Alpha Zone #10

Jul 25, 2023

👉 Worldcoin project is live

👉 Nasdaq has halted launch of crypto asset custody service

👉 Vitalik Buterin - What do I think about biometric proof of personhood?

👉 Manta Network $25M Series A

👉 ZachXBT analysis of the $60M Anubis DAO rug pull

👉 Gary Gensler has requested $109M to fund SEC crypto enforcement

👉 US Federal Reserve officially opens its instant payment service: FedNow

👉 UK’s Financial Conduct Authority is launching a permanent Digital Sandbox

👉 Crypto traders are gaining interest in telegram crypto bots

👉 Polkadot 1.0 released

👉 Solana Network Performance Report: July 2023

👉 Introducing Sig - a new Solana validator client written in Zig

👉 BNB Chain has burned $484M $BNB tokens

👉 Aptos new user growth hits 900% after integrating social media app, Chingari

🎦 Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum - MEV, Staking Derivatives and Privacy (EthCC 6)

Summary:

Vitalik Buterin was interviewed on the show "Epicenter," discussing the current state of the Ethereum ecosystem and its progress since their last interview two years ago.
He mentioned that the crypto euphoria has diminished, but the community is still working hard on various developments.
One major direction is exploring MEV (Miner Extractable Value) solutions and staking derivatives to improve the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.
Privacy is a significant concern for Vitalik, and he emphasized the need for further privacy protocol development in the blockchain space.
Interoperability between different blockchains and layers is being discussed, but it's still a challenging problem to solve.

👉 Introducing Starknet Appchains

👉 Introducing The Arbitrum Foundation Grants: Phase 1

👉 LayerZero live on Base Mainnet

👉 Polygon 2.0: Governance

👉 Linea L2 > L1 messaging has been fixed

🎦 Eli Ben-Sasson - Starknet Vision :

Summary:

Eli Ben-Sasson discusses Starknet at EFCC in Paris, focusing on visions and predictions for the future.
Starknet is about decentralizing Stark technology and making it a public good for humanity.
Starknet has made progress in throughput and developer inclusivity, becoming the 11th largest ecosystem with growing developer numbers.
Recent upgrade (Version 12) led to significant performance improvements, reducing transaction queue, delay time, and increasing TPS.
The Starknet Foundation has been launched to promote growth, decentralization, culture, community, governance, and developer partnerships.