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Dima Khanarin: Chain Abstraction is Still a Myth
“Chain Abstraction is a great vision, but there's one big problem: liquidity rebalancing”
> “The Rebalancing Problem is a Hot Potato tossed between different parts of the stack and nobody's fully solved it yet”👇
Source: https://x.com/dimakhanarin/status/1849111040077791478
Visual Intelligence on iPhone 16 Pro in iOS 18.2
Source: https://x.com/theapplehub/status/1849199569378439529?s=46
YB: The Barbell Approach for Stablecoin Startups
This post analyzes Stripe's acquisition of Bridge, emphasizing how fintech giants like Stripe & PayPal are leveraging stablecoins to streamline payments, and reduce reliance on traditional financial systems
> It explores the implications for both TradFi & DeFi players in the evolving stablecoin ecosystem👇
Source: https://x.com/yb_effect/status/1848858646874378250
Solana Daily Active Wallets Have Skyrocketed with Nearly 10M Wallets Executing 60M+ Txs Over the Last 24 hours
Source: https://x.com/TheTieIO/status/1849148289125683403
Uniswap Integrates Across for In-App Bridging
Uniswap Labs integrates Across' intent-based bridging to enable secure, fast transfers of ETH, stables, and wBTC across 9 chains—all within the Uniswap app.
Source: https://x.com/AcrossProtocol/status/1849106135443202069
October 22nd~ Rollup
🐚 Research and Ideation 💡
- Yash Agarwal on Why Stripe Acquired Bridge for $1.1 Billion
- Three Sigma | Mastering AMMs: A Complete Guide to Automated Market Makers
- Archetype: PETs Day Workshop
- Teng Yan: GOAT - The Gospel of Goatse
- jenniekusu: Memecoins Just Hits Different with AI
- A16z: How An AI Bot Became a Crypto Millionaire
- The Black Swan: House Money
- Particle Network: Chain Abstraction vs Account Abstraction
- Everclear: The Ultimate Chain Abstraction Guide
- Modular Media: Chain Abstraction Educational Series Recap
🐚 Project Updates 🔔
- Anthropic Introduces Computer Use, Improved Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and a New Claude 3.5 Haiku
- Azura: an Onchain Interfacing Layer
- Ostium Labs Introduces “Strategies”
- Pump.Fun Users Can Now Tokenize Videos
🐚 Raises 💰
- Azura Raises $6.9M in a Seed Round Led by Initialized
Nigerian Government Drops Charges Against Binance Executive: BBG
> Binance’s Tigran Gambaryan discharged by court on health grounds
Source: https://x.com/News_Of_Alpha/status/1849035920718090361
Modular Media: Chain Abstraction Educational Series Recap
A break down of the key layers of the Chain Abstraction Stack.
This series cover:
> Introduction to Chain Abstraction
> The Permissions Layer
> The Solving Layer
> The Clearing & Settlement Layer
> The first implementation of Universal Accounts
Source: https://x.com/modularmedia_/status/1846600020809928779
Particle Network: Chain Abstraction vs Account Abstraction
"Not All Abstractions Are Made Equal"
> This article explain the critical differences and dynamics at play between ChA and AA
Source: https://blog.particle.network/chain-abstraction-vs-account-abstraction/
A16z: How An AI Bot Became a Crypto Millionaire
a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz explore the fascinating intersection of AI and crypto, highlighting the rise of Truth Terminal
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKspo1FLj-4
Teng Yan: GOAT - The Gospel of Goatse
Why Truth Terminal is an asymmetric bet on society's growing fascination with autonomous AI agents
> “Truth Terminal has forced AI and crypto communities, two entirely different cultures, to collide in ways no one expected. AI researchers are actually engaging with crypto”
Source: https://www.chainofthought.xyz/p/goat-the-gospel-of-goatse
Pump.Fun Users Can Now Tokenize Videos
“upload your vid, choose a thumbnail, and make your coin stand out”
Source: https://x.com/pumpdotfun/status/1848782937178648963
Ostium Labs Introduces Strategies - the First App Automating Trading Based on Polymarket Data
Source: https://x.com/OstiumLabs/status/1848737522979090458
Anthropic Introduces Computer Use, Improved Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and a New Claude 3.5 Haiku
The computer use feature (still experimental) lets Claude operate computers like humans
Source: https://www.anthropic.com/news/3-5-models-and-computer-use
October 21st~ Rollup
🐚 Research and Ideation 💡
- Titania Research: How to Become a Cross-chain Filler?
- goodalexander: The Why of AI crypto cults
- Layer0 vs Across: Both Founders Clashes Over Across Security Concerns
- Yash Agarwal: Memecoins Feeding Solana Stakers
- Alliance: 2024 Crypto Startup Trends Report
- YB: Memetic Hygiene for Infinite Backrooms
- futurenomics: Thoughts on the Bridge Acquisition by Stripe
- Delphi Digital | DeAI IV: War of the Rails
- Archetype | Hersh Patel: Opacity
- Brett Winton: On Discrepancy Between Prediction Markets vs. Poll-Based Forecasts
🐚 Project Updates 🔔
- Jupiter’s Active Staking Rewards are Now Live!
- Bridge is Joining Forces with Stripe
- Arrakis Finance’s HOT AMM is Now Live
Anatoly on Fundamental Difference Between Solana’s Vision and Ethereum
“For solana, when a global resource is saturated, price discovery isn’t good”
Source: https://x.com/aeyakovenko/status/1847311942215680347?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Conduit Research: Data Availability Comparison
Analysis of DA activities to see what rollups pay to post one MB of data on Celestia vs Ethereum blobs
Source: https://blog.conduit.xyz/data-availability-costs-ethereum-blobs-celestia/
$FLAVIA (Flavia is Online) - Memecoin with $GOAT Potential
“Trevor McFedries, the creator of Lil Miquela, is behind this project”
Currently at 50M MKT CAP
> This post provide informations to get you updated on this memecoin👇
Source: https://x.com/winstongch/status/1848820731368640897?t=LG-VtJGvAby0t7u2e1BjVA&s=19
Crypto x AI Beginning to Feel Like 2019/20 DeFi
“Memecoins aside, decentralized AI is advancing way faster than anticipated”
Source: https://x.com/RyanWatkins_/status/1849089240073744437
Hyperliquid Lists $GOAT Perps with up to 3x Leverage
Source: https://x.com/HyperliquidX/status/1849071650911977878
0xBreadguy: WTF is Parallelization?
A high-level overview of how blockchains aim to increase efficiencies through parallelizing transaction processing. This post answers:
> Why aren't all chains parallel?
> How does Solana do it?
> How are others (Ethereum, Monad) tackling the same problem?
Source: https://x.com/0xBreadguy/status/1848764110126862819
Vitalik: Possible Futures of the Ethereum Protocol, part 4: The Verge
“Today, running a node is possible on a consumer laptop, but doing so is difficult”
> “The Verge is about changing this, and making fully-verifying the chain so computationally affordable that every mobile wallet, browser wallet, and even smart watch is doing it by default”
Source: https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/10/23/futures4.html
Everclear: The Ultimate Chain Abstraction Guide
discover the intent-based economy and the various solutions that cooperate to bring web3 UX on par with web2👇
Source: https://x.com/EverclearOrg/status/1846923577624236373
The Black Swan: House Money
"House Money Effect" is a behavioral finance phenomenon where investors become more willing to take risks after experiencing gains, treating profits as if they are “house money” rather than their own capital.
> “In reality, none of us know how much time we have. So, wouldn’t it serve us all well to treat a year (or two or five) as if it were house money?”
> “A little extra. Something we didn’t earn, but got to spend anyway”
Source: https://route2fi.substack.com/p/house-money
jenniekusu: Memecoins Just Hits Different with AI
> The Goatse Gospel, blends philosophy, tech, and even religion. It’s more than just hype.
> It’s a deep dive into AI + Crypto culture clashing and creating something viral!
Source: https://x.com/jenniekusu/status/1848652624037605722
Archetype: PETs Day Workshop
presentations:
> coSNARKs at Taceo
> Eternis: 3 Pre-Singularity Privacy Problems
> Inco: Universal Confidential Computing Network
Source: https://x.com/archetypevc/status/1848771855714320588?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Three Sigma | Mastering AMMs: A Complete Guide to Automated Market Makers
This piece covers how Automated Market Makers have transformed DeFi, exploring the models, innovations & challenges shaping the space today
Source: https://x.com/threesigmaxyz/status/1848708588203618448?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Azura Launches After Raising $6.9M in a Seed Round Led by Initialized
Azura is an Onchain Interfacing Layer
> It aims to make DeFi easier by connecting a wide variety of crypto wallets, blockchains, exchanges and other protocols within one interfacing layer.
Source: https://x.com/azura/status/1848712029244428443
Yash Agarwal on Why Stripe Acquired Bridge for $1.1 Billion
One reason is “Stripe is going BIG on stablecoins”
> Aside that, this post explains why Stripe had to go all the way to acquire Bridge for 1.1B, a company many people have probably never heard of 👇
Source: https://x.com/yashhsm/status/1848711544093216954
Prediction Markets vs. Poll-Based Forecasts
Polymarket vs Nate Silver
discrepancy within range of overall deviations across the time series
Source: https://x.com/wintonark/status/1848598908622062076?s=46&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA