This Week In Ethereum
Your weekly update of everything going on in Ethereum
Top Ethereum News of the Week
Ethereum devs confirm the Mainnet Merge will go live between September 15th/16th!
TTD is set at: 58750000000000000000000
The US Treasury santions Tornado Cash
It's now more expensive to attack Ethereum than Bitcoin
Vitalik releases idea for stealth addresses for ERC721s
StarkWare announces launch of new recursive validity proof that allows 60 million NFTs to be minted in a single transaction
Stats
The ETH/BTC ratio goes over 50% and hits highest level since January
ETH has outperformed BTC by over 65% since June 18th
ETH goes back over $2K for the first time since May
There is now $6.1 billion locked in Layer 2’s on Ethereum. That’s an 71% increase over the past 30 days
@takenstheorem shows blocks before/after/recent since EIP-1559 went live
Ethereum number of addresses holding 10K+ ETH hits 1 month high
Ethereum number of addresses holding 1K+ ETH hits 7 month high
Ethereum number of addresses holding 100+ ETH hits 16 month high
Ethereum News
Tornado Cash developer arrested in Amsterdam
Jim Cramer says it's time to buy Ethereum on CNBC
Circle freezes 75,000 USDC belonging to Tornado Cash users
Wall Street investors are betting ETH will double by Sept. 30
Vitalik was the opening keynote speaker at ETHMexico
Interactive brokers customers can now trade Ethereum and other crypto 24 hours a day
Tether announces it will support Ethereum PoS after the Merge and not a potential Proof-of-Work fork
Chainlink says they will only support the main Ethereum chain after the Merge. No PoW forks will not be supported
MakerDAO is considering a $3.5 billion ETH market buy, converting all USDC from the peg stability module into ETH. Vitalik says that's a risky and terrible idea
Ethereum whale transactions peak at 2-month high
Uniswap is the leading DEX with 65% volume share
Institutions have now flocked to Ethereum for 7 weeks in a row
Taiwan turns to Ethereum IPFS tech to Thwart Chinese Cyberattacks
Worldwide Web3 announces partnership with Immutable and Starkware
Circle announces it will fully and solely support the Ethereum PoS chain post-merge
Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, will deploy Ethereum Validator Nodes in 2023
Rainbow wallet now allows creating and customizing your ENS profile
ETHLatam goes live
vitalik.ca now has dark mode
ETH gas fees fall to lowest levels in 2 years
OKX announces they will support the Ethereum Merge
Polygon introduces the Gnosis Bridge for Gnosis Safe
Vitalik plays down the impact of Ethereum forks after the Merge
Polynomial Protocol launches the next generation of Earn Vaults on Optimism
Arbitrum Nova goes live
Curve Finance was comprimised
Polygon is now home to over 37K dApps
Orbiter Finance makes bridging to StarkNet easier with integration with Argent
CoW Swap handles over $100M volume and hits highest daily market share in its history
Arbitrum and OptimismFND are now the 4th and 6th largest smart contract chains by total value locked
Anchorage & Angel List partner to allow investors to use USDC to fund their special purpose vehicles (SPVs) and funds of choice via the Ethereum network
There is now 140 million DAI on Optimism
Solidity releases version 0.8.16
Index Coop introduces the Flash Mink SDK
SushiSwap is launching on Arbitrum Nova
RabbitHole new LensProtocol quest is live
DeBank will not support any Ethereum PoW chains after the Merge
Six Degree creates an Ethereum on-chain macro metrics dashboard
The founder of IsmToys meets Vitalik and gives him physical versions of popular NFTs
MUX now supports Arbitrum
Poloniex announces trading for potential ETH hard fork tokens
L2BEAT releases update where their website is now being updated on an hourly basis
Lido adds wallet integration for Ambire Wallet
@caseykcaruso shows off the top Gas Guzzlers on Ethereum
Silo Finance announces the deployment of their lending protocol on Ethereum
Ren introduces Ren 2.0
ETHGlobal announces the 8 Metabolism Finalists
The Encode x Wintermute MEV Hackathon with Flashbots starts August 15
The Merge
The Goerli Testnet Merge was successful!
TTD has been set for the Mainnet Merge
I released a Summary of the Ethereum Goerli Testet Merge Transition
Bankless hosts the Goerli Merge live stream
Merge Community Call #6 went live
@0x_Lucas releases The Biggest Threat to the Merge on Bankless
@TimBeiko talks about the Merge at ETHVancouver
@christine_dkim releases Ethereum Dev Call Summary
@benjaminion_xyz releases What’s New in Eth2
Consensus Layer Call #93 went live
Nethermind releases guide on how to setup and run Nethermind after the Merge
Articles and Threads
@TrustlessState releases The Ethereum Watershed
Binance releases An Introduction To ERC-20 Tokens
@dennis_qian releases Monday DeFi Market Alpha
Immutable releases Ground Up Guide: zkEVM, EVM Compatibilty & Rollups
Loopring releases Q2 Quarterly Update
@Swagtimus releases StarkNet Roundup #29
@takenstheorem releases Layer 2 Playgrounds
Blocknative releases Ethereum Block Building: Prepare for the Post-Merge Future
@Montana_Wong releases What is the Triple Halvening and how this will drastically affect every ETH holder
@DeFiSurfer808 releases Optimistic Arbitrum
Swell Network releases Swell Ether, NFTs, and vaults
StatefulWorks announces the first artists in New Home of the Heart
@lodestar_eth releases The Road Ahead for Ethereum Light Clients
a16z releaes Measuring SNARK Performance
@vargastarup releases 10 best resources for scaling dApps using STARKs
@spencernoon releases OurNetwork #133
@StarkWareLtd releases Recursive STARKs
@CryptoHayes releases thread about ETH futures
Gitcoin releases Introduction to Gitcoin Passport
Messari Crypto releases The State of Aave Q2 2022
@WeekInEthNews releases Latest Week in Ethereum News
0xNurstar releases Recap of the previous Day on StarkNet thread
Twitter Spaces
Block Gurus Ethereum Beacon Chain, Staking, and more w/ @superphiz @5459_eth & @CryptoGuy_777
MEV and the Merge w/ @sassal0x & @0xjim
Optimism Bedrock AMA w/ @annieYke @kevinjho_ @trianglesphere & @protolambda
Collective Shift - Ethereum; Scaling Wars; Upcoming Narratives w/ @sassal0x
Liquity - Decentralized Stablecoins Matter w/ @ameensol @ChrisBlec & @DeFi_Dad
Podcasts
Show Me The Crypto Understanding The Ethereum Merge
Bankless The Network State w/ @RyanSAdams @TrustlessState & @balajis
Epicenter MEV-Boost w/ @crainbf @FelixLts @thegostep & @_vshapovalov
Unchained On The Chopping Block w/@hosseeb @rleshner & @tomhschmidt @hasufl & @runekek
Polygon Alpha Podcast w/ @Crypto_Texan @Riiijo & @harshrajat
Optimism for NonTechies w/ @ori_pomerantz
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