Crypto && Coffee 114
- 5 minsTechnology Recap:
Bitcoin:
- JoinMarket releases v0.9.5 which includes support for sending to Taproot addresses, fleshed out RPC API, and more!
- Zeus, a Bitcoin lightning wallet, releases v0.6.0-rc3! This upgrade includes UI/UX enhancements and the reintroduction of zero-amount invoices.
- Casa discusses their Sovereign Recovery solution, to provide a fail-safe for one’s Bitcoin holdings.
Ethereum:
- Status’ Nimbus client released v1.7.0 which is a low-urgency feature packed upgrade. The upgrade includes a 3-5x startup increase, lower memory usage with <1GB needed for mainnet, and support for trusted node sync.
- Erigon announces the latest beta release, v2022.02.03-beta which includes support for Sepolia Proof-of-Work testnet, RPC daemon upgrades, updates to MDBX utilities, and more!
- Vitalik Buterin announced a book at ETH Denver entitled Proof of Stake: The Making of Ethereum and the Philosophy of Blockchains. The book will be a collection of essays that he has written over the years plus further deep dives into the early beginnings of Ethereum.
- Ethereum Foundation announces the dates for Devcon6!
Other Chains:
- The Interchain Foundation, a non-profit organization steward of the Cosmos ecosystem, announced the release of Interchain Accounts! With Interchain Accounts, one blockchain can access the application features of another blockchain.
- zkSync launches the first EVM-compatible ZK Rollup on Ethereum’s public testnet.
- Truffle Suite introduces Truffle Dashboard, a tool to safely deploy smart contracts to one’s network of choice without Truffle ever needing to know one’s keys.
- The Zcash Foundation releases their quarterly report for Q4 of 2021.
- Ethereum layer-2 comes to Opera with a built-in wallet which has been integrated with DeversiFi and StarkWare.
- Check out Georgios Konstantopoulos’ full list of resources to get started with Cairo and StarkNet!
- Loopring shares that open NFT minting are coming to Loopring L2.
- Clipper is now live on Optimism!
- Hashflow is now live on Arbitrum! This enables users to now trade USDT, USDC and aETH with even lower transaction fees.
- The Polygon consensus bypass bug review from Immunefi is now live!
- 0xPARC shares StealthDrop - an anonymous airdrop utility using circom-ecdsa, enabling anonymous governance and more with ZK proofs.
- Emeris adds seven new IBC chains including: Stargaze, Rizon, Sommelier, Lum Network, Chihuahua, Desmos, and cheqd. This allows users to view all token balances and transfers within one place with more functionality.
- As of March 1st, 2022, Tendermint will transition Cosmos marketing and community initiatives + channels to the Interchain Foundation (ICF), in line with their guiding principles of decentralization and collaboration.
- Tendermint becomes Ignite! Aiming to accelerate the transition to a decentralized future, Ignite will build upon the legacy of Tendermint and expand focus around the Cosmos ecosystem.
- Lyra has integrated Hop Exchange natively into the Lyra trading dApp!
- Revert Finance shares a dashboard to track LP positions along with various analytics for pools themselves.
- Poly Network announces that they are bringing their interoperability to zkSync! Users will soon be able to transfer assets between zkSync and 18+ other supported chains via layer-2.
- Lido Finance shared that roughly 47% of Anchor Protocol users are within 20% of liquidation.
Mainstream Recap:
- A recent phishing attack exposed OpenSea users through having them sign a malicious payload from an attacker which allowed the attacker to steal their NFTs. The attacker held ~$1.7M in ETH from selling some of the NFTs.
- Laura Shin, crypto journalist and host of the Unchained podcast releases her new book, The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze! In addition, she believes she and her sources have uncovered the identity of the 2016 Ethereum DAO hacker.
- CoinDesk reports on Twitter adding Ethereum wallet support to their Tipping service. Twitter’s spokesperson noted that the new feature does not support Ethereum Name Service (ENS) domain names yet.
- The Ukrainian parliament passed a bill to legalize cryptocurrency, with further preparations around a proper framework for the regulation and management of digital assets.
- The Bulgarian Stock Exchange recently launched eight exchange-traded notes (ETNs) based on bitcoin and ether, following major exchanges such as Deutsche Börse and Euronext.
- Jesse Powell, CEO and co-Founder of Kraken, states that if people are worried about getting their assets frozen by law enforcement or due to legal actions, that they should not keep funds on any centralized/regulated custodian and only trade via P2P.
- CoinTelegraph reports that the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is looking into launching a new digital asset exchange integrated with the crypto market.
- SoftBank-backed Avenue Securities, a U.S.-based securities brokerage firm aimed at serving Brazilian customers, will offer BTC trading services next month.
- In a recent research report, Bank of America says that Chainlink could accelerate the adoption of next-generation blockchain use cases.
- Bit2Me becomes the first Spanish company to be registered by the Bank of Spain as a provider of crypto services for fiat and electronic wallet custody services.
- Legislature in Utah introduces a bill to allow the state to accept virtual currency as a payment for taxes.
- Mastercard announces the expansion of its payments-focused consulting service with new practices dedicated to Open Banking, Open Data, Crypto & Digital Currencies, and Environment, Social & Governance (ESG).
- Binance became the first crypto organization to join the Association of Banks of Russia.
- Edge releases a statement in response to the request to freeze Canadian Edge users’ accounts.
- Brazil-based crypto exchange, Foxbit, has raised $21M in a Series A funding round led by OK Group.
This Week’s Cup of Coffee:
This week, we are heading to Castelldefels, Spain for a cup of Darwin Honey Glory Espresso from Right Side Coffee Roasters! This Honduras based roast yields complex notes of honey, pear, and hints of mango for a bright cup to jump start your morning. Sip up and enjoy!!
Related Posts
