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🦄 Recap: DeFi Week of Oct. 30
Hello Defiers! Happy weekend! Errors and opportunities. The duality of DeFi was on vivid display this week, or as Gala Games’ Jason Brink put it, web3’s capacity to be both “a blessing and a curse.” That line was from Sam Haig’s eye-opening story on a mistaken $1B hack of Gala’s token after

😲 Microstrategy Could Have Pocketed $1.3B if Saylor Had Bought ETH
Hello Defiers! Here’s what we’re covering today: News Microstrategy Could Have Pocketed $1.3B if Saylor Had Bought ETH JPMorgan Dives into DeFi After CEO Trashed Crypto as ‘Ponzi’ Polygon Scores Deal with Instagram to Support NFT Creators Multichain Says User Funds Safe in Response to Questions

⍺ DeFi Alpha: Using Opyn’s ETH Zen Bull Strategy To Capitalize On Low Volatility
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Crypto in Q1; Prices & TVL Up, Hacks Down
Happy Friday, Defiers. It's time to take stock of what the highlights for DeFi and crypto were in the first three months of the year.
Uniswap's UNI Instantly Becomes One of DeFi's Most Widely Held Tokens
Hello Defiers! Of course, the big news today is the launch of Uniswap’s UNI token. DeFi’s largest DEX, the Etheruem dapp that’s processing more fees than Bitcoin itself, and the first decentralized exchange to beat a major centralized counterpart in daily volume, today airdropped 400 UNI directly into the wallets of anyone who had interacted…

🎙️Starkware Founders: Ethereum Could Surpass Visa's Transaction Speeds Within Months
This week on The Defiant Podcast we speak with Uri Kolodny and Eli Ben-Sasson, the co-founders of Starkware, one of the leading Layer 2 scaling solutions for Ethereum. Post Merge, Ethereum continues to rely on scaling solutions like Starkware and will continue to do so, according to the network’s long-term roadmap.

⍺ DeFi Alpha: Getting Started with NFTs on Cardano
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🦄 Recap: DeFi Week of Aug. 21
Hello Defiers! Happy weekend! In the battle between The Merge and the Fed it was the latter that had the last word this week. Jay Powell’s hawkish stance on the “pain” to come as the central bank raises rates to combat inflation punished the equities and crypto markets going into the weekend. Spooked investors sold…

🌪 Flashbots Blacklists Wallets Swept Up in Tornado Imbroglio
Hello Defiers! Here’s what we’re covering today: News Flashbots Blacklists Wallets Swept Up in Tornado Imbroglio Solend Cranks Up The Risk with Liquidity Pools For All Fed Instructs Banks To Report Crypto Activity Safe Proposes Airdrop for 22K Users

🏛 Coin Center Says Biden Administration ‘Criminalized’ Open Source Code
Hello Defiers! Here’s what we’re covering today: News Coin Center Says Biden Administration ‘Criminalized’ Open Source Code SushiSwap’s Grey Rebuts Accusations Made ‘Without Any Substantial Evidence’ Blockchain Indexing Startup nxyz Raises $40M In Funding Led By Paradigm