This Week In Ethereum
Your weekly update of everything going on in Ethereum
Top Ethereum News of the Week
Senator Stabenow says ETH is not a security
Ettle launches fiat backed Australian Dollar Stablecoin AUDE on Ethereum mainnet
The Ethereum Beacon Chain has now been running flawlessly for 2 years
NFTs are officially live on Uniswap
StarkNet Mainnet alpha is upgraded to v0.10.2
Stats
Since November of 2020 Ethereum L2 transactions per second have increased 33,550%
Gas spent to settle L2 activity on Ethereum hits monthly ATH
Over 230,000 ETH have been staked in the past week
Over the past 24 hours Uniswap was the top DEX by volume on Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, and Optimism
Active addresses on Ethereum hits highest level in 6 weeks
Ethereum News
Crypto Twitter makes a joke that WETH may be in trouble and Bloomberg's analysts fall for it and release an article 😂
ETH has gained 98,000% in 5 years
The Ropsten testnet is shutting down
Stablecoin transfer volumes are at ATHs
Ethereum Layer 2 gas usage hits record highs
Porsche announces new Porsche 911 NFT collection on Ethereum
Stripe announces customizable and embeddable fiat to crypto onramp that allows users to buy crypto with Ethereum within their Web3 app
Apple blocks Coinbase Wallet users from sending NFTs
Apple wants gas fees required to send NFTs be paid through their In-App Purchase system so they can collect 30% of the gas fee
GMX daily fees surpass Uniswap
Trader Joe is deploying to Arbitrum
Adidas introduces their PFP Styling Tool
Beaconchain.eth announces more Execution Layer data
Users will soon be able to swap tokens in Argent X on StarkNet mainnet using JediSwap
NFT buyers on Uniswap will now save 15% on gas thanks to their new fully optimized Universal Router smart contract
Casa announces support for ETH
Finematics releases WETH Explained
The Graph is adding support for Polygon
@odin_free shows off the rise of Ethereum L2s
@terencechain releases EIP-4844 implementer call notes
Coinbase announces upcoming support for Ethereum-based NFT Gaming Studio Altcoin
Optimism had >1000% growth in active dev teams YTD, >1000% growth in active dev teams Y/Y, & >460% growth in API consumption YTD
L2s are buying more L1 gas than ever
Kiln announces $17M Series A Funding Round
Polygon NFT OpenSea Total Sales surpasses 2021 volume
@LeonidasNFT announces the launch of @nfthistorywiki
@0xngmi shows how to check which RPCs track your IP on chainlist
Aztec partners with Outlier Ventures on Zero Knowledge Accelerator
Gnosis releases two new relays for the Gnosis and @ultrasoundmoney communities
Ethereum on ARM shows how to run a full Ethereum node for <$400
Pendle V2 goes live on Ethereum
zkSync releases Ecosystem Update 16
mySwap goes over $1M weekly volume
@CoWSwap is now live on TokenTerminal
Cairo is currently the 4th most popular smart contract language by TVL
Orbiter Research shows the Top 5 rollups with the most transactions the past 7 days
Phantom wallet adds support for Ethereum & Polygon
Obol Labs launches their Distributed Validator Launchpad
Mantle Network presents Mantle
Espresso Systems announces Testnet 1 and Roadmap Release
Fuel Labs introduces the Fuel Ambassador Program
DefiLlama launches trending contracts page in collaboration with @0xKofi
The wagmi core team is now working full-time on the future of wagmi and developer tools for Ethereum, sponsored by Paradigm
Yearn releases a comprehensive guide for yBribe.com's platform for Curve gauge voting
Articles and Threads
@WPeaster releases A Beginner's Guide to StarkNet
@alpha_pls releases How's Arbitrum doing thread
@jphackworth42 releases The Uniswap Airdrop - Lessons for the Industry
@_jefflau releases what is a registrar in ENS
@Swagtimus releases StarkNet Roundup #43
@ratedw3b releases A better way to classify Ethereum's staking layer
@0xSalazar releases all you need to know on WETH
@0xNurstar releases Recap of the previous Day on StarkNet
@dennis_qian releases Monday DeFi Market Alpha
HopProtocol releases November Update
MatchboxDAO releases What Does Matchbox Do
@amanda0x releases Web3’s Wallet Opportunity
Galaxy releases zkEVMs: The Future of Ethereum Scalability
@etheraael releases My MEV Story
@blainemalone releases EVM storage thread
@protolambda gives perspective on withdrawals and EIP-4844
@mt_1466 releases StarkWare: Optimistic vs ZK-Rollups
@0xngmi releases thread on the rate differences among lending markets
@w1nt3r_eth releases list of power tools that security researchers use to investigate hacks
@mhonkasalo releases 10 positive adoption charts for crypto apps/protocols
Aztec releases Everything you need to know about Aztec Connect Testnet v1
@thiccythot_ releases An analysis on Uniswap and areas of improvement for DeFi trading infrastructure
@ahaywa releases Polygon’s ‘Secret Sauce’: Why Starbucks, Meta, and Reddit Chose the Ethereum Scaler
Twitter Spaces
StarkNet Twitter Space Jam #3
IVX x Arbitrum AMA
Stark Spaces StarkNet Regenesis
KZG Summoning Ceremony for EIP-4844
Podcasts
Bankless x Daily Gwei Livestream
StarkNet Africa Cairo Class: Week 5
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