This week in Dapps - Ep. 98
Updates from Coinbase & Google cloud, SWIFT & Chainlink, OpenSea supports Avalanche, Quix NFT bridge, Bunni, SUAVE, Rye and MEV bot. Bonus - learning resources & opportunities 🤯
Major Highlight 🤯
Google Cloud will take crypto payments using Coinbase. Link
SWIFT to integrate Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) to instruct on-chain token transfers, helping the SWIFT network become interoperable across all blockchain environments. Link
Wintermute pays off the $96m debt taken from TrueFi. Link
New launches 🚀
OpenSea is now live on Avalanche. Learn more
Quix introduces the Optimism NFT bridge. Learn more
Firozabad Police (India) launches a web portal on Polygon that allows citizens' complaints to be registered on-chain. Learn more
Uniswap’s refreshed Web app. Learn more
Bunni, a protocol that uses ERC20 tokens to make Uniswap v3 liquidity composable, was introduced by Timeless Finance. Learn more
SUAVE the next generation of Flashbots. Learn more
Syndr exchange - an institutional-grade options and futures exchange. Learn more
Fundraises 💰
Uniswap raised $165m in the Series B round, led by Polychain Capital. Learn more
Rye - Web3 API for eCommerce raised $14m, led by a16z. Learn more
Zerion raised $12m in the Series B round, led by Wintermute. Learn more
Rekt 🚨
MEV bot got drained for almost 200 ETH. Learn more
Profanity vulnerability in Paraswap deployer address. Paraswap defends it publicly & will publish a detailed report. Learn more
Mango Markets drained for more than 100m USD. Learn more
Exploit on Rabby Swap smart contract. Learn more
Temple DAO’s stax.fi exploited for $2.3m. Learn more
FTX lost 81+ ETH, supposedly due to gas theft vulnerability. Learn more
Read, Watch & Listen 🎙
DAOs are not corporations: where decentralization in autonomous organizations matters. Read here
Underhanded Solidity. Watch here
Intro to Scaffold-ETH. Watch here
The Future of Social Coordination of DAOs. Watch here
Working Towards a Plural Public via Common Knowledge and Designated Verifier Proofs. Watch here
Decentralized Programmable Key Pairs. Watch here
Accessibility to DeFi And DEXes: Ondefy. Listen here
How to run your own beacon chain explorer. Watch here
Bounties 💸
Beanstalk - $1.1m. Learn more
Overlay - $20k. Learn more
Parallel Wallet - $10k. Learn more
Silo Finance - $100k. Learn more
Symbiosis - $100k. Learn more
Brahma - $150k. Learn more
Jobs 👨💻
Senior Data Engineer, Analytics - Chainlink. Apply here
Head of Community - Flipside Crypto. Apply here
Executive Assistant - Coinbase. Apply here
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Infrastructure and Networking - Coinbase. Apply here
Senior Infrastructure Engineer - The Block. Apply here
Recruitment Lead - Aurora Labs. Apply here
Research analyst (remote) - Sino Global Capital. Apply here