ROLLUP: 2nd Week of January
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Exploring Recent Developments in Ethereum and Decentralized Finance
This chapter explores recent advancements in Ethereum and DeFi, including ETH2 staking integration and the growing importance of ENS names. It also discusses Synthetix's shift to Layer 2 solutions, highlighting their impact on user accessibility and Ethereum's scalability.
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BTC Price
In the last 7 days: - Touched $42,000 - Fell down to $31,000 - Regained $40,000. - Currently at $39,500
ETH Price - Touched $1,350 - Fell to $900 - Currently above $1,200 TVL in DeFi - From $22.8 to $23.3B
$DPI - From $185 to $208
$MKR particularly interesting price action
Retail entering; judging by exchange twitter followers https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1348220777498353665?s=20
Market Dumps because of overleverage: https://twitter.com/kaiynne/status/1348486588045668353?s=20
Numbers are bigger now Price swings, volume https://twitter.com/MessariCrypto/status/1348769821220069382?s=20
Coinbase volume https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1348895884315156481?s=20
Reminder: ETH futures on the horizon https://www.cmegroup.com/media-room/press-releases/2020/12/16/cme_group_to_launchetherfuturesonfebruary82021.html
RELEASES
Tether on a ZK Rollup https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/90738/tether-usdt-hermez-ethereum-layer-2-scaling-solution-zk-rollups
Nexus mutual offering insurance on exchanges https://www.coindesk.com/nexus-mutual-decentralized-insurance-cover-coinbase-binance-kraken-gemini
Bitcoin hashrate tokenized on Ethereum https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/90847/poolin-bitcoin-hashrate-token-pow-defi
Connecting all the rollups with Vector? https://medium.com/connext/vector-0-1-0-mainnet-release-9496ae52c422
Cloudflare and IPFS - Your ethereum address is now accessible by any browser without an extension https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-distributed-web-resolver/
ETH staking inside Argent https://www.argent.xyz/blog/liquid-eth-staking-in-argent/
Synthetix announces Optimistic Rollup transition plan https://blog.synthetix.io/the-optimistic-ethereum-transition/ Coinbase Asset Hub https://blog.coinbase.com/introducing-coinbase-asset-hub-our-open-invitation-to-asset-issuers-f9d5f0be609d
NEWS
Gemini going public?? https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/91251/winklevoss-twins-weighing-taking-gemini-public Gemini BTC credit card https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/14/gemini-is-launching-a-credit-card-with-bitcoin-rewards/ Gary Gensler is new SEC chair. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-sec-exclusive/exclusive-biden-to-name-gary-gensler-as-u-s-sec-chair-sources-say-idUSKBN29H2PQ We did it. https://twitter.com/valkenburgh/status/1349717095425183747?s=20 Anchorage Becomes First OCC-Approved National Crypto Bank - CoinDesk https://www.coindesk.com/anchorage-becomes-first-occ-approved-national-crypto-bank Morgan Stanly owns 10% of Microstrategy https://www.coindesk.com/morgan-stanley-boosts-stake-in-bitcoin-laden-microstrategy-to-10-9 70,470 BTC, 10.9% is MS’s, 7681 BTC claimed to morgan stanly Pakistan using funds to mine BTC https://decrypt.co/53918/pakistan-is-now-using-government-funds-to-mine-bitcoin
2.5% of ETH supply in Gnosis safe https://twitter.com/gnosisSafe/status/1349685149408112646?s=20
TAKESSushi on the rise https://twitter.com/ashwath_22/status/1349090698788626432?s=20 Erik Voorhees on protocol competition https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees/status/1349548038822502400?s=20
Brian Brooks “Get Ready for Self-Driving Banks” https://www.ft.com/content/c1caca5b-01f7-41be-85a4-3ecb883f2417
Bitcoin is less risky as NGU https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-bill-miller-cnbc-volatility-risk
Ryan on ICOs - were ICOs net good or net bad? https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1347599685356314626?s=20Starting pistol for Web3 decentralization https://twitter.com/FEhrsam/status/1348316470258794496?s=20 Mark Cuban on internet tech stocks https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1348698853072130057?s=20 Bitcoin in race for adoption ahead of CBDCs https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-race-for-adoption-central-bank-digital-currencies -----
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