ALPHA V18
Defi
A lot ongoing on Starknet
Improvements to Starknet v0.12.2
A new swap coming on starknet still in development
Satoru building to be GMX V2 of Starknet
Bearish news; FTX to offload it’s coins including SOL to CEX Bitgo
Bullish for Solana. Visa integration
Sol dumps in anticipation for the main event— ftx sell off
zkSync cofounder proposes a Eth network state Supreme Court to settle Protocol disputes annihilating external interference to boost security etc. proposes to fund this research too
Espresso Cortado testnet as it integrates Op Stack
Lybra integrates with LayerZero to bring omnichain functionality to peUSD
Match Finance Building on Lybra
Base invests in these projects 👇🏻
A lot of exploits happened this week
Stake, biggest casino platform, gets exploited for ~$41.3m loss worth in crypto assets
GMBL exploited for 500 ETH ($800k). Hacker's identity known, bounty offered for return of funds. Accused of inside job, half of stolen funds recovered. Not a contract vulnerability, off-chain issue identified. Legal action threatened if funds not returned.
Whale looses $24.24M in rETH and stETH through a phishing scam; said to be the biggest value individual scam
Vitalik X account simswapped and ~$700k drained from users
https://x.com/zachxbt/status/1700650151298089374?s=46&t=fleFRHXAEnFdMMnJHWRGdQ
Levi’s top 10 undervalued FT accounts
Vitalik Buterin and developer Ameen Soleimani, researcher Jacob Illum from analytics firm Chainalysis, and academics Matthias Nadler and Fabian Schar co-author a research paper on a privacy protocol named Privacy Pools; they aim to use zero-knowledge proofs to verify the legality of user funds without revealing their full transaction history.
Seraphim’s takeaway from Korea Blockchain week
State of the Market
FTX sues LayerZero says they pulled out funds early due to insider info
This one made headlines Turkish exchange - Tordex Ceo lands so many years in prison for stealing customers funds
Europe against Privacy Coins
Tether CTO says Tether commands 72.5B exposure in US t-bills more than countries: UAE, Mexico, Spain etc
Speculation that GCR is US presidential candidate Vivek
