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Providing credibly neutral coverage of all things DeFi by https://defillama.com.
Reads📚
Solana Executive Overview
https://x.com/0xMert_/status/1876411012246876444
Future of Ethereum (1): Beam Chain
https://x.com/StackDigest/status/1876114753380401491
Accelerate L2 Interoperability: Update #0
https://x.com/rudolf6_/status/1876022616731046251
Intent-Based Architecture and Their Risks
https://x.com/gakonst/status/1875936706911969572
Preconfirmations for the Average Joe
https://x.com/ceciliaz030/status/1875558701324759392
The Era of Provable Software
https://writings.succinct.xyz/provable
Exploring a stablecoin bank
https://x.com/bridge__harris/status/1875245405673238796
A Bitcoin L2 Thesis
https://x.com/jon_charb/status/1877403171464577060
Why Prediction Markets Are Broken (And How to Fix Them)
https://x.com/michael_lwy/status/1877211555496079683
The Bull Case for Blockchain Interoperability in 2025
https://x.com/RobinsonBurkey/status/1876663028071997458
d/acc: one year later
https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1875953410874146903
AI, Crypto, and America.
https://x.com/derekedws/status/1876285879322595497
Internet Finance
https://x.com/TheiaResearch/status/1876618725547233417
Hyperliquid 2024 in Review
https://x.com/HyperliquidX/status/1876628922693251128
Kain "It's still a bull market relax"
https://x.com/kaiynne/status/1877252876474409332
Agent Fragmentation: Breaking through the Noise
https://x.com/Defi0xJeff/status/1876682883718672418
Raises💰
SoSoValue $15m Series A
https://x.com/SoSoValueCrypto/status/1876997896803078208
Alpen Labs $8.5m Strategic round
https://x.com/AlpenLabs/status/1877401734399615322
Superseed $4.47M seed round
https://x.com/SuperseedXYZ/status/1877351477586571300
Startpower $4m funding
https://x.com/starpowerworld/status/1877400603665563958
Rena Labs 3.3m pre-seed
https://x.com/Rena_labs/status/1877373288986419450
Ooga Booga $1.5m Strategic Round
https://x.com/0xoogabooga/status/1877445185342206279
Aligned $1m community round
https://x.com/AlignedFndn/status/1877154204545905001
Haedal Seed
https://x.com/HaedalProtocol/status/1875151403590848957
Sundial Strategic pre-seed
https://x.com/SundialMirage/status/1877343526867845384
Security🛡
Solv Protocol Twitter compromised (restored)
https://x.com/SolvProtocol/status/1875890047872053399
Radiant Capital recap of Post-Hack Progress
https://x.com/RDNTCapital/status/1876244422620479858
The State of Crypto Security in 2024
https://x.com/phylaxsystems/status/1876345732514615407
Do Kwon pleads not guilty to US charges with maximum penalty of 130 years in prison
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Solana co-founder allegedly kept millions in staking rewards from ex-wife in ‘acrimonious’ divorce
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Jump Trading crypto subsidiary hit with $123m fine over TerraUSD scandal
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https://x.com/usualmoney/status/1869366984586260557
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Yield-hungry investors push Ethena’s $5.8bn USDe over rival Dai stablecoin
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Voting is now open for the Research Member role in the Arbitrum Research & Development Collective!
Cast your vote by December 13 to support our proposal alongside Castle Capital.
Make your voice count!
🏰🦙DL Research and Castle Capital are partnering to apply for the Research Member role in Arbitrum’s Research & Development Collective (ARDC) V2!
📅Timeline: SNAPSHOT VOTE Dec 5–13.
Our proposed scope of work for the first 2 months of the 6 month term:
1️⃣Builder retention & expansion
Address gaps by conducting a 'Builder Needs' survey and interview, creating developer profiles, performing competitive benchmarking, and offering strategic recommendations to improve onboarding and incentives.
2️⃣Ecosystem growth initiatives
Strengthen Arbitrum’s innovation hub by assessing Retroactive Public Goods Funding (RPGF), proposing an innovation grants framework, prioritising high-impact protocols, and recommending Builder engagement strategies to enhance retention.
3️⃣Orbit Chain interoperability
Improve Orbit chain integration through non-technical UX improvements, bridge design analysis, messaging layer solutions, and alignment with Ethereum’s interoperability roadmap to ensure seamless user experiences.
4️⃣Finding Arbitrum’s identity
Refine the DAO’s messaging to create alignment across the ecosystem, attract developers and users, and strengthen Arbitrum’s position as a leading Layer 2 solution.
5️⃣ New Sector Mapping and Outreach
Expand into high-growth areas beyond DeFi by prioritizing sector analysis, crafting targeted outreach strategies, and creating tailored incentives to drive adoption and innovation.
🦙🏰 Why Choose Us? 🦙🏰
Trusted expertise: DL Research excels in turning complex insights into actionable strategies, while Castle has years of hands-on experience with Arbitrum governance and incentive design.
DAO-first approach: Our efforts focus on decentralisation and delivering measurable value for the Arbitrum community.
Unwavering commitment: This role is a top priority for both teams, ensuring consistent effort and results.
A unified vision: Together, we offer unmatched analytical depth and grassroots involvement at a competitive rate.
Every vote brings us closer to delivering actionable insights and unifying the Arbitrum ecosystem. Support our vision at the upcoming snapshot vote!
View our application here: DL Research <> Castle Capital Application
Let’s shape the future of Arbitrum together! 🚀
A shock suicide on Pump.fun prompted outrage and a shutdown. It was all fake
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SEC chief Gary Gensler says he’ll resign on Trump’s inauguration
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What’s next for Polymarket — and prediction markets — after the FBI raid?
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Raises💰
StakeStone $22m funding
https://x.com/Stake_Stone/status/1856158156231233780
Brevis $7.5m seed funding
https://x.com/brevis_zk/status/1856025259402768520
Tac $6.5m seed funding
https://x.com/TacBuild/status/1855930142281126182
Alluvial $4.3m strategic funding
https://x.com/alluvialfinance/status/1856336023451509018
Folks Finance $3.2m strategic funding
https://x.com/FolksFinance/status/1857088365306212421
MBD $3m pre-seed funding
https://x.com/YassineLanda/status/1855836511041908896
Pulse $1.8m pre-seed funding
https://x.com/PulseNoLimits/status/1856775839540810174
Utopia Labs acquired by Coinbase
https://x.com/utopialabs_/status/1856704630580707746
Caldera acquires Hook
https://x.com/0xkatz/status/1857061704741396788
Fintek Securities Pte Ltd acquired by Crypto(.)com
https://x.com/cryptocom/status/1856901509469929657
smlXL acquired by Dune
https://x.com/smlxldotio/status/1855822605619704155
Vinter acquired by Kaiko
https://x.com/KaikoData/status/1856315856759697889
Attestant acquired by Bitwise
https://x.com/AttestantIO/status/1856699542042792258
Blocktower acquired by Arca
https://x.com/arca/status/1856724887504622010
Anycoin Direct acquired by Finst
https://x.com/AnycoinDirect/status/1856363710312260002
Security🛡
Thala $25.5m exploit recovers $25m following successful hacker negotiation
https://x.com/ThalaLabs/status/1857703541089120541
How kaden found a critical vulnerbaility in Zora's ERC20Z contract
https://x.com/0xKaden/status/1856784539978444827
Radiant RIZ market update
https://x.com/RDNTCapital/status/1857442174222455261
Manifold token craters 98% as founder ghosts frustrated supporters
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Bitpanda’s new ‘global ambassador’ is tennis star who settled ex-girlfriend’s abuse case
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‘Desperate’ trader offers $2.5m reward to recover stuck funds
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Llama news round-up
News📰
Dymension 3D live
https://x.com/dymension/status/1876625443958427899
Synthetix sunsetting Arbitrum focussing on Base
https://x.com/synthetix_io/status/1877073866461426013
Solayer 2025 roadmap
https://x.com/solayer_labs/status/1876360823540695210
Solayer Foundation introduced
https://x.com/solayer_labs/status/1874881596181897228
Perpl - Monad's native pricing engine
https://x.com/perpltrade/status/1877369793713430970
Irreducible launches alpha-ready Binius library and Ethereum state proving service
https://x.com/IrreducibleHW/status/1877086675907871044
Lazy Chain - new community driven blockchain powered by Astria and Celestia
https://x.com/Lazy_chain/status/1877037744402120829
Iron Fish launching Universal Privacy Layer
https://x.com/ironfishcrypto/status/1876713592231264368
Derive Pro in collaboration with Messari, AI powered trading experience
https://x.com/derivexyz/status/1877128211328291299
Boyco Update: Announcing Selected dApps and Asset Issuers
https://x.com/berachain/status/1876294761910542360
Request for Broposal Update: Applications
https://x.com/berachain/status/1877067622652719584
Solayer acquires Fuzzland
https://x.com/solayer_labs/status/1877055730890715539
Backpack acquires FTX EU
https://x.com/Backpack/status/1876549869055431010
Layer 1 & 2⛓️
Phala Network launches first OP Succinct L2 on Ethereum
https://x.com/SuccinctLabs/status/1877058317115138181
Hyperliquid addressing misconceptions regarding validators
https://x.com/HyperliquidX/status/1876877201976737914
An open letter addressed to Hyperliquid on Validators
https://x.com/KamBenbrik/status/1876614820146852197
Unichain enabled Permissionless Fault Proofs
https://x.com/unichain/status/1877032006803976327
Holocene upgrade live on Base mainnet
https://x.com/base/status/1877441697308881266
Faster block/blob propagation in Ethereum
https://x.com/potuz_eth/status/1875308518632571252
Exploring Sophisticated Execution Proposers for Ethereum
https://x.com/_julianma/status/1876233873157488687
The Great VM Evolution
https://x.com/initia/status/1875329045975724036
Defragmenting Liquidity with Asynchronous and Synchronous Composability
https://x.com/EspressoSys/status/1876979765359362333
Beyond Bridges: How zkTLS Makes Crypto Invisible
https://x.com/0xsebastiena/status/1867133242870046748
MegaETH vs Monad vs Hyperliquid
https://x.com/threesigmaxyz/status/1877349944014622824
Defining Hardware Requirements For Ethereum Validators
https://x.com/kevaundray/status/1877132001087533225
All Core Devs - Consensus (ACDC) #148
https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/all-core-devs-consensus-acdc-148-january-9-2025/22206
DeFi🏦
Ethena 2025: Convergence
https://x.com/leptokurtic_/status/1875150355652345974
Euler Yield - loop yield-bearing tokens with stables
https://x.com/eulerfinance/status/1876699039908978981
Morpho Vaults 1.1
https://x.com/MorphoLabs/status/1876646608626155919
Curve's quarterly progress report
https://x.com/CurveFinance/status/1876301099117994019
Uniswap Foundation's 2024 Community Impact Report
https://x.com/UniswapFND/status/1877065101305589802
Drift's North Star
https://x.com/cindyleowtt/status/1876285073000960244
An Overview of Arbitrum's DeFi Ecosystem
https://x.com/castle_labs/status/1876304146539905341
Morpho Vaults Collateral Risk
https://x.com/LlamaRisk/status/1877507104224759909
Dinero: Staking Redefined
https://x.com/Kairos_Res/status/1877057528200311105
MEV⚡️
Solana MEV report
https://x.com/0xMert_/status/1877448187981516860
Llama news round-up 23 Dec - 02 Jan🍗 Happy 2025 readers❤️
News📰
Helius launches startup launchpad
https://x.com/0xMert_/status/1873788725312049528
HYPE staking is live on mainnet
https://x.com/HyperFND/status/1873664112036901320
Arbitrum Trailblazer, a new $1,000,000 initiative funding AI experimenters
https://x.com/arbitrum/status/1861792767548043430
Chainlink's novel non-toxic MEV recapture solution
https://x.com/chainlink/status/1871241636211982752
Synapse unveils Cortex token CX
https://x.com/SynapseProtocol/status/1874075321693077634
Monad creating Foundation
https://x.com/monad_xyz/status/1868707492936425783
Layer 1 & 2⛓️
Boundless, bringing ZK to every chain
https://x.com/zksanca/status/1872737546146308215
Understanding based rollups
https://x.com/0xseiryu/status/1871224791497310286
DeFi🏦
f(x) v2.0 is live
https://x.com/protocol_fx/status/1874864427402481926
Balancer V3 is live
https://x.com/Balancer/status/1866860370318786646
Berachain pre-deposit vaults for Boyco markets by Concrete, Lombard, and Stake Stone
https://x.com/berachain/status/1871904633029083300
Aerodrome VIRTUAL/cbBTC yield market
https://x.com/pendle_fi/status/1874802183641980971
Prisma shutdown and transition plan
https://x.com/ResupplyFi/status/1873780734936432676
MEV⚡️
The MEV Letter
https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-67/4253
Reads📚
The Fat App Thesis
https://x.com/divine_economy/status/1874875085431120271
Noir's Circuit Backend
https://x.com/jtriley_eth/status/1871210040989720936
An Analytical Comparison for Crypto x AI Frameworks
https://x.com/arndxt_xo/status/1874428585609708028
How To Make Cross-Chain Tokens Fungible Again: Part I
https://x.com/2077Research/status/1869488375184675236
Raises💰
Usual $10m Series A
https://x.com/usualmoney/status/1871213374547370328
Avalon $10m Series A
https://x.com/avalonfinance_/status/1871201621193158903
Accountable $2.3m seed raise
https://x.com/AccountableData/status/1874101889983234357
Development⚙️
FOCIL implementation on Prysm
https://x.com/terencechain/status/1874694305086124345
Aave poised to leave Polygon blockchain after $1bn proposal triggers clash
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https://x.com/ResupplyFi/status/1869394595882455501?t
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Australia slaps Binance with lawsuit alleging it let retail customers trade risky derivatives
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https://x.com/odosdao/status/1867300703401914633?t=1
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Why Europeans are foaming at the mouth about crypto
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Pump.fun removes livestream feature amid reports of shocking videos
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‘Razzlekhan’ sentenced to 18 months for Bitfinex heist of 120,000 Bitcoin
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https://x.com/ConvexFinance/status/1858511932656861649?t
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Llama news round-up🍗
News📰
BlackRock expands BUIDL to Aptos, Arbitrum and Optimism
https://x.com/Securitize/status/1856698550190473462
Ethereum researcher Justin Drake unveils redesign of the Ethereum Consensus layer - Beam Chain
https://www.youtube.com/live/rGE_RDumZGg?si=apGk8pgW9TW7MugF&t=7196
Polymer Hub mainnet is live
https://x.com/Polymer_Labs/status/1855974277130195134
Infura's decentralized infrastructure network launched
https://x.com/infura_io/status/1857074078865076484
Layerzero introduces new data primitive: lzRead
https://x.com/LayerZero_Core/status/1856872776709067019
Agora introducing multichain voting
https://x.com/AgoraGovernance/status/1857241974082088960
Zoto trading platform live
https://x.com/zottoAI/status/1856052095712944602
Atlas network live
https://x.com/BuildOnAtlas/status/1857468143913885753
Burner: an easy to use, low cost hardware wallet designed for gifting stablecoins
https://x.com/useburner/status/1856877630399942951
Coinbase introduces Offramp — enable crypto-to-fiat conversions in your app
https://x.com/CoinbaseDev/status/1856746452225331389
Hadron by Tether Platform Brings Simplified Asset Tokenization to the Mass Market
https://x.com/Tether_to/status/1857093404632494353
Caldera Foundation introduced
https://x.com/CalderaFDN/status/1857053864689627622
Ethereum team lead Péter Szilágyi going on sabbatical
https://x.com/peter_szilagyi/status/1857703746236788974
Layer 1 & 2⛓
Espresso Mainnet is live
https://x.com/EspressoSys/status/1855973751982309624
Risc Zero Kailua: Giving OP chains 1-hour finality without the higher cost of constant ZK proving
https://x.com/RiscZero/status/1857432353397776401
Zerion's 'fee-free' Ethereum Layer 2 ZERO Network goes live
https://x.com/zerion/status/1856359015586115883
Ethereum Layer 2 Lisk launches mainnet
https://x.com/LiskHQ/status/1856366657545089164
Multi Proofs live on Taiko mainnet
https://x.com/taikoxyz/status/1855990091946295477
Caldera introducing Vulcan, Sovereignty-as-a-Service for Ethereum Rollups
https://x.com/Calderaxyz/status/1856911753122058691
Ethereum's ENS Identity System Set to Launch Own Layer-2
https://x.com/ensdomains/status/1855826392283525496
DeFi🏦
Pendle introduces Boros: Yield Trading with Margin
https://x.com/pendle_fi/status/1855956524465881291
Exponent is live
https://x.com/ExponentFinance/status/1857449901199954196
scrvUSD launched
https://x.com/CurveFinance/status/1856680434819633339
Ethena risk committee approved Wintermute's ENA fee switch proposal
https://x.com/ethena_labs/status/1857470609183355296
Split Capital submitted governance proposal for Blur to enable fee switch
https://x.com/SplitCapital/status/1856039036399321341
ThalaSwap v2
https://x.com/ThalaLabs/status/1856985846974746739
Huma Protocol expands to Solana
https://x.com/humafinance/status/1856339975039541726
First AI optimized Morpho vault aggregator live
https://x.com/MorphoLabs/status/1857259891137929502
A Product Line Approach to Grow Lido’s Staking Ecosystem
https://research.lido.fi/t/hasus-goose-2-submission-a-product-line-approach-to-grow-lido-s-staking-ecosystem/8841
Reads📚
Bitcoin for the Sovereign
https://x.com/matthuang/status/1857127295145902586
A useful framework for understanding stablecoins
https://x.com/SamBroner/status/1857072844624089482
Measuring Solana’s Decentralization: Facts and Figures
https://x.com/__lostin__/status/1857447213527716110
Hyperliquid - an L1 designed for DeFi at scale
https://x.com/felixprotocol/status/1856349807511580821
Arthur Hayes — Black or White?
https://x.com/CryptoHayes/status/1856160473198276930
The World Network Opportunity: A Greenfield for Builders
https://x.com/Derekmw23/status/1857107067569656248
Crypto dealmaking poised to soar as Trump loosens rules and replaces regulators
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Ethereum researcher Justin Drake unveils new plan to supercharge the network
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Llama news round-up: smol edition this week as Intern is in Bangkok for devcon🇹🇭
News📰
Eclipse mainnet live
https://x.com/EclipseFND/status/1854535577330143318
cbBTC live on Solana
https://x.com/coinbase/status/1854570363046576566
Wintermute's prediction market: OutcomeMarket
https://x.com/wintermute_t/status/1853453636791324923
Story’s final testnet, Odyssey, is now live
https://x.com/StoryProtocol/status/1854554611618615304
Degen chain migrating away from conduit
https://x.com/degentokenbase/status/1854526672222966169
Conduit response
https://x.com/conduitxyz/status/1854597395948224999
Biconomy acquires Klaster building modular execution enviroment
https://x.com/klaster_io/status/1853445932785787135
L2BEAT's dashboard for data availability
https://x.com/l2beat/status/1854106555987161134
Possible V2 of OpenSea
https://x.com/opensea/status/1853462398587277737
https://x.com/johnweth_/status/1855142801253494942
Layer 1 & 2⛓
Magic Labs Unveils Chain Unification Network 'Newton'
https://x.com/MagicNewton/status/1854524221604692281
Escape Hatches
https://x.com/l2beat/status/1853756976510984623
DeFi🏦
Euler Prime - a bespoke lending market to provide the most capital efficient lending experience
https://x.com/eulerfinance/status/1853493538635620426
Governance proposal submitted to enable fee switch for ENA
https://x.com/ethena_labs/status/1854295616907862150
Spark mainnet beta is live
https://x.com/Sprkfi/status/1854558371644342727
defi.money | The MetaCDP
https://x.com/defidotmoney/status/1854886658585616713
Ethereal DEX
https://x.com/etherealdex/status/1854930289073832001
USDxl: yield backed stablecoin by Last
https://x.com/lastdotnet/status/1854602582590710066
Vote to allow for MORPHO transferability passed
https://x.com/MorphoLabs/status/1854193455129665683
Synthetix acquires Kwenta
https://x.com/Kwenta_io/status/1854728184794956215
Arkham perpetual exchange
https://x.com/ArkhamIntel/status/1854186437505376395
BounceX, perpetual exchange powered by AUCTION token
https://x.com/bounce_finance/status/1854021429894758738
Recovering from Napier V1
https://x.com/NapierFinance/status/1854872280318501064
MEV⚡️
Rollup-Boost availble on Conduit rollups
https://x.com/conduitxyz/status/1855777521242980352
Reads📚
pm-AMM: A Uniform AMM for Prediction Markets
https://x.com/danrobinson/status/1853864191461048782
From prediction markets to info finance
https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1855063184039633378
Ethereum Foundation report
https://x.com/AyaMiyagotchi/status/1854718486213542306
The Practical Guide to Ethereum Rollups
https://x.com/2077Research/status/1854892909411115190
On solver economics
https://x.com/Decentralisedco/status/1853438910422241675
Aerodrome: The Onchain Liquidity Engine
https://x.com/Arthur_0x/status/1854595596017115241
Why we need altVM's
https://x.com/0xJim/status/1854930914884661417
AI Agent coordination layer
https://x.com/OmoProtocol/status/1854888410819051826
Tethered to Dominance: Tether's Future in a Trump Presidency
https://x.com/SplitCapital/status/1854595007665340579
Raises💰
vlayer $10m pre-seed funding
https://x.com/vlayer_xyz/status/1853485774085222773
Pharos $8m seed funding
https://x.com/pharos_network/status/1854948443418247582
Pond $7.5m seed funding
https://x.com/PondGNN/status/1854586595774808337
Rekt Brands $1.5m seed fundung
https://x.com/RektBrands/status/1854169416541643144
Usual $1.5m community round
https://x.com/usualmoney/status/1854185778072748271
Binance Labs investing in BIO Protocol
https://x.com/BinanceLabs/status/1854889210626687130
Security🛡
DeltaPrime exploited fore $4.75m
https://x.com/DeltaPrimeDefi/status/1855899502944903195
Development⚙️
Solar: implementation of Solidity compliler in rust
https://x.com/gakonst/status/1854957584350167056
ColliderScript: Covenants in Bitcoin via 160-bit hash collisions
https://x.com/avihu28/status/1854570598439014807
Ox, standard library for Ethereum
https://x.com/wevm_dev/status/1854619640741441964
Velos: lightweight Solana client
https://x.com/leafar_dev/status/1854271700709319110