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August 15th~ Rollup
🐚 Research and Ideation 💡
- Four Pillars | Opinion: The Reason Why LPs Lose More Money Than You Think
- ZachXbt: How North Korean IT Workers Exploited Fake Identities to Steal $1.3M in Treasury Funds
- Pink Brains: Top Liquid Restaking Protocols Primed for Rewards and Airdrops
- Ryan Yi: Experience with a Targeted Crypto Account Takeover & SIM Swap Attack
- EigenLayer: Community Update Addressing Coindesk Report on Eigen Labs
- CowSwap: Batch Auctions vs. Dutch Auctions in Crypto
- Stanford ECON295/CS323 I 2024: The Age of AI, Eric Schmidt [Reupload]
- 0xngmi: Tracking Dexscreener Fees on Defillama
- Lazyvillager1: Funding Rates and Why they Are Not what They Seem
- Lazyvillager1: Follow-up Around Concerns on Structural Integrity Supporting $USDE (Ethena Labs)
🐚 Project Updates 🔔
- Binance Labs Invests in MyShell Through Binance Labs Incubation Season 6
- Toliman: First Public SUAVE Testnet
- Allora x Oraichain: Advancing Accessible and Reliable ML for Real-World Impact
Lazyvillager1: Follow-up Around Concerns on Structural Integrity Supporting $USDE (Ethena Labs)
> The structural fears around $USDE are overblown and misunderstood.
> The platform is well-collateralized, and existential risk is near-zero due to prudent mgt of short positions
> Negative funding rates may even present upside potential, as a forced unwinding could inflate pricing rather than trigger a cascade.
> The original depositor does not have to sell the spot collateral once re-distributed from protocol
Source: https://x.com/lazyvillager1/status/1824256084430791060
0xngmi: Tracking Dexscreener Fees on Defillama
They're making 150-250k/day by charging 300$ per token to add information like tg link and picture
https://defillama.com/fees/dex-screener
Source: https://x.com/0xngmi/status/1824185697084801309
CowSwap: Batch Auctions vs. Dutch Auctions in Crypto
While Dutch auctions rely on a price-decay bidding process, batch auctions encourage solvers to find the best execution route for each trade
> This piece examine the shortcomings of AMM, and also compare and contrast two popular auction solutions— Dutch auctions and batch auctions.
Source: https://cow.fi/learn/batch-auctions-vs-dutch-auctions-in-crypto
Coindesk: Eigen Labs Drove Other Projects' Airdrops to Its Employees
Coindesk reported Eigen Labs circulated a list of its employees' wallet addresses to ecosystem projects that were preparing to airdrop tokens.
Source: https://x.com/CoinDesk/status/1824067033350258815
Allora x Oraichain: Advancing Accessible and Reliable ML for Real-World Impact
This collaboration aims to develop and enhance specialized AI models to meet real business needs, backed by a $200K Request for Model Program
Source: https://blog.orai.io/allora-x-oraichain-advancing-accessible-and-reliable-ml-for-real-world-impact-fbcbee5ebb59
Binance Labs Invests in MyShell Through Binance Labs Incubation Season 6 to Scale Open Ecosystem for AI Creators
MyShell is a decentralized AI consumer ecosystem that allows everyone to build, share & own AI Apps
Source: https://www.binance.com/en/blog/ecosystem/binance-labs-invests-in-myshell-through-binance-labs-incubation-season-6-to-scale-open-ecosystem-for-ai-creators-9217491831218949514?hl=en
ZachXbt: How North Korean IT Workers Exploited Fake Identities to Steal $1.3M in Treasury Funds
The laundering path for the incident:
> Transfer $1.3M to theft address
> Bridge $1.3M from Sol to Eth via deBridge
> Deposit 50.2 ETH to Tornado
> Transfer 16.5 ETH to two exchanges
Source: https://x.com/zachxbt/status/1824047425822310580?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
August 14th~ Rollup
🐚 Research and Ideation 💡
- Fisher8: What Is Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) in Web3?
- Messari: DePIN Update with Dylan Bane
- Bitgo: WBTC Community Discussion Recap
- Jatsremski Podcast: Solana's Outperformance and the Emergence of Secular Winners
- Toni Wahrstätter: On Attestations, Block Propagation, and Timing Games
- Sami: Dispelling Bittensor FUD
- Particle Network: Conversations with a BERA
- Delphi Digital: AI x Crypto (Part 1) - The Tower & the Square
🐚 News 📕
- Apple: Developers Can Soon Offer In-App NFC Transactions Using the Secure Element
- Morgan Stanley Discloses $187 Million Bitcoin ETF Holdings
🐚 Project Updates 🔔
- dYdX Chain to Allow Users to List ‘Virtually Unlimited’ Markets in Upcoming Upgrade
- MetaMask Starts Rollout of Blockchain-Based Debit Card
- Bitcoin is Now Live on Symbiotic
- EigenLayer Introduces Permissionless Token Support (Coming Soon)
- MAGIC Coming Soon to EigenLayer
- Grass: Epoch 7 Has Ended. What's Next?
- Renzo Introduces $ezSOL: The first LRT on Jito
- Meteora x Moonshot: A New Meta for Memecoin Launchpads
- EtherFi Introduces Bitcoin LRT Vault
- DarkFi: World's First and Only Fully Anonymous On-Chain DAO
- Coinbase: AltLayer MACH Now Live on Coinbase’s EigenLayer Operator
- Sonic SVM Partners with Solayer
🐚 Raises 💰
- Sahara AI Raises $43M in a Series A Funding Round
Particle Network: Conversations with a BERA - Unraveling Chain Abstraction in the Berachain World
based on a Telegram interview with Berachain’s Ecosystem team in light of them joining the Chain Abstraction Coalition
Source: https://blog.particle.network/chain-abstraction-berachain/
Grass: Epoch 7 Has Ended. What's Next?
> A snapshot is being taken, and it will be used to determine eligibility in the upcoming airdrop.
> As a lead up into the airdrop, Grass has introduced a limited time Bonus Epoch, specifically designed to encourage users to download the new Desktop Node.
Source: https://x.com/getgrass_io/status/1823801038467404149?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Sami: Dispelling Bittensor FUD
He highlighted Bittensor’s lack of awareness is an issue that both the community and subnet teams need to tackle.
> Sami presented these slides at the 2024 DePIN Summit, which provide a high-level overview of Bittensor and highlight what the ecosystem has achieved so far 👇
Source: https://www.samikassab.com/p/dispelling-bittensor-fud
Toni Wahrstätter: On Attestations, Block Propagation, and Timing Games
This piece shows the evolution of proposer timing games and analyze their impact on attesters.
The TL;DR is:
> Timing games cause missed attestations
> The proposers of Kiln cause the biggest problems
> Attestation timing varies across Lido, Coinbase, and Kiln
https://ethresear.ch/t/on-attestations-block-propagation-and-timing-games/20272/1
Source: https://x.com/nero_eth/status/1823710182628602264?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
AltLayer MACH is Now Live on Coinbase’s EigenLayer Operator
Check out Coinbase guide to AltLayer👇
Source: https://www.coinbase.com/en-tr/developer-platform/discover/protocol-guides/guide-to-altlayer#conclusion
WBTC Community Discussion Recap: Featuring weremeow, Loi Luu, and Mike Belshe
Co- hosted by Bitgo
> Bitgo recapped WBTC’s new multi-jurisdictional, multi-institutional custody transition plan and underscored the importance of this upgrade👇
Source: https://x.com/bitgo/status/1823751918575095854?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
MakerDAO Stops New WBTC-Backed Loans Following its BitGo Concerns
MakerDAO contributors approved a proposal to halt new borrowing against BitGo’s wrapped bitcoin.
Source: https://www.theblock.co/post/311480/makerdao-stops-new-wbtc-backed-loans-following-its-bitgo-concerns
Lazyvillager1: Funding Rates and Why they Are Not what They Seem
Real funding on BTC and ETH today are closer to being 60%-70%
This funding discrepancy exists because of:
> The natural inclination for positive yield / contango where levered longs pay levered shorts
> The introduction of Ethana and presence of delta-neutral trades
> While the funding rate is lower and capacity is higher in the system, people can feel like they can go longer with more size
Source: https://x.com/lazyvillager1/status/1813445475002933665
Stanford ECON295/CS323 I 2024: The Age of AI, Eric Schmidt [Reupload]
“In the next year, you're going to see very large context windows, agents, and text action. When they are delivered at scale, it's going to have an impact on the world that no one understands yet, much bigger than the horrific impact we've had by social media, in my view. So, here's why...."
Source: https://x.com/quasa0/status/1823933017217482883?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
EigenLayer: Community Update on What Happened, Why it happened, and Steps Taken
“We have no knowledge or evidence of any employee at Eigen Labs pressuring any team to unduly benefit the Eigen Labs corporate entity or its employees.”
Source: https://x.com/eigenlayer/status/1824175022308724749
Ryan Yi: Experience with a Targeted Crypto Account Takeover & SIM Swap Attack
reminding folks to stay on top of their OpSec
“Do not attach any mobile number or related 2FA apps as they can be breached for Coinbase or related emails. Opt for Yubikey 2FA”👇
Source: https://x.com/yiryan/status/1824133957908304179
Toliman: First Public SUAVE Testnet
With Toliman you can build entirely new intent systems, auctions, AI agents, and more as a coprocessor to the Etheruem block production process
https://collective.flashbots.net/t/announcing-our-new-suave-testnet-toliman/3770
Source: https://x.com/DistributedMarz/status/1824129714581020855?t=cnykCYbEayIYIy72JcsHdg&s=19
Pink Brains: Top Liquid Restaking Protocols Primed for Rewards and Airdrops
Source: https://x.com/pinkbrains_io/status/1824038352309678500?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Four Pillars | Opinion: The Reason Why LPs Lose More Money Than You Think
“the entity causing losses to LPs is none other than external parties such as arbitrageurs”
> “As value generated in the protocol continuously get extracted by external entities, the value that goes to participants contributing to the protocol's operation decreases”👇
Source: https://x.com/FourPillarsFP/status/1824023279679721660
Delphi Digital: AI x Crypto (Part 1) - The Tower & the Square
A layman’s exploration into the AI value-chain
Will the future be ruled by colossal models from a few tech giants, or will millions of diverse open-source models thrive? A global neural network? A hivemind👇
Source: https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/the-tower-the-square?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=T%26SUnlock#the-tower---the-square-5346
Sonic SVM Partners with Solayer
With Solayer enabling blockspace prioritization for Sonic AVS, Sonic is set to elevate Web3 gaming on Solana with enhanced stability and performance.
Source: https://x.com/sonicsvm/status/1823899695225172115?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
$1.3 Trillion Asset Manager, Morgan Stanley, Discloses $187 Million Bitcoin ETF Holdings
Source: Watcher Guru
Starting with iOS 18.1, Developers Can Soon Offer In-App NFC Transactions Using the Secure Element From Within their Own Apps on iPhone
Source: https://x.com/0x_osprey/status/1823774134725435681?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Sahara AI Raises $43M in a Series A Funding Round Led by Pantera, Binance Labs, & Polychain
Sahara AI is a decentralized AI blockchain platform for an open, equitable, & collaborative economy
Source: https://x.com/crypto_dealflow/status/1823681462576529789?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Jatsremski Podcast: Solana's Outperformance and the Emergence of Secular Winners
Guest: Ryan Watkins - co founder Syncracy Capital
Discussion:
> Changing his mind on Solana
> Getting users and building apps at scale
> Mega Trends, DePIN, and more
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0NFqVKTJ0c
Messari: It's Time for a DePIN Update with Dylan Bane –Research Analyst @ Messari
> He dives deep to separate real progress from hype, offering insights on revenue, Layer 1 traction, and what's next.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4P4dOZUr4M