Top Ethereum News of the Week
The Bellatrix upgrade was successful
Swiss-based SEBA Bank launches Ethereum staking for institutional clients
Ethereum Core Dev saves Avalanche from $24B Network "Insta-Death"
Binance introduces ETH Staking
Norges, The Central Bank of Norway, just announced they are building a CBDC sandbox on top of Ethereum
Stats
Over 13.5 million ETH are now in the Ethereum deposit contract. That’s over 11.2% of all circulating ETH
ETH total revenue over the past 30 days was $89,636,773
The ETH/BTC ratio hits highest level since December 2021
Ethereum exchanges outflows continue to outweigh inflows since March 15
Ethereum News
Google now displays a Merge countdown
Curve Finance crvUSD goes live
Ethereum releases Kiln Shutdown Announcement
The first ever Arbitrum hackathon is coming October 15
The Ethereum Protocol Fellowship: The Third Cohort was announced
The New Home of the Heart Merge NFT Exhibition is live on September 12
Zerohedge reports that Ethereum is the most likely base-layer for Global CDBCs
Coinbase is funding and supporting a lawsuit by six individuals against the Treasury Department’s sanctions of Tornado Cash
Banking Giant, ING, says Ethereum Proof-of-Stake may be a step towards broader adoption
Gitcoin Grants Round 15 goes live
Immutable IMX Staking Rewards are now live
Binance announces it will convert all USDC to BUSD
Boba Network announces partnership with SushiSwap
Curve.exchange UI now has Arbitrum and Optimism support
Fuel Labs announces $80M of support for the fastest modular execution layer
Aztec explains how they offer yields 40x cheaper through their @element_fi integration
CoinShares discusses The Merge w/ @TimBeiko
Compound V3 is now live on Instadapp
StarkNet Alpha 0.10.0 goes live on Testnet
@AdrianoFeria drops Ethereum Merge Pandas
Pool Together is now available in the Coinbase app
Loopring now supports creating NFT collections
Metamask launches The MetaMask Knowledge Base, Internationalized
Euler Finance integrates Chainlink Price Feeds on Ethereum mainnet
Vitalik releases Should there be demand-based recurring fees on ENS domains?
@metachris releases MEV-Boost in a Nutshell
Starksheet announces the new Starksheet is live
StarkGalaxy announces the first Episode of Starkmentary
EF Ecosystem Support Program releases Allocation Update: Q1 & Q2 2022
EIP-5375: NFT Author Information and Consent has moved to the review phase
Zapper announces you can now see all othe owners of any token on Ethereum
@samczsun builds website to tag and label Ethereum addresses that anyone can contribute to
StarkWare announces they are committed to exclusively supporting the Ethereum PoS chain post Merge
@mySwapxyz StarkNet AMM hit's new ATH
Influence releases Testing Results & The Roadmap Ahead
Notional Finance introduces Leveraged Vaults
Fibrous Finance is now live in StarkNet Goerli Testnet
@HaymanLiron updates the StarkEx Playground Tutorial to v4.5
Redline releases live tech demo on StarkNet
Orbiter Finance releases new L2 transactions chart
Uniswap is hiring for 18 open roles
ETHey & BeTChy release new comics
The Merge
Ethereum Mainnet Shadow Fork #13, the last shadow fork before the Merge, was successful
Stateful Works releases the Merge Manual
@rpnickson explains the Merge in NBA terms
Uniswap releases What To Know Ahead of The Merge
imToken says it will only support the Ethereum Merge
@korpi87 releases Is the Ethereum Merge Overhyped?
@BCheque1 releases Paper 33: The Merge Preparation
84.2% of all Ethereum nodes are now ready for the Merge
@WPeaster releases Celebrating the Merge with NFTs
Nethermind will be hosting a 24hr Merge Watch Party
WatcherGuru releases real-time Merge tracker
Optimism releases thread on the Merge
The Merge will erase 60,000 Tonnes from Polygon's Carbon Footprint
BitMEX Co-Founder Arthur Hayes says the Ethereum Merge trade is a no-brainer
@bobbyong shows 7 steps to fully take advantage of the Merge
The Ethereum Merge livestream goes live in 3 days
zkSync releases article on how the Merge will affect zkSync
BanklessDAO releases thread on why the Merge is important
@christine_dkim introduces The Ultimate Guide For How To Watch The Ethereum Merge
@KenzieSigalos goes live on CNBC talking about how the Ethereum Merge is coming soon
@TheBlock__ releases The Merge: 10 key people behind Ethereum's biggest upgrade
@MattKunke releases Ethereum’s Roadmap: A Guide to The Merge and Beyond
@LucasOutumuro releases ETH’s Supply & Demand Following the Merge
Stateful Works releases the Merge Manual
The Block releases How Preston Van Loon became key to The Merge
The economist releases The future of crypto is at stake in Ethereum’s switch
Galaxy Digital releases A Step-By-Step Overview of Ethereum’s Merge Upgrade and Associated Risks
Coin Telegraph releases article on how the ETH Merge will change the way enterprises view Ethereum for business
Articles and Threads
@SalomonCrypto releases Ethereum: The Big Picture
@dennins_qian releases Monday DeFi Market Alpha
@corleonescrypto releases Overview of the ARBI Ecosystem
@0xdarlington releases Journey through Cairo III
@DuneAnalytics releases Dune Digest #46
Blockworks breaks down a potential new Ethereum token standard
@daddysether releases Today in Layer 2 Ethereum
Vitalik releases thread of random polls about himself
@preston_vanloon breaks down the Bellatrix upgrade and what's ahead
@VitalikButerin releases a thread of random polls about myself
@Defilgnas releases thread on how BarnBridge V2 works
@0xNurstar releases Recap of the previous Day on StarkNet & StarkEx thread
@pintail_xyz releases Post-Merge MEV: Modelling Validator Returns
@BanklessHQ releases 5 Under the Radar Projects on Arbitrum
@WeekInEthNews releases The latest Week in Ethereum News
@nicksdjohnson releases A response to Vitalik’s ENS musings
@Ingo_zk introduces Cloud-ZK: A Toolkit for Developing Zero Knowledge Proof Acceleration in the Cloud
Chainalysis says ETH's price could decouple from other cryptocurrencies following The Merge, and stakers could earn up to 15% annually
Twitter Spaces
Argent hosts What is the Merge? And why does it matter?
JediSwap hosts Advancing the Oracles using StarkNet
Friday Parliament: The Merge Q&A
Podcasts
Bankless Trading The Merge Episode w/ @RyanSAdams @TrustlessState & @CryptoHayes
Anna Tutova interviews Dmitry Buterin
The Delphi Podcast How Censorship Resistant Is Ethereum w/@jon_charb
Unchained Podcast Why the Merge Makes Arthur Hayes Bullish On ETH w/ @laurashin & @CryptoHayes
Polygon Alpha Podcast Unsecured Institutional Lending in DeFi
WholesomeCrypto w/ @adamjmdawson of @humanDAO
Zero Knowledge Podcast Episode 244: Journey to Blockchain with David Tse
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