Alpha Zone #13
Welcome to the Alpha Zone Newsletter ! We share crypto alpha, macro news. Please do your own research. Not Financial Advice.
📰 NEWS Recap Weekly
◼ Blockchain.com obtains major payment institution license in Singapore
◼ Federal Reserve now requires approval before state banks can issue, hold or transact crypto stablecoin payments
◼ Binance Becomes the First Fully Licensed Crypto Exchange in El Salvador
◼ A16z crypto introduces Lasso and Jolt, improving performance of ZK technology
◼ Jeffrey 'Machi Big Brother' Huang drops defamation suit against ZachXBT
◼ Paxos is the issuer of Paypal’s $PYUSD stablecoin
◼ Donald Trump holds up to $500k in crypto
◼ Sam Bankman-Fried jailed after US judge revokes bail
🎦 Why Crypto VCs Suck | 1confirmation's Nick Tomaino & Richard Chen
📊 Market Overview
1️⃣ Layer 1 Zone
◼ opBNB Testnet PreContract Hardfork
◼ Gnosis Safe introduces transaction batching
2️⃣ Layer 2 Zone
◼ Base mainnet is live
◼ Fantom is exploring adding optimistic rollups to connect to Ethereum
◼ Rollups are Real — Rollup Economics 2.0
◼ ArcPay: a Trustless Validium
🎰 Degen / New Projects / Alpha Call
◼ Base Lend Finance | Base | Money Market
◼ BAS3D Finance | Base | Autocompounder
◼ Start on Base | Base | Launchpads
◼ Owshen Network | Ethereum | Privacy
◼ Yo Bot | Base | Yield Optimizer
📈 DeFi Zone
◼ Camelot v3 farms are live
◼ Uniswap launches on Base
◼ Rollbitcom $RLB tokenomics revamped to implement buyback and burn
◼ EigenLayer Announces New Cap Increase for Liquid Staking Tokens (LSTs)
◼ Compound is live on Base
◼ DefiLlama Correlation Matrix Tool
◼ Angle protocol ships V2
◼ Debank, a portfolio tracker, has announced Debank Chain, to launch mainnet in 2024
Top 10 DeFi Protocol Rankings
🐵 NFT
Top 10 NFT Rankings
◼ NFT Liquidity Aggregation by Wasabi Protocol
◼ DigiFT Launches the First Fully Regulatory-Compliant U.S. Treasury Token
◼ Upcoming Drops: August 14 - August 20
◼ Coca-Cola Unveils New Masterpiece NFTs On Base Blockchain
🎦 Beeple on Shitcoins, Favorite Everydays & The Gateway: Korea
🪂 Airdrop
@Sei_FND Sei Airdrop Confirmed
🎭 Meme
