This Week In Ethereum
Your weekly update of everything going on in Ethereum
Top Ethereum News of the Week
Ethereum turns 7 years old
Ethereum daily active addresses hit new ATH
The first ever wallet integration for Optimism NFTs goes live
Institutional investors are piling into ETH at the highest rate since November 2021
Polygon co-founder says Ethereum will outpace Visa transaction with zkEVM rollups
Stats
ETH is up 65% for the month of July
There are now over 500k unique addresses with an ENS domain
Last time ETH transactions per day were this high ETH was 4K
There is now over 114K .eth accounts on Twitter
Ethereum number of addresses in profit just hit an 1 month high
Ethereum number of addresses holding 1+ ETH hits new ATH
Ethereum number of addresses holding 10+ ETH hits new ATH
Ethereum News
Vitalik says the Merge, Surge, Verge, Purge, & Splurge are not in stages. They are all happening in parallel
Over $1.26 billion in Ethereum Options expire
SushiSwap launches on MetisDAO
@viamirror introduces Web3 subscriptions
Mercedes Benz launches blockchain-based data sharing platform on Polygon
MetaMask Mobile will be compatible with the Ledger Nano X in upcoming release
Optimism launches new onboarding flow. After completion users can claim a free NFT
WNBA drops POAPs for fans attending the 2022 WNBA Comissioners Cup Championship
Over 90% of ETH transactions now use EIP-1559
Trust Wallet integrates Polygon NFTs
Median gas prices on Ethereum hits 90 day low
@Doctor_Blox releases transcription of Vitalik's talk at EthCC
Arbitrum announces the Rinkeby Nitro migration was successful
@dannyryan announces The Academic Grants Round grantees
Immutable welcomes XYZZY and DIG to the Immutable X ecosystem
ETH surpasses BTC in futures trading volume
Rainbow (re)introduces swaps
Lenstube introduces Lenstube Bytes
Starkware StarkEx transactions go over 200 million since launch
GamestopNFT shows how to withdraw an L2 NFT to L1
Robot known for outperforming crypto markets increases allocation of ETH
ZORA x ETHGlobal Metabolism Hackathon is coming August 4 - 10
Bitwise CIO says Ethereum is that asset institutional investors may soon feel compelled to own
Yahoo Finance releases article on .eth becoming the new .com
Atlantis World launches Optimism integration
Nexus Mutual announces ETH2 Staking Cover
Arbitrum's bridge gets complete new redesign
There was 3.5 million transactions on Starkware mainnet this week
@ArbitrumDevs shows list of scheduled dates for testnet upgrades
DefiLlama is launching LlamaFolio, an open-source portfolio tracker
U.S. Senators introduce a new bill to make crypto transactions less than $50 tax free
MetaMask 10.18.0 is out. This update shows when an transaction is requesting “Set Approval For All”
zeroDAO is now live on Optimism
RadiantCapital goes live
OP Token Rewards go live on PoolTogether
@ETHeyAndBeTChy releases new comics
Premia Finance’s portfolio is now tracked on DeBank
Swell Network Mainnet Release Candidate is now live
Orbiter Finance announces Orbiter has been integrated into StarkGate
Uniswap surpasses Ethereum in daily fees
@SuhailKakar introduces Lens.js for LensProtocol
Quadrata goes live on Ethereum Mainnet
Synapse Protocol introduces Synapse Chain
@0xKofi announces Vyper 0.3.4 is here
Dune announces the first speakers for DuneCon
The Merge
Ethereum Mainnet Shadow Fork 10 was successful
The Goerli/Prater Merge Announcement is out!
Goerli will be the final testnet before the Merge and will transition between August 6th- 12th
wen merge? 🔜
Future talks with @dannyryan about The Merge
@benjaminion_xyz releases What’s new in Eth2
The next Merge Community Call #6 will be on August 12th
@sajidazouarhi explains The Merge at EthCC
JPG announces New Home of the Heart NFT that benefits core devs working on the Merge
@VivekVentures says the Merge is Ethereum’s chance to overtake Bitcoin
@dunleavy89 releases thread on is the Merge rally stronger than poor macro conditions
@eli5_defi releases Ethereum Merge Basic Visual Guide
@remy_roy releases Guide on how to join the Goerli/Prater Merge testnet
@defipulse releases Ethereum Merge and the Impact on Supply Dynamics
Cointelegraph interviews @VivekVentures about The Merge and the future of Ethereum
@akshayjain865 releases why the ETH Merge matters for everyone
Articles and Threads
@Swagtimus releases StarkNet Roundup #27
@dennis_qian releases new Monday DeFi Market Alpha
@0xNurstar releases Recap of the previous Day on StarkNet
@samcmAU releases How To: Checkpoint Sync
@blockworksres releases SushiXSwap is live and ready for the multi-chain future
@defiprime releases The Defiprime Post #103
@cmsintern & @MarkMBissell release Intern Breakdown #2: MEV
@0xpemulis releases Optimistic Rollups In Practice
@DefiIgnas releases The top 7 trends coming for DeFi
@rhinofi breaks down the key stages of how Ethereum will scale
@OmarOnChain releases Maximal Extractable Value Explained
@Delphi_Digital releases thread on the DEX Wars
@zkxprotocol releases Why does Vietnam matter in web3 adoption
@DeFiDave22 releases EthCC Journal on DefiantNews
@epnsproject releases recap of EthCC
@sgoldfed releases Some scattered thoughts on Arbitrum Nitro, zk-rollups, and plumbing
@SalomonCrypto releases thread on how The World Computer works
@indexcoop releases July 27th Newsletter
@sanjaypshah releases How do theoretical estimates compare to the actual gas costs of rollups
@SpencerNoon releases OurNetwork #131
@MulletMan_eth releases ENS is the future thread
@WeekInEthNews releases Latest Week in Ethereum News
@AlexSlobodnik releases thread on what is the ENS name wrapper
@donovanchoy releases What You Missed From EthCC on Bankless
@IamSuperMassive releases video on zkEVM - who's announced it and wtf is it
@evan_van_ness releases Things to do when gas prices are low on Ethereum thread
Twitter Spaces
Grateful Show #25: Everything you need to know about the Merge w/ @GratefulApe_eth @beast_eth @tinoforbidden @Ape4249 and myself
Polygon Tuesday ZK Update w/ @sandeepnailwal @jbaylina @davidsrz @bobbinth @_bfarmer & @dlubarov
Blockworks Pulse: Defi Growth on L2s @Blockworks_ @ElenaCryptoChic of @MetisDAO & @StaniKulechov of @AaveAave
Podcasts
Bankless The Merge Isn’t Priced In | EthCC 2022 Experience #1 w/ @TrustlessState & @VitalikButerin
EthStaker Community Call #19 w/ @stakewise_io
Polygon Alpha Podcast w/ @Crypto_Texan & @tsu_kareta of @Railgun_Project
EthCC Maximal Decentralization On All Axes w/ @evan_van_ness
DeFi Talks with DeFi Dad - Building the Ultimate Web3 Explorer w/ @sebaudet26 & @DeFi_Dad
Real Vision Is The Bottom In w/ @RaoulGMI
DeFi Lunch Ep 168 w/ @b05crypto & Joe Cawly
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