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DarkFi: World's First and Only Fully Anonymous On-Chain DAO with Token-Weighted Voting
> The DAO cannot be seen on-chain
> The treasury is dark. Payments to and from are unlinkable and amounts are hidden.
> Voting tokens owned by members are anon. You cannot see who is a member nor shares they hold.
Source: https://x.com/narodism/status/1822983009693261912?s=46&t=2q9OLMlaobNlHLewOXT4uA
EtherFi Introduces Bitcoin LRT Vault
This gives EtherFi users an easy onboarding into restaking with BTC
> First partner is Symbiotic, still to onboard new partners including Eigenlayer and Karak
Source: https://x.com/ether_fi/status/1823762364489191447?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Renzo Introduces $ezSOL: The first LRT on Jito
Combining the power of Renzo’s liquid restaking with Jito’s MEV-enhanced validators
Source: https://x.com/RenzoProtocol/status/1823746177885450506
EigenLayer Introduces Permissionless Token Support (Coming Soon)
An upcoming update that will enable any ERC-20 token to be added as a restakable asset
> EigenDA will be the first AVS to use this feature
> Now on testnet, mainnet planned for next week
Source: https://x.com/eigenlayer/status/1823736653589918013
Fisher8: What Is Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) in Web3?
FHE is a cryptographic technology that allows computation on encrypted data without needing decryption
> FHE brings composable on-chain confidentiality
> Associated web3 privacy technologies include zero knowledge (ZK), multi-party computation (MPC), and trusted execution environments (TEE)
Source: https://fisher8.capital/insights/what-is-fully-homomorphic-encryption-fhe-in-web3
MetaMask Starts Rollout of Blockchain-Based Debit Card Developed With Mastercard, Baanx
Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/08/14/metamask-starts-rollout-of-blockchain-based-debit-card-developed-with-mastercard-baanx/
ChainLinkGod: Memecoin Gambling, Pumpfun, Retail, and more
“10,000 pumpfun rugs launched in 3 hrs, amazing, this is truly the future of finance, nevermind the $80M extracted from retail in the process”
> Until the institutional side of crypto adoption starts to truly pick up steam (ETFs, tokenized assets, etc), it’s hard for me to see why new retail would want to enter crypto currently
Source: https://x.com/ChainLinkGod/status/1823421485735928074
Ethereum Avg. Gas Price Dropped to 1.048 Gwei ($0.06)
Source: https://x.com/degeneratenews/status/1823544510934090066?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Natalie: Programmable Media
This essay focus on media businesses, specifically, how they evolve through these economic fluctuations
> The relationship between media formats, new consumer behaviors, advertising surfaces, and business models
Source: eclecticcapital.eth/programmable-media" rel="nofollow">https://paragraph.xyz/@eclecticcapital.eth/programmable-media
Helium’s Carrier Offload Program Revolutionizing Telecom
Telecom carriers are leveraging Helium with clear synergies for both parties:
> Carriers save $$ and offer better coverage.
> Helium receives more traffic routed through the network leading to more rewards for hot spot suppliers and more HNT burned.
Source: https://x.com/nickdgarcia/status/1823402431021031832?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Joshua Baker: Aori, Game Theory, and DeFi
Discussing what Aori is all about and what DeFi will look like over the next few years
Source: https://mirror.xyz/joshbaker.eth/hG9TpGNy5VhZhP8q1JWGuA8frtiZEphCttXPQc9_Zak
Reddio Announces the Completion of their Seed Round Funding, Led by Paradigm and Arena
Reddio is launching a high-performance parallel EVM Layer 2, Ethereum-level security, cutting-edge ZK-proof, and EVM-compatibility!
Source: https://x.com/reddio_com/status/1823328698902483425
xparadigms: Sui and Ethereum - Sui Lutris and Ethereum Preconfirmation
Unlike Sui Lutris, which uses a hybrid consensus model, preconfirmations rely on a combination of off-chain commitments and on-chain verification to speed up the transaction process.
> “Sui kind of has that Ethereum vibe where the elite researchers are pushing the limitation of what a L1 blockchain can do”
Source: https://x.com/xparadigms/status/1823319883213570289?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Four Pillars: Exploring Solana’s Ecosystem Boom
An insightful overview of the rapidly evolving Solana ecosystem, categorizing & curating over 250 of the most active projects, ranging from infrastructure layers to consumer applications.
Source: https://x.com/fourpillarsfp/status/1823297967354438142?s=46&t=2q9OLMlaobNlHLewOXT4uA
The Arena: Long / Short / Hedge Any New Token on Solana Instantly With Leverage
Built on audited Marginfi isolated pools
Source: https://x.com/thearenatrade/status/1823352214439460920
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Meteora x Moonshot: A New Meta for Memecoin Launchpads
Where both creators and holders can perpetually earn trading fees from permanently locked liquidity, creating true community-owned memecoins.
Source: https://meteoraag.medium.com/meteora-x-moonshot-a-new-meta-for-memecoin-launchpads-9917b833a940
$MAGIC Coming Soon to EigenLayer
Together with Eigen DA, this is set to unlock a new paradigm of staking on the Treasure chain.
Source: https://x.com/treasure_dao/status/1823743564310008112?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Bitcoin is Now Live on Symbiotic
Source: https://x.com/symbioticfi/status/1823731634589573591
August 13th~ Rollup
🐚 Research and Ideation 💡
- Four Pillars: Exploring Solana’s Ecosystem Boom
- Arxiv: Sui Lutris: A Blockchain Combining Broadcast & Consensus
- xparadigms: Sui Lutris and Ethereum Preconfirmation
- Dewhales: Azuro Explained - Fat Platform for Onchain Prediction Markets
- Joshua Baker: Aori, Game Theory, and DeFi
- Coinbase Institional: Market Intelligence - ETH and the Rise of L2s
- Nick Garcia: Helium’s Carrier Offload Program Revolutionizing Telecom
- Nick Tomaino: Polymarket Investment Memo (August 2020)
- Natalie: Programmable Media
- ChainLinkGod on Memecoin Gambling, Pumpfun, Retail, and more
🐚 Project Updates 🔔
- Grayscale Introduces New Single-Asset Fund for MakerDAO's MKR Token
- Binance Introduces Toncoin $TON on Launchpool and Super Earn!
- The Arena: Long / Short / Hedge Any New Token on Solana
- Fuse Wallet is Now Available On Apple App Store
- Coinbase Teases Possible Wrapped Bitcoin Product, “cbBTC” Following wBTC Worries
- Ethereum Avg. Gas Price Dropped to 1.048 Gwei ($0.06)
- Sonic Labs Announces Andre Cronje as the New Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
🐚 Raises 💰
- Essential Raises $11M in a Series A Funding Round Led by Archetype
- Reddio Announces the Completion of their Seed Round Funding
dYdX Chain to Allow Users to List ‘Virtually Unlimited’ Markets in Upcoming Upgrade
The upgrade will allow users to create new token trading markets without needing governance approval under the permissionless listing feature.
Source: https://www.theblock.co/post/311077/dydx-upcoming-upgrade-autumn-2024
Sonic Labs Announces Andre Cronje as the New Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Andre is well known as one of the best software engineers in the blockchain industry, as well as a pioneer in decentralized finance (DeFi).
Source: https://blog.soniclabs.com/andre-cronje-chief-technology-officer-of-sonic-labs/
Coinbase Teases Possible Wrapped Bitcoin Product, “cbBTC” Following wBTC Worries
Source: https://x.com/coinbase/status/1823501582006411614
Polymarket Investment Memo (August 2020)
Source: https://x.com/NTmoney/status/1823448692537647531
Coinbase Institional: Market Intelligence - ETH and the Rise of L2s
> There is only a comparatively minor reduction in ETH demand that results specifically from an L2-focused roadmap.
> ETHʼs utilization in protocols may become a larger component of ETH demand than transaction fees, the latter of which might trend towards zero.
Dewhales: Azuro Explained - Fat Platform for Onchain Prediction Markets
Azuro is an infrastructure/liquidity layer for forecast on the blockchain. It uses a new liquidity pool design, a liquidity tree that creates and maintains market liquidity
> The protocol uses a hybrid oracle/automated market maker solution to determine the coefficients of various results and ensure the integrity and transparency of the process👇
Source: https://x.com/DewhalesCapital/status/1821552411632107918
Fuse Wallet is Now Available On Apple App Store
Source: https://x.com/fusewallet/status/1823359259750400379
Sui Lutris: A Blockchain Combining Broadcast & Consensus
Sui Lutris is the first system that combines the consensusless and consensus-based approaches to provide the best of both worlds when processing transactions in a replicated Byzantine setting
> It uses a consistent broadcast protocol between validators to ensure the safety of all operations, ensuring lower latency as compared to consensus.
Source: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.18042
Essential Raises $11M in a Series A Funding Round Led by Archetype
Essential is building an intent-centric Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain
Source: https://x.com/intentessential/status/1823375065607532806
Binance Introduces Toncoin $TON on Launchpool and Super Earn!
Lock your tokens and earn Special APR rewards
Source: https://x.com/binance/status/1823349030354637290?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA