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Optimism Teases Governance Launch 04/20/2022

Optimism Teases Governance Launch Optimism teases a potential governance launch, the Ethereum Foundation publishes a financial report, Truffle releases an extension for VS Code, and The Sandbox is looking to raise a $400 million funding round Read more: /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/22854542

MakerDAO To Onboard Huntingdon Valley Bank 03/27/2022

MakerDAO To Onboard Huntingdon Valley Bank Huntingdon Valley Bank submits a MakerDAO Collateral Onboarding Application, Reddit seeks engineers for a new NFT platform, ImmutableX partners with Venly, and BlockVision adds support for NFT APIs on Arbitrum. Read more: /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/22581212

Goerli Testnet Successfully Shadow Forked 03/26/2022

Goerli Testnet Successfully Shadow Forked Ethereum developers successfully shadow-fork the Goerli testnet, Orbiter Finance adds support for ImmutableX to its bridge, Gnosis Safe releases a transaction builder, and Element Finance announces a new NFT PFP collection. Read more: /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/22576277

Australian Bank ANZ Launches A$DC Stablecoin 03/25/2022

Australian Bank ANZ Launches A$DC Stablecoin Australian Bank ANZ launches an AUD pegged stablecoin, Yield Protocol adds support for fixed rate ETH lending, XCOPY raises over $20 million from an open edition NFT, and Ramp Network supports purchases for ETH on Arbitrum. Read more: /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/22564352

Loopring X GameStop NFT Beta Launch 03/24/2022

Loopring X GameStop NFT Beta Launch Figure reveals plans for crypto backed mortgages, GameStop releases a beta version of its NFT marketplace, Element Finance opens applications for delegates to its DAO, and Rocket Pool changes node operator commissions to a fixed fee. Read more: https://ether.fm/204 /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/22554203

Staked ETH Increases Amid The Merge 03/23/2022

Staked ETH Increases Amid The Merge More than 12k validators are pending activation for staking, Optimism will be rolling out calldata compression this week, ethereum netflows on exchanges decrease as the merge approaches, and GitPOAP, poaps for software contributions, is set to launch on April 7th. Read more: /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/22549691

MetaMask DAO And $MASK Token 03/16/2022

MetaMask DAO And $MASK Token The Kiln Ethereum merge testnet is now live, NFT marketplace Quixotic rolls out rarity rankings, MetaMask surpasses 30 million MAUs, and ConsenSys raises a $450 million Series D. Read more: https://ether.fm/196 /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/22474244

EU Rejects Proposal Limiting Proof-of-Work 03/14/2022

EU Rejects Proposal Limiting Proof-of-Work The EU rejects a proposal to limit the use of PoW mining, Ethereum’s Merge is predicted to go live sometime in June 2022, Yuga Labs acquires the CryptoPunks and Meetbits NFT collections, and more than 10 Million ETH are now staked on the Beacon Chain. Read more: /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/22449749

Hackers Siphon 600Ξ From Multichain Exploit 01/26/2022

Hackers Siphon 600Ξ From Multichain Exploit Quick Take Crypto.com suffers a $34 million hack due to an exploit related to 2FA. Multichain urges users to revoke token approvals amid smart contract vulnerability. The Gas Station Network adds support for meta transactions on Optimism. Drips Network launches its protocol for streaming payments and NFT memberships. Read more: /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/21900926

ETH Tumbles Amid Market Sell-Off 01/24/2022

ETH Tumbles Amid Market Sell-Off Quick Take Ethereum’s price falls by 15% amid a sell-off in tech stocks affecting global markets. Meta, Facebook's parent company, is reportedly working on its own NFT marketplace. Adidas Originals releases a new NFT collection in collaboration with Italian-luxury brand Prada. NFT lending protocol Themis has launched on mainnet Read more: /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/21880007

Twitter Rolls Out Verified NFT PFPs 01/20/2022

Twitter Rolls Out Verified NFT PFPs Quick Take Twitter rolls out verified NFT profile pictures for Twitter Blue subscribers. ENS releases a first version toolkit for offchain resolution of domain names. BitDAO opens a proposal for a $200 million zkSync development fund. NounsDAO gives Bud Light a beer-themed Noun in exchange for a Super Bowl commercial feature. Read more: /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/21846209

OpenSea Acquires Dharma Labs 01/19/2022

OpenSea Acquires Dharma Labs Quick Take OpenSea acquires crypto wallet Dharma Labs for an estimated $110 million. Coinbase NFT announces a partnership with Mastercard to support credit card purchases. Aave governance votes to deploy V3 on Arbitrum and Optimistic Ethereum. Optimism announces they are working on an additional 30% reduction on transaction fees. Read more: /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/21845351

Optimism-Based DEX ZipSwap Raises 1100Ξ 01/18/2022

Optimism-Based DEX ZipSwap Raises 1100Ξ ZipSwap raises $3.5 million through an Initial Liquidity Offering (ILO), Snapshot announces the release of a voting framework on StarkNet, OpenSea releases a list of 20 NFT Security Group members, and Argent adds support for Aave to its zkSync wallet. /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/21821201

Adidas Partners With BAYC And Punks Comic 11/29/2021

Adidas Partners With BAYC And Punks Comic Adidas teases a partnership with BAYC and PUNKS Comic, ConstitutionDAO’s $PEOPLE token surges to a new ATH, NFT marketplace Universe.xyz launches on Optimism, and Zapper Finance surpasses $10 billion in total transaction volume. /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/21316901

Crypto Twitter Debates Over L1 Blockchains 11/24/2021

Crypto Twitter Debates Over L1 Blockchains Three Arrows Capital co-founder Su Zhu claims he’s abandoning Ethereum, DeFrag launches a lending protocol for NFT-backed loans, Polygon submits a proposal to deploy Uniswap, and Rarible launches a new messaging feature. /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/21269303

ConstitutionDAO Loses Auction To Citadel CEO 11/22/2021

ConstitutionDAO Loses Auction To Citadel CEO ConstitutionDAO loses the auctioned U.S. Constitution to Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, TIME Magazine adds Ethereum to its balance sheets, Aave launches its institutional arm Aave Arc, and Connext Network adds support for Optimism. /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/21240557

ConstitutionDAO Raises $40 Million 11/18/2021

ConstitutionDAO Raises $40 Million ConstitutionDAO raises over $40 million, StarkWare releases StarkNet Alpha 4 on the Gorli testnet, ConsenSys raises $200 million, and Polygon commits $1 million to Gitcoin grants. /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/21214373

Polygon Reveals Miden ZK-Rollup Solution 11/17/2021

Polygon Reveals Miden ZK-Rollup Solution NFT aggregator Genie.xyz is now live for all users, Saddle Finance reveals the launch of its $SDL token airdrop, OKEx, Houbi Global, and Blockchain.com add support for zkSync, and Polygon reveals plans for a STARK-based EVM-compatible Rollup. /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/21197975

ParaSwap Airdrop Only Reaches 20k Users 11/17/2021

ParaSwap Airdrop Only Reaches 20k Users Paraswap launches its $PSP token airdrop, MetaMask works with Ledger to fix Chromium connectivity issues, Uniswap adds support for single basis point liquidity pools, and Argent releases its first StarkNet browser wallet. /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/21189242

57k Wallets Claim $ENS Token Airdrop 11/11/2021

57k Wallets Claim $ENS Token Airdrop Ethereum Name Service (ENS) launches its public token airdrop, Matter Labs raises $50 million in Series B funding, Coinbase releases a fully standalone browser extension wallet, and Apple CEO Tim Cook admits he owns Ethereum. /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/21128792

Axie Infinity Launches “Katana” DEX 11/04/2021

Axie Infinity Launches “Katana” DEX Axie Infinity launches a decentralized exchange, Loopring surges amid speculation of a GameStop partnership, Nethermind adds composability support to its Warp transpiler, and Immutable will soon power NFTs on mobile games across Facebook, TikTok, and Snapchat. /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/21057587

CME Announces Ethereum Micro Futures 11/03/2021

CME Announces Ethereum Micro Futures The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) will offer Ethereum micro futures next month, Ethereum Name Service (ENS) announces a governance token airdrop, and Coinbase launches crypto-backed loans of up to $1 million. /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/21045134

$60 Million Vanishes From AnubisDAO Liquidity Pool 11/02/2021

$60 Million Vanishes From AnubisDAO Liquidity Pool AnubisDAO investors get rugged out of $60 million, Cream Finance suffers it’s third hack, Uniswap surpasses $500 billion in total trading volume, and Devcon announces it’s sixth developer conference planned for Fall 2022. /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/21019343

$532 Million Flash Loan CryptoPunk Sale 10/30/2021

$532 Million Flash Loan CryptoPunk Sale A CryptoPunk sells for $500 million, Joe Biden’s spending package includes a section on digital assets, 95% of validators smoothly deployed the Altair beacon chain upgrade, and ImmutableX partners with ESL Gaming to launch CS:GO NFTs. /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/20992787

Facebook Rebrands As Meta 10/29/2021

Facebook Rebrands As Meta Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook will now be called Meta, Coinbase becomes #1 most popular application in the App Store, and Nifty Gateway launches an NFT aggregator to cross list from other marketplaces. /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/20980094

SuperRare October Trading Volume Hits $34 Million 10/28/2021

SuperRare October Trading Volume Hits $34 Million SuperRare surpasses $34 million in monthly trading volume, SuperFarm launches its NFT marketplace on ImmutableX, more than 8 million ETH is staked on Ethereum 2.0, and Arbitrum opens permissionless token bridging for all ethereum assets. /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/20967575

Reddit To Build NFT Marketplace 10/22/2021

Reddit To Build NFT Marketplace Reddit is looking to hire engineers to build its new NFT Platform, Mojito NFT commerce suite raises $20 million, 50% of stakers have upgraded for Ethereum Altair’s upgrade, and The Weekend joins Tom Brady’s NFT platform. /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/20910797

Hacker Attacks CreatureToadz Discord Via Webhooks 10/21/2021

Hacker Attacks CreatureToadz Discord Via Webhooks A hacker steals more than 87 ETH from members of the CreatureToadz NFT Discord channel, Andrew Yang reveals a 1-of-1 NFT drop, Animoca Brands raises $65 million, and WalletConnect releases a new dashboard for developers. /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/20895731

Facebook Launches Novi Digital Wallet 10/20/2021

Facebook Launches Novi Digital Wallet Facebook partners with Coinbase Custody for its new Novi wallet, Coinbase announces a multi-year partnership with the NBA, Obol Network raises a $6 million seed round, and NY’s Attorney General orders Nexo and Celsius to cease operations. /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/20881733

Sotheby’s Launches NFT Marketplace 10/15/2021

Sotheby’s Launches NFT Marketplace Ethereum surges past $3,800, Sotheby’s launches its own NFT marketplace, Ethereum Name Service releases a metadata update with refreshed NFT images, and Hop Protocol adds support for ETH. /episode/index/show/ethereum/id/20835008

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