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The Superchain Thesis: Scaling Ethereum with Optimism - A Deep Dive with Benjamin Jones
Benjamin Jones is the director of the Optimism Foundation, which is dedicated to scaling Ethereum and the team building Optimism Layer 2. Currently, Optimism sits in third place among Layer 2s with $6.42B in TVL. In this episode, we dive deep into the Superchain thesis and explore how Optimism aims to optimize Ethereum scalability. We start by discussing what Optimism is and its mission to scale Ethereum, moving on to the foundation's end goal and its vision for the future.
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OG DeFi Pioneer Kain Warwick Aims To Transform Crypto UX With Infinex
Kain Warwick is the founder of Synthetix, an OG DeFi protocol which allows users to mint and trade a wide variety of synthetic assets, including cryptocurrencies, fiat currencies, commodities, and stocks, providing liquidity and exposure without the need for traditional financial intermediaries. His latest project, Infinex, is focused on solving crypto’s UX problems, aiming to make the user experience more intuitive and accessible for all. During EthCC[7], we had the opportunity to interview Kain to dive deeper into Infinex and the solutions they’re planning to solve Crypto UX.
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Navigating the Institutional DeFi Trilemma
Engaging in DeFi at scale presents unique challenges, encapsulated by the "Institutional DeFi Trilemma" model — Risk, Reward, and Capacity.
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Capital Allocation: The Next Growth Frontier
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Education
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Parachains function as Layer 1 appchains built on top of Polkadot’s Relay Chain.
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DeFi
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Were ICOs Really So Bad? Sentiment is Starting to Shift
Some in the crypto community are wondering whether it was rash to completely eradicate once ubiquitous Initial Coin Offerings (ICO).
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Markets
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Nearly Every Celebrity Token Launched in 2024 Has Gone to Zero
At least 22 celebrities used Pump.fun to launch memecoins but most have abandoned their projects.
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ETH is Flat After Strong ETF Debut
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CeFi
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Binance Launches Proof-of-KYC Token That Can Be Used Across Platforms
The Binance Account Bound Token (BABT) is non-transferrable and can be revoked by Binance.
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Blockchains
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Trump and ‘Bitcoin Season 2’ Dominate Bitcoin2024
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ArcadeXYZ Collateralizes $450,000 of Ringers NFTs
NFT lending remains strong despite the general downtrend in prices.
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TradFi & Fintech
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Bitcoin Rewards Company Fold to Go Public on Nasdaq Via SPAC Merger
The deal marks the company's valuation at $365 million.
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Regulation
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Senator Lummis Reportedly Wants U.S. Federal Reserve To Hold Bitcoin
Lummis is reportedly drafting a bill instructing The Fed to hold BTC as a reserve asset alongside gold and foreign currency.
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Hacks
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Scroll Halts Chain Finalization After $7 Million Rho Market Exploit
The exploiter has sent the funds to a multi-sig wallet after what experts presume to be a white hat hack.
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