This week in Dapps - Ep. 95
Urbit's EVM, NASDAQ entering crypto, Algorithmic stablecoin $UXD, Wintermute, Vulnerability found in Arbitrum Nitro, SEC charges Ian Balina, Fundraises, Resources to learn, bounties, jobs & more 🚀
Major Highlight 🤯
Urbit’s EVM blockchain. Learn more
Nasdaq plotting a move into institutional crypto custody services. Source
New launches 🚀
OpenSea now supports Arbitrum. Learn more
Optimism Quests: a guided exploration of the ecosystem allowing users to earn NFTs while exploring Optimism apps. Learn more
Blockchain interoperability with proof of consensus - Succinct Labs. Learn more
Algorithmic stablecoin $UXD by UXD Protocol on Sei. Learn more
veQI (Phase 1) - a tool to supercharge Avalanche validators. Learn more
Savvy a self-repaying DeFi lending platform. Learn more
CUSD - Coin98’s stablecoin. Learn more
Fundraises 💰
Sandine raised $51.5million in Series B funding led by a16z. Learn more
Integral raised $8.5million. Learn more
Footprint Analytics an all-in-one analysis platform to visualize your discoveries in Blockchain, NFT, GameFi, DeFi & Tokens raised $4.15million. Learn more
Rekt 🚨
Wintermute (DeFi trading wallet) hacked for $160million. Learn more
Vulnerability found in Arbitrum Nitro that could risk more than $250m. Fixed after the Bounty Hunter (0xriptide) reported it & was rewarded with 400 ETH. Learn more
SEC charges Ian Balina for promoting unregistered ICOs. Read report
Read💡
Messari’s Bitcoin & Ethereum Q3 report covers performance, sentiment, and qualitative analyses. Bitcoin report & Ethereum report
Nansen’s Fantom ecosystem in the Q2 report. Read here
A thread explaining Urbit & why you should care about it. Read here
Arbitrary Messaging Bridges: A Comparison Framework by Li.fi. Read here
Good reads on Metaverse, NFT & Gaming by Joel John. Read here
How to Make On-Chain Gaming Competitive: 'Procedural Generation’ by Matchbox DAO. Read here
A read on Zero-Knowledge proofs for non-technicals. Read here
10 things a crypto founder needs to know about entity setup, fundraising, compensation & hiring by Daniel from hiframework. Read here
Watch & Listen 🎙
Deconstructing zkRollup & Bridges on Zero Knowledge podcast with Vaibhav Chellani. Listen
Mechanisms to Infer the Wisdom of the Crowd with Mallesh M. Pai - a16z crypto research talks. Watch
How to Build Robust Payment Channel Networks with Zeta Avarikioti - a16z crypto research talks. Watch
Introduction to Validating Bridges and Layer-2 Protocols with Patrick McCorry - a16z crypto research. Watch
Bounties 💸
InsureDAO - $50,000. Learn more
Aptos - $1,000,000. Learn more
JustLend DAO - $50,000. Learn more
Silo Finance - $100,000. Learn more
O3 Swap - $400,000. Learn more
Symbiosis - $100,000. Learn more
Decentraland - $500,000. Learn more
The Sandbox - $200,000. Learn more
Jobs 👨💻
Community manager - Cere Network. Know more
DevOps engineer - Nethermind. Know more
Protocol infra architect - Nethermind. Know more
Distributed Systems Engineer - Monax Labs. Know more
Technical Protocol Growth Lead - Uma Protocol. Know more
Business Development Intern - Gelato. Know more
DeFi Security Researcher - Perpetual Protocol. Know more
Zero Knowledge Research Engineer - Status. Know more
Site Reliability Engineer - Offchain Labs. Know more
Across Community Manager - Across. Know more
Internship Program - Nethermind. Know more
People Operations Manager - Aragon. Know more