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On First Anniversary Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain Solidifies Proof-of-Stake Shift
On the first anniversary of the Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain a road map for DeFi’s big blockchain has opened up.
Push to Launch Layer 2 Liquidity Mining on Uniswap Gains Steam
Uniswap is considering a proposal to launch liquidity mining with an eye toward a Layer 2 deployment.
Yellen Waives Non-Custodial Crypto Protocols From New Reporting Standards
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the government would waive non-custodial from complying with stringent reporting requirements approved by the FATF.
A Crypto Architect Takes Us Inside the ‘Visual Language’ of the Metaverse
Crypto architect Untitled, XYZ shares the secrets of creating architecture in the metaverse.
Surging Ether Hits 42-month High Against BTC
Ether is surging against Bitcoin amid turbulence in the markets.
CloneX NFTs Sell Out in Auction Roiled by Attacks and Controversy
The sale of RTFKT Studios’ CloneX NFTs featured attacks on its website, a halted auction, and a sellout of a hot new avatar: CloneX.
DAOs are Looking to Solve the Problem of Aggregation in Culture
The problem of aggregation, where rational actions at the individual level lead to an irrational outcome at the collective level is prevalent in macroeconomics and financial markets.
Inspired by Aaron Swartz’ Ideals New DAO Takes Aim at Academic Publishing Industry
A new DAO is forming that’s devoted to the information liberation ideals of the late computer scientist Aaron Swartz.
Zero-Knowledge Pioneer StarkWare Launches Layer 2 Rollup Network
StarkWare unveiled a new layer 2 rollup network powered by zero-knowledge proofs.
A Big Test for DAOs: Honing New Compensation and Contribution Practices
Many DAOs and DAO members are facing growing pains when it comes to measuring and scaling work within DAOs.
Bancor Launches V3 AMM In Bid to Regain Dominance
Bancor V3 will cut gas costs for traders in half and offer instant IL protection.
Tutorial: The Degen Savings Portfolio Featuring Abracadabra, Curve and Convex
Leveraged yield farming using Abracadabra, Convex and Curve.
New Play-to-Earn Collective HumanDAO Announces Token Sale
HumanDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization connecting play-to-earn (P2E) gamers with digital asset owners, has announced it will hold a public sale for its forthcoming governance token HDAO on Dec. 1.
Concentrated Liquidity Increases Risk of Impermanent Loss, Bancor and IntoTheBlock Found
On-Chain Markets Update by IntoTheBlock Uniswap v3’s concentrated liquidity improved capital efficiency, but also amplified the risks of impermanent loss. Here is the breakdown of
Tokemak Onboards SushiSwap’s 0xMaki Amid Liquidity Direction Pre-Launch
SushiSwap co-founder 0xMaki has joined Tokemak as its new chief strategy advisor.
New Layer 2 Boba Leapfrogs Optimism and Races Past $1B in TVL
Boba has rapidly leapfrogged Layer 2s and raced past $1B in TVL.
Crypto.com’s Cronos Chain Nears $1B in TVL as Token Jumps 350%
Crypto.com’s exchange and token are surging, with TVL approaching $1B.
The Story of Ethereum to Become a Movie and NFT Collection
The Infinite Machine, a book about the development of Ethereum, will be produced as a feature film and support an NFT community.
ConstitutionDAO Irks Donors as Gas Fees and Transaction Costs Eat Into Refunds
As ConstitutionDAO dissolves following its unsuccessful bid for the historic document, donors are chafing at its refund policy and high gas costs.
Rising Fees on Avalanche Trigger Scramble for Solutions
Avalanche’s transaction fees are rising, triggering a push for solutions and setting up a contest with Ethereum.
Acala Network Wins Polkadot’s Parachain Slot as Auction Shifts to Next Phase
Acala Network won the parachain slot on Polkadot as auction moves into new phase.
Wolf Game NFTs Spark Frenzy with Sales of $52M in Five Days
Wolf Game NFTs caught fire in recent days and big names are snapping them up.
Doomsday Scenarios in DeFi Revolve Around Stablecoins USDC and USDT
Doomsday scenarios in DeFi revolve around the strength of stablecoins such as USDC and USDT.
Twitter Fight Between VC and Devs Stirs Angst Over Ethereum Gas Fees
A Twitter fight spotlights the simmering tensions over Ethereum’s high gas fees and the rise of Layer 2 blockchains.
Markets Roundup: Avalanche and Gaming Tokens Surge Amid DeFi Retreat
In recent days, Avalanche, gaming and metaverse tokens have bucked the downward trend in DeFi markets.
ConstitutionDAO Members Decry High Gas Fees After Narrowly Losing Auction
ConstitutionDAO lost its bid for a copy of the founding charter of the United States.
Supply of Terra Stablecoin UST Doubles to $6.49B After Governance Move
The supply of Terra’s stablecoin UST has surged but not because of rising demand.
Ape Diaries: Gasless Yield Farming on Aurora, NEAR’s EVM-Compatible Blockchain
This primer explores yield farming on Aurora.
Parcel Challenges OpenSea in Bid to Rule Virtual Property in the Metaverse
Parcel is challenging NFT leader OpenSea by helping users buy virtual properties in the metaverse.
Smart Contract Platform NEAR Gains Momentum with Plan to Distribute 40M Tokens
This research piece explains NEAR, a smart contract protocol that uses a sharded public Proof-of-Stake blockchain.
Polygon Uses Zero-Knowledge Proofs in New Ethereum Virtual Machine Rollup
Polygon has brought out an EVN-compatible rollup that uses Zero-knowledge proofs.
Discord-MetaMask Tease Triggers Backlash Against NFTs
A modest proposal to bring together Discord and MetaMask triggered a fierce backlash against NFTs.
0L Aims To Revive Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency With Fair Launch
0L Blockchain Aims To Revive Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency
ParaSwap Airdrops PSP Governance Token to ‘Active Users’
ParaSwap Airdrops PSP Governance Token for ‘Active Users’
Sablier Finance Deploys Payroll Streaming to Polygon and BSC
Sablier is bringing “payroll streaming” to Polygon and Binance.
Bitcoin’s Taproot Seeks to Boost Smart Contracts and Privacy in Major Upgrade
Bitcoin’s Taproot upgrade is poised to bring smart contract functionality to the biggest cryptocurrency network.
DAO Forms to Buy Original Print of the US Constitution for $20 Million
DAO raises $4.1M to buy US Constitution print.
CREAM Team Gives Up Future Payouts Following Hack, But Will They Stay?
C.R.E.A.M Finance team gives up future payouts to compensate exploit victims.
Pendle Launches Yield Token Trading on Avalanche
Pendle introduce yield tokens on Avalanche’s blockchain in the latest sign of its expansion.
The Metaverse is So Hot Right Now: Here’s How Top Investors are Separating Opportunity from Hype
Top investors share how they’re playing the development of the metaverse as hype explodes.
How DAOs are Challenging VCs in the Race to Fund Web3 Projects
Lukas Schor writes about how DAOs are challenging the traditional model venture capitalists have long used to invest in tech startups.
Markets Roundup: Ethereum Burn Rate Surges as DeFi Tokens Post Mixed Performance
This week’s markets roundup reports on Ethereum’s burn rate and the mixed performance of top tokens like Solana and Aave.
Polkadot’s Parachain Auctions Aim to Fulfill Promise of Scalability
Polkadot’s auction of parachains may drive innovation and scalability for a project aims to improve on Ethereum.
Curve Turns Off Mochi’s Rewards After ‘Amazingly Scammy’ Tactics Trigger Outcry
Mochi launch reignites the Curve wars as influential Defiers decry its brazen tactics to maximize rewards.
Ethereum Name Service Jumps to $1B Market Cap After Airdrop of ENS Token
ENS, the governance token for Ethereum Name Service, soared after its airdrop this week.
How Zero-Knowledge Proofs Became Ethereum’s Magic Bullets
Zero knowledge proofs are powerful cryptographic instruments that accelerate innovation on Ethereum, writes Alex Shipp.
The Web3 Three: Discord, Reddit and Twitter Tease Crypto Integration
The big-but-not-Facebook-big companies of the social web, Discord, Reddit and Twitter, are giving crypto’s technology a much more serious look. That could mean the blockchain party will be much larger, soon.
Trailblazer THORChain Accidentally Front-runs THORSwap Community in Latest Woe
THORChain’s woes continued when its DEX accidentally front-runned its community.
Metis Joins Ethereum Layer 2 Race With $100M Ecosystem Fund
Metis is joining the fray, where Arbitrum and Optimism have so far ruled. The project is set to launch its mainnet the week of Nov. 15 and is also launching a $100M fund, which Metis describes as a “decentralized autonomous company” (DAC), called Genesi, to support projects which join its ecosystem.
ConsenSys Founder Joe Lubin Teases MetaMask Token $MASK
Joseph Lubin, founder of Ethereum incubator ConenSys, set off speculation a token for the non-custodial wallet MetaMask is imminent after tweeting, “Wen $MASK? Stay tuned.” ConsenSys develops MetaMask.
New NFT Discovery Platform Raises $2M From Spartan and Sequoia
A new platform called Pulsr is designed to let NFT investors search the market with visual tools instead of text.
Axie Infinity’s Katana Breaks $1B in TVL After Launch of Governance Token
Axie Infinity’s new AMM for Ronin exceeded $1B in TVL.
DOT Holders Have Pledged $800M Ahead Of First Polkadot Parachain Auction
Polkadot’s first parachain auction is expected to be a hit with $800M already committed.
The Story of Ink DAO, a Group Bound by ERC-721 Tattoos and the Collective Hope for a Better World
Ink DAO members are literally branding themselves with a tattoo to show their devotion to NFTs, and to each other.
Solana Powers Up Web3 Gaming Projects with $100M Funding Deal
Solana led a $100M funding round in Web3 ventures.
Calling all NFT Haters: Put Your Money Where Your Tweet is and Short That CryptoPunk
Derek Alia, CEO of Futureswap, lays out the case for trading NFTs like securities.
MakerDAO’s Update is a Pure Expression of DeFi 2.0
IntoTheBlock explores how MakerDAO’s update will allow it to interact with the secondary market with more control over DAI.
There’s Already $115M on Axie Infinity’s New Automated Market Maker
Axie Infinity has launched an automated market maker called Katana for its sidechain Ronin, and it had 25,000 people interact with it less than 10 hours into its existence, according to Jiho Zirlin, co-founder of the team that built the game.
Play-to-Earn Gaming’s Massive Growth Will Weather a Crypto Bear Market: Panel
What will happen when a bear market hits blockchain gaming, a sector that hasn’t really seen a downturn before?
Aave V3 is About to Pass in Governance Vote
All signs point towards lending giant Aave getting a V3 soon. Voting is now live on Snapshot, with well over 99.9% of the votes supporting the protocol releasing its next iteration.
DeFi Founders Debate Whether to Resist or Embrace Regulation
DeFi founders debated whether to embrace or resist regulation in the marketplace at the LA Blockchain Summit on Nov. 3.
Payments DEX Stellar First L1 to Offer Integrated Automated Market Making
Stellar has launched Protocol 18, integrating automated market maker functionality into its Layer 1 DEX.
NFT-backed Lending Market Surges with $1M-Plus Loans and 20% Interest Rates
The NFT-secured lending market is exploding with loans exceeding $1M on 30-day terms.
The Worm Wriggles Through Times Square Dispensing NFT Blessings (and Tokens)
The Worm, a traveling NFT, is dispensing blessings and a new way to collect NFTs in Times Square this week.
Own a .ETH Address? $ENS Tokens Are Headed Your Way in Major Airdrop
ENS Domains, the protocol that issues and manages domain names on the Ethereum blockchain, has announced plans to issue a token and form a DAO to govern the future of the protocol.
DeFi Lending Hub Goldfinch Fuses NFTs and User IDs to Attract Wary Investors
Lending protocol Goldfinch rolled out an NFT-based user ID to attract customers who need to meet Know-Your-Customer rules.
Governance of DeFi Giant Curve in Flux as Smaller Convex Exerts Control
Curve’s symbiotic relationship with Convex is the focus of a new governance proposal that zeroes in on an unusual rule.
Balancing Crypto’s Carbon Footprint with Its Social Utility is Key to Sustainable Finance
Global Digital Finance argues that digital assets’ carbon footprint is outweighed by its social utility.
Gary Vaynerchuck Warns New York NFT Fans to Do Their Own Homework
Serial entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuck is completely sold on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) but he still sees the red flags.
Avalanche Joins Layer 1 Funding Boom with $200M War Chest for Devs
Avalanche rises $200M developer fund in Layer 1 buildout boom.
Marc Andreessen and Winklevoss Twins Back Sfermion’s $100M NFT Fund
An all-star investment team backed a $100M NFT fund from Smerfion
Don’t Dis TradFi —It Shows Good Ways to Manage Risk and Open DeFi to Newbies
In this column, Danny Chong of Tranchess argues that the DeFi community should learn how TradFi manages market risk.
‘Work Smart, Not Hard’: DODO’s Diane Dai Used a Get-it-Done Tack to Build an AMM
An interview with Diane Dai, CMO of DODOm an automated market maker in DeFi.
DappRadar Exclusive Report: Play-to-Earn Revolution Leaps Beyond Axie Infinity with New Games and Tokens
The play-to-earn model isn’t just driving the explosive growth of blockchain games like Axie Infinity: it’s also changing socieconomics.
Aave Set to Disable Borrowing on xSushi and DPI Citing Potential Exploit
Aave token holders are voting to patch a vulnerability to DeFi’s biggest protocol by assets locked.
Anubis DAO Descends Into the Underworld After $60M Exploit
Anubis DAO, a recently launched fork of Olympus DAO, is engulfed in chaos after 13.6K ETH ($60M) was drained from the protocol today.
Metaverse Tokens Rise as Facebook Rebrands to “Meta”
The race for the metaverse is heating up as Facebook has officially rebranded to become “Meta,” but judging from token prices, metaverse OGs don’t feel threatened.
Markets Round-Up: Top 100 DeFi Tokens Climb to Record Market Cap
While many crypto analysts spent the week focused on Bitcoin’s pull-back to below $60,000, top DeFi assets quietly saw significant gains to drive the sector’s combined market cap in uncharted territory.
How Lobster NFTs and a DAO Helped Give Crypto a Voice in Washington
NFT collectibles can rapidly create communities around a shared interest—or a cause. And the most pressing cause in cryptoland recently has been preparation for increased U.S. government regulation. That’s why one group took the millions of dollars it earned from NFT sales last month and gave it to a key crypto industry voice in Washington, D.C.
First Uniswap ETP Goes Live as Institutional DeFi Products Proliferate
Institutional investors appear to be flocking into DeFi assets, with a flurry of institutional investment products offering exposure to the decentralized finance sector being launched by major asset managers this year.
DeFi DAOs Diversify Token Treasuries Seeking Long-Term Survival
Decentralized money market Rari Capital’s DAO is the latest to look at diversifying its treasury, launching a governance proposal that pushes for a share of its native RGT token holdings to be converted into stablecoins.
Tokemak Decentralized AMM Hits $1B TVL — And It’s Not Even Fully Launched Yet
There’s another piece of evidence that the “DeFi 2.0” movement is gaining steam. Tokemak, a project that bills itself as a decentralized market making protocol,
CREAM Finance Exploited for $130M in DeFi’s Third-Largest Hack
DeFi lending protocol CREAM Finance has been exploited for over $100M, according to data compiled by security firm Peckshield.
Paradigm Bets on a Cross-Chain Future With $21M Round for Cosmos’ Osmosis DEX
Osmosis, a decentralized exchange in the Cosmos ecosystem, today announced a $21M sale of tokens from the Osmosis Foundation treasury, in a round led by Paradigm. Other investors included Robert Leshner’s scout fund, Robot Ventures, Nascent, Ethereal, Figment and Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon.
Worldcoin Is Older Than Ethereum —Just Not the Eyeball-Scanning One
Two years before Ethereum had even been released, Worldcoin had already weathered a double-spend attack and released Worldcoin v3 — Flirtatious Ant, to rectify the situation. The DAO hack on Vitalik’s blockchain was still three years out and this payments-oriented blockchain was already negotiating a blockchain-wide crisis. And yet today no one is talking about Worldcoin.
Abracadabra To Offer Supercharged Stablecoin Yields By Leveraging Terra’s Anchor Protocol
“Degen” traders are likely salivating at an announcement by DeFi’s rising star Daniele Sestagalli, claiming that they will soon be able to earn high yields
Terra’s Shade-Filled SEC Lawsuit Signals Crypto is Now Ready to Fight Back
Another crypto bull run, another whirlwind of regulatory pressure. But if Terraforms Labs’ lawsuit is any indication, DeFi is better prepared to fight back this time around.
OlympusDAO’s Success Inspires Dozens of Forks
They say imitation is the highest form of flattery. In crypto, this manifests as forks, or copies of a project’s codebase. In that sense, OlympusDAO must be feeling pretty flattered.
Lisbon Surfaced The Evolution of DAOs, Solarpunks vs. Lunarpunks and Web3 Social Media
As people from all over the world gathered in Lisbon, “gm’s” turned to “bd’s” and the metaverse met in meatspace for a week of events
Team Behind Hummingbot Gives Away Its Code Via Foundation
Sometimes a company can give away their technology and still turn a strong profit. Red Hat became a large company helping businesses use Linux, the
If Crypto Regulation is Inevitable Then Let’s Get Smart About Adapting to It
This column argues that DeFi and crypto regulation is not to be feared but embraced as the key to growth.
Floor Prices at Bored Apes Yacht Club Drop 33% Amid Swoon for NFT Projects
NFT floor prices have started dropping with favorites like Bored Apes Yacht Club and LOOT taking a hit.
Ape Diaries: Yield Farming in the Fantom Zone
This tutorial helps DeFi users learn how to yield farm on Fantom.
DeFi Blue Chips Are Lagging ETH by The Most Ever Amid Record-Breaking Rally
The DeFi Pulse Index comprising Uniswap, Aave, and other blue chips has lagged Ethereum during the latest rally.
Terra Blockchain is Set to Connect to the Cosmos Ecosystem
The Terra stablecoin, UST, will be moving over to the Cosmos universe imminently, which should be quite helpful for the progress of DeFi in that ecosystem.
Victims of $30M Parity Wallet Hack Offer Attacker $60M ‘Bounty’
The victims of a 2017 hack – Aeternity, Edgeless, and Swarm City -have offered a bug bounty to recover their stolen ETH.
Bellwether DeFi Pulse Breaks Past $100B in Historic Moment for Decentralized Finance
DeFi Pulse’s bellwether DeFi Index crossed $100B for first time.
Fantom Surges 90% in 30 Days to Hit All-Time High and Challenge Elite Layer 1s
Fantom’s FTM token hit an all-time high this week and is a hot new entrant in the elite club of Layer 1 blockchains.
Layer 1s Better Watch Their Backs as L2s Surge in TVL
Smart contract platforms — Terra, Solana and Avalanche, to name a few — had a summer to remember. Terra’s LUNA rocketed 421% between June 1 and
Hey Bitcoin ETF! Say Hello to the 500 DeFi Index Funds Already Trading
The long wait for this one imperfect trading product shows exactly why DeFi will disrupt and upend traditional finance.
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