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

🤔 Degens and Boomers

I’m sure many of you, like me, have been feeling very behind over the last few months when it comes to the crypto ecosystem (and feeling like a “crypto boomer”). PCV, veTokens, DeFi 2.0, rebate tokens - what does it all mean? Unless you’re still a degen who jumps into these highly speculative new protocols, you are probably falling behind the cutting edge of this industry (but it’s not something to feel bad about). Anyway, I wrote about this a couple of weeks ago here and I’m sure many of you long-time subscribers are feeling the same - it’s quite wild how quickly one’s mindset and approach to this industry can change.

Have a great week everyone!
- Anthony

Project Updates

Ethereum

• Latest What’s New in Eth2

• Ethereum Cat Herders podcast launched

Layer 2/Scaling/Bridging

• Polygon integrates EIP-1559

• Binance now supports withdrawals to Arbitrum

• Immutable X launches permissionless minting

• Polygon Miden updates

• Aztec’s 2021 year in review

• Optimism bug bounty program launched

• Celer Inter-chain Message Framework introduced

DeFi

• Curve now live on Optimism

• The Union released

• Set Protocol now live on Optimism

• Element Finance details core principles

• dYdX details v4 of the protocol

• Matcha now live on Optimism

• Vesta Finance announces treasury bootstrapping event

Infrastructure/Wallets/General Tooling

• Zapper collection page now live

• EPNS now live on mainnet

• Token Flow Insights announced

• Blocknative Transaction Preview API now available on mainnet

• Tornado Cash live on Optimism

• Argent adds Aave to zkSync wallet

NFTs

• LooksRare NFT Marketplace now live

Misc

• Gitcoin Aqueduct detailed

• Honduras CLR Grants announced

• VestedERC20 introduced

• Road to Web3 announced

• Tally sponsors Ethers.js project

Interesting Tweets

• A deep dive on the basics of StarkNet

• On how Blockchains store chain-history data

• A thread on how to run your own Ethereum node

• Updated Ethereum client diversity stats

Ecosystem Bits

Blog Posts

• Unlimited Demand - The Daily Gwei

• Setting Expectations - The Daily Gwei

• The Year in Ethereum 2021 - Josh Stark and Evan Van Ness

• Ethereum's Q4 Quarterly Earnings Report - Ben Giove via Bankless

• A Token Model for Layer-2 Block Production - Fuel Labs

• Nimbus Consensus Layer: Past, Present, and Future - Status Blog

• A Thundering Herd: The Rise of L2-Native dApps - StarkWare

Podcasts

• The Great L2 Migration | Cross-Chain L2 Panel - Bankless

• Why Are NFTs the One Bright Spot in the Crypto Markets? - Unchained

Misc

• Vitalik’s updated Serenity design rationale

• Optimism Dune Analytics dashboard

• Exploring the Ecosystem 2: DeFi on the Arbitrum Rollup

• See how much ETH you’d lose in a slashing event by running the majority client

Meme of the Week

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January 12th 2022

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