Top Ethereum News of the Week
At 6:42:42 UTC on 9/15/22 the Ethereum Merge successfully goes live
Vitalik Buterin reports The Merge goes live and finalizes
CME Group launches ETH options
OFAC publishes FAQs related to Tornado Cash sanctions
The front page of the Financial Times features a headline about The Merge
Stats
Ethereum Total Value Staked is going parabolic
The most popular strike price for Sept 30 ETH calls in $5000
Ethereum number of addresses holding 10K+ ETH hits 13 month high
Ethereum News
Nexo founder says ETH is now prime time ready for institutional investors
StarkNet Alpha 0.10.0 goes live on Mainnet
Coinbase Cloud launches support for Polygon
@dmihal creates website to track ETH Staking APY
The Ethereum KZG-Ceremoney Call #8 goes live
Compound Treasury debuts crypto-backed loans for institutional clients
Starbucks unveils Odyssey NFT Loyalty Program on Polygon
Shell Protocol v2 goes live on Arbitrum One
@AdrianoFeria launches Ethereum Art Daily
Infura plans to launch a decentralized protocol in 2023
The White House puts out a framework on regulating crypto
The first ever Arbitrum Hackathon is coming 10/15 in Bogota, Columbia
Opera Crypto Browser unveils industry first Web3 Wallet Selector
MetaFactory releases Merge Tees
BlockWallet adds swaps and custom network support
Empiric announces data provider partnership with Gemini
Swype announces Arbitrum users can now on & off ramp directly from their bank accounts to any token on Arbitrum
StarkWare announces Cairo 1.0
Blast API now offers support for StarkNet APIs
Muffin announces their public launch
mev-boost v1.2.2 is out
Ribbon Finance announces Ribbon Lend
Realms is bridging to L2 StarkNet
StarkGalaxy releases Episode #2 of Starkmentary
Increment announces the release of Beta v2 on zkSync 2.0 testnet
The Merge
Block 15537394 was the 1st PoS block
The 1st PoS block had a block reward of 45 ETH
The Merge Viewing Party goes live
Budwesier shows support for the Merge
Google creates Merge countdown
I released my Merge summary thread
Rhinofi releases The Ethereum Merge 6 Biggest Questions Answered
@PolygonDaily releases thread on the impacts of the Merge
@TheFirstMint releases thread on the ETH Merge
Connext releases Merge and what is means for Connext
Synthetix releases Synthetix and the Merge
@OurNetwork__ releases Mega Issue #138: The Merge
Ledger releases The Ethereum Merge is happening: Here is what you shouldn’t miss
Bloomberg releases The Ethereum Merge Ups the Stakes and Reshapes the Crypto Universe
Financial Times releases The Merge: A blockchain revolution or just more hype
Braavos releases Will The Merge increase Ethereum Scalability and lower transaction fees
@benjaminion_xyz chats with Congressional staffers about The Merge
@Justin_Bons releases thread on why ETH is the best SoV & money the world has ever seen post-Merge
DeFi Pulse releases Traversing the merge w/ guests
Articles and Threads
@daddysether releases Today in Layer 2 Ethereum
@dennis_qian releases Monday DeFi Market Alpha
@0xdarlington releases An In-depth Guide To Getting Started With Starknet.js
@0xNurstar releases Recap of the previous Day on StarkNet & StarkEx thread
@DeFiSurfer808 releases Ethereum is the Better Bet
@banklessDAO releases Betting It All On Ethereum
@WeekInEthNews releases Latest Week In Ethereum News
@SuccinctJT releases SNARK security and performance
@SalomonCrypto releases Blockcahin Scaling: Optimistic Rollups
@Uniswap releases a few of our favorite reasons to open an LP position
@optimismFND releases update on OP Summer
@Justin_Bons releases Why Proof-of-Stake is Superiro to Proof-of-Work in All Cases
@dankrad releases How to use KZG commitments in proofs
@SomerEast releases Guide to Staking on Ethereum
@Derekmw23 releases What can DeFi learn from fintech
@WuBlockchain releases EIPs Included in Ethereum Hardforks in Past 7 Years
@ConsenSys releases Future of Institutional DeFi and Ethereum
Twitter Spaces
Grateful Show #44 The Merge w/ @GratefulApe_eth @beast_eth & @Ape4249
ETH Merge Debate w/ @MarioNawfal
Obvious Technology Understanding the ETH Merge w/ @AdrianoFeria & @JakeAndStake
MOCA Community Call oooh f we’re gonna merge
Podcasts
Bankless Ultra Sound Ethereum w/ @RyanSAdams @TrustlessState & @drakefjustin
Unchained Ep. 397 Did the Merge Make Ethereum 'the Most Secure Blockchain in the World
Thinking Crypto Everything You Need To Know About Ethereum’s Merge w/ @ThinkingCrypto1 & @benjaminion_xyz
From The Blockchain #40 What Does the Ethereum The Merge Mean (and Not Mean) for You w/ @fame_ladies & @0xAllen_
Polygon Alpha Podcast w/ @Crypto_Texan @GarryKrug & @PestoPoppa
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