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Movement Labs Ecosystem Projects
A compilation of ~190 projects building in the Movement Labs Ecosystem
👉 launchy.app/data/movementlabs-ecosystem
Source: https://x.com/pangestu_karon/status/1850952016417448141?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Bagel: AI Reasoning - The Foundation of Machine Intelligence
This article dives into AI Reasoning and highlighted three core types that drive AI intelligence:
> Arithmetic
> Common sense
> Symbolic reasoning.
Source: https://x.com/bagel_network/status/1850923058183143817
Inco Network and Circle Research Have Launched the Confidential ERC-20 Framework
This framework transforms standard ERC-20 tokens into confidential wrapped versions that mask balances and transaction amounts, providing users with additional privacy protections while maintaining compliance controls.
Source: https://x.com/buildoncircle/status/1850917702497714561?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Recap of Last Week's Crypto AI Highlights
Update across:
> Fundraising: Skyfire raises $9.5M
> Upcoming Launches: Grass, OG Labs, and more
> Project Updates
> Bittensor, and more
Source: https://x.com/0xprismatic/status/1850876248089854403?s=46&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Circle Introuduces "Confidential Erc-20" Whitepaper - Press Release
“Masks Balances And Transaction Amounts”
Source: Tree
a16z Podcast: On AI Bots & Memecoins
Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz discuss:
> What happens when you mix postmodern theories and internet memes in an LLM.
> Sudden rise of a strange memecoin, the state of crypto regulation in the U.S., and more.
Source: https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/podcast/ai-bots-memecoins/
Andrew Kang: The Best Tokenomic Design for a Project is to Not Have Investor Lock Ups
“have as much tokens to be as circulating as possible on Day 1”
“long vests have little impact on investor contribution post TGE”
Source: https://x.com/Rewkang/status/1850542826448445801
Gaunlet Launches hJLP on Solana
> hJLP is designed to neutralize the price risk of the underlying assets via short positions in the risk assets (SOL, ETH, BTC)
> Could maintain 30% APY at up to $30M TVL
Source: https://app.drift.trade/vaults/CoHd9JpwfcA76XQGA4AYfnjvAtWKoBQ6eWBkFzR1A2ui
How to Hedge IL in Uni V2 & V3 Using GammaSwap's Straddle
> Playing purely with Uni (V2 or V3) is like an exchange-risk-with-income game.
> Playing with Uni (V2 or V3) + GammaSwap hedging is like an exchange-cost-with-income game.
> GammaSwap offers a powerful tool to diversify your farming strategy in the uncertain world of DeFi
Source: https://x.com/JasonvuTech/status/1850626133894861213
Apple Deploys Homomorphic Encryption to Help Secure Data in the Apple Ecosystem
Source: https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/homomorphic-encryption
Good Game Podcast: How an AI Became a Crypto Millionaire
Imran and Qiao sat down to discuss:
> Truth Terminal & Crypto AI
> How an AI became a crypto millionaire
> Future of Stablecoins, and more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngfiwAnO8-8
Source: https://x.com/goodgamepodxyz/status/1849520869791461596?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
ai16z: The First AI VC Fund, Managed by Marc AIndreessen
> ai16z simulates Marc Andreessen as a venture capitalist.
> An ai16z DAO was also created, through which it will make investments.
> Can track the fund on daos.fun which serves a similar purpose like pumpdotfun
> It makes its own decisions based on community shills and formulates an investment thesis.
> It ranks those making good calls high while those with bad calls will get shunned
> A chat-based bot (DegenAi) was created to provide investment suggestions to ai16z
> Marc retweeted the ai16z's meme images, which could be seen as a kind of endorsement.
Source: https://x.com/pmarca/status/1850332392340467933?s=46&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Jpn_memelord: Can Solana Flip All EVM Chains in Volume?
This post dig in to the quality of pools across top chains to determine if Solana's surge in volume is a sustainable shift or a temporary trend.
> “Much of Solana volume is coming from more illiquid pools; a good chunk of which are from Pump Fun”
Source: https://x.com/jpn_memelord/status/1849865598433726487?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Ethereum’s Renaissance: Reasons Why ETH will Start Winning Again
> Institutions are actually using ETH, not just speculating
> With talks of Ethereum’s death going around, ETH seems like a good contrarian bet
> Ethereum is a winning ecosystem👇
Source: https://x.com/vivekventures/status/1850292397814452274?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Vitalik: Possible Futures of the Ethereum Protocol, part 5: The Purge
The Purge: key goals
> Reducing client storage requirements by reducing or removing the need for every node to permanently store all history, and perhaps eventually even state
> Reducing protocol complexity by eliminating unneeded features
Source: https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/10/26/futures5.html
Decentralised Co: Async Execution is Web3's Javascript Moment
Unlike Sync execution, Async execution decouples consensus from execution to achieve:
> Less waiting
> Low fees
> Better user experience👇
Source: https://x.com/decentralisedco/status/1850944990618534353?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Current Election Betting Odds & Forecasts as of October 28, 2024 at 11am ET
Source: https://x.com/glxyresearch/status/1850918560169668796?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Jito (Re)staking Phase 1 Begins on October 30th
> Deposit opens: Oct 30th at 11 AM EST/3 PM UTC
> During Phase 1, global caps for Jito (Re)staking will be set at $25m in deposits
Source: https://x.com/jito_sol/status/1850928019663188475?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Revelo Intel: ai16z - Autonomous Investment DAO?
ai16z can pick up on and analyze tickers discussed on telegram, determining if they might be worth buying, conducted through a public DAO
> This article explains what to know about $ai16z, daos.fun, how it works & more
Source: https://revelointel.substack.com/p/ai16z-autonomous-investment-dao-what?r=aaog1&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true
October 27th~ Rollup
🐚 Research and Ideation 💡
- Zaddycoin: Moonshot Printing Press
- Varun_mathur: Apple Adopting HE Represent an “HTTPS Moment for AI”
- JasonvuTech: How to Hedge IL in Uni V2 & V3 Using GammaSwap's Straddle
- taka_eth: AI Trends and the Need for Data Privacy
- Whitepaper: hJLP - Delta-Hedged Jupiter Liquidity Provider Strategy
- Andrew Kang: Best Tokenomic Design for a Project is to Not Have Investor Lock Ups
- Our Network: Stablecoin Supply Has Grown 100x Since Early 2019
🐚 Podcast 🎙️
- Good Game Pod: How an AI Became a Crypto Millionaire
- a16z Podcast: On AI Bots & Memecoins
🐚 News 📕
- Apple Deploys Homomorphic Encryption to Help Secure Privacy
🐚 Project Updates 🔔
- ai16z: The First AI VC Fund
- Gaunlet Launches hJLP on Solana
Stablecoin Supply Has Grown 100x Since Early 2019
current stablecoin market cap stands at $170.93B
Source: https://x.com/cburniske/status/1850689099398607079?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
hJLP - Delta-Hedged Jupiter Liquidity Provider Strategy (Whitepaper)
hJLP is a hedging strategy on JLP to cover volatility when providing liquidity to Jupiter Liquidity Pool
> Through hedging strategies, hJLP aims to mitigate the inherent price risks faced by liquidity providers while maintaining attractive returns
Source: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/648bdc0d4b8ce322f27da0af/6717dcaef25617e2c172a389_hJLP_Whitepaper.pdf
AI Trends and the Need for Data Privacy
> Explaining Privacy Enhancing Techniques like MPC, ZKP, and FHE
> A dive into Nillion and its blind compute
Source: https://x.com/taka_eth/status/1847789829645308139
Varun_mathur: This Represent an “HTTPS Moment for AI” in Some Ways
“Your private confidential data can be pooled with other data sources & used to securely improve your UX & that of the wider community without even revealing your private data at all”
> it stays encrypted end-to-end👇
Source: https://x.com/varun_mathur/status/1850502044307562871?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Zaddycoin: Moonshot Printing Press
Moonshot represents a natural progression from memecoins → trading bots → launchpads → pro trading terminals →now, retail-friendly trading apps
> It has onboarded tens of thousands of retail users
> Generated $7M+ in fees last couple of months
> Available on App Store and it supports payment options like Apple Pay (killer use case)
> For referrals, 50% of the fees go to the referrer
Referal link: moonshot.money/?ref=R4Ax04JxwU
Source: https://x.com/zaddycoin/status/1850637848615252342
October 26th~ Rollup
🐚 Research and Ideation 💡
- Vitalik: Possible Futures of the Ethereum Protocol, part 5: The Purge
- VivekVentures: Ethereum’s Renaissance: Reasons Why ETH will Start Winning Again
- Jpn_memelord: Can Solana Flip All EVM Chains in Volume?
🐚 Podcast 🎙️
- Joe Rogan Pod: Interview with Donald Trump
- Empire Pod: The AI Memecoin Meta, ETH vs SOL & Stripe's Bridge Acquisition
Empire Pod: The AI Memecoin Meta, ETH vs SOL & Stripe's Bridge Acquisition
The team dives deep into:
> The phenomenon of AI memecoins,
> The meteoric rise of GOAT and its implications
> Solana's dominance in the current cycle
> Stripe's major $1.1B acquisition of Bridge, and more
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CqB8DwHD9g
Joe Rogan Interview with Donald Trump
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBMoPUAeLnY
October 25th~ Rollup
🐚 Research and Ideation 💡
- nader dabit: zkTLS in 2 minutes
- Yannik Schrade: The Hyper-Encrypted Internet - A Look at “Arcium”
- Atoma: Privacy-Preserving Decentralized AI with Confidential Computing
- Propeller Heads: Decentralising the Trade Supply Chain
- Chorus One: Paladin’s Quest for Fair MEV
- Sandraaleow: Consumer AI Apps Series - Virtuals Protocol and Luna
🐚 News 📕
- US Treasury Has Considered Sanctioning Tether: WSJ
- Tether CEO Says No Indication That Tether Is Under Investigation
- Israel Starts Bombing Iran
🐚 Project Updates 🔔
- Arkham Now Supports On-Chain Data on the Solana Blockchain
- Virtual’s Luna Can Now Employ and Reward Humans Onchain Autonomously
- Elfa: AI x Social Product that Helps Users Keep up with Real-Time Crypto Opportunities
- USUAL: A New Standard for Governance Tokens
- Sol Strategies Has Transformed into a Solana Validator