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Sonic Gateway is Live
Bridge USDC, EURC, WETH, and FTM from Ethereum to Sonic
gateway.soniclabs.com
Source: https://x.com/SonicLabs/status/1871918974851776702?s=19
Megastrategy: The Digital Volatility Engine
MegaStrategy, a decentralized system designed to become the largest onchain treasury of Ethereum
> It aims to achieve leverage without short-term liquidation risk by securing debt at protocol level.
> The system operates through 2 token types: the Strategy Token (MGST) & Convertible Tokens (CVs)
Source: megastrategy/introducing-megastrategy-b12388b7fdb5" rel="nofollow">https://medium.com/@megastrategy/introducing-megastrategy-b12388b7fdb5
Decipher: Enterprise Blockchain Solutions
Enterprise blockchain solutions are transforming how businesses operate, addressing challenges like trust, transparency, security, and efficiency.
This article explores:
> The necessity of blockchain solutions for enterprises
> The key drivers behind their adoption
> Practical use cases, mainstream solutions, limitations
> Viable alternatives for addressing these challenges.
Source: https://medium.com/decipher-media/enterprise-blockchain-solutions-cec90854459c
Memento Research | Spectral Labs: Building the Onchain Agent Economy
Spectral is pioneering the Onchain Agent Economy, enabling users to create autonomous AI agents to execute complex blockchain interactions through their Spectral Syntax platform.
> Spectral's SYNTAX framework seamlessly integrates LLM capabilities with blockchain txns
> The $SPEC token powers this ecosystem through multiple value accrual mechanisms👇
Source: https://mementoresearch.com/building-the-onchain-agent-economy-spectral-labs/
Binance Will Support the Fantom (FTM) Token Swap and Rebranding to Sonic (S)
> Binance will delist all existing FTM spot trading pairs by Jan 13, 03:00 (UTC)
> New Sonic trading pairs will be live on Jan 16.
Source: https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/binance-will-support-the-fantom-ftm-token-swap-and-rebranding-to-sonic-s-aec6fcbc84b749eeab6690e6bcac2f3d
0xNairolf: 5 Narratives to Watch in 2025
> L1s, AI, RaaS, altVMs, and Chain abstraction
Source: https://x.com/0xnairolf/status/1871186594889118070?s=46&t=2q9OLMlaobNlHLewOXT4uA
Decentralised Co: Year In Review - 2024
A compilation of their 2024 write-ups, and what could be expected in the months to come
Source: https://www.decentralised.co/p/year-in-review-2024
Global Token Exchange (GTE): Decentralized Trading Venue Powered by MegaETH
GTE is an end-to-end decentralized trading venue with CEX-level performance. It has 3 components:
> Launchpads, Spot Trading, and Leverage Trading
> Join waitlist: gte.xyz
Source: https://x.com/GTE_XYZ/status/1871224260464951383
Binance Labs Invests in Usual to Redefine Stablecoins with Community-First Innovation
> Usual is a secure and decentralized RWA-backed stablecoin issuer that redistributes value and ownership through the $USUAL token.
Source: https://x.com/BinanceLabs/status/1871209616690082120?t=rAdLV24ZWXKziv2rYAmlKA&s=35
Hyperliquid Responds To Reports Circulating Regarding Activity By Supposed DPRK Addresses
> “There Has Been No DPRK Exploit - Or Any Exploit For That Matter - Of Hyperliquid"
> “All User Funds Are Accounted For”
Source: https://x.com/DegenerateNews/status/1871229324755382530
Binance Launchpool Introduces Bio Protocol $BIO
> Binance will list BIO on 2025-01-03 10:00 (UTC)
Source: https://x.com/binance/status/1871141508675407908
Blocmates: What Are AI Agent 'Swarms' The Next Chapter in AI Agent Evolution
Just like bees, ants, and certain groups of human beings often form swarms to maximize efficiency, Agent swarms are much the same.
> Banding specialized agents to communicate & work together toward a common goal creates a swarm
> One advantage is less risk of catastrophic failure if one of the agents decides to go rogue.👇
Source: https://www.blocmates.com/articles/what-are-ai-agent-swarms---the-next-chapter-in-ai-agent-evolution
Uncommon Core Pod: Ethereum & Solana - MEV & Beyond
W/ Robert Miller @ Flashbots. They breakdown:
> Ethereum’s roadmap & L1 vs. L2
> Solana & Ethereum MEV
> Multiple concurrent proposers (MCP) vs. Multiple concurrent builders (MCB)
> Flashbots’ Rollup-Boost & BuilderNet
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLq-75nM3dE
Concerns Around Hyperliquid Security
How the $2.3B USDC in Hyperliquid's Arbitrum bridge faces potential risks if 3 of 4 validators are compromised
Source: https://twitter.com/0xcygaar/status/1871037756975047153?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Kaito to Distribute all NFT Mint Proceeds to the Top 1000 Yaps Users (150 ETH)
> 0.2 ETH to top 1-500
> 0.1 ETH to 501-1000
> Snapshot for top 1000 to be taken by Jan 1
> ETH will then be distributed on Jan 2nd
Source: https://x.com/_kaitoai/status/1870807824751886611
December 24th~ Rollup
🐚 Research and Ideation 💡
- Memento Research | Spectral Labs: Building the Onchain Agent Economy
- jinglingcookies: What is Sporedotfun: AI Giving Birth to AI?
- Decipher: Enterprise Blockchain Solutions
🐚 Podcast 🎙️
- Digitized Spotlight: Virtuals Protocol - The Agentic Economy W/ Jansen
🐚 Project Updates 🔔
- Megastrategy: The Digital Volatility Engine
Digitized | Spotlight: Virtuals Protocol - The Agentic Economy
w/ Jansen, co-founder of Virtuals Protocol
Discussion:
> The first AI agent on the platform Luna
> The G.A.M.E. framework
> $VIRTUAL tokenomics
> AI agent interoperability
> Agent swarms
> Market predictions for 2025, and more
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLXQNiM67yU
jinglingcookies: What is Sporedotfun: AI Giving Birth to AI?
Spore Fun, a platform where AI can give birth to more AI, which has now given birth to Adam and Eve
> The post explore how these agents generate wealth, gain skills, and form ecosystems while raising questions about inheritance and offspring traits👇
Source: https://twitter.com/jinglingcookies/status/1871556476256551292?s=46&t=2q9OLMlaobNlHLewOXT4uA
December 23rd~ Rollup
🐚 Research and Ideation 💡
- Blocmates: What Are AI Agent 'Swarms' The Next Chapter in AI Agent Evolution
- apfabriciuss: Why I Bought the Kaito Genesis NFT at 31x the Minting Price
- Crucible Labs: A Framework for Classifying Bittensor Subnets
- Decentralised Co: Year In Review - 2024
- Stacy Muur: Delphi's "The Year Ahead for Markets 2025": Key Insights
- 0xNairolf: 5 Narratives to Watch in 2025
🐚 Podcast 🎙️
- Delphi Digital Pod: Delphi's AI + DePIN Year Ahead 2025
🐚 News 📕
- MicroStrategy Acquires Another 5,262 Bitcoin for $561 million
🐚 Project Updates 🔔
- Binance Introduces Bio Protocol $BIO on Launchpool
- Bio Protocol: Home for Decentralized Biotech
- Hyperliquid Responds To Reports Circulating on Activity By Supposed DPRK Addresses
- Binance Labs Invests in Usual to Redefine Stablecoins with Community-First Innovation
- Spore.Fun: A Game of Love, Death + Robots
- GTE: Decentralized Trading Venue Powered by MegaETH
Delphi Digital Pod: Delphi's AI + DePIN Year Ahead 2025
> AI Macro Landscape
> Agent Platforms Discussion
> Worldcoin Bull Case
> Decentralized Training Evolution
> DePIN Overview
> Mobile Wireless Infrastructure
> Fixed Bandwidth Discussion, and more
Source: https://x.com/Delphi_Digital/status/1871282570660401562
Stacy Muur: Delphi's "The Year Ahead for Markets 2025": Key Insights
This post covers:
> Long Live Bitcoin
> The Altseason Disillusionment
> Stablecoin growth and credit expansion
> The Solana thesis
> Outlook for 2025, and more
Source: https://x.com/stacy_muur/status/1871130706157486540
Crucible Labs: A Framework for Classifying Bittensor Subnets
> Research-oriented to Service-oriented
> Intelligence-focused to Resource-focused
Source: https://x.com/CrucibleLabs/status/1871257571027550250
Spore Fun: A Game of Love, Death + Robots
“For AI to achieve true autonomy, it must control its creation process, passing traits, strategies, and mutations to its offspring”
> Spore.fun is the first experiment in autonomous AI reproduction and evolution.
> An AI mini civilization with simple rules: born, make money, feed yourself, breed or die.
> It combines Eliza Framework, Solana pumpfun and TEE verifiable computation to create an ecosystem where AI agents not only survive but also reproduce and adapt, independent of human intervention
Source: https://twitter.com/marvin_tong/status/1871223608682725564
Bull Thesis for Kaito: Why I Bought the Kaito Genesis NFT at 31x the Minting Price
“My bet is on crypto products with real product-market fit —Kaito”
Source: https://x.com/apfabriciuss/status/1871150442689753580
Bio Protocol: Home for Decentralized Biotech
BIO is a launchpad & liquidity protocol for BioDAOs, with $BIO as its native governance token
> BIO TGE on Ethereum Mainnet on Jan 3
> BIO is 100% community-owned in year 1
> Total BIO supply: 3.2B
> 56% to be distributed to Ecosystem + Community
> $BIO will unlock over 6 years
Source: https://x.com/bioprotocol/status/1871154879156359326
MicroStrategy Acquires Another 5,262 Bitcoin for $561 million, Now Holds 444,262 BTC
Source: https://x.com/saylor/status/1871179886036910278
December 22nd~ Rollup
🐚 Research and Ideation 💡
- 2077 Research | Nuffle: Ethereum's Finality-As-A-Service Layer
- 0xCygaar: Concerns Around Hyperliquid Security
- Defi0xJeff | AI Agents in 2024: A Recap and What’s Next (Part 2/2)
🐚 Podcast 🎙️
- Uncommon Core Pod: Ethereum & Solana - MEV & Beyond
🐚 Project Updates 🔔
- Kaito to Distribute all NFT Mint Proceeds to Top Yaps Users
Defi0xJeff | AI Agents in 2024: A Recap and What’s Next (Part 2/2)
Exploring the infrastructure and trends shaping the future of AI agents.
> How AI agent will reshape our thinking about autonomy, intelligence, and collaboration in 2025
Source: https://x.com/Defi0xJeff/status/1870878345979908321
2077 Research | Nuffle: Ethereum's Finality-As-A-Service Layer
> NFFL: Nuffle Labs' Fast Finality Layer
> This paper examines NFFL's innovative approach to enabling cross-rollup state verification, its architectural design, development roadmap & more
Source: https://research.2077.xyz/nuffle-ethereums-finality-as-a-service-layer#introduction
December 21st~ Rollup
🐚 Research and Ideation 💡
- knwang: Types of AI Search Engine
- Shoal Research: Breakdown of the Vana Staking Model
- Wassielawyer: Overview of Labs Company & Foundations
- Seoul: Dune Dashboard to Monitor Ai16z DAO
🐚 Podcast 🎙️
- When Shift Happens Pod: How to Get Rich With Crypto AI Agents
🐚 News 📕
- SEC Fines Jump Trading Subsidiary $123M
🐚 Project Updates 🔔
- Unichain Mainnet to Launch Q1 2025