Curated by Anthony Sassano (@sassal0x) and Eric Conner (@econoar)

👊 We’re Back

Sorry for being quiet over the last few weeks readers - as some of you will know I was travelling and in Amsterdam for the Devconnect event! Never fear though - we’re now back to our regularly scheduled programming and today’s newsletter is packed with updates from the last few weeks - enjoy!

Oh and don’t forget to catch me on a video I did with Altcoin Daily about layer 2 scaling!

Have a great week everyone!
- Anthony

Project Updates

Ethereum

• Progress on The Merge explainer

• AllCoreDevs Update 011

• What’s New in Eth2 - 6 May 2022

• EF Report published

• Project Sunshine launched

• Condrieu verkle testnet open to the public

• Secured #3: Security Teams

Layer 2/Scaling/Bridging

• Introducing the Optimism Collective

• Arbitrum Odyssey program announced

• Scroll exits stealth and announces $35mil raise

• Connext announces NEXT token

• Polygon unveils the Green Manifesto\

• Nomad raises $22mil

• StarGate Alpha live on mainnet

DeFi

• Introducing Multi-collateral on Perpetual Protocol

• Uniswap launches Swap Widget

• Maker and Maple partner up

Infrastructure/Wallets/General Tooling

• Introducing Zapper Studio

• Zapper iOS Mobile app now live

• Argent raises $40 million

• LiquiFi raises $5mil

• Spruce raises $34mil

• EPNS raises $10.1mil

NFTs

• Warmer Music Group partners with POAP

• Nifty Island announces PalmDAO

Misc

• Flashbots' mev-inspect data live on Dune Analytics

• Uniswap Labs ventures announced

Interesting Tweets

• ELI5 KZG commitments

• Does EIP-4844 impact decentralization?

• Thread on the idea that "no one will spend ETH if it's deflationary"

• The revolutionary impact of Uniswap v3 liquidity

• ETHAmsterdam finalists

Ecosystem Bits

Blog Posts

• Building Through Hell - The Daily Gwei

• Ethereum Mainnet Shadow Forking: An Overview - Yash Kamal Chaturvedi

• A Simpler Guide to Ethereum - Brunny.eth

• Manipulating the Velocity of Money in Proof-of-Stake - Data Always

• Decoding Cryptoasset Network Effects - Data Always

• Ethereum Validator Withdrawals - Data Always

• Hardware Acceleration for Zero Knowledge Proofs - Georgios Konstantopoulos

• Atoms, Institutions, Blockchains - Josh Stark

• A Guide to NFT Platform Security - Immutable X

• Ethereum Staker Migration Guides — Introduction - Somer Esat

• The Economics of Rollup Fees - Alex Beckett

• The Hybrid ZK/Optimistic Rollup of the Future - KF

• Disaggregated blockchain layers & evading socioeconomic fragmentation - Polynya

Podcasts

• The Stagflation Mega-Trade | Dan Morehead - Bankless

Misc

• A brief note on the future of accounts

Meme of the Week

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