Infancy #Day139

Daily Reading List_2023_02_16

A featured crypto industry brief, with a focus on DeFi and MEV.

Weekly Hot Words

• Bitcoin, sec, NFT, busd, binance

Trend of top 5 hot words in 30 days

Today’s Numbers

• Tether market cap nears $70B as SEC crypto crackdown hurts stablecoin rivals from Cointelegraph
• Market Demand Pushes Trading Volumes on DEX Level Finance to Over $1B from CoinDesk
• Hong Kong issues 800M HKD in tokenized green bonds from Cointelegraph
• Bitcoin bulls aim to hold this week’s BTC gains leading into Friday’s $675M options expiry from Cointelegraph
• Binance moved $400M from Binance​.US account to firm tied to CZ: Report from Cointelegraph
• Binance Moved $400M to Trading Firm Managed by CZ: Report from Blockworks
• Bankman-Fried $250M Bond Is a ‘Joke,’ Claims Securities Lawyer from CoinDesk
• Short Trades Make up 90% of $200M in Losses as Bitcoin, Ether Surge from CoinDesk
• Hong Kong Successfully Offered Inaugural $100M Tokenized Green Bond from CoinDesk
• BTC price cools on latest US data as Bitcoin liquidates $80M in shorts from Cointelegraph
• Accused Mango Markets Exploiter Wants to Keep $47M in Disputed Funds: Court Filings from CoinDesk
• Web3 Communication Stack Sending Labs Raises $12.5M from CoinDesk
• Web3 communication app goes after Twitter with $12.5M seed funding from Cointelegraph
• DeFi protocol Platypus suffers $8.5M flash loan attack, suspect identified from Cointelegraph
• USP Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg as DeFi Protocol Platypus Suffers $8.5M Attack from CoinDesk
• Celsius bankruptcy judge authorizes the sale of $7.4M worth of Bitmain coupons from Cointelegraph
• Judge Clears Celsius’ Plan to Sell Bitmain Mining Coupons Worth Over $7M from CoinDesk
• Norwegian Authorities Seize $5.9M From Crypto Game Axie Infinity Hack from CoinDesk
• Norwegian police recover $5.9M stolen from Axie Infinity Ronin hack from Cointelegraph
• Web3 Messaging Platform Salsa Raises $2M in Pre-Seed Round from CoinDesk
• Bitcoin Primed to Rally to $56K as Nasdaq Breaks Out of Bull Flag, Chart Analyst Says from CoinDesk
• Galaxy Digital CEO ‘wouldn’t be surprised’ if Bitcoin hit $30K this quarter from Cointelegraph
• Bitcoin price hits $25K in new 2023 high from Cointelegraph
• Bitcoin Jumps Past $25K for First Time Since August from CoinDesk
• First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Rockets Past $24.7K to Hit 6-Month High from CoinDesk
• $24K Bitcoin — Is it time to buy BTC and altcoins? Watch Market Talks live from Cointelegraph
• As Traders Eye Hong Kong’s Crypto Moves, Bitcoin Breaks Above $24K from Blockworks
• Crypto Miner CleanSpark Extends Bear-Market Strategy, Buying 20K of Bitmain’s Newest Rigs from CoinDesk
• Ethereum price prints ‘death cross’ after losing 13% versus Bitcoin from 2023 peak from Cointelegraph
• Institutions Bullish on ETH Price Growth in 2023, Survey Finds from Blockworks
• Cointelegraph 2023 Top 100 profiles 31–40 are here right now from Cointelegraph
• Crypto Was Singapore’s Top Area of Fintech Investment in 2022 Despite Global Slowdown: KPMG from CoinDesk
• TrueFi’s TRU Token Rallies Over 200% After Binance’s TUSD Mint Sparks Speculation from CoinDesk
• Only 31% of Staked Ether May Be Profitable: Binance Research from CoinDesk
• 10 emerging technologies in computer science that will shape the future from Cointelegraph
• Matter Labs Says zkSync 2.0 Entering New ‘Era’ With Re-Brand and Developer Rollout from CoinDesk
• Mt. Gox’s 2 Largest Creditors Pick Payout Option That Won’t Force Bitcoin Sell-Off: Sources from CoinDesk

MEV Daily

• https://twitter.com/Prandtled/status/1626116550162845697

How exactly — I personally just pounded into etherscan and watched all sorts of clever bots. Slowly googling my individual questions. Also a gem scanner for MEV — https://t.co/RsLDFJDUe9

• Flashbots Proposes New Class of ‘Matchmakers’ to Share MEV Gains With Ethereum Users from CoinDesk

Risk Alerts

• DeFi protocol Platypus suffers $8.5M flash loan attack, suspect identified from Cointelegraph
• USP Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg as DeFi Protocol Platypus Suffers $8.5M Attack from CoinDesk
• Norwegian police recover $5.9M stolen from Axie Infinity Ronin hack from Cointelegraph
• Coinbase stock dips on downgrade at D.A. Davidson on growing regulatory risks from seekingalpha
• Norwegian Authorities Recoup $5.9M From Axie Infinity Ronin Hack from decrypt
• Readline crime: exploiting a SUID logic bug from Trail of Bits Blog
• Mango Markets Attacker Urges Court to Let Him Keep Hacked Funds from decrypt
• Accused Mango Markets Exploiter Wants to Keep $47M in Disputed Funds: Court Filings from CoinDesk
• Norwegian Authorities Seize $5.9M From Crypto Game Axie Infinity Hack from CoinDesk
• Mango Markets exploiter seeks to keep disputed funds paid as ‘bug bounty’ from Cointelegraph
• FTX Bankruptcy Judge Agrees Independent Examiner Would Mean More Risk from decrypt

Hot Topics

• Bitcoin price derivatives look a bit overheated, but data suggests bears are outnumbered from Cointelegraph
• ‘Bit-tendo’ prototype offers Bitcoin retro games for bars, conferences from Cointelegraph
• Bitcoin single-day price surge linked to billions in USDC inflows from Cointelegraph
• Why is Bitcoin price up today? from Cointelegraph
• Startup Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol Completes First Transaction of Clean Mining Tokens from CoinDesk
• First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Soars to Highest Level Since August from CoinDesk
• Just in Time: SEC Charges Do Kwon, Terraform Labs With Fraud from Blockworks
• Breaking: SEC sues Do Kwon and Terraform Labs for fraud from Cointelegraph
• SEC Sues Terraform Labs, Do Kwon for Misleading Investors on TerraUSD Stablecoin from CoinDesk
• SEC proposes tougher rules as part of its crypto custody crackdown from Cointelegraph
• GQ Magazine to Launch Its First NFT Collection Linked to Real-World Rewards from CoinDesk
• Blurring the Battle Lines on OpenSea Royalties for NFT Creators from Blockworks
• How to buy and sell NFTs on Polygon from Cointelegraph
• NFT Marketplace Rarible Expands Aggregation to Tezos from CoinDesk
• Art Blocks and NFT Gallery Bright Moments Team Up to Bring Generative Art IRL from CoinDesk
• Blur Surpassed OpenSea in Daily NFT Trading Volume Wednesday, Nansen Shows from CoinDesk
• eBay NFT platform KnownOrigin launches creator smart contract from Cointelegraph
• BUSD Drama Sets Stage for Stablecoin Market Reshuffling from CoinDesk
• Binance ‘Likely’ to Pay Fines in US Over Regulatory Probes: WSJ from Blockworks
• Binance banking problems highlight a divide between crypto firms and banks from Cointelegraph
• Binance readies checkbook for potential fines from US regulators: Report from Cointelegraph
• Binance Moved Funds From US Affiliate’s Silvergate Bank Account in 2021: Reuters from CoinDesk
• Binance Bracing Itself for Fines From US Regulators to Settle ‘Past Conduct’: WSJ from CoinDesk

Industry Tracer

• ⚡Bitcoin Crosses $25,000 from Trustnodes

Deep Dive

• Institutional Staking Update from The TIE Research
• ZKP from VeradiVerdict
• Mapping the Growth of Hivemapper’s Network from Messari Crypto News Feed
• State of Metaplex Q4 2022 from Messari Crypto News Feed

Podcast

• Binance to Pay Monetary Penalties to Resolve US Probe: Report from Unchained Podcast
• SEC Wants Tougher Rules for Crypto Custody from Unchained Podcast
• Stanford University’s Andreas Paepcke and Larry Kramer Signed SBF’s Bond from Unchained Podcast
• Celsius Agrees to NovaWulf Buyout Plan to End Bankruptcy from Unchained Podcast
• $BLUR AIRDROP with Blur’s Founder, Pacman from Bankless

Project Tracer

• Kielbasa Fried Rice from Stories by Ava Labs on Medium
• The Great Migration FAQ from Balancer Protocol — Medium
• Balancer Launches DeFi’s Next Building Block with Generalized Boosted Pools from Balancer Protocol — Medium
• Avoiding rug pulls from 1inch
• Up Next on the Runway — Your Emote: MVFW Emote Contest from Decentraland

KOL’s Opinion

(N.A.)

Other Topics

• Flashbots Proposes New Class of ‘Matchmakers’ to Share MEV Gains With Ethereum Users from CoinDesk
• Privacy-Focused Gnosis Chain Co-Founder Proposes Plan to Reduce Ethereum Dependency for GNO Token from CoinDesk
• Centrifuge Wants To Back Aave’s GHO Stablecoin With Real-world Assets from Blockworks
• DeFi platforms can comply with regulations without compromising privacy — Web3 exec from Cointelegraph
• Access Protocol’s ACS Token Rallies After Web3 Paywall’s Public Airdrop from CoinDesk
• Web3 Firm Unstoppable Domains and Crypto Browser Opera Expand Digital Identity Offerings from CoinDesk
• Tencent Teams Up With MultiversX to Expand Web3 Strategy from CoinDesk
• FTX’s Bahamas Unit Commingled Client, Corporate Funds, Liquidators Say from CoinDesk
• FTX Investigations are Plenty, No Need for Independent Examiner, Judge Rules from Blockworks
• BIS-funded regulator to probe DeFi entry points like stablecoins from Cointelegraph
• Global Standard Setters Will Team Up to Tackle DeFi Regulation: FSB from CoinDesk
• Takeaways from Davos: Blockchain is changing the way we fight for sustainability from Cointelegraph
• Artificial intelligence, robots and blockchain deliver next-generation healthcare, today from Cointelegraph
• Coinbase Downgraded to Neutral at DA Davidson Ahead of Earnings from CoinDesk