October 2020

To the DeFi Community,
There’s blood on the streets, just in time for Halloween.
With DeFi tokens bleeding across the board, many are asking whether or not DeFi summer was exactly that – a fad.
But, let’s quickly flash back to what the Ethereum ecosystem looked like in the summer of 2018. Projects like Augur, OmiseGo and Status were the posterchilds of a nascent dapp ecosystem, virtually all of them with little to no users, and even fewer protocol fees.
Now, let’s compare… … More

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Hey everyone, I’ve started a DeFi Weekly Youtube Channel which has hand drawn videos of me explaining complex DeFi/crypto topics! They’re highly detailed and the perfect thing for if you want someone to sit down, and tell you how DeFi works.Like usual, please don’t hesitate to reach out and let me know what you think or if you have any specific requests for future videos! … More

The Nervos Foundation is pleased to announce that the blockchain R&D wing of Insight, comprised of top alumni from their decentralized consensus fellowship and other professional training programs, has received approval for a mining infrastructure grant!There are two key components to this grant: support for next-generation mining communication protocol Stratum V2 and the automation of mining pool software deployment. More details about the grant can be found in the grant proposal post on Ne… … More

Web3 and DeFi are just two of the latest buzz words in the world of internet technology. And like many new tech movements, pinning down what they’re all about isn’t easy for some.  The Maker Foundation’s Community Leads know first hand how daunting learning new technologies can be, especially for beginners. They’ve all been there. And it’s the main reason why Maria Magenes, Maker’s Community Lead for Europe and Africa, started her FriDAI Brunch monthly meetup series. As host, she offers… … More

The Governance Facilitator and the Smart Contracts Domain Team have placed an Executive Vote into the voting system which will enable the community to approve the following alterations to the protocol. These changes have been created as an urgent response to the increased risk from flash loans, which are summarized in this forum thread. Increase the GSM Pause Delay As per this forum thread, the GSM Pause Delay will be increased from 12 hours to 72 hours if this proposal passe… … More

Click here to join Our Network Alerts on Telegram.This is issue #45 of the on-chain analytics newsletter that reaches nearly 6000 crypto investors every week 📈Subscribe nowThis week our contributor analysts cover Ethereum Scaling: xDai, SKALE, and zkSync.① xDai ChainContributor: Andrew Gross, Technical Communications at xDai ChainTotal value locked (TVL) in the xDai chain increased almost 100-fold over the past 3 months from $57,643 USD on August 1, 2020 to $5,642,000 USD on Octobe… … More

By Paul Grewal, Chief Legal OfficerOne of our key priorities at Coinbase is to be trusted as we create an open financial system for the world. This requires us to be world class at security, compliance, technology, customer support, design, and more. A strong and diverse legal and compliance team is also a key part of achieving this priority.With that in mind, we welcome two senior hires to our growing legal and compliance team: Milana McCullagh as Vice President, Deputy General Counsel — Produc… … More

To investors,There is a new report from Ben Steverman in Bloomberg that highlights “the nation’s 200-or-so wealthiest people — a cohort representing 0.00006% of the population — have increased their combined wealth by a staggering $1 trillion” during the last 4 years. Steverman goes on to describe the mechanism driving that wealth growth:“Billionaires… Read more … … More

NFT marketplaces traders count steep rise by 87% in October … More

U.S. election day on Tuesday. Biden vs. TrumpWhich one is better for crypto? Which one will pump your bags? Or tank them? Make your case. a.image2.image-link.image2-549-976 { padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-bottom: min(56.25%, 549px); width: 100%; height: 0; } a.image2.image-link.image2-549-976 img { max-width: 976px; max-height: 549px; } … More

a.image2.image-link.image2-645-1456 { padding-bottom: 44.29945054945055%; padding-bottom: min(44.29945054945055%, 645px); width: 100%; height: 0; } a.image2.image-link.image2-645-1456 img { max-width: 1456px; max-height: 645px; } I know I’ve been talking about the market more than usual lately but I think it’s an important topic in these turbulent times. Some of yo… … More