Top Ethereum News of the Week
Vitalik is really excited for the Merge
Arbitrum Nitro goes live
Vitalik announces Proof of Stake physical and digital book. You can also get a signed digital copy and NFT.
Swiss National Bank Frick talks about ETH staking
The BTC/ETH ratio goes back over 50%
Stats
There's now more than 13,400,000 $ETH being staked in the deposit contract. That’s over 11.1% of all circulating ETH.
Ethereum on-chain data shows addresses with 1,000 to 10,000 ETH have added more than 320,000 ETH the past month
Arbitrum/Optimism is now at 30% of ETH daily transactions
There was 4 million transaction settled on StarkEx the past week
Ethereum number of addresses holding 100+ ETH hits 17 month high
Ethereum number of addresses holding 1K+ ETH hits 10-month high
Ethereum number of addresses holding 10K+ ETH hits 3 month high
Ethereum exchange outflow volume just hits 1 month high
Ethereum News
Since the Arbitrum Nitro launch, Arbitrum daily transactions are approaching ATHs and has already surpassed Optimism daily transactions
Beeple reelases Raw Ethereum
SushiSwap celebrates its 2nd Birthday
Etheremine announces Ethermine Staking
Etherscan is now live on Optimism Goerli
The Ethereum KZG-Ceremony #7 call goes live
CME Group’s Euro-denominated ETH futures go live
Vitalik Buterin says he’s worried about Bitcoin’s future
301,000 new .eth ENS domains were created in August
ETH products continue to grow in August as BTC products dip
The Ethereum Foundation releases the Ethereum Protocol Fellowship: The Third Cohort
@Noahpinion interviews Vitalik about proof-of-work vs. proof-of-stake, the recent crash in crypto markets, cryptocurrency security, decentralized governance, startup societies, and more
Myria L2 is now live
Mirror announces new Spotlight Series
Lyra integrates RainbowKit on Optimism
ENS Domains is hiring a Community Manager
Rocket Pool announces new community competition
Robinhood launches MATIC deposits & withdrawals on Polygon PoS
Analyst envisions an 80% surge for $ETH to hit $3000 in September
Curve Finance founder says it’s possible crvUSD stablecoin could launch next month
Immutable is partnering with Sparkadia’s Edenbrawl to onboard players on ETH
Ethereum.org announces the Ethereum Foundation blog is now available in 16 languages
ENS Domains releases August 2022 stats
Analysts say ETH will eventually outgrow BTC
MakerDAO releases new MakerUpDaits
Rocket Pool’s Redstone is live on mainnet
Fixed borrowing is now live on Voltz Protocol
Polygon announces new and improved version of Polygon Wallet Suite
GammaX announces funding development backed by StarkWare
Defi Llama releases new page where users can search any protocol
DeFi Saver introduces their most advanced automated strategy yet: The Trailing Stop
Bibliotheca DAO & MatchboxDAO are partnering with Realms to drive development of StarkNet games
Empiric Network has ported over the Compound Finance and Coinbase Open Oracle standard to StarkNet
@danielgothits shows list of brands & organizations who own their ENS domain
Euler Finance is now live on Instadapp
Fixed borrowing is now live on Voltz Protocol
gm.xyz's mobile app is now live in the iOS app store
Loopring releases How To Stake Your ETH on Loopring L2
Nansen Portfolio adds Yearn Finance vaults on Arbitrum
Rhino.fi’s new AMM pool powered by StarkEx goes live on Mainnet
Kyber identified and neutralized an exploit on the KyberSwap frontend
@AlexWGomezz releases What Does Layer 2 Mean and Why Are They Important
Infura releases the top actions and considerations for Ethereum developers using Infura to ensure a seamless transition to PoS
Binance announces it will support Ethereum’s Merge to Proof of Stake
FoxWallet deploys on Arbitrum
Phi launches on Polygon Mumbai Testnet
Web3 Africa announces Speed Run Ethereum Bootcamp in collaboration with @austingriffith
Myria partners with StarkWare to create a ZK STARKs-based Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution
@kylascan releases Crypto 101: What’s Ethereum
@NHeinDev releases Introduction to Smart Contracts with Ethereum & Solidity course
@samcmAU announces Checkpointz
@AdrianoFeria releases The Ethereum Merge Pandas Collection on Foundation
ETHeyAndBeTChy release new comics
Eykar announces strategic partnership with StarkNet.id
InfStones Global announces collaboration with StarkWare to provide API services
Influence Test-to-Earn launches
Layer3 offers users free NFTs by completing transactions on Optimism and Arbitrum
Mint Square announces partnership with Influence to celebrate the Test-to-Earn launch on StarkNet
The Merge
Make sure to update to @ErigonEth release v2022.08.03-alpha. It contains a critical patch to post-Merge block production.
There has been 0 issues found since Ethereum Mainnet Shadow Fork 12 merged this week
- No missed proposals
- Attestation rate unchanged
- Network is extremely stable
Over 71% of all Ethereum nodes are ready for the Merge
Google searches for “Ethereum Merge” continue to hover around ATH ahead of the Merge. Searches are up over 160% the past month
@TrustlessState releases Everything you need to know about the Ethereum Merge
Vitalik reminds everyone to update clients before September 6
@prylabs releases Everything Node Operatiors Need to Prepare for the Ethereum Merge
@christine_dkim releases recap of the Ethereum All Core Devs Call #146
LooksRare announces forked versions of Ethereum will not be supported by LooksRare after the Merge
The @nethermindeth team built two Forta bots that monitor the progress and health of the Merge
Coin Metrics releases Mapping Out The Merge
The New York Times releases The Crypto World Can’t Wait for the Merge
@TMIYChao releases Why different sources report different estimates for The Merge timing
@banklessDAO releases The Merge Part I
@ercwl releases Is the Merge priced in thread
@asanso releases Towards practical post quantum Single Secret Leader Election - Part 1
Ledger releases The Merge is approaching. A few key points to remember
RhinoFi releases 3 stratgies to try and profit from the merge
Teku v22.9.0 is out
Articles and Threads
@SalomonCrypto releases thread on why Ethereum will become the world’s global settlement layer
@Swagtimus releaes StarkNet Roundup #32
@dennis_qian releases Monday DeFi Market Alpha
@OlimpioCrypto releases thread on how to prepare for the ARBI airdrop
Bankless releases Top 5 Ways to Earn OP on Optimism
@daddysether releases Today in Layer 2 Ethereum
@dmihal releases Crunching the Calldata
@ryanberckmans releases A strategy for DAI
@DegenSensi releases Arbitrum Odyssey - Nitro Edition
@ryanberckmans explores the flippening timeline 2019-2026
@0xNurstar releases Recap of the previous Day on StarkNet & StarkEx thread
Specular releases thread on why they provide stronger security and decentralization than other EVM-equivalent ORUs
@Jasper_ETH releases thread on the Rocket Pool Redstone Upgrade
@dr3a_eth releases Ultimate ENS beginners guide
@poojaranjan19 releases EIPs Insight August 2022
Polygon releases Where we stand today thread about @0xPolygonAvail
@korpi87 releases Can Vesta Finance become a dominant stablecoin player on L2s
@allenjosephaj releases Weekly update of the StarkNet Ecosystem
@bitsplaining releases Layer 2 Landscape #33
@barretodavid releases StarkNet’s Newsletter #1
@daddysether releases Today in Layer 2 Ethereum
@guil_lambert releases 10 tips to make your Uni v3 LPing 10x more efficient
@LidoFinance releases Analysis of stETH User Behavior Patterns
@CoinbaseCloud releases thread on the Arbitrum Nitro upgrade
Week In Eth News releases Latest Week In Ethereum News
@Defilgnas releases Maker’s mission to create an Unbiased World Currency
Twitter Spaces
ETHSafari Introducing ETHSafari Speakers
Spartan Space: New Polynomial Option Vaults built on Synthetix w/ @polynomialfi
Podcasts
Bankless Ethereum Uncensored w/ @RyanSAdams @TrustlessState & @drakefjustin
Coinbase Around The Block w/ @brian_armstrong & vitalikbuterin
The Daily Gwei Drive Thru w/ @sassal0x & @NorthRockLP
What’s new in Eth2 Episode #100 w/ @superphiz & @benjaminion_xyz
Immutable Between 2 Layers zkWars, Ethereum Merge, and GameStopNFT w/ @0xferg and @carlypreilly
Zero Knowledge Podcast Ep 243: Dive Back into MEV w/ @annarrose @tarunchitra @metachris & @ralexstokes
EthStaker Community Call #21: Rocket Pool Redstone Upgrade
Blockcrunch The Bull and Bear Case For The Merge w/ @mrjasonchoi & @sassal0x
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