Alpha Zone #18
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📰 NEWS Recap Weekly
◼ Ether futures ETFs from ProShares, VanEck and others go live
◼ ETH ETFs slow start
◼ "Satoshi Nakamoto" Tweets first tweet in 5 years
◼ IMF paper proposes framework to assess systemic risk from crypto assets
◼ Visa plans to invest $100 million in generative AI companies
◼ Three Arrows co-founder Su Zhu jailed after trying to leave Singapore
◼ Coinbase receives regulatory approval to enable retail perpetual futures trading
◼ Grayscale Investments and NYSE Arca jointly applied for SEC approval to convert its Ethereum Trust into a spot Ethereum ETF
◼ Coinbase granted full license in Singapore
◼ Binance update for Paysafe users
🎦 Ross Ulbricht in Jail for 10 years, Michael Lewis Simps for SBF
📊 Market Overview
Layer 1️⃣ & 2️⃣ Zone
◼ Introducing Side Protocol
◼ Announcing the Tangle Network Testnet Launch
◼ Ethereum ACDE 171 wrap up
◼ Rome Protocol: The Shared Sequencer using Solana
◼ Optimistic Execution landing in the Cosmos SDK
◼ ERC-4337 Gas Estimation for L2s and Signature Aggregators
◼ Special Proposal to Metis Community: Migrate Data Availability to Ethereum Mainnet
🎦 Sergey Nazarov on Chainlink’s CCIP
🎰 Degen / New Projects / Alpha Call
@the_smart_ape tweet Diving into WEB3 security isn't as daunting as it seems
@wacy_time1 tweet Major Crypto Watchlist | UPTOBER 2023
📈 DeFi Zone
◼ Pirex ETH live on testnet
◼ Aave Governance v3 - Activation plan
◼ Chainlink launches Data Streams on Arbitrum
◼ ZeroSync implements first Stark-based ZK client for Bitcoin
◼ RDNTCapital delays launch
◼ Fraxfinance v3 to be ready this week
◼ Spark Multichain Strategy V2
◼ Transfer agent protocol
Top 10 DeFi Protocol Rankings
🐵 NFT
Top 10 NFT Rankings Weekly
◼ 'Grand Theft Auto' dev's first crypto game sees $5 million in NFT trading
◼ Is Blur nuking your NFT prices? Yes, and here’s how.
◼ Surreal Taps Streaming Global's SG-RT Protocol to Bring GPU Multitenancy to the Metaverse
◼ Ledger and Sotheby's Team Up for Digital Art Exclusives
◼ Mark Zuckerberg Unveils Stunning Photorealistic Avatars in the Metaverse
🎦 The Convergence of AI and Web3 - TOKEN2049 Singapore 2023
🪂 Airdrop
@rektfencer tweet Get ready for the Confirmed Airdrop from DeDotFi