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Wei Dai: zktls is a Temporary Hack, Rfc9421 is the Endgame
"if we all as zktls projects succeed, we will endup making ourselves redundant in the long term."
Source: https://x.com/_weidai/status/1858192527125319904
How Two AI Agents Created a $70M Cryptocurrency Without Human Intervention
Luminous $LUM
first time two AI agents independently collaborated to create something of value in the financial world without the need for human intervention
Source: https://x.com/itsmechaseb/status/1857511608810901941?s=46&t=ywALktyM5ZCyt-zigN5Big
Good Game Pod: The Golden Age of Crypto
Discussion:
> Trump Won, What Will Change?
> A good time to pivot to crypto
> AI coins, daos fun, ai16z
> The State of NFTs
> End-of-Year Price Predictions
> Predictions for Tech Stocks, and more
Source: https://x.com/goodgamepodxyz/status/1857456656441135108?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Crucible Labs: Building the Future of Decentralized AI with Bittensor
Crucible Labs is launching a Validator that will help steer Bittensor’s emissions toward top AI projects with expert research and investment
Source: https://x.com/cruciblelabs/status/1857509950056181818?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Helius: Measuring Solana’s Decentralization: Facts and Figures
A quantitative and multifaceted approach to analyzing Solana’s decentralization based on facts and figures. This analysis covers:
> Distribution of stake
> Geographical distribution of nodes
> Diversity of hosting providers
> Client software diversity
> Developer diversity
> Governance processes and entities
Source: https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-decentralization-facts-and-figures
Crypto Market Wizards Pod: Make Generational Wealth with Memecoins w/ Murad
Discussion:
> Why VC vaporware will continue to underperform
> Memecoin Supercycle, why it's happening & why it will continue.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dhnx8raLRo
PumpdotScience: The First DeSci Platform on Solana
Source: https://vxtwitter.com/zacxbt/status/1857467342327877849
Elon Musk Shot Down OpenAI's Proposed ICO in 2018: Court Filing
At the time, Musk said “it would simply result in a massive loss of credibility for OpenAI and everyone associated with the ICO.”
Source: https://www.theblock.co/post/326832/elon-musk-shot-down-openais-proposed-ico-in-2018-court-filing
November 14th~ Rollup
🐚 Research and Ideation 💡
- Kaito: ~50% of All Narrative Mindshare is AI & Memes
- insights4vc: Decentralized Energy Protocols
- a16z: A Useful Framework for Understanding Stablecoins: Banking History
- Decentralised Co: On the ai16z AI VC Fund
- Jeffy yu: Web4 - We Are AGI
- inSitesh: The Ultimate List of AI Agents x Crypto Projects
- Matt Huang: Bitcoin for the Sovereign
- Unchained Crypto: Brad Bondi Is a New SEC Chair Contender and Pro-Crypto
- TABASCOweb3: A Reflection on the Usage of "Chain Abstraction" & Other Misconceptions
🐚 News 📕
- Bhutan Government Sent $33.51M Worth of BTC to Binance
- Vaneck Says that their BTC Price Target for this Cycle is $180K
🐚 Project Updates 🔔
- ThalaSwap V2 is Now Live
- McDonald's Launching Doodles-Themed McCafe Holiday Cups on Nov 18
- Stripe is Launching a SDK Built for AI Agents
Four Pillars: Virtuals Fun - A Launch Pad for Productive Onchain AI Agent
How Virtuals Protocol is advancing on-chain AI agents from mere text generators to productive entities that create real value.
Source: https://x.com/fourpillarsfp/status/1857351840599589018?s=46&t=ywALktyM5ZCyt-zigN5Big
Stripe is Launching a SDK Built for AI Agents
> LLMs can call payment, billing, issuing
> Integrates with Vercel, LangChain, CrewAI
> Use any model via functions (w/ per token billing)
Source: https://x.com/jeff_weinstein/status/1857161398943642029?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Matt Huang: Bitcoin for the Sovereign
Sovereign nation that build BTC reserves early will benefit from significantly better entry prices.
Source: https://x.com/matthuang/status/1857127296748167528?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Jeffy yu: Web4 - We Are AGI
“The dawn of Web4 is upon us, and its arrival will change everything”
The fourth generation of the web, combining the social interactivity of Web2, the decentralized autonomy of Web3, and the intelligent capabilities of AI to create a fully interconnected digital ecosystem.
> A look at where we're at, how we got here, and where we're going👇
Source: https://mirror.xyz/jyu.eth/36lx6wKZqJPaVvj_X59Rdyh-zFul7mR6tTZm3-OO-_M
a16z: A Useful Framework for Understanding Stablecoins: Banking History
Understanding the richness and limitations of the stablecoin design space through the history of banking: what worked, what didn’t, and why
> It also explain three kinds of tokens: fiat-backed stablecoins, asset-backed stablecoins, and strategy-backed synthetic dollars👇
Source: https://x.com/sambroner/status/1857072844624089482?s=46&t=ywALktyM5ZCyt-zigN5Big
Binance Academy: What Is Decentralized Science (DeSci)?
A movement aiming to build public infrastructure for scientific research using Web3 technologies.
Unlike traditional science, DeSci allows for more funding sources, censorship-free collaboration and open access to research data👇
Source: https://academy.binance.com/en/articles/what-is-decentralized-science-desci?ref=AZTKZ9XS&utm_source=BinanceTwitter&utm_medium=GlobalSocial&utm_campaign=GlobalSocial
November 15th~ Rollup
🐚 Research and Ideation 💡
- YB: Don't Midcurve Your FAFO Fund
- Advait jayant: Promising Projects in the Crypto x AI Stack
- Helius: Measuring Solana’s Decentralization: Facts and Figures
- Kaito: AI & Meme Now Takes up >50% of Total Narrative Mindshare
- Artemis: Stablecoin Marketmap - Nov 2024
- Adam Silverman: Everything that Happened in AI Agents this Week
🐚 Podcast 🎙️
- Crypto Market Wizards: Make Generational Wealth with Memecoins w/ Murad
- Good Game Pod: The Golden Age of Crypto
🐚 News 📕
- Elon Musk Shot Down OpenAI's Proposed ICO in 2018: Court Filing
🐚 Project Updates 🔔
- Binance Futures Has Launched the $DEGEN Perpetual Contract
- Pump.Science: The First DeSci Platform on Solana
- Coinbase Has Added $FLOKI to Listing Roadmap
- Holoworld Launches Agent Market
- Crucible Labs: Building the Future of Decentralized AI with Bittensor
Everything that Happened in AI Agents this Week
> Stripe launches a SDK built for AI agents
> Neo AI launched the first Autonomous Machine Learning Engineer.
> OpenAI is preparing to launch a computer using AI agent codenamed “Operator” that take actions on a person’s behalf thru a browser, and more👇
Source: https://x.com/atomsilverman/status/1857568837484556741?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Artemis: Stablecoin Marketmap - Nov 2024
> Stablecoins impact on the crypto/payments stack
> How value accrues to different participants?
> Trends and sectors to watch, and more
Source: https://research.artemis.xyz/p/stablecoin-marketmap-october-2024
AI & Meme Now Takes up >50% of Total Narrative Mindshare
Source: https://x.com/sandraaleow/status/1857635944557588558
Holoworld Launches Agent Market: A Place for Every Community to Create Autonomous AIs
Community get to create multimodal social agents like characters in a video game, and also monetize and co-create AI IPs on-chain with Agent Market
Source: https://x.com/holoworldai/status/1857579649683042593?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Coinbase Has Added $FLOKI to Listing Roadmap
Source: https://x.com/CoinbaseAssets/status/1857513967444230566
List of Promising Projects in the Crypto x AI Stack
Source: https://x.com/advaitjayant/status/1857375650224500835?s=46&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
YB: Don't Midcurve Your FAFO Fund
“Bull runs are isomorphically more similar to playing a video game than they are to investing”
> Winning in crypto means having a healthy balance of skepticism and curiosity
Source: https://terminallyonchain.xyz/bull
Binance Futures Has Launched the $DEGEN Perpetual Contract With Up to 75x Leverage
Source: https://x.com/BinanceFutures/status/1857360164615332309
TABASCOweb3: A Reflection on the Usage of "Chain Abstraction" & Other Misconceptions
> Cross-chain is not chain abstraction
> Chain abstraction is a long-term solution being built for a consumer-centric ecosystem
> Chain abstraction is not some broad UX improvement, and never has been.
> it is narrow and specific to multi-chain
Source: https://x.com/tabascoweb3/status/1857282445353312537?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
New SEC Chair: Brad Bondi Is a New SEC Chair Contender and Pro-Crypto
The lawyer has represented both Trump and Elon Musk’s companies.
Bondi is “well versed in financial regulation of all types, crypto included,”
+ Will Trump waive the restriction on federal employees not owning crypto?
Source: https://unchainedcrypto.substack.com/p/scoop-this-new-top-pick-for-sec-chair?r=aaog1&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true
The Ultimate List of AI Agents x Crypto Projects
Source: https://x.com/inSitesh/status/1857129567896699194
Inside the ai16z AI VC Fund
How It Works and Why It's Thriving
Source: https://x.com/decentralisedco/status/1857119832401154163?s=46&t=ywALktyM5ZCyt-zigN5Big
insights4vc: Decentralized Energy Protocols
This piece explore key energy-related DePIN projects that exemplify noteworthy progress in the decentralized energy landscape👇
Source: https://insights4vc.substack.com/p/decentralized-energy-protocols