Podcasts:
Sam Bankman-Fried and Matt Levine on How the Crypto Market Really Works
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-05/sam-bankman-fried-and-matt-levine-on-how-the-crypto-market-really-works
Modern Finance w/ Kevin Rose -- Gaming NFTs and DeFi vs CeFi with Amy Wu
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2SqLQtJGqTXl7UedfYMAPm
Bankless | EIP1559 Expert Panel | Tim Beiko, Hasu, Micah Zoltu, Barnabe Monnot, Matt (LightClients)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydAHh-BVGms
Talking Crypto #55 - Gabriel Haines x ChainLinkGod
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bJL0eTxC9E
Billion-dollar bitcoin funds are reshaping the crypto derivatives market
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/113464/billion-dollar-bitcoin-funds-are-reshaping-the-crypto-derivatives-market
Sam Bankman-Fried and Matt Levine on How the Crypto Market Really Works
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-05/sam-bankman-fried-and-matt-levine-on-how-the-crypto-market-really-works
Modern Finance w/ Kevin Rose -- Gaming NFTs and DeFi vs CeFi with Amy Wu
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2SqLQtJGqTXl7UedfYMAPm
Bankless | EIP1559 Expert Panel | Tim Beiko, Hasu, Micah Zoltu, Barnabe Monnot, Matt (LightClients)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydAHh-BVGms
Talking Crypto #55 - Gabriel Haines x ChainLinkGod
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bJL0eTxC9E
Billion-dollar bitcoin funds are reshaping the crypto derivatives market
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/113464/billion-dollar-bitcoin-funds-are-reshaping-the-crypto-derivatives-market
Bloomberg.com
Sam Bankman-Fried and Matt Levine on How the Crypto Market Really Works
A deep dive into crypto market structure
Alpha:
Deleted video from ethcc talk by uniswap -> let slip theyre working with paypal & robinhood etc to bring KYC + DeFi
https://ipfs.kleros.io/ipfs/QmR5e9kfxMjuDAUGgqam1Njpe9qo1CN35mVLkUCiU1PkKA
Hashflow Network
https://twitter.com/hashflownetwork/status/1422603639198212099
Moongdogs
https://twitter.com/moondogsnft/
Ember Sword
https://medium.com/embersword/game-production-on-ember-sword-edd1b38d2568
Just front-run everything sis buys
https://twitter.com/0xSisyphus
THORSec
https://twitter.com/ninerealms_cap/status/1422697290314047493
Terra World
https://terraoffice.world/
How to compound your ETH2 rewards with StakeWise
https://stakewise.medium.com/how-to-compound-your-eth2-rewards-with-stakewise-5c9dca73851a
Deleted video from ethcc talk by uniswap -> let slip theyre working with paypal & robinhood etc to bring KYC + DeFi
https://ipfs.kleros.io/ipfs/QmR5e9kfxMjuDAUGgqam1Njpe9qo1CN35mVLkUCiU1PkKA
Hashflow Network
https://twitter.com/hashflownetwork/status/1422603639198212099
Moongdogs
https://twitter.com/moondogsnft/
Ember Sword
https://medium.com/embersword/game-production-on-ember-sword-edd1b38d2568
Just front-run everything sis buys
https://twitter.com/0xSisyphus
THORSec
https://twitter.com/ninerealms_cap/status/1422697290314047493
Terra World
https://terraoffice.world/
How to compound your ETH2 rewards with StakeWise
https://stakewise.medium.com/how-to-compound-your-eth2-rewards-with-stakewise-5c9dca73851a
Twitter
hashflow
1/ Gm Hashgang! We’ve got some exciting news for you 😊. Today, we’re launching the Open Alpha version of Hashflow. What does this mean for you? TL;DR: no access codes, and the best #decentralized trading experience on Ethereum.
This week in crypto #9:
Post 1559:
Burned: 32,802.07 ETH (x $3,050 = $100m!)
Issuance: 63,332.99 ETH
Post 1559:
Burned: 32,802.07 ETH (x $3,050 = $100m!)
Issuance: 63,332.99 ETH
Security:
DAO Maker hack - $7m
https://twitter.com/peckshield/status/1425778230968135684
Poly Network hack - $611m
https://www.rekt.news/polynetwork-rekt/
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/114045/at-least-611-million-stolen-in-massive-cross-chain-hack
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/114189/poly-hack-attacker-return-funds-id-slowmist
https://slowmist.medium.com/the-root-cause-of-poly-network-being-hacked-ec2ee1b0c68f
https://blocksecteam.medium.com/the-initial-analysis-of-the-polynetwork-hack-270ac6072e2a
https://twitter.com/kelvinfichter/status/1425217046636371969
https://twitter.com/WuBlockchain/status/1425260680521785347
https://mudit.blog/poly-network-largest-crypto-hack/
https://twitter.com/peckshield/status/1425119080827215876
https://decrypt.co/78275/what-the-poly-network-hack-reveals-about-defi
DAO Maker hack - $7m
https://twitter.com/peckshield/status/1425778230968135684
Poly Network hack - $611m
https://www.rekt.news/polynetwork-rekt/
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/114045/at-least-611-million-stolen-in-massive-cross-chain-hack
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/114189/poly-hack-attacker-return-funds-id-slowmist
https://slowmist.medium.com/the-root-cause-of-poly-network-being-hacked-ec2ee1b0c68f
https://blocksecteam.medium.com/the-initial-analysis-of-the-polynetwork-hack-270ac6072e2a
https://twitter.com/kelvinfichter/status/1425217046636371969
https://twitter.com/WuBlockchain/status/1425260680521785347
https://mudit.blog/poly-network-largest-crypto-hack/
https://twitter.com/peckshield/status/1425119080827215876
https://decrypt.co/78275/what-the-poly-network-hack-reveals-about-defi
Twitter
PeckShield Inc.
@TheDaoMaker hacked for over $7,000,000 USDC -- still under investigation
News:
Chainlink: Introducing the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) for Decentralized Inter-Chain Messaging and Token Movements
https://blog.chain.link/introducing-the-cross-chain-interoperability-protocol-ccip/
Senate Rejects Change To New Crypto Tax Rules In $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Despite Lawmaker, Billionaire Pushback :( :(
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2021/08/09/senate-rejects-change-to-new-crypto-tax-rules-in-12-trillion-infrastructure-bill-despite-lawmaker-billionaire-pushback
$MKR $AAVE $SUSHI and $YFI have been added to the Compound protocol
https://twitter.com/compoundfinance/status/1423041734351757313
Ren x Railgun
https://medium.com/renproject/railgun-brings-private-interoperability-to-defi-7aad11348c2b
Coinbase Is Expanding Its Payment and Cash-Out Methods
https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-is-expanding-its-payment-and-cash-out-methods
FTX Strikes Deal With Yield Guild Games to Sponsor Axie Infinity Players
https://www.coindesk.com/ftx-strikes-deal-with-yield-guild-games-to-sponsor-axie-infinity-players
A is for Arbitrum. A is for August.
https://offchain.medium.com/a-is-for-arbitrum-a-is-for-august-71391582d95b
Marvel To Launch Spider-Man NFT Collection
https://blockonomi.com/marvel-spider-man-nft-collection/
Circle: Our Journey to Become a National Digital Currency Bank
https://www.circle.com/blog/our-journey-to-become-a-national-digital-currency-bank
Introducing Wormhole: cross-chain bridge between Ethereum, Solana, BSC and Terra
https://wormholecrypto.medium.com/introducing-wormhole-32b16d795c01
Gemini Acquires Guesser to Bolster DeFi Opportunities
https://www.gemini.com/blog/gemini-acquires-guesser-to-bolster-defi-opportunities
NVIDIA Brings Millions More Into the Metaverse With Expanded Omniverse Platform
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/08/10/2278208/0/en/NVIDIA-Brings-Millions-More-Into-the-Metaverse-With-Expanded-Omniverse-Platform.html
DraftKings launches NFT marketplace with first drop featuring Tom Brady
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/114064/draftkings-launches-nft-marketplace-with-first-drop-featuring-tom-brady
Introducing Hegic V8888
https://twitter.com/HegicOptions/status/1425147533777674252
People are buying $200,000 NFT rocks
https://fortune.com/2021/08/10/nft-rocks-200000/
BitMEX scores multi-year deal with AC Milan to put logo on players' sleeves
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/amp/linked/114019/bitmex-scores-multi-year-deal-with-ac-milan-to-put-logo-on-players-sleeves
BENQI and Avalanche Launch $3M Liquidity Mining Initiative to Accelerate DeFi Growth
https://medium.com/avalancheavax/benqi-and-avalanche-launch-3m-liquidity-mining-initiative-to-accelerate-defi-growth-2c16f78b903d
$COIN first quarter as a public company
https://twitter.com/JohnStCapital/status/1425193826579320833
https://twitter.com/JohnStCapital/status/1425269719108567043
FTX Market Share in Bitcoin Futures Nearly Doubled Since June
https://www.coindesk.com/ftx-market-share-in-bitcoin-futures-nearly-doubled-since-june
Coinbase removes ‘backed by US dollars’ claim for USDC stablecoin
https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-removes-backed-by-us-dollars-claim-for-usdc-stablecoin
Terra Col-5 update
https://twitter.com/terra_money/status/1425605284244992005
Chainlink: Introducing the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) for Decentralized Inter-Chain Messaging and Token Movements
https://blog.chain.link/introducing-the-cross-chain-interoperability-protocol-ccip/
Senate Rejects Change To New Crypto Tax Rules In $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Despite Lawmaker, Billionaire Pushback :( :(
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2021/08/09/senate-rejects-change-to-new-crypto-tax-rules-in-12-trillion-infrastructure-bill-despite-lawmaker-billionaire-pushback
$MKR $AAVE $SUSHI and $YFI have been added to the Compound protocol
https://twitter.com/compoundfinance/status/1423041734351757313
Ren x Railgun
https://medium.com/renproject/railgun-brings-private-interoperability-to-defi-7aad11348c2b
Coinbase Is Expanding Its Payment and Cash-Out Methods
https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-is-expanding-its-payment-and-cash-out-methods
FTX Strikes Deal With Yield Guild Games to Sponsor Axie Infinity Players
https://www.coindesk.com/ftx-strikes-deal-with-yield-guild-games-to-sponsor-axie-infinity-players
A is for Arbitrum. A is for August.
https://offchain.medium.com/a-is-for-arbitrum-a-is-for-august-71391582d95b
Marvel To Launch Spider-Man NFT Collection
https://blockonomi.com/marvel-spider-man-nft-collection/
Circle: Our Journey to Become a National Digital Currency Bank
https://www.circle.com/blog/our-journey-to-become-a-national-digital-currency-bank
Introducing Wormhole: cross-chain bridge between Ethereum, Solana, BSC and Terra
https://wormholecrypto.medium.com/introducing-wormhole-32b16d795c01
Gemini Acquires Guesser to Bolster DeFi Opportunities
https://www.gemini.com/blog/gemini-acquires-guesser-to-bolster-defi-opportunities
NVIDIA Brings Millions More Into the Metaverse With Expanded Omniverse Platform
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/08/10/2278208/0/en/NVIDIA-Brings-Millions-More-Into-the-Metaverse-With-Expanded-Omniverse-Platform.html
DraftKings launches NFT marketplace with first drop featuring Tom Brady
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/114064/draftkings-launches-nft-marketplace-with-first-drop-featuring-tom-brady
Introducing Hegic V8888
https://twitter.com/HegicOptions/status/1425147533777674252
People are buying $200,000 NFT rocks
https://fortune.com/2021/08/10/nft-rocks-200000/
BitMEX scores multi-year deal with AC Milan to put logo on players' sleeves
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/amp/linked/114019/bitmex-scores-multi-year-deal-with-ac-milan-to-put-logo-on-players-sleeves
BENQI and Avalanche Launch $3M Liquidity Mining Initiative to Accelerate DeFi Growth
https://medium.com/avalancheavax/benqi-and-avalanche-launch-3m-liquidity-mining-initiative-to-accelerate-defi-growth-2c16f78b903d
$COIN first quarter as a public company
https://twitter.com/JohnStCapital/status/1425193826579320833
https://twitter.com/JohnStCapital/status/1425269719108567043
FTX Market Share in Bitcoin Futures Nearly Doubled Since June
https://www.coindesk.com/ftx-market-share-in-bitcoin-futures-nearly-doubled-since-june
Coinbase removes ‘backed by US dollars’ claim for USDC stablecoin
https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-removes-backed-by-us-dollars-claim-for-usdc-stablecoin
Terra Col-5 update
https://twitter.com/terra_money/status/1425605284244992005
Chainlink Blog
Introducing the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP)
The Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) is an open-source global standard for decentralized inter-blockchain messaging, data, and token movements.
Raises:
Messari Announces $21 Million Series A led by Point72 Ventures
https://messari.io/article/messari-announces-21-million-series-a-led-by-point72-ventures
Indexing protocol Nakji Network raises $8.8 million in SAFT funding
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/113780/indexing-protocol-nakji-network-blockchain-data-saft-funding
Two months after its Series A, Pintu gets $35M in new funding led by Lightspeed
https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/09/two-months-after-its-series-a-pintu-gets-35m-in-new-funding-led-by-lightspeed/
Horizen Labs Closes $7 Million Seed Round Led by Kenetic Capital, Digital Currency Group and Liberty City Ventures
https://horizenlabs.medium.com/horizen-labs-closes-7-million-seed-round-led-by-kenetic-capital-digital-currency-group-and-baf241cd1175
Andreessen-Backed 5G Blockchain Firm Helium Raises $111 Million
https://businesshala.com/andreessen-backed-5g-blockchain-firm-helium-raises-111-million/
Crypto Platform FalconX Quintuples Valuation to $3.75 Billion
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/crypto-platform-falconx-quintuples-valuation-100000040.html
Liquality Seed Round w/ #hashed, Galaxy Digital, Alameda Research, Coinbase Ventures, Collider Ventures, Accomplice Ventures and more
https://twitter.com/Liquality_io/status/1425094814664732680
DeFiSafety Completes its Seed Raise
https://medium.com/defi-safety/defisafety-seed-raise-completed-1f636efa8b51
CoinDCX enters unicorn club with B Capital-led $90 million fundraise
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/coindcx-enters-unicorn-club-with-b-capital-led-90-million-fundraise/articleshow/85188199.cms
Solana’s Mango Markets DEX Raises $70M in MNGO Token Sale
https://www.coindesk.com/solanas-mango-markets-dex-raises-70m-in-mngo-token-sale
Orion Money Private Farming
https://orion-money.medium.com/orion-money-private-farming-66e3ebf35dbe
Umee Protocol raises $6.3MM seed round for creating a Cross Chain DeFi Hub
https://medium.com/umeeblog/umee-protocol-raises-6-3mm-seed-round-for-creating-a-cross-chain-defi-hub-75cadec10e4a
Horizen Labs Raises $7M in Seed Funding Round
https://www.coindesk.com/horizen-labs-raises-7m-in-seed-funding-round
Dune Analytics, Home of DIY Data Dashboards, Raises $8M in USV-Led Series A
https://www.coindesk.com/dune-analytics-home-of-diy-data-dashboards-raises-8m-in-usv-led-series-a
Messari Announces $21 Million Series A led by Point72 Ventures
https://messari.io/article/messari-announces-21-million-series-a-led-by-point72-ventures
Indexing protocol Nakji Network raises $8.8 million in SAFT funding
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/113780/indexing-protocol-nakji-network-blockchain-data-saft-funding
Two months after its Series A, Pintu gets $35M in new funding led by Lightspeed
https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/09/two-months-after-its-series-a-pintu-gets-35m-in-new-funding-led-by-lightspeed/
Horizen Labs Closes $7 Million Seed Round Led by Kenetic Capital, Digital Currency Group and Liberty City Ventures
https://horizenlabs.medium.com/horizen-labs-closes-7-million-seed-round-led-by-kenetic-capital-digital-currency-group-and-baf241cd1175
Andreessen-Backed 5G Blockchain Firm Helium Raises $111 Million
https://businesshala.com/andreessen-backed-5g-blockchain-firm-helium-raises-111-million/
Crypto Platform FalconX Quintuples Valuation to $3.75 Billion
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/crypto-platform-falconx-quintuples-valuation-100000040.html
Liquality Seed Round w/ #hashed, Galaxy Digital, Alameda Research, Coinbase Ventures, Collider Ventures, Accomplice Ventures and more
https://twitter.com/Liquality_io/status/1425094814664732680
DeFiSafety Completes its Seed Raise
https://medium.com/defi-safety/defisafety-seed-raise-completed-1f636efa8b51
CoinDCX enters unicorn club with B Capital-led $90 million fundraise
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/coindcx-enters-unicorn-club-with-b-capital-led-90-million-fundraise/articleshow/85188199.cms
Solana’s Mango Markets DEX Raises $70M in MNGO Token Sale
https://www.coindesk.com/solanas-mango-markets-dex-raises-70m-in-mngo-token-sale
Orion Money Private Farming
https://orion-money.medium.com/orion-money-private-farming-66e3ebf35dbe
Umee Protocol raises $6.3MM seed round for creating a Cross Chain DeFi Hub
https://medium.com/umeeblog/umee-protocol-raises-6-3mm-seed-round-for-creating-a-cross-chain-defi-hub-75cadec10e4a
Horizen Labs Raises $7M in Seed Funding Round
https://www.coindesk.com/horizen-labs-raises-7m-in-seed-funding-round
Dune Analytics, Home of DIY Data Dashboards, Raises $8M in USV-Led Series A
https://www.coindesk.com/dune-analytics-home-of-diy-data-dashboards-raises-8m-in-usv-led-series-a
messari.io
Messari Announces $21 Million Series A led by Point72 Ventures
Messari announces big news today as we close $21 million in Series A funding led by Point72 Ventures. Messari Co-Founder and CEO Ryan Selkis discusses how the company aims to allocate funds to triple the size of its teams across departments, expand the global…
Regulation:
SEC Charges Poloniex for Operating Unregistered Digital Asset Exchange
https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2021-147
Open letter/thread by about the Senate bill by Adam Cochran
https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1424855832144003079
BitMEX confirms it has reached settlements with CFTC and FinCEN
https://blog.bitmex.com/bitmex-confirms-it-has-reached-settlements-with-cftc-and-fincen/
SEC Charges Poloniex for Operating Unregistered Digital Asset Exchange
https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2021-147
Open letter/thread by about the Senate bill by Adam Cochran
https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1424855832144003079
BitMEX confirms it has reached settlements with CFTC and FinCEN
https://blog.bitmex.com/bitmex-confirms-it-has-reached-settlements-with-cftc-and-fincen/
Twitter
Adam Cochran
1/26 To Senators (et al) who ask what's the worst that could happen under this bill, an open letter on the risks America could face in stifling blockchain innovation:
Additional Reads:
Soccer superstar Messi is being partly paid in crypto by PSG
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/12/lionel-messi-is-being-partly-paid-in-crypto-at-psg.html
Scaling Sorare on Ethereum with StarkWare
https://medium.com/sorare/scaling-sorare-on-ethereum-with-starkware-ccb1b0338ad3
Terra Summer Time - Yield Farming guide on Terra
https://twitter.com/ShaunPaulLee/status/1423219738100994056
A simple valuation of $DYDX token y TokenInsight
https://tokeninsight.com/blogs/10708
Is @cz_binance and @binance planning the ultimate rug pull? by @franciskim_co
https://twitter.com/franciskim_co/status/1423658703174082567
Turning 0.3 ETH (worth $600 then) to 20 ETH ($56,000 now) in 47 days flipping NFTs. (95x run)
https://twitter.com/notEezzy/status/1423721765696593922
Historic Bitcoin trading opportunity thread by @ByzGeneral
https://twitter.com/ByzGeneral/status/1424047349454802953
Ari Paul on Binance (spoiler: not good)
https://twitter.com/AriDavidPaul/status/1423869227300265984
kain.eth on the intersection of DeFi, NFTs, art and gaming
https://twitter.com/kaiynne/status/1424424138857455624
Nick Chong's thread 3 days post EIP-1559
https://twitter.com/n2ckchong/status/1424472365250093058
The Metaverse: What It Is, Where to Find it, Who Will Build It, and Fortnite by Matthew Ball
https://www.matthewball.vc/all/themetaverse
Parallel cards collecting by @fitchinverse
https://twitter.com/Fitchinverse/status/1424120379103133700
A thread about the importance of NFT fractionalization by @sobylife
https://twitter.com/sobylife/status/1424381850177376261
Crypto Long & Short: How Do You Measure Relative Value in Crypto?
https://www.coindesk.com/how-do-you-measure-relative-value-in-crypto
A thread about shareholder perks to encourage long-term ownership in traditional companies
https://twitter.com/DividendGrowth/status/1423840474964574210
Podcast notes -- Cre8rdao podcast: Gabriel Haines x Dmitri, co-founder of CompliFi
https://twitter.com/The_ReadingApe/status/1424218816599322639
Podcast notes -- Cre8rdao podcast: Overlay Protocol
https://twitter.com/The_ReadingApe/status/1424347160913453058
Dissecting the Overlay protocol
https://0xkowloon.substack.com/p/dissecting-the-overlay-protocol
SmartCon megathread by CGL
https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod/status/1424470327225061380
Buying 100 cryptopunks at the same time via Mining Dao
https://twitter.com/IvanBogatyy/status/1422232184493121538
The Rise of Avatarism by Greg Fodor
https://gfodor.medium.com/the-rise-of-avatarism-b7ecfa7c42bc
Sam Trabucco about efficient markets
https://twitter.com/AlamedaTrabucco/status/1424850361320304677
Analyzing NFTs as Social Networks Using the Status-as-a-Service Framework
https://www.notboring.co/p/status-monkeys
Why we invested in Impossible Finance by Sino Global Capital
https://sinoglobalcap.medium.com/why-we-invested-in-impossible-finance-7cb575dab088
Jenny Metaverse DAO shopping spree thread
https://twitter.com/JennyMetaverse/status/1424898513276739588
Building the Perpetual Flywheel — Introducing Perpetual Ecosystem Fund
https://medium.com/perpetual-protocol/building-the-perpetual-flywheel-introducing-perpetual-ecosystem-fund-ad57679cbd35
Lido: an ETH 2.0 liquid staking solution
https://www.theblockresearch.com/lido-an-eth-2-0-liquid-staking-solution-113373
NFT artist pplpleasr: How crypto changed my life
https://fortune.com/2021/08/06/nft-art-pplpleasr-fortune-cover-ethereum-defihow-crypto-changed-my-life/
Blockchain Forensics thread by @officer_cia
https://twitter.com/officer_cia/status/1421112006288068615
Anonymous Trader 0x650 Bought 88 CryptoPunks for $5.5M; Here’s the Backstory
https://thedefiant.io/an-interview-with-the-anon-who-bought-88-punks-for-5-5m/
The Relationship Between Price & Social Media Mentions in Cryptocurrency
https://medium.com/heliosstaking/the-relationship-between-price-social-media-mentions-in-cryptocurrency-997ea571a2cd
ALTERNATIVE NFT STRATEGIES by egirl capital
https://www.egirlcapital.com/insights/51589305
Soccer superstar Messi is being partly paid in crypto by PSG
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/12/lionel-messi-is-being-partly-paid-in-crypto-at-psg.html
Scaling Sorare on Ethereum with StarkWare
https://medium.com/sorare/scaling-sorare-on-ethereum-with-starkware-ccb1b0338ad3
Terra Summer Time - Yield Farming guide on Terra
https://twitter.com/ShaunPaulLee/status/1423219738100994056
A simple valuation of $DYDX token y TokenInsight
https://tokeninsight.com/blogs/10708
Is @cz_binance and @binance planning the ultimate rug pull? by @franciskim_co
https://twitter.com/franciskim_co/status/1423658703174082567
Turning 0.3 ETH (worth $600 then) to 20 ETH ($56,000 now) in 47 days flipping NFTs. (95x run)
https://twitter.com/notEezzy/status/1423721765696593922
Historic Bitcoin trading opportunity thread by @ByzGeneral
https://twitter.com/ByzGeneral/status/1424047349454802953
Ari Paul on Binance (spoiler: not good)
https://twitter.com/AriDavidPaul/status/1423869227300265984
kain.eth on the intersection of DeFi, NFTs, art and gaming
https://twitter.com/kaiynne/status/1424424138857455624
Nick Chong's thread 3 days post EIP-1559
https://twitter.com/n2ckchong/status/1424472365250093058
The Metaverse: What It Is, Where to Find it, Who Will Build It, and Fortnite by Matthew Ball
https://www.matthewball.vc/all/themetaverse
Parallel cards collecting by @fitchinverse
https://twitter.com/Fitchinverse/status/1424120379103133700
A thread about the importance of NFT fractionalization by @sobylife
https://twitter.com/sobylife/status/1424381850177376261
Crypto Long & Short: How Do You Measure Relative Value in Crypto?
https://www.coindesk.com/how-do-you-measure-relative-value-in-crypto
A thread about shareholder perks to encourage long-term ownership in traditional companies
https://twitter.com/DividendGrowth/status/1423840474964574210
Podcast notes -- Cre8rdao podcast: Gabriel Haines x Dmitri, co-founder of CompliFi
https://twitter.com/The_ReadingApe/status/1424218816599322639
Podcast notes -- Cre8rdao podcast: Overlay Protocol
https://twitter.com/The_ReadingApe/status/1424347160913453058
Dissecting the Overlay protocol
https://0xkowloon.substack.com/p/dissecting-the-overlay-protocol
SmartCon megathread by CGL
https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod/status/1424470327225061380
Buying 100 cryptopunks at the same time via Mining Dao
https://twitter.com/IvanBogatyy/status/1422232184493121538
The Rise of Avatarism by Greg Fodor
https://gfodor.medium.com/the-rise-of-avatarism-b7ecfa7c42bc
Sam Trabucco about efficient markets
https://twitter.com/AlamedaTrabucco/status/1424850361320304677
Analyzing NFTs as Social Networks Using the Status-as-a-Service Framework
https://www.notboring.co/p/status-monkeys
Why we invested in Impossible Finance by Sino Global Capital
https://sinoglobalcap.medium.com/why-we-invested-in-impossible-finance-7cb575dab088
Jenny Metaverse DAO shopping spree thread
https://twitter.com/JennyMetaverse/status/1424898513276739588
Building the Perpetual Flywheel — Introducing Perpetual Ecosystem Fund
https://medium.com/perpetual-protocol/building-the-perpetual-flywheel-introducing-perpetual-ecosystem-fund-ad57679cbd35
Lido: an ETH 2.0 liquid staking solution
https://www.theblockresearch.com/lido-an-eth-2-0-liquid-staking-solution-113373
NFT artist pplpleasr: How crypto changed my life
https://fortune.com/2021/08/06/nft-art-pplpleasr-fortune-cover-ethereum-defihow-crypto-changed-my-life/
Blockchain Forensics thread by @officer_cia
https://twitter.com/officer_cia/status/1421112006288068615
Anonymous Trader 0x650 Bought 88 CryptoPunks for $5.5M; Here’s the Backstory
https://thedefiant.io/an-interview-with-the-anon-who-bought-88-punks-for-5-5m/
The Relationship Between Price & Social Media Mentions in Cryptocurrency
https://medium.com/heliosstaking/the-relationship-between-price-social-media-mentions-in-cryptocurrency-997ea571a2cd
ALTERNATIVE NFT STRATEGIES by egirl capital
https://www.egirlcapital.com/insights/51589305
CNBC
Soccer superstar Messi is being partly paid in crypto by PSG
Lionel Messi's financial package at French soccer club Paris Saint Germain includes crypto tokens.
Additional Reads: Cont'd
TVL analysis across multiple blockchains by @BillyDishman
https://twitter.com/BillyDishman/status/1425234191684415491
Introducing PaperClip DAO
https://twitter.com/paperclipDAO/status/1425167090336555008
DeFi Land thread by @Bitdealer_
https://twitter.com/Bitdealer_/status/1424936371697987585
mgnr about Mango Markets and their token sale
https://twitter.com/mgnr_io/status/1425100384306143232
Guild of Guardians —building the metaverse economy
https://guildofguardians.medium.com/guild-of-guardians-building-the-metaverse-economy-b5d7e4548b49
The NFT stack by Messari
https://twitter.com/masonnystrom/status/1425124172611477514
Series A Investor Memo
https://beondeck.com/series-a-memo
Playtern Notes: gmoney x Genie Labs
https://twitter.com/playtern/status/1425201751519424514
Podcast Notes: Zima Red (barthazian.eth) x Andrew Steinwold
https://twitter.com/The_ReadingApe/status/1425071937823272974
The Art and Science of Native Token Liquidity by Mechanism Capital
https://www.mechanism.capital/native-token-liquidity/
Diaries of an Accidental Art Addict by Richard Kim
https://galaxyrtk.substack.com/p/diaries-of-an-accidental-art-addict
World map of blockchains by @larry0x
https://twitter.com/larry0x/status/1425275912845680640
SUSHI vs Optimism
https://twitter.com/josephdelong/status/1425451541738237954
TVL analysis across multiple blockchains by @BillyDishman
https://twitter.com/BillyDishman/status/1425234191684415491
Introducing PaperClip DAO
https://twitter.com/paperclipDAO/status/1425167090336555008
DeFi Land thread by @Bitdealer_
https://twitter.com/Bitdealer_/status/1424936371697987585
mgnr about Mango Markets and their token sale
https://twitter.com/mgnr_io/status/1425100384306143232
Guild of Guardians —building the metaverse economy
https://guildofguardians.medium.com/guild-of-guardians-building-the-metaverse-economy-b5d7e4548b49
The NFT stack by Messari
https://twitter.com/masonnystrom/status/1425124172611477514
Series A Investor Memo
https://beondeck.com/series-a-memo
Playtern Notes: gmoney x Genie Labs
https://twitter.com/playtern/status/1425201751519424514
Podcast Notes: Zima Red (barthazian.eth) x Andrew Steinwold
https://twitter.com/The_ReadingApe/status/1425071937823272974
The Art and Science of Native Token Liquidity by Mechanism Capital
https://www.mechanism.capital/native-token-liquidity/
Diaries of an Accidental Art Addict by Richard Kim
https://galaxyrtk.substack.com/p/diaries-of-an-accidental-art-addict
World map of blockchains by @larry0x
https://twitter.com/larry0x/status/1425275912845680640
SUSHI vs Optimism
https://twitter.com/josephdelong/status/1425451541738237954
Twitter
Billy
1/ The next 6-12 months will be marked by competition between various layer 1s and layer 2s for new & existing capital. Terra & Solana will be competing against EVM chains in ETH, BSC, and MATIC & the emerging DOT / KSM ecosystems. How does TVL for each ecosystem…
Podcasts:
The FTX Podcast #72 - Perpetual Protocol's Yenwen Feng and Nick Tong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtvuWvr2KsM
DeFi Alliance: Defi for Institutions - Sizing The DeFi Market Opportunities for Institutions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pq63KYjjsw
The FTX Podcast #72 - Perpetual Protocol's Yenwen Feng and Nick Tong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtvuWvr2KsM
DeFi Alliance: Defi for Institutions - Sizing The DeFi Market Opportunities for Institutions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pq63KYjjsw
Alpha:
Gearbox — Generalized Leverage Protocol
https://medium.com/gearbox-protocol/hello-world-this-is-gearbox-generalized-leverage-protocol-cbec5f34bb98
Agora Space DAO
https://medium.com/@AgoraSpace/hello-metaverse-7960281d6dc2
Star Atlas
So It Begins: Countdown to Launch of Star Atlas Token Sale on FTX, Raydium and Apollo-X
https://medium.com/star-atlas/countdown-launch-star-atlas-token-sale-ftx-raydium-apollo-x-e9e2043c6a9e
Star Atlas — Research by Cryp2Gem
https://cryp2gem.medium.com/star-atlas-research-by-cryp2gem-f0e712ef1ca
One of the best repos I ever found
https://github.com/OffcierCia/DeFi-Developer-Road-Map
Tokemak
https://twitter.com/Archer_MD_/status/1425211707740274692
Gearbox — Generalized Leverage Protocol
https://medium.com/gearbox-protocol/hello-world-this-is-gearbox-generalized-leverage-protocol-cbec5f34bb98
Agora Space DAO
https://medium.com/@AgoraSpace/hello-metaverse-7960281d6dc2
Star Atlas
So It Begins: Countdown to Launch of Star Atlas Token Sale on FTX, Raydium and Apollo-X
https://medium.com/star-atlas/countdown-launch-star-atlas-token-sale-ftx-raydium-apollo-x-e9e2043c6a9e
Star Atlas — Research by Cryp2Gem
https://cryp2gem.medium.com/star-atlas-research-by-cryp2gem-f0e712ef1ca
One of the best repos I ever found
https://github.com/OffcierCia/DeFi-Developer-Road-Map
Tokemak
https://twitter.com/Archer_MD_/status/1425211707740274692
Medium
Hello, world! This is Gearbox — Generalized Leverage Protocol.
Gearbox is a generalized leverage protocol: it allows you to take leverage and use it across various DeFi protocols in a composable way!
This week in crypto #10:
Totals since EIP-1559:
Rewards: 190,112 ETH
Burned: 64,243 ETH
Tips: 23,404 ETH
Net Issuance :125,869 ETH
Net Reduction: 33.79 %
Totals since EIP-1559:
Rewards: 190,112 ETH
Burned: 64,243 ETH
Tips: 23,404 ETH
Net Issuance :125,869 ETH
Net Reduction: 33.79 %
News:
BREAKING: Liquid exchange hacked to the tune of $80 million
https://twitter.com/liquid_global/status/1428176357515612165
https://cointelegraph.com/news/breaking-liquid-exchange-hacked-to-the-tune-of-80-million
The 2021 Global Crypto Adoption Index: Worldwide Adoption Jumps Over 880% With P2P Platforms Driving Cryptocurrency Usage in Emerging Markets
https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/2021-global-crypto-adoption-index
Nvidia's Ethereum Mining Chips Fall $134M Short of Q2 Earnings Projections
https://decrypt.co/78904/nvidia-ethereum-mining-chips-fall-short-q2-earnings-projections
Robinhood Says 60% of Customers Traded Crypto in Q2, Pulls in $233 Million of Crypto Revenue
https://decrypt.co/78889/robinhood-q2-earnings-crypto
Facebook's Crypto Wallet Is Ready for the Market, But Is the Market Ready for Novi?
https://decrypt.co/78891/facebook-crypto-wallet-is-ready-market-is-market-ready-novi
Avalanche $180m DeFi Incentive Program
https://medium.com/avalancheavax/avalanche-foundation-announces-180m-defi-incentive-program-d320fdfafff7
Introducing SuperRare's $RARE token
https://twitter.com/SuperRare/status/1427661883008552962
BitMEX, Deribit Tap Shyft Network for FATF ‘Travel Rule’ Solution
https://www.coindesk.com/bitmex-deribit-tap-shyft-network-for-fatf-travel-rule-solution
Lido x Sushi
https://twitter.com/LidoFinance/status/1427940638906068996
Dune Analytics vs $UNI governance proposal about funding FlipSide Crypto
https://twitter.com/DuneAnalytics/status/1428250340139356164
BREAKING: The Dutch Football club, PSV Eindhoven, will be the first in Europe to have the entirety of its sponsorship paid in $BTC
https://twitter.com/MrktMeditations/status/1427999081297756161
Dogecoin Foundation Returns After 6-Year Hiatus; Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin, Musk Rep Jared Birchall Join Board
https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/21/08/22550853/dogecoin-foundation-returns-after-6-year-hiatus-ethereums-vitalik-buterin-musk-rep-jared-b
DEX aggregator 1inch expands to Ethereum scaling solution Optimism
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/114793/dex-aggregator-1inch-expands-to-ethereum-scaling-solution-optimism
Crypto Exchanges See 10X Increase In Phishing Attacks Says New Report
https://decrypt.co/78715/crypto-exchanges-see-10x-increase-phishing-attacks-says-new-report
Audius Token Up By Over 90% Following TikTok Partnership
https://decrypt.co/78707/audius-token-up-by-over-90-following-tiktok-partnership
Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital Files for a Bitcoin Futures ETF
https://decrypt.co/78744/mike-novogratzs-galaxy-digital-files-bitcoin-futures-etf
Michael Burry of ‘Big Short’ Makes $31 Million Bet Against Crypto-Friendly ARK Invest
https://decrypt.co/78716/michael-burry-of-big-short-makes-31-million-bet-against-crypto-friendly-ark-invest
Bitcoin Mining Revenue Up $35 Million Per Day Since China Crackdown
https://decrypt.co/78803/bitcoin-mining-revenue-up-35-million-day-since-china-crackdown
Solana DeFi Now Has More Than $2 Billion Flowing Through It
https://decrypt.co/78774/solana-defi-now-has-more-than-2-billion-flowing-through-it
Google search volume for NFT marketplace OpenSea reached an all-time high last week
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/114868/google-search-volume-for-nft-marketplace-opensea-reached-an-all-time-high-last-week
Second-Largest Mortgage Lender in US Expects to Accept Bitcoin by Year's End: CEO
https://decrypt.co/78814/second-largest-mortgage-lender-us-expects-accept-bitcoin-years-end-ceo
Warp Your Way To StarkNet
https://medium.com/nethermind-eth/warp-your-way-to-starknet-ddd6856875e0
Introducing the mSTable GrantsDAO
https://twitter.com/mStableGrants/status/1425735788847763457
Crypto platform hit by $600 million heist asks hacker to become its chief security advisor
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/17/poly-network-cryptocurrency-hack-latest.html
Coin98 Exchange: It's time to make the Multichain Future come alive!
https://blog.coin98.com/coin98-exchange/
BREAKING: Liquid exchange hacked to the tune of $80 million
https://twitter.com/liquid_global/status/1428176357515612165
https://cointelegraph.com/news/breaking-liquid-exchange-hacked-to-the-tune-of-80-million
The 2021 Global Crypto Adoption Index: Worldwide Adoption Jumps Over 880% With P2P Platforms Driving Cryptocurrency Usage in Emerging Markets
https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/2021-global-crypto-adoption-index
Nvidia's Ethereum Mining Chips Fall $134M Short of Q2 Earnings Projections
https://decrypt.co/78904/nvidia-ethereum-mining-chips-fall-short-q2-earnings-projections
Robinhood Says 60% of Customers Traded Crypto in Q2, Pulls in $233 Million of Crypto Revenue
https://decrypt.co/78889/robinhood-q2-earnings-crypto
Facebook's Crypto Wallet Is Ready for the Market, But Is the Market Ready for Novi?
https://decrypt.co/78891/facebook-crypto-wallet-is-ready-market-is-market-ready-novi
Avalanche $180m DeFi Incentive Program
https://medium.com/avalancheavax/avalanche-foundation-announces-180m-defi-incentive-program-d320fdfafff7
Introducing SuperRare's $RARE token
https://twitter.com/SuperRare/status/1427661883008552962
BitMEX, Deribit Tap Shyft Network for FATF ‘Travel Rule’ Solution
https://www.coindesk.com/bitmex-deribit-tap-shyft-network-for-fatf-travel-rule-solution
Lido x Sushi
https://twitter.com/LidoFinance/status/1427940638906068996
Dune Analytics vs $UNI governance proposal about funding FlipSide Crypto
https://twitter.com/DuneAnalytics/status/1428250340139356164
BREAKING: The Dutch Football club, PSV Eindhoven, will be the first in Europe to have the entirety of its sponsorship paid in $BTC
https://twitter.com/MrktMeditations/status/1427999081297756161
Dogecoin Foundation Returns After 6-Year Hiatus; Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin, Musk Rep Jared Birchall Join Board
https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/21/08/22550853/dogecoin-foundation-returns-after-6-year-hiatus-ethereums-vitalik-buterin-musk-rep-jared-b
DEX aggregator 1inch expands to Ethereum scaling solution Optimism
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/114793/dex-aggregator-1inch-expands-to-ethereum-scaling-solution-optimism
Crypto Exchanges See 10X Increase In Phishing Attacks Says New Report
https://decrypt.co/78715/crypto-exchanges-see-10x-increase-phishing-attacks-says-new-report
Audius Token Up By Over 90% Following TikTok Partnership
https://decrypt.co/78707/audius-token-up-by-over-90-following-tiktok-partnership
Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital Files for a Bitcoin Futures ETF
https://decrypt.co/78744/mike-novogratzs-galaxy-digital-files-bitcoin-futures-etf
Michael Burry of ‘Big Short’ Makes $31 Million Bet Against Crypto-Friendly ARK Invest
https://decrypt.co/78716/michael-burry-of-big-short-makes-31-million-bet-against-crypto-friendly-ark-invest
Bitcoin Mining Revenue Up $35 Million Per Day Since China Crackdown
https://decrypt.co/78803/bitcoin-mining-revenue-up-35-million-day-since-china-crackdown
Solana DeFi Now Has More Than $2 Billion Flowing Through It
https://decrypt.co/78774/solana-defi-now-has-more-than-2-billion-flowing-through-it
Google search volume for NFT marketplace OpenSea reached an all-time high last week
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/114868/google-search-volume-for-nft-marketplace-opensea-reached-an-all-time-high-last-week
Second-Largest Mortgage Lender in US Expects to Accept Bitcoin by Year's End: CEO
https://decrypt.co/78814/second-largest-mortgage-lender-us-expects-accept-bitcoin-years-end-ceo
Warp Your Way To StarkNet
https://medium.com/nethermind-eth/warp-your-way-to-starknet-ddd6856875e0
Introducing the mSTable GrantsDAO
https://twitter.com/mStableGrants/status/1425735788847763457
Crypto platform hit by $600 million heist asks hacker to become its chief security advisor
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/17/poly-network-cryptocurrency-hack-latest.html
Coin98 Exchange: It's time to make the Multichain Future come alive!
https://blog.coin98.com/coin98-exchange/
Twitter
Liquid Global Official
Important Notice: We are sorry to announce that #LiquidGlobal warm wallets were compromised, we are moving assets into the cold wallet. We are currently investigating and will provide regular updates. In the meantime deposits and withdrawals will be suspended.
News: Continued
Mask Network Launches the SocialFi Alliance with 15 Founding Partners
https://masknetwork.medium.com/mask-network-laun
Moonbeam Integrates with Covalent, Bringing Data Accessibility to the Moonriver Parachain on Kusama
https://moonbeam.network/announcements/moonbeam-covalent-integration/
The Polygon Thesis: Strategic Focus on ZK Technology as the Next Major Chapter for Polygon; $1B Treasury Allocation
https://blog.polygon.technology/the-polygon-thesis-strategic-focus-on-zk-technology-as-the-next-major-chapter-for-polygon-1b-1d147a4fe4ce
Mike Novogratz's Galaxy Digital Rolling Out DeFi Index Fund
https://decrypt.co/78912/mike-novogratzs-galaxy-digital-rolling-out-defi-index-fund
Kusama Parachain Auctions: Second Batch
https://polkadot.network/kusama-parachain-auctions-second-batch
Bitcoin Development Boost: FTX Is Donating $450K to Brink
https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-development-boost-ftx-is-donating-450k-to-brink
Mask Network Launches the SocialFi Alliance with 15 Founding Partners
https://masknetwork.medium.com/mask-network-laun
Moonbeam Integrates with Covalent, Bringing Data Accessibility to the Moonriver Parachain on Kusama
https://moonbeam.network/announcements/moonbeam-covalent-integration/
The Polygon Thesis: Strategic Focus on ZK Technology as the Next Major Chapter for Polygon; $1B Treasury Allocation
https://blog.polygon.technology/the-polygon-thesis-strategic-focus-on-zk-technology-as-the-next-major-chapter-for-polygon-1b-1d147a4fe4ce
Mike Novogratz's Galaxy Digital Rolling Out DeFi Index Fund
https://decrypt.co/78912/mike-novogratzs-galaxy-digital-rolling-out-defi-index-fund
Kusama Parachain Auctions: Second Batch
https://polkadot.network/kusama-parachain-auctions-second-batch
Bitcoin Development Boost: FTX Is Donating $450K to Brink
https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-development-boost-ftx-is-donating-450k-to-brink
Raises:
BitDAO Raises $230M for Decentralized Crypto Investment Fund
https://www.coindesk.com/bitdao-fundraising-decentralized-crypto-investment-fund
CoinDCX enters unicorn club with B Capital-led $90 million fundraise
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/coindcx-enters-unicorn-club-with-b-capital-led-90-million-fundraise/articleshow/85188199.cms
Champ Titles Raises $8.5M in Series A Funding
https://www.finsmes.com/2021/08/champ-noscripts-raises-8-5m-in-series-a-funding.html
NearPad Closes $2m Seed Funding Round
https://nearpad.medium.com/nearpad-closes-2m-seed-funding-round-99da70635d7b
Bitwave raise $7.25mil to Bring Digital Assets to Enterprises
https://medium.com/@bitwave_platform/bitwave-raise-7-25mil-to-bring-digital-assets-to-enterprises-e9a8d8a9848e
Cryptocurrency startup TaxBit, which just opened a new HQ in Seattle, lands $130M at $1.33B valuation
https://www.geekwire.com/2021/cryptocurrency-startup-taxbit-just-opened-new-hq-seattle-lands-130m-1-33-valuation/
Exactly raises $3 million in seed funding to bring fixed income to DeFi.
https://medium.com/@exactly_finance/exactly-raises-3-million-in-seed-funding-to-bring-fixed-income-to-defi-a20242f54201
DAOs, VCs Put $6M Behind Governance Startup Tally
https://www.coindesk.com/daos-vcs-put-6m-behind-governance-startup-tally
Violet Protocol $3.5m seed round
https://blueyard.medium.com/violet-protocol-49c1a1f0f4f8
Figment Announces $50 Million in Series B Funding
https://figment.io/resources/figment-announces-50-million-in-series-b-funding/
MobileCoin Raises $66M to Build Out Privacy-Focused Payments Tech
https://www.coindesk.com/mobilecoin-raises-66m-to-build-out-privacy-focused-payments-tech
Cyclos $1m seed round
https://twitter.com/cyclosfi/status/1427563694024577025
Former Goldman Sachs employees launch DeFi protocol Ondo with $4 million in seed funding
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/114786/former-goldman-sachs-employees-launch-defi-protocol-ondo-seed-funding
Blockchain Security Firm CertiK Raises $24M in Funding Round
https://www.coindesk.com/blockchain-security-firm-certik-raises-24m-in-series-b-funding-round
BitDAO Raises $230M for Decentralized Crypto Investment Fund
https://www.coindesk.com/bitdao-fundraising-decentralized-crypto-investment-fund
CoinDCX enters unicorn club with B Capital-led $90 million fundraise
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/coindcx-enters-unicorn-club-with-b-capital-led-90-million-fundraise/articleshow/85188199.cms
Champ Titles Raises $8.5M in Series A Funding
https://www.finsmes.com/2021/08/champ-noscripts-raises-8-5m-in-series-a-funding.html
NearPad Closes $2m Seed Funding Round
https://nearpad.medium.com/nearpad-closes-2m-seed-funding-round-99da70635d7b
Bitwave raise $7.25mil to Bring Digital Assets to Enterprises
https://medium.com/@bitwave_platform/bitwave-raise-7-25mil-to-bring-digital-assets-to-enterprises-e9a8d8a9848e
Cryptocurrency startup TaxBit, which just opened a new HQ in Seattle, lands $130M at $1.33B valuation
https://www.geekwire.com/2021/cryptocurrency-startup-taxbit-just-opened-new-hq-seattle-lands-130m-1-33-valuation/
Exactly raises $3 million in seed funding to bring fixed income to DeFi.
https://medium.com/@exactly_finance/exactly-raises-3-million-in-seed-funding-to-bring-fixed-income-to-defi-a20242f54201
DAOs, VCs Put $6M Behind Governance Startup Tally
https://www.coindesk.com/daos-vcs-put-6m-behind-governance-startup-tally
Violet Protocol $3.5m seed round
https://blueyard.medium.com/violet-protocol-49c1a1f0f4f8
Figment Announces $50 Million in Series B Funding
https://figment.io/resources/figment-announces-50-million-in-series-b-funding/
MobileCoin Raises $66M to Build Out Privacy-Focused Payments Tech
https://www.coindesk.com/mobilecoin-raises-66m-to-build-out-privacy-focused-payments-tech
Cyclos $1m seed round
https://twitter.com/cyclosfi/status/1427563694024577025
Former Goldman Sachs employees launch DeFi protocol Ondo with $4 million in seed funding
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/114786/former-goldman-sachs-employees-launch-defi-protocol-ondo-seed-funding
Blockchain Security Firm CertiK Raises $24M in Funding Round
https://www.coindesk.com/blockchain-security-firm-certik-raises-24m-in-series-b-funding-round
CoinDesk
BitDAO Raises $230M for Decentralized Crypto Investment Fund
It plans to use the funds to support blockchain projects through token swaps.
New Section Due To Popular Demand -- NFTs:
The Cryptopunk images and their attributes now live on-chain!
https://www.larvalabs.com/blog/2021-8-18-18-0/on-chain-cryptopunks
Bankless - Selected Tools for NFT Summer!
https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/tools-for-nft-summer-
A brief quantitative history of NBA Top Shot
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/daily/114829/a-brief-quantitative-history-of-nba-top-shot
The Definitive Guide to Early NFTs on Ethereum (missing some info)
https://twitter.com/LeonidasNFT/status/1427499860014641174
Investing in Yield Guild Games - a16z
https://a16z.com/2021/08/19/investing-in-yield-guild-games/
Internet Cinematic Universe (ICU) thread by @dankvr
https://twitter.com/dankvr/status/1426955962804494338
Sci-Fi Film Silhouettes Integrates Liquid NFTs
https://blog.liquid.net/sci-fi-film-silhouettes-integrates-liquid-nfts
Here's the @unchained_pod NFT resource thread
https://twitter.com/Unchained_pod/status/1426665229031809029
Conversations in Lunacia: AK (Father of Scholarships)
https://peakd.com/hive-143402/@archeus-nft/conversations-in-lunacia-ak-father-of-scholarships
Framework for understanding the NFT summer
https://twitter.com/tonysheng/status/1426588508831944706
Sushi's Shoyu thread by Block49 Capital
https://twitter.com/Block49Capital/status/1426659854278696961
Thread on NFT risk management by @OSFCollections
https://twitter.com/osfcollections/status/1426136863098785794
7 indicators every #NFT investor should be using to evaluate projects
https://twitter.com/spencernoon/status/1426187363609456645
Gagra Ventures' observations on #NFT 's as investment strategy
https://twitter.com/GagraVentures/status/1426362699487789056
Solarians NFT thread by @SOLBigBrain
https://twitter.com/SOLBigBrain/status/1427352549879861250
Yield Guild Games: Asset & Treasury Report — July 2021
https://medium.com/yield-guild-games/yield-guild-games-asset-treasury-report-july-2021-62f3a969d223
Introducing The Rarible Protocol: An Open-Source, Cross-Chain Tool For NFT Innovation
https://rarible.medium.com/introducing-the-rarible-protocol-an-open-source-cross-chain-tool-for-nft-innovation-318f7c7fb4f0
JPEG Mania: How NFTs Are Capturing The Heart Of The Crypto Market
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alpha-alarm/2021/08/18/jpeg-mania-how-nfts-are-capturing-the-heart-of-the-crypto-market/
I Joined a Penguin NFT Club Because Apparently That’s What We Do Now
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/technology/penguin-nft-club.html
The @FortuneMagazine @pplpleasr1 NFT sale was a watershed moment for news/research organizations
https://twitter.com/Rewkang/status/1426002138711404544
‘Like-to-Earn’ NFT Platform RARA Looks to Monetize the Future of Online Engagement
https://www.coindesk.com/like-to-earn-nft-platform-rara-looks-to-monetize-the-future-of-online-engagement
Magic: The Gathering — Multiverse + Metaverse
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/magic-gathering-multiverse-metaverse-jordan-holberg/
The Cryptopunk images and their attributes now live on-chain!
https://www.larvalabs.com/blog/2021-8-18-18-0/on-chain-cryptopunks
Bankless - Selected Tools for NFT Summer!
https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/tools-for-nft-summer-
A brief quantitative history of NBA Top Shot
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/daily/114829/a-brief-quantitative-history-of-nba-top-shot
The Definitive Guide to Early NFTs on Ethereum (missing some info)
https://twitter.com/LeonidasNFT/status/1427499860014641174
Investing in Yield Guild Games - a16z
https://a16z.com/2021/08/19/investing-in-yield-guild-games/
Internet Cinematic Universe (ICU) thread by @dankvr
https://twitter.com/dankvr/status/1426955962804494338
Sci-Fi Film Silhouettes Integrates Liquid NFTs
https://blog.liquid.net/sci-fi-film-silhouettes-integrates-liquid-nfts
Here's the @unchained_pod NFT resource thread
https://twitter.com/Unchained_pod/status/1426665229031809029
Conversations in Lunacia: AK (Father of Scholarships)
https://peakd.com/hive-143402/@archeus-nft/conversations-in-lunacia-ak-father-of-scholarships
Framework for understanding the NFT summer
https://twitter.com/tonysheng/status/1426588508831944706
Sushi's Shoyu thread by Block49 Capital
https://twitter.com/Block49Capital/status/1426659854278696961
Thread on NFT risk management by @OSFCollections
https://twitter.com/osfcollections/status/1426136863098785794
7 indicators every #NFT investor should be using to evaluate projects
https://twitter.com/spencernoon/status/1426187363609456645
Gagra Ventures' observations on #NFT 's as investment strategy
https://twitter.com/GagraVentures/status/1426362699487789056
Solarians NFT thread by @SOLBigBrain
https://twitter.com/SOLBigBrain/status/1427352549879861250
Yield Guild Games: Asset & Treasury Report — July 2021
https://medium.com/yield-guild-games/yield-guild-games-asset-treasury-report-july-2021-62f3a969d223
Introducing The Rarible Protocol: An Open-Source, Cross-Chain Tool For NFT Innovation
https://rarible.medium.com/introducing-the-rarible-protocol-an-open-source-cross-chain-tool-for-nft-innovation-318f7c7fb4f0
JPEG Mania: How NFTs Are Capturing The Heart Of The Crypto Market
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alpha-alarm/2021/08/18/jpeg-mania-how-nfts-are-capturing-the-heart-of-the-crypto-market/
I Joined a Penguin NFT Club Because Apparently That’s What We Do Now
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/technology/penguin-nft-club.html
The @FortuneMagazine @pplpleasr1 NFT sale was a watershed moment for news/research organizations
https://twitter.com/Rewkang/status/1426002138711404544
‘Like-to-Earn’ NFT Platform RARA Looks to Monetize the Future of Online Engagement
https://www.coindesk.com/like-to-earn-nft-platform-rara-looks-to-monetize-the-future-of-online-engagement
Magic: The Gathering — Multiverse + Metaverse
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/magic-gathering-multiverse-metaverse-jordan-holberg/
Larvalabs
Larva Labs Blog: On-chain Cryptopunks
The Cryptopunk images and their attributes now live on-chain!
Additional Reads:
Nansen: Analyze the real market-making situation of Uniswap V3 through more than 20,000 addresses
https://blockcast.cc/news/nansen-analyze-the-real-market-making-situation-of-uniswap-v3-through-more-than-20000-addresses/
Two Rights Might Make A Wrong - how Paradigm helped patch a vulnerability that put $350m at risk
https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/08/two-rights-might-make-a-wrong/
Block49 about Terra's ecosystem
https://twitter.com/Block49Capital/status/1428056498169581579
Throwback read: Bitcoin is The Mycelium of Money by Brandon Quittem
https://www.brandonquittem.com/bitcoin-is-the-mycelium-of-money/
Bankless - How to automate Uniswap V3 liquidity
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/how-to-automate-uniswap-v3-liquidity
Power Perpetuals by Dave White, Dan Robinson and the Opyn team
https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/08/power-perpetuals/
Solana Ecosystem News
https://solana.com/news/solana-ecosystem-news
Thread about why @FantomFDN is the best chain for building a #multichain project by @AlekseiPupyshev
https://twitter.com/AlekseiPupyshev/status/1427758043996041218
Social Coordination in DeFi Governance
https://www.theblockresearch.com/social-coordination-in-defi-governance-114636
Nansen: The Data Behind Ethereum 2.0
https://www.nansen.ai/research/the-data-behind-ethereum-2-0
Mechanism Capital: Why we invested in ARweave
https://twitter.com/MechanismCap/status/1427759283786092551
Adam Cochran's thread about the divide between crypto-native and crypto-mainstream
https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1427680941758156803
DeFi in Ether - Biweekly update by Paradigm
https://medium.com/paradigm-fund/defi-in-ether-83b-in-defi-over-600m-was-stolen-in-a-massive-defi-hack-mstable-announces-2fb194ec57a1
The currency of crypto by SBF
https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1427179474538287104
A quantitative framework for simulating Uniswap V3 income and farming returns
https://min.news/en/economy/0b70ecdecb864d159ba80135d671c110.html
Liquidity Mining Rewards v2 by Andre Cronje
https://andrecronje.medium.com/liquidity-mining-rewards-v2-50896e44f259
Layer by Layer Week 4: Update on Avalanche, Tezos, Fantom, and Polkadot
https://www.theblockresearch.com/layer-by-layer-week-4-update-on-avalanche-tezos-fantom-and-polkadot-114434
A review in numbers of FTX’s first half of 2021
https://twitter.com/FTX_Official/status/1427124695539671045
FWB Pulse - Dashboard for DAOs
https://fwb.mirror.xyz/KhvEi3kHy6rBJX9Lm4DI-iMkbzebEyNdM05uAB_StGY
Moving beyond coin voting governance by Vitalik Buterin
https://vitalik.ca/general/2021/08/16/voting3.html
why is post-London chain capacity ~9% higher than it was before? by Vitalik Buterin
https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1426846894366461954
The Dangers of Surprising Code by Samczsun (Paradigm)
https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/08/the-dangers-of-surprising-code/
PolyNetwork Bug Review And Patch Analysis
https://peckshield.medium.com/polynetwork-bug-review-and-patch-analysis-88bde8441297
Huobi Digital thread by SBF
https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1426828807592419331
Coinbase 2021Q2 financials thread by SBF
https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1426431393563873281
Optimistic Pioneers – Uniswap & Synthetix
https://www.delphidigital.io/reports/optimistic-pioneers-uniswap-synthetix/
The Future of Finance is Real-Time Reporting
https://multicoin.capital/2021/08/12/dune-series-a/
My Vision for Balancer Protocol
https://forum.balancer.fi/t/my-vision-for-balancer-protocol/2123
A Gaze into Mirror V2
https://messari.io/article/a-gaze-into-mirror-v2
Research - A Hybrid Approach: Hashflow
https://www.research.ledgerprime.com/p/a-hybrid-approach-hashflow
Upcoming Terra ecosystem project launches, token pre-sales, and important dates [part 1]
https://medium.com/decentralized-capital/upcoming-terra-ecosystem-project-launches-token-pre-sales-and-important-dates-part-1-e66030f0bd21
Emerging DAOs to keep an eye on.
https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa/status/1426307412147937288
Arweave: The Permanent Storage Experiment - Delphi Digital
https://docdro.id/HX122tN
Nansen: Analyze the real market-making situation of Uniswap V3 through more than 20,000 addresses
https://blockcast.cc/news/nansen-analyze-the-real-market-making-situation-of-uniswap-v3-through-more-than-20000-addresses/
Two Rights Might Make A Wrong - how Paradigm helped patch a vulnerability that put $350m at risk
https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/08/two-rights-might-make-a-wrong/
Block49 about Terra's ecosystem
https://twitter.com/Block49Capital/status/1428056498169581579
Throwback read: Bitcoin is The Mycelium of Money by Brandon Quittem
https://www.brandonquittem.com/bitcoin-is-the-mycelium-of-money/
Bankless - How to automate Uniswap V3 liquidity
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/how-to-automate-uniswap-v3-liquidity
Power Perpetuals by Dave White, Dan Robinson and the Opyn team
https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/08/power-perpetuals/
Solana Ecosystem News
https://solana.com/news/solana-ecosystem-news
Thread about why @FantomFDN is the best chain for building a #multichain project by @AlekseiPupyshev
https://twitter.com/AlekseiPupyshev/status/1427758043996041218
Social Coordination in DeFi Governance
https://www.theblockresearch.com/social-coordination-in-defi-governance-114636
Nansen: The Data Behind Ethereum 2.0
https://www.nansen.ai/research/the-data-behind-ethereum-2-0
Mechanism Capital: Why we invested in ARweave
https://twitter.com/MechanismCap/status/1427759283786092551
Adam Cochran's thread about the divide between crypto-native and crypto-mainstream
https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1427680941758156803
DeFi in Ether - Biweekly update by Paradigm
https://medium.com/paradigm-fund/defi-in-ether-83b-in-defi-over-600m-was-stolen-in-a-massive-defi-hack-mstable-announces-2fb194ec57a1
The currency of crypto by SBF
https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1427179474538287104
A quantitative framework for simulating Uniswap V3 income and farming returns
https://min.news/en/economy/0b70ecdecb864d159ba80135d671c110.html
Liquidity Mining Rewards v2 by Andre Cronje
https://andrecronje.medium.com/liquidity-mining-rewards-v2-50896e44f259
Layer by Layer Week 4: Update on Avalanche, Tezos, Fantom, and Polkadot
https://www.theblockresearch.com/layer-by-layer-week-4-update-on-avalanche-tezos-fantom-and-polkadot-114434
A review in numbers of FTX’s first half of 2021
https://twitter.com/FTX_Official/status/1427124695539671045
FWB Pulse - Dashboard for DAOs
https://fwb.mirror.xyz/KhvEi3kHy6rBJX9Lm4DI-iMkbzebEyNdM05uAB_StGY
Moving beyond coin voting governance by Vitalik Buterin
https://vitalik.ca/general/2021/08/16/voting3.html
why is post-London chain capacity ~9% higher than it was before? by Vitalik Buterin
https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1426846894366461954
The Dangers of Surprising Code by Samczsun (Paradigm)
https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/08/the-dangers-of-surprising-code/
PolyNetwork Bug Review And Patch Analysis
https://peckshield.medium.com/polynetwork-bug-review-and-patch-analysis-88bde8441297
Huobi Digital thread by SBF
https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1426828807592419331
Coinbase 2021Q2 financials thread by SBF
https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1426431393563873281
Optimistic Pioneers – Uniswap & Synthetix
https://www.delphidigital.io/reports/optimistic-pioneers-uniswap-synthetix/
The Future of Finance is Real-Time Reporting
https://multicoin.capital/2021/08/12/dune-series-a/
My Vision for Balancer Protocol
https://forum.balancer.fi/t/my-vision-for-balancer-protocol/2123
A Gaze into Mirror V2
https://messari.io/article/a-gaze-into-mirror-v2
Research - A Hybrid Approach: Hashflow
https://www.research.ledgerprime.com/p/a-hybrid-approach-hashflow
Upcoming Terra ecosystem project launches, token pre-sales, and important dates [part 1]
https://medium.com/decentralized-capital/upcoming-terra-ecosystem-project-launches-token-pre-sales-and-important-dates-part-1-e66030f0bd21
Emerging DAOs to keep an eye on.
https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa/status/1426307412147937288
Arweave: The Permanent Storage Experiment - Delphi Digital
https://docdro.id/HX122tN
blockcast.cc
Nansen: Analyze the real market-making situation of Uniswap V3 through more than 20,000 addresses
Regulation:
Dutch Central Bank Warns Binance Is Operating Without a License
https://decrypt.co/78844/dutch-central-bank-warns-binance-is-operating-without-license
Former U.S. SEC Chair Jay Clayton Joins Fireblocks' Advisory Board
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/former-us-sec-chair-jay-clayton-joins-fireblocks-advisory-board-301358976.html
Spanish Regulator Warns Crypto Exchanges Huobi, ByBit of Operating Without License
https://decrypt.co/78705/spanish-regulator-warns-crypto-exchanges-huobi-bybit-operating-without-license
China’s Central Bank Targets Crypto-Linked Firms in Shenzhen
https://archive.ph/awQyt#selection-3293.0-3296.0
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to use Coinbase forensics tools
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/114369/us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-plans-to-use-coinbase-forensics-tools
IRS, in Boon to Crypto, Will Reportedly Ignore How Bill Defines Broker; Bitcoin Rises
https://www.coindesk.com/treasury-prepares-crypto-carve-out-from-infrastructure-bills-tax-reporting-provision-report
Operator of bitcoin mixing service Helix pleads guilty to laundering more than $300 million
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/114947/bitcoin-mixing-service-operator-pleads-guilty-doj
Dutch Central Bank Warns Binance Is Operating Without a License
https://decrypt.co/78844/dutch-central-bank-warns-binance-is-operating-without-license
Former U.S. SEC Chair Jay Clayton Joins Fireblocks' Advisory Board
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/former-us-sec-chair-jay-clayton-joins-fireblocks-advisory-board-301358976.html
Spanish Regulator Warns Crypto Exchanges Huobi, ByBit of Operating Without License
https://decrypt.co/78705/spanish-regulator-warns-crypto-exchanges-huobi-bybit-operating-without-license
China’s Central Bank Targets Crypto-Linked Firms in Shenzhen
https://archive.ph/awQyt#selection-3293.0-3296.0
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to use Coinbase forensics tools
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/114369/us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-plans-to-use-coinbase-forensics-tools
IRS, in Boon to Crypto, Will Reportedly Ignore How Bill Defines Broker; Bitcoin Rises
https://www.coindesk.com/treasury-prepares-crypto-carve-out-from-infrastructure-bills-tax-reporting-provision-report
Operator of bitcoin mixing service Helix pleads guilty to laundering more than $300 million
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/114947/bitcoin-mixing-service-operator-pleads-guilty-doj
Decrypt
Dutch Central Bank Warns Binance Is Operating Without a License
Dutch regulators have joined a growing list of authorities warning Binance of operating in their country without the appropriate license.
Podcasts:
Intern notes on “Syndicate Sitdown #1” with @AnnikaSays & @divine_economy hosted by @jaesmail for @SyndicateDAO
https://twitter.com/ETHintern/status/1427613559857590278
Parallel podcast #1
https://twitter.com/parallelnftpod/status/1426138905926152196
GARY VAYNERCHUK: THE TURNING POINT OF A NEW ERA FOR DIGITAL ASSETS
https://www.realvision.com/shows/the-interview-crypto/videos/gary-vaynerchuk-the-turning-point-of-a-new-era-for-digital-assets
Intern notes on “Syndicate Sitdown #1” with @AnnikaSays & @divine_economy hosted by @jaesmail for @SyndicateDAO
https://twitter.com/ETHintern/status/1427613559857590278
Parallel podcast #1
https://twitter.com/parallelnftpod/status/1426138905926152196
GARY VAYNERCHUK: THE TURNING POINT OF A NEW ERA FOR DIGITAL ASSETS
https://www.realvision.com/shows/the-interview-crypto/videos/gary-vaynerchuk-the-turning-point-of-a-new-era-for-digital-assets
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