

US lawmaker claims crypto PACs forced out ’important voices in Congress’
https://cointelegraph.com/news/representative-summer-lee-crypto-pacs-money-influencing-elections

Indo-Pacific Nations Outpacing the US in Crypto Regulation, SEC Commissioner Says
https://news.bitcoin.com/indo-pacific-nations-outpacing-the-us-in-crypto-regulation-sec-commissioner-says/

Poloniex exit leaves Ethereum stUSDT nearly abandoned
https://protos.com/poloniex-exit-leaves-ethereum-stusdt-nearly-abandoned/

Hong Kong Securities Regulator Discusses Crypto And AI Regulation With Asia-Pacific Counterparts
https://www.binance.com/en-ZA/square/post/2024-10-26-hong-kong-securities-regulator-discusses-crypto-and-ai-regulation-with-asia-pacific-counterparts-15381922476217

Lawsuit accuses ‘dangerous’ Character AI bot of causing teen’s death
https://protos.com/lawsuit-accuses-dangerous-character-ai-bot-of-causing-teens-death/

GameStop Meme Stock Craze Prompted Market 'Plumbing' Changes, Says SEC Chair Gensler
https://decrypt.co/287764/gamestop-meme-stock-market-plumbing-changes

Ex-Mine Digital CEO Faces Charges Over $1.5M Embezzlement
https://cryptopotato.com/ex-mine-digital-ceo-faces-charges-over-1-5m-embezzlement/

Raises:

Skyfire raises $9.5m to build AI payment network
https://crypto.news/skyfire-raises-9-5m-to-build-ai-payment-network/

Tollbit: Announcing our Series A (Led by Lightspeed)
https://tollbit.com/blog/series-a/

Fluid Protocol Secures $3.9 Million Seed Funding to Launch USDF, the Native Stablecoin of Fuel Network
https://www.theblock.co/post/322479/fluid-protocol-secures-3-9-million-seed-funding-to-launch-usdf-the-native-stablecoin-of-fuel-network

Karpatkey closes $7 million funding round to expand DAO treasury services
https://www.theblock.co/post/322392/karpatkey-closes-7-million-funding-round-to-expand-dao-treasury-services

STOKR raises $7.98 million to establish one of first corporate bitcoin treasuries in Europe
https://www.theblock.co/post/322783/stokr-raises-7-98-million-to-establish-corporate-bitcoin-treasury

Bitcoin miner TeraWulf plans to raise $350 million through convertible notes for share buyback
https://www.theblock.co/post/322823/bitcoin-miner-terawulf-plans-to-raise-350-million-through-convertible-notes-for-share-buyback

Bitkraft Ventures leads $9 million seed round in crypto mobile gaming platform Party Icons
https://www.theblock.co/post/322736/bitkraft-ventures-leads-9-million-seed-round-in-crypto-mobile-gaming-platform-party-icons

Bluesky Raises $15 Million From Crypto Firms
https://decrypt.co/288157/bluesky-raises-15-million-no-crypto

Validation Cloud Secures $10M Lead to Scale AI for Web3 from True Global Ventures
https://bebeez.eu/2024/10/23/validation-cloud-secures-10m-lead-to-scale-ai-for-web3-from-true-global-ventures/

Port3 Network Secures Strategic Investment from OOKC Group
https://medium.com/@Port3/port3-network-secures-strategic-investment-from-ookc-group-to-drive-growth-in-mena-44e3481dc727

Opti Games Raises $2 Million Funding for Sparkball Launch
https://nftplazas.com/opti-games-raises-2m-for-sparkball/

Amity Ventures leads $3 million pre-seed round for Borderless.xyz
https://www.theblock.co/post/322450/amity-ventures-leads-3-million-pre-seed-round-for-borderless-xyz

Shuttle Labs Raises $6M to Build Genius
https://www.finsmes.com/2024/10/shuttle-labs-raises-6m-in-seed-funding.html

Ordzaar raised $2M Seed Funding
https://www.cypherhunter.com/en/e/ordzaar-raised-funding-2024-10-21/

Hata Raises $4.2M in Seed Funding
https://www.finsmes.com/2024/10/hata-raises-4-2m-in-seed-funding.html

Crypto platform Variational raises $10.3m in seed funding
https://www.techinasia.com/news/crypto-platform-variational-raises-103m-seed-funding

Decentralized exchange BulbaSwap completes $1.3 million seed round financing, led by Foresight Ventures
https://www.chaincatcher.com/en/article/2148662

STOKR to Establish One of Europe’s First Corporate Bitcoin Treasuries Following €7.4 Million Funding Round Led by Fulgur Ventures
https://stokr.io/press-releases/stokr-funding-round-fulgur-ventures

Craftt Completes $2 Million Seed Round, Superscrypt Leads Investment
https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/2024-10-24-craftt-200-superscrypt-15282716668258

Nomura backed digital asset custody firm Komainu to acquire Propine
https://www.ledgerinsights.com/nomura-backed-digital-asset-custody-firm-komainu-to-acquire-propine/

:Security:

Lazarus hackers used fake DeFi game to exploit Google Chrome zero-day
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lazarus-hackers-used-fake-defi-game-to-exploit-google-chrome-zero-day/

Prosecutors expected to offer plea deal to alleged SEC hacker who falsely said Bitcoin ETFs were approved
https://www.theblock.co/post/323108/prosecutors-expected-to-offer-plea-deal-to-alleged-sec-hacker-who-falsely-said-bitcoin-etfs-were-approved

Essence Finance rekt
https://x.com/yieldsandmore/status/1849948337023193490

Ambient Finance has fully reimbursed all victims of the recent domain hijack phishing attack
https://x.com/ambient_finance/status/1850156753716916594

Hacker returns $19m in stolen crypto to US government just one day after breach
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/snapshot/hacker-returns-19-million-usd-stolen-crypto-us-gov-breach/

Base blockchain exploit leads to $1M theft
https://cointelegraph.com/news/base-blockchain-exploit-leads-to-1m-theft

BingX launches ‘ShieldX’ wallet firewall months after $52M hack
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bingx-launches-security-initiative-after-multi-million-dollar-hack

US government crypto wallets hacked for $20M
https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-government-crypto-hacked-arkham-intelligence

Hack VC leads $3.4 million seed round for web3 health accountability app Moonwalk Fitness
https://www.theblock.co/post/322930/hack-vc-leads-3-4-million-seed-round-for-web3-health-accountability-app-moonwalk-fitness

Solana Meme Coin Sharpei Plunges 96% in Seconds in Epic Rug Pull
https://decrypt.co/288160/solana-meme-coin-sharpei-epic-rug-pull

Phishing ad linked to misspelled Soneium uncovered on Google
https://coinjournal.net/news/phishing-ad-linked-to-misspelled-soneium-uncovered-on-google/

France opens trial for $30M diamond and crypto investment scam case
https://protos.com/france-opens-trial-for-30m-red-card-diamond-and-crypto-investment-scam-case/

Crypto trader convicted in $110M Mango Markets fraud trial: Bloomberg
https://blockworks.co/news/mango-markets-trader-guilty

Fraudster who used phony Coinbase platforms to steal millions sentenced to five years
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/fraudster-who-used-phony-coinbase-platforms-to-steal-millions-sentenced-to-five-years/

Football legends Ronaldinho, Luis Figo sued for Omegapro crypto scam promo
https://protos.com/football-legends-ronaldinho-luis-figo-sued-for-omegapro-crypto-scam-promo/

AI/LLMs:

NetworkX Introduces Zero Code Change Acceleration Using NVIDIA cuGraph
https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/networkx-introduces-zero-code-change-acceleration-using-nvidia-cugraph

Introducing computer use, a new Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Claude 3.5 Haiku
https://www.anthropic.com/news/3-5-models-and-computer-use

Meta FAIR Releases Eight New AI Research Artifacts—Models, Datasets, and Tools to Inspire the AI Community
https://www.maginative.com/article/meta-fair-releases-eight-new-ai-research-artifacts-models-datasets-and-tools-to-inspire-the-ai-community/

Meta releases AI model that can check other AI models' work
https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/meta-releases-ai-model-that-can-check-other-ai-models-work-2024-10-18/

96% Accuracy: Harvard Scientists Unveil Revolutionary ChatGPT-Like AI for Cancer Diagnosis
https://scitechdaily.com/96-accuracy-harvard-scientists-unveil-revolutionary-chatgpt-like-ai-for-cancer-diagnosis/

Perplexity AI seeks valuation of about $9 billion in new funding round
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/20/perplexity-ai-startup-funding-round-8-billion-valuation.html

News Corp Sues Perplexity Over AI Copyright Clash
https://laikai.lt/e/news-corp-sues-perplexity-over-ai-copyright-clash

ByteDance intern fired for planting malicious code in AI models
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/bytedance-intern-fired-for-planting-malicious-code-in-ai-models/

US Weighs Capping Exports of AI Chips From Nvidia and AMD to Some Countries
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-15/us-weighs-capping-exports-of-ai-chips-from-nvidia-and-amd-to-some-countries

xAI, Elon Musk’s AI startup, launches an API
https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/21/xai-elon-musks-ai-startup-launches-an-api/

Rupert Murdoch’s Dow Jones and New York Post sue AI firm for ‘illegal copying’
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/21/rupert-murdoch-ai-lawsuit-new-york-post-dow-jones

Anthropic is testing AI’s capacity for sabotage
https://mashable.com/article/anthropic-ai-use-sabotage

DeepSeek AI Releases Janus: A 1.3B Multimodal Model with Image Generation Capabilities
https://www.marktechpost.com/2024/10/18/deepseek-ai-releases-janus-a-1-3b-multimodal-model-with-image-generation-capabilities/

Tools and Useful Resources:

Modern Defense Tactics in the Cryptocurrency Sector: 5 Simple Suggestions
https://officercia.mirror.xyz/ye7je7tkuy5nEF7oxHiqyfPI48SBKYckkhW1uTqafpo

How Can I Protect My X Account? 12 Simple Rules
https://officercia.mirror.xyz/CR7iP3uj8FRIkPB3ZQvVPucteRDsO9rj0EvU8MQCf5U

An ongoing directory of projects building in the Berachain ecosystem
https://launchy.app/data/berachain-ecosystem

Etherscan API v2 (multi-chain!)
https://docs.etherscan.io/etherscan-v2

Stanford CS229 I Machine Learning I Building Large Language Models (LLMs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vM4p9NN0Ts

TON Developer Guideline | by Howard
https://ton-org.notion.site/Developer-Guideline-by-Howard-024429d0b28c409f992d238057b60f4f

EVM Compatibility on Bittensor
https://docs.bittensor.com/evm-tutorials/

Knower's list of links and tools regarding alignment-related research
https://x.com/knowerofmarkets/status/1847760616628314569

FereAI: The Ultimate AI Web3 Assistant
https://www.fereai.xyz/

sauce.gg
https://sauce.gg/

Great trading terminal on multiple chains
https://app.definitive.fi

Puff, a Huff compiler in Racket
https://x.com/0xz80/status/1847724574097424727

Unlocking autonomous agent capabilities with Microsoft Copilot Studio
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/unlocking-autonomous-agent-capabilities-with-microsoft-copilot-studio/

Bigmi (short for Bitcoin Is Gonna Make It), a new TypeScript library
https://x.com/e_chybisov/status/1846581073615933542

The best MEV sources out there
https://libmev.com/
https://eigenphi.io/