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/

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

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

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

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

Hope you enjoy this week's dump. Have a great weekend.

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 %

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/

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

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

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/

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

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

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

Alpha:


The details of Star Atlas ($ATLAS) & Star Atlas DAO ($POLIS) token sale on @FTX_Official, @RaydiumProtocol & @Apollo_X_ are out!
https://twitter.com/staratlas/status/1427513515389202484

Cono Finance Is Here To Protect Your Aave Debt Positions
https://medium.com/gelato-network/cono-finance-is-here-to-protect-your-aave-debt-positions-wagmi-4ed1b57f8ed5

Synchrony, Crypto in Sync.
https://synchrony.fi/synchrony-crypto-in-sync/

Solana breakpoint event
https://solana.com/breakpoint

ETH Lisbon
https://www.ethlisbon.org/

Automata Finance
https://twitter.com/AutomataFinance/status/1348997992339169280

Aurory Project
https://auroryproject.medium.com/something-is-coming-b52628d8d924

Hope you enjoyed this week's dump. Wishing you a wonderful weekend.

This week in crypto #11:

Totals since EIP-1559

Rewards: 284,237 ETH
Burned: 100,593 ETH
Tips: 33,806 ETH
Net Issuance: 183,644 ETH
Net Reduction: 35.39 %

News:


Bitcoin Partnership Unlocks BTC and Ethereum Payments for 85,000 Merchants
https://dailyhodl.com/2021/08/19/bitcoin-partnership-unlocks-btc-and-eth-payments-for-85000-merchants

Avalanche Rush to give out more than 180M in DeFi incentives
https://cointelegraph.com/news/avalanche-rush-to-give-out-more-than-180m-in-defi-incentives

Dex Aggregator 1inch to Utilize Ethereum Scaling Solution Optimism
https://news.bitcoin.com/dex-aggregator-1inch-to-utilize-ethereum-scaling-solution-optimism/

Polygon Ecosystem DAO
https://blog.polygon.technology/polygon-ecosystem-dao-415df593c9b8

$400B Wealth Manager Neuberger Berman Green-Lights Bitcoin Investments
https://decrypt.co/79096/400bn-wealth-manager-neuberger-berman-green-lights-bitcoin-investments

Solana DeFi Protocol Luna Yield Goes Dark With $6.7 Million in Crypto
https://decrypt.co/79098/solana-defi-protocol-luna-yield-goes-dark-with-6-7-million-in-crypto

Missouri Mayor Wants To Give Every Resident $1,000 In Bitcoin
https://decrypt.co/79015/missouri-mayor-wants-to-give-every-resident-1000-in-bitcoin

Tapiero’s 10T Holdings, Akuna Capital Buy $100M Stake in Bitcoin Options Exchange Deribit
https://www.coindesk.com/tapieros-10t-holdings-akuna-capital-buy-100m-stake-in-bitcoin-options-exchange-deribit

Hacker behind $600 million crypto heist returns final slice of stolen funds
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/23/poly-network-hacker-returns-remaining-cryptocurrency.html

KuCoin announced the establishment of a Bitcoin mining pool
https://twitter.com/WuBlockchain/status/1429746715947536384

FTX Crypto Exchange Buys Cal Memorial Stadium Naming Rights
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-23/ftx-crypto-exchange-buys-cal-memorial-stadium-naming-rights

Coinbase, Circle Say USDC Reserves to Be In Cash, Treasuries
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-23/coinbase-circle-to-move-all-usdc-reserves-into-cash-treasuries

Apricot Phase Three network upgrade
https://twitter.com/avalancheavax/status/1429937790888910854

Paxos is rebranding its stablecoin from PAX to USDP
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/115461/paxos-is-rebranding-its-stablecoin-from-pax-to-usdp

Chinese province to cut off Bitcoin miners from hydropower stations
https://cointelegraph.com/news/chinese-province-to-cut-off-bitcoin-miners-from-hydropower-stations

PayPal Launches Crypto Services in UK
https://decrypt.co/79104/paypal-launches-crypto-services-uk

Canadian Bitcoin miner Blockstream joins crypto unicorns with $3.2B valuation
https://cointelegraph.com/news/canadian-bitcoin-miner-blockstream-joins-crypto-unicorns-with-3-2b-valuation

MicroStrategy Acquires 3,907 Additional Bitcoins with Proceeds from ATM Facility Sales
https://www.microstrategy.com/en/investor-relations/financial-documents/microstrategy-acquires-3907-additional-bitcoins-with-proceeds-from-atm-facility-sales

Risk Harbor launches first-ever automated cross-chain smart contract risk and depeg protection for Anchor and UST on Ethereum.
https://medium.com/riskharbor/risk-harbor-launches-first-ever-automated-cross-chain-smart-contract-risk-and-depeg-protection-for-8b4717146f82

Dark Web Tool That Tracks Dirty Bitcoin Returns After Week-Long Shutdown
https://decrypt.co/79331/dark-web-tool-dirty-bitcoin-returns-after-shutdown

NFTs:



Visa buys a floor punk
https://twitter.com/VisaNews/status/1429745230023208969

NFTS: Engaging Today's Fans in Crypto and Commerce
https://usa.visa.com/content/dam/VCOM/regional/na/us/Solutions/documents/visa-nft-whitepaper.pdf

The single most important question in NFT land by @kylesamani (multicoin)
https://twitter.com/KyleSamani/status/1428334024179822596

Parallel Masterpieces: The Ultimate Alpha in NFT Gaming
https://medium.com/yunt-capital/parallel-masterpieces-the-ultimate-alpha-in-nft-gaming-14173cadbbee

China NFT Market at a glance
https://twitter.com/sinoglobalcap/status/1429430080707567622

A thread unpacking the distribution of $RARE, the new SuperRare curation token
https://twitter.com/SuperRare/status/1428807590226636800

Ethereum Rock JPEG Sells for $600K as NFT Frenzy Continues
https://decrypt.co/79125/ethereum-rock-jpeg-sells-for-600k-as-nft-frenzy-continues

One-Per-Day Nouns NFTs Grant Access to an Exclusive Club for Ethereum Whales
https://decrypt.co/78892/nouns-nft-exclusive-dao-club-ethereum-whales

Vine’s Co-Founder Is Making Playable Video Games as Ethereum NFTs
https://decrypt.co/79083/vine-cofounder-playable-video-games-ethereum-nfts

Forgotten Runes Wizard’s Cult Roadmap 2.0
https://www.forgottenrunes.com/posts/roadmap

Marvel Digital Comics
https://medium.com/veve-collectibles/marvel-digital-comics-6d4a77713ea8

Non-Fungible Penguins Are Taking Over the NFT Scene
https://www.nftradar.org/non-fungible-penguins-are-taking-over-the-nft-scene/

TreeDefi – The First NFTs Backed by Real Trees Planted Around the World
https://nftplazas.com/treedefi-the-first-nfts-backed-by-real-trees-planted-around-the-world/

Bored Apes & Meebits Set to Make Their Debut at Christie’s
https://nftplazas.com/bored-apes-meebits-set-to-make-their-debut-at-christies/

NFT Offers Exclusive Private Stay in the Heart of Venice
https://nftplazas.com/nft-private-stay-venice/

Introducing Portal: NFT-Based Commerce in Decentraland
https://nftplazas.com/introducing-portal-nft-based-commerce-in-decentraland

Warriors of Aradena Launches Medieval Fantasy Metaverse
https://nftnewstoday.com/2021/08/06/warriors-of-aradena-launches-medieval-fantasy-metaverse/

LA CLIPPERS ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP WITH GLOBAL FAN INFLUENCE AND REWARDS PLATFORM SOCIOS.COM
https://nftnewstoday.com/2021/08/16/la-clippers-announce-partnership-with-global-fan-influence-and-rewards-platform-socios-com/

Pricing for large #NFT collectible drops matters a lot more than people realize
https://twitter.com/RealAllenHena/status/1429625901873078275

Why I use gnosisSafe to store my best NFTs: a thread on crypto wallet security
https://twitter.com/Dandelion_eth/status/1429604014493036548

How Large is the Market for NFTs?
https://www.mechanism.capital/nft-market-size/

NFT unicorn OpenSea sets sights on improving customer experience with $100 million war chest
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/115224/nft-unicorn-opensea-sets-sights-on-improving-customer-experience-with-100-million-war-chest

CryptoPunks NFTs Set Daily Sales Record of $69M in Ethereum After Visa Buys In
https://decrypt.co/79202/cryptopunks-nfts-sdaily-sales-record-69m-ethereum-visa-buys

Art Buyer Turned $1,400 Into $3.3 Million in Ethereum With This JPEG
https://decrypt.co/79247/art-blocks-fidenza-nft-3-3-million-ethereum

Previously Unseen Kobe Bryant Photos Set for NFT Auction, Proceeds Go to Charity
https://decrypt.co/79258/kobe-bryant-photos-ethereum-nft-auction-charity

FTX’s Bankman-Fried remains cautious about nascent NFT space
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ftx-s-bankman-fried-remains-cautious-about-nascent-nft-space

a deep-dive into SuperRare Spaces and... the Space Race
https://twitter.com/SuperRare/status/1430199831599931397

Can Anyone Say Exponential? OpenSea Doubles NFT Sales for Second Straight Month
https://thedefiant.io/opensea-millions-sales-nfts/

Raises:



NFT DeFi Platform Vera Raises $3M Seed Round Led by Animoca Brands
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nft-defi-platform-vera-raises-154500703.html

DeFi Warrior Raised $2.3 Million to Bring the First Crypto Galaxy Game to Life
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/defi-warrior-raised-2-3-110000804.html

FinTech Collective Raises $250 Million Across Two New Strategies
https://www.fintech.io/articles/fintech-collective-raises-250-million-across-two-new-strategies

Nautral Selection Labs seed round closed
https://twitter.com/rss3_/status/1429689869119344642

Integrated DeFi Hub OpenSwap Raises $1.5M in Latest Funding Round
https://cryptobriefing.com/integrated-defi-hub-openswap-raises-1-5m-in-latest-funding-round/

Alethea $16 million private token sale
https://medium.com/@arikhan/announcing-our-successful-private-token-sale-f690343e6385

Euler $8m Series A led by Paradigm
https://blog.euler.finance/series-a-led-by-paradigm-62004afe3bf6

Apricot Finance Announces $4 Million Fundraising
https://apricotfinance.medium.com/apricot-finance-announces-4-million-fundraising-b3b130e55b89

Recently Hacked Exchange Liquid Global Secures $120M Loan From FTX
https://www.coindesk.com/recently-hacked-exchange-liquid-global-secures-120m-loan-from-ftx

MatrixETF has closed seed&private funding round, led by Solana Eco Fund,Spark Digital, CMS, Divergence Ventures etc.
https://matrixetf.medium.com/matrixetf-closes-seed-and-private-funding-round-9c3eaf7fdaab

Blockstream Raises $210M, Acquires Mining Chip Manufacturer Spondoolies
https://www.coindesk.com/blockstream-series-b-funding-round-spondoolies-acquisition-unicorn

Y Combinator, Dragonfly Back Seed Round for Crypto Trading Dashboard Hedgehog
https://www.coindesk.com/dragonfly-y-combinator-back-seed-round-for-crypto-trading-dashboard-hedgehog

ParaFi, Dragonfly back new investment venture aimed at Web3 and APAC
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/115019/parafi-dragonfly-back-new-investment-venture-aimed-at-web3-and-apac

Cross-Chain Protocol Chainflip Raises $6M to Fund Growth, Security Audits
https://www.coindesk.com/cross-chain-protocol-chainflip-raises-6m-to-fund-growth-security-audits

Fractional, Month One — Community Growth, More Resources, and Funding!
https://medium.com/fractional-art/fractional-month-one-community-growth-more-resources-and-funding-fb7ee730b108

1confirmation backs new NFT startup built for music artists in $2.2 million round
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/115072/1confirmation-backs-new-nft-startup-built-for-music-artists-in-2-2-million-round

Regulation:



Binance Imposes Mandatory KYC for All Users Amid Growing Scrutiny From Regulators Worldwide
https://news.bitcoin.com/binance-imposes-mandatory-kyc-for-all-users-amid-growing-scrutiny-from-regulators-worldwide/

Reform, Revolution, and the Ethos of Crypto: Reflections on a Stalled Infrastructure Bill
https://insights.deribit.com/market-research/reform-revolution-and-the-ethos-of-crypto-reflections-on-a-stalled-infrastructure-bill/

BitConnect promoters pay 190 bitcoin and $3.5 million to settle SEC allegations over lending scheme
https://www.businessinsider.in/investment/news/bitconnect-promoters-pay-190-bitcoin-and-3-5-million-to-settle-sec-allegations-over-lending-scheme/articleshow/85490304.cms

Binance Singapore hires former SGX chief regulatory officer as CEO
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/115302/binance-singapore-ceo-sgx-regulatory-officer

Bitstamp founder sues the crypto exchange in boardroom battle
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/115326/nejc-kodric-sues-bitstamp-crypto-exchange-founded-share-sale-squabble

Citigroup is working with regulators to start trading bitcoin futures: report
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/115528/citigroup-is-working-with-regulators-to-start-trading-bitcoin-futures-report