Crypto && Coffee 097
- 4 minsTechnology Recap:
Bitcoin:
- Anthony Towns posted to the Lightning-Dev mailing list a detailed proposal on how to reduce payment latency, improve backup resiliency, and allow receiving of LN payments with offline signing keys. This would all be made possible due to the improvements coming from Taproot scheduled to activate at block height 709632.
- We are now only 35 days away from Taproot, Bitcoin’s largest upgrade since SegWit!
Litecoin:
- Today, October 13th, 2021 is Litecoin’s 10th Anniversary! Check out this awesome thread from Charlie Lee on the history of Litecoin from his perspective.
Ethereum:
- The Altair Beacon Chain upgrade is ready to be activated on Ethereum mainnet at epoch 74240, estimated to be October 27th, 2021 at 10:56:23 AM UTC.
- Erigon release v2021.10.02-alpha! This release includes improved pre-verified hashes for Mainnet and Ropsten, rpc daemon improvements, and more!
- A Merge Interop workshop was held last week where core devs worked together to bring the first eth2 merge Interop devnet to life! Now Prysm and Geth can interop Merge together.
- Ben Edgington shares the latest in eth2 with focus on Altair, Rocket Pool, and The Merge Workshop!
Other Chains:
- MistX releases a world-first Flashbot RPC. This will allow people to use free front-running protection for any kind of transaction directly through MetaMask.
- StarkWare announces a strategic partnership with Nethermind, establishing a long-term commitment to StarkNet.
- zkSync shares that UniSync, a port of Uniswap V2 has been migrated onto the zkEVM on zkSync v2.0!
- Ethereum developers are coming together to form Zeitgeist! Together they will power through from October 18th to December 17th, 2021 to try and build as many projects through a collective sprint as possible.
- Proposal 128 to enable Cosmos IBC transfers on Terra is now live!
- Public announces that they have now provided members access to buy, sell, and hold crypto including the following currencies: BTC, ETH, ADA, DOGE, LTC, BCH, XLM, ETC, DASH, and ZEC.
- Loopring shares their 2021 Q3 Quarterly update with a focus on Loopring NFT support on layer-2, Loopring Exchange, and a multi-layer smart wallet.
- On October 21st, 2021 BEAM staking will launch in conjunction with the BEAMX DAO which will enable governance over BEAM’s DeFi ecosystem.
- MIM (Magic Internet Money) shares that their first Bitcoin based lending market is live with the help of the renBTC/WBTC pool on Curve Finance.
- Apricot Finance’s mainnet launch is scheduled for October 19th, 2021 at 10am EST. Early users will be retroactively awarded for lending, borrowing, and farming activities.
- Gnosis Safe is now live on Arbitrum!
- dYdX shares that the ZEC (ZEC/USD) Perpetual Contract is now live for trading on layer-2! In total, there are now 26 markets available to traders on dYdX.
- Hop Protocol shares that Polymarket users can now withdraw their funds to a centralized exchange on Ethereum in a single transaction without a second hop on layer-1.
- StarkWare announces their strategic partnership with Figment to continue their joint commitment of bringing Figment’s extensive experience to StarkNet.
- Alchemix has published an update on their development roadmap since their launch in February.
- Lido Finance introduces the Lido Ethereum staking rewards dashboard!
- Fei Labs announces Fei v2, an upgrade that will improve the stability, efficiency, and scalability of FEI.
Mainstream Recap:
- Coinbase announces Coinbase NFT, a P2P marketplace that will allow minting, purchasing, showcasing, and discovery of NFTs.
- MoneyGram announces an innovative partnership with the Stellar Development Foundation to utilize Stellar’s blockchain for connecting wallets with MoneyGram’s global retail platform.
- Kraken awards its latest grant to Black Bitcoin Billionaire, the largest organization aimed at promoting diversity in crypto.
- CoinDesk shares that Paradigm is in the process of raising what would be one of the VC world’s largest crypto-focused funds, aiming to raise $1.5B.
- Stripe’s Head of Engineering announces that they are starting a new crypto team focused on building the future of Web3 payments.
- Treeverse, an NFT based metaverse has just closed a seed round co-led by IDEO Ventures and Animoca Brands at a $25M valuation. Other investors include SkyVision Capital, Stani Kulechov, and several angel investors.
- Voyager Digital’s subsidiary has been approved by two French regulatory bodies, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) and the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) with plans to launch its crypto trading app in several European countries in 2022.
This Week’s Cup of Coffee:
This week, we are headed to Redding, CA for a cup of Power & Glory Blend from Feast Coffee & Culture. This blend consists of washed Guatemalan and 10% of their Ayarza Guatemalan Natural. With notes of dark chocolate, caramel and hints of cherry this is a perfect fall brew! Enjoy!!
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