Top Ethereum News of the Week
Colorado becomes the first state to accept Ethereum for tax payments
Microsoft publishes EVM scaling research
The CFTC files charges against Ooki DAO for violating the Commodity Exchange Act
Coinbase adds cb.id ENS usernames for all
Matcha is now live on Arbitrum
Stats
Ethereum active validators have already increased by 11.4K so far in September
Bitcoin's supply increase has been 18x higher than Ethereum since the Merge
Ultra Sound Money shows stats since the Merge went live
Since the Merge Ethereum block intervals have been consistently 12 seconds
Ethereum News
Vitalik releases What kind of layers 3s make sense
EIP-2982: Serenity Phase 0 was moved to final
William Shatner congratulates Ethereum on the Merge
SEC tries to claim all of Ethereum falls under US Jurisdiction
Digital bank FV Bank integrates USDC stablecoin for direct deposits
ConsenSys takes out full page ad about the Merge in the Wall Street Journal
Since the Merge proposers who used mev-boost have boosted their staking rewards by 135%
A Russian developer is creating a ruble stablecoin following the DAI model on Ethereum
ETH average daily transactions were up 6% from the previous quarter
Ethereum Art Daily drops EAD.3
Optimism announces Optimism Quests
Roger Ver says EVM chains seem to be the future
Github unbans Tornado Cash on their platform
@ViktorBunin announces Node by Coinbase Cloud
ZK-Rollup StarkNet is now available to all Infura users
Nasdaq's new digital assets group will offer custody services for Ethereum to institutional investors
Polygon flips Solana in TVL
Gitcoin GR 15 is now over
Wintermute was hacked for 160 million
PoolTogether's 8 weeks of OP rewards goes live
Liquid Collective introduces enterprise-grade liquid staking protocol
The @eth_limo ENS domains gateway now supports Arweave and IPFS swarm content hash's
Ramp Network announces you can now purchase ETH by card with the StarkNet wallet
Uniswap Foundation announces the first wave of grants awarded by the Uniswap Foundation
Brave announces 16 new DApps are joing their Wallet Partner program
0x API now has support for Arbitrum
Lido’s stMATIC is now live on Aave
Thales officially expands and deploys on Arbitrum
StarkWare releases new STARK-Struck episode
The total number of ETH held on exchanges has dropped sharply since the Merge
Ankr partners with Polygon to enhance the Web3 building experience for Supernet Developers
Vitalik releases DAOs are not corporations: where decentralization in autonomous organizations matters
ENS Domains successfully regains control of the eth.link domain
Hashflow is now live on zkSync
Defi Llama releases fees + revenue dashboard
The Optimism rewards pool is now live on Terminal
The Encode x StarkNet Autumn Hackathon is launching 10/3
@GiulioRebuffo prototyped The Verge transition at ETHBerlin on Erigon
325.eth sold for 32.5 ETH
GoL2 is now live on StarkNet Mainnet
@dionyziz announces Proofs of Proof of Stake with Sublunar Complexity
@MMInstutional recaps how the community is building the network for the long term
Messari raises $35M to expand Bloomberg of crypto ambitions
Nethermind is looking to hire 3 new positions
Center announces their APIs now support Arbitrum
StarkBoard releases StarkBoard V1
Rysk Finance is launching on Arbitrum
Articles and Threads
a16z releases Zero Knowledge Canon, part 1 & 2
@bitsplaining releases Layer 2 Landscape #35
@0xstark releases thread on Imagine that Ethereum succeeds
@apolynya releases Fractal Scaling
@Swagtimus releases StarkNet Roundup #33
@Starknet_Intern releases ELI5: The data availability problem
@christine_dkim releases Recap of the 96th Ethereum Consensus Layer call
@0xPARC releases Recursive zkSNARKs: Exploring New Territory
@varunshenoy_ releases Zero Knowledge Proofs Primer for non-technical web3 researchers
@mhonkasalo releases How high do we want gas fees to be on Ethereum
@0xriptide releases write-up on a critical vulnerability he found on Arbitrum Nitro
@itstaylorlocke releases behind the scene look of the Merge from the people who made it possible
@SalomonCrypto releases Scaling Ethereum: Execution
@WPeaster releases A Beginner's Guide to ETH Validators
@financialpost releases article on how Ethereum's Merge sets the stage for the next iteration of the internet
@kunalgoel & @dunleavy89 release State of Ethereum Q3 2022
HopProtocol announces OP rebate program
@0xNurstar releases recap of the previous Day on StarkNet & StarkEx
@himeshdoteth releases After The Merge │ Part 2: The Verge
@PastryEth releases thread on ENS domains
@EthereumPools releases thread on Ethereum multi-block MEV
@daddysether releases new Layer 2 Weekly Roundup newsletter
@ysiu’s Ape makes the runway at New York Fashion Week
@OlimpioCrypto releases thread on Optimism Quests
@Justin_Bons releases how ETH is more secure, decentralized, scarce & censorship resistant than BTC
Staking Rewards releases the differences between RAI & DAI
@dennis_qian releases Monday DeFi Market Alpha
Revert releases Time-vesting with the Uniswap v3 staker
@VivekVentures releases thread on two big effects of the Merge
@thecryptocactus releases Market Report #31
@BanklessPub releases Everything you must know about Crypto Wallets
@NeerajKA releases Staking doesn’t change how ETH is regulated
@zkxprotocol releases Koselig with Cairo
@marceaueth breaks down how running an Ethereum validator has 5-7 revenue streams
@Starknet_Intern releases Choosing a StarkNet Development Tool
Bloomberg releases The Ethereum Merge has finally happened. What does it mean for the world of crypto
Twitter Spaces
Merge Data Challenge w/ @dannyryan @vdWijden @barnabemonnot @Infosecual & @drigolvc
Brahma DeFi Hall #02 w/ @0xPolygon & @LidoFinance
Shill Me Your Fundamentals Ep. 2 w/ @0xNurstar & @JediSwap
Podcasts
Bankless Merged Livestream w/ @TrustlessState @RyanSAdams @TimBeiko & @dannyryan
Odd Lots The Ethereum Network Just Experienced A Monumental Development w/ @christine_dkim
Web 3 Talks Episode 28 w/ @pedrouid from Wallet Connect
Unchained Is Bitcoin Doomed to Fail? w/ @laurashin @ercwl & @Justin_Bons
Polygon Alpha Podcast w/ @Crypto_Texan & @themandalore9 of @WeAreTellor
Wholesome Crypto w/ @MisterMojoEth - Founder of The POAP Report
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