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Raises: ConsenSys Raises $450M Series D Funding as Leading Self-Custodial Wallet MetaMask Reaches Over 30 Million MAUs https://consensys.net/blog/press-release/consensys-raises-450m-series-d-funding/ Katana announces their $5 million seed round led by Framework Ventures https://twitter.com/katana_hq/status/1501964500362223627 VC firm Bessemer announces $250 million fund for decentralized tech, launches DAO https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/137398/vc-firm-bessemer-announces-250-million-fund-for-decentralized-tech-launches-dao Socket's $5m round also led by Framework Ventures https://medium.com/socketdottech/its-time-for-a-unified-multi-chain-ecosystem-c76efc0ac3b3 A Wall Street Quant Turns His Crypto Firm Into a Unicorn https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-14/ex-d-e-shaw-research-quant-spins-his-crypto-firm-into-unicorn Solana-Based NFT Marketplace Magic Eden Raises $27M Series A https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/14/solana-based-nft-marketplace-magic-eden-raises-27m-series-a/ Gaming startup Lava Labs’ valuation tops $100 million in Series A raise https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/138172/gaming-startup-lava-labs-valuation-tops-100-million-in-series-a-raise Block invests in Japanese challenger bank Kyash in $41 million round https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/138194/block-invests-in-japanese-challenger-bank-kyash-in-41-million-round Princeton alumni in crypto space fund $20 million research project https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/137507/princeton-alumni-in-crypto-space-fund-20-million-research-project Pantera, Animoca Brands Co-Lead $10M Investment in Metaverse Game Studios https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/14/pantera-animoca-brands-co-lead-10m-investment-in-metaverse-game-studios/ Ex-Meta employees raise $200M from a16z, Tiger, Multicoin to realize Facebook’s crypto dreams https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/15/aptos-labs-a16z-multicoin-facebook-diem-blockchain/ https://twitter.com/cdixon/status/1503735339806076932 Hex Trust Raises $88M for Crypto Custody Focused on the Gaming Sector https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/16/hex-trust-raises-88m-for-crypto-custody-focused-on-the-gaming-sector/ Crypto Unicorns Closes $26M Token Sale Ahead of NFT Game Launch https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/15/crypto-unicorns-closes-26m-token-sale-ahead-of-nft-game-launch/ Treehouse announce their $18m seed round https://twitter.com/TreehouseFi/status/1503924057208545282 Oxio Raises $40M to Bring Tokenized Telco Model to US and Brazil https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/16/oxio-raises-40m-to-bring-tokenized-telco-model-to-us-and-brazil/ Finblox announces their $3.9m strategic round https://twitter.com/finblox/status/1503668903679229955 Polychain Leads $6.85M Investment in ‘Curate-to-Earn’ Project https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/08/polychain-leads-685m-investment-in-curate-to-earn-project/ Milo Secures $17 million in Series A Funding Led by M13 https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/milo-secures-17-million-in-series-a-funding-led-by-m13-1031265835 Announcing Duet Protocol's latest funding round to raise the Private Funding amount to $5 Million https://duetprotocol.medium.com/announcing-duet-5-million-private-funding-raised-cfd83b57c2aa Pantera Leads $4M Seed Round for Streamlined Cross-Chain Bridge https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/09/pantera-leads-4m-seed-round-for-streamlined-cross-chain-bridge/ Announcing Upstream’s $12.5M Series A https://blog.upstreamapp.com/upstream-series-a/ MetalCore, a Mechanized Combat Video Game, Completes Private Token and NFT Sale https://medium.com/metalcoregame/metalcore-a-mechanized-combat-video-game-completes-private-token-and-nft-sale-63a9e856e4a1 Loco announces that they have raised INR 330 Crores ($42m) in a series A round https://twitter.com/GetLocoNow/status/1501792632112320515 mintBlue closes substantial seed round financing of EURO 2M https://mintblue.com/seed-round/

Regulation: Proposal Limiting Proof-of-Work Is Rejected in EU Parliament Committee Vote https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/14/proposal-limiting-proof-of-work-is-rejected-in-eu-parliament-committee-vote-sources/ Europe's landmark crypto bill passes parliamentary committee with wide majority https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/137720/europes-landmark-crypto-bill-passes-parliamentary-committee-with-wide-majority South Korea's incoming president vows big cryptocurrency push https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Cryptocurrencies/South-Korea-s-incoming-president-vows-big-cryptocurrency-push Russian Crypto Miners Brace for Sanctions Fallout Amid Ukraine Conflict https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/03/16/russian-crypto-miners-brace-for-sanctions-fallout-amid-ukraine-conflict/ Ukraine's Zelenskyy Signs Virtual Assets Bill Into Law, Legalizing Crypto https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/16/ukraines-zelensky-signs-virtual-assets-bill-into-law-legalizing-crypto/ Binance's Middle East Progress Continues With Operating License in Dubai https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/16/binance-middle-east-progress-continues-with-operating-license-in-dubai/ Shanghai Police Bust $16M Crypto Pyramid Scheme https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/15/shanghai-police-bust-16m-crypto-pyramid-scheme/ Japan urges crypto exchanges to heed sanctions against Russia https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Cryptocurrencies/Japan-urges-crypto-exchanges-to-heed-sanctions-against-Russia Bank of Israel Publishes Draft Guidelines for Crypto Deposits https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/11/bank-of-israel-publishes-draft-guidelines-for-crypto-deposits/ Biden's Executive Order on Crypto Receives Bipartisan Praise https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/11/bidens-executive-order-on-crypto-receives-bipartisan-praise/ Congressmembers demand answers from SEC on crypto company probes https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/138056/congressmembers-demand-answers-from-sec-on-crypto-company-probes Guy sues Matt Furie for his purchase of a Rare Pepe NFT https://twitter.com/RobertFreundLaw/status/1503489561720066049 Tom Emmer sent a bipartisan letter to SEC Chair Gary Gensler regarding the SEC's crypto information seeking process https://twitter.com/RepTomEmmer/status/1504117902080942084

NFTs: Yuga has acquired the CryptoPunks and Meebits collections from Larva Labs https://twitter.com/yugalabs/status/1502420714527334406 https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/137631/bored-apes-creator-yuga-labs-acquires-ip-for-cryptopunks-and-meebits 'ApeCoin' tied to Bored Ape NFT ecosystem debuts with planned community airdrop https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/138156/apecoin-tied-to-bored-ape-nft-ecosystem-debuts-with-planned-community-airdrop Zuckerberg Hints at the Arrival of NFTs on Instagram https://nftplazas.com/zuckerberg-instagram-nfts/ Bored Apes Founders Reject Pitch Deck Plans https://thedefiant.io/bayc-founders-rebuff-pitch-deck/ GMoney Launches Fully On-Chain Arcade Game Brick Breaker https://nftplazas.com/gmoney-brick-breaker/ NFT Holders Decide Storyline in Animated Series ‘The Gimmicks’ https://nftplazas.com/nft-animated-series-the-gimmicks/ TerraZero Complete Ambitious Real Estate Acquisition in Decentraland https://nftplazas.com/terrazero-acquisition-in-decentraland/ Aavegotchi Confirms Launch Date for the Gotchiverse https://nftplazas.com/aavegotchi-gotchiverse-launch-date/ OVR and Zlatan Ibrahimovic announce new exclusive NFT line https://www.nftradar.org/ovr-and-zlatan-ibrahimovic-announce-new-exclusive-nft-line/ NFT Project Spotlight: Anata, the Metaverse's Anime VTuber NFTs https://cryptobriefing.com/nft-project-spotlight-anata-the-metaverses-anime-vtuber-nfts/

News/Updates #3: MonoX 2.0 is Live https://medium.com/monoswap/monox-2-0-is-live-78bde762c892 ClayStack goes live on Polygon https://twitter.com/ClayStack_HQ/status/1503961213847609345 Kazakhstan has confiscated nearly $200 million in mining equipment from unregistered miners https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/137902/kazakhstan-has-confiscated-nearly-200-million-in-mining-equipment-from-unregistered-miners Hallswap V2 announced https://twitter.com/coinhall_org/status/1504298610162540544 Synapse is becoming a bridge partner for Terra https://twitter.com/SynapseProtocol/status/1504293975083171851 Announcing the Encode x Solana Programme and Initiatives https://medium.com/encode-club/announcing-the-encode-x-solana-programme-and-initiatives-bdda660b6843 Upcoming listing on FTX: $CVX spot and perpetual futures https://twitter.com/FTX_Official/status/1503732759851765760 Rocketpool Node operator page is live https://twitter.com/Rocket_Pool/status/1503604116110544899 Abracadabra proposal to add revenue share in MIM for SPELL stakers https://twitter.com/MIM_Spell/status/1503731876376289286 The solidly.exchange domain has now been migrated and handed over to the Solidex team https://twitter.com/solidlyexchange/status/1504061521197944837

News/Updates #2: Automated Strategies - The Next Era of DeFi Automation https://blog.defisaver.com/automated-strategies-next-era-automation-live/ Okcoin launches $165M collective investment to push Bitcoin adoption https://cointelegraph.com/news/okcoin-launches-165m-collective-investment-to-push-bitcoin-adoption Vovo is live on Arbitrum https://twitter.com/VovoFinance/status/1503253128887496708 Deus Finance was exploited https://twitter.com/peckshield/status/1503632734299701250 Andreessen Horowitz appoints Treasury official as head of regulatory https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/137820/andreessen-horowitz-appoints-treasury-official-as-head-of-regulatory stkMKR: Maker Staking and Tokenomics Revision Proposal by monet-supply https://forum.makerdao.com/t/stkmkr-maker-staking-and-tokenomics-revision/13890 http://wonderland.money has been updated with a new rage quit UI https://twitter.com/wonderland_fi/status/1503450428494725123 Abracadabra's Expecto Patronum is now live https://twitter.com/mim_spell/status/1503450554126802949 ZigZag's zkSync <> Polygon bridge is live https://twitter.com/ZigZagExchange/status/1502982532823851013 Synthetix: Upcoming Debt Pool Synthesis https://blog.synthetix.io/debt-pool-synthesis-2/ Sushiswap's Samurai v2 vote has successfully passed https://twitter.com/SushiSwap/status/1503007975207841801 At-the-money $ETH & $WBTC call/put options are now live on Hegic Arbitrum https://twitter.com/HegicOptions/status/1503399404241395715 stNEAR and AURORA are now live on Bastion Protocol https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1502739369861472266 Bitcoin mixing service CoinJoin starts blacklisting BTC tied to illegal activity https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/137668/bitcoin-mixing-service-coinjoin-starts-blacklisting-btc-tied-to-illegal-activity Hedge Fund Fir Tree Bets Big With Short of Stablecoin Tether https://archive.ph/SwgcA#selection-3013.0-3020.0 Credit Suisse vet launching $200 million crypto options trading fund https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/137393/credit-suisse-vet-launching-200-million-crypto-options-trading-fund Binance Signs MoU to Acquire Brazilian Securities Brokerage Sim;paul Investimentos https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/14/binance-signs-mou-to-acquire-brazilian-securities-brokerage-simpaul-investimentos/ Ukraine Partners With FTX, Everstake to Launch New Crypto Donation Website https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/14/ukraine-partners-with-ftx-everstake-to-launch-new-crypto-donation-website/ Gelato governance: Release G-UNI as separate DAO from Gelato & rebrand it as Arrakis Finance Proposal https://forum.gelato.network/t/release-g-uni-as-separate-dao-from-gelato-rebrand-it-as-arrakis-finance/364 LiimeWire Selects Algorand Blockchain for the Relaunch of its Digital Collectibles Marketplace https://twitter.com/tier10k/status/1503355545553625088 Altered State Machine's new roadmap https://twitter.com/altstatemachine/status/1503182122810580992 ConsenSys’ Lubin Confirms MetaMask Token in the Works https://thedefiant.io/consensys-metamask-token/ Polygon network back up with a 'temporary fix' after eight-hour stoppage https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/137509/polygon-up-temporary-fix-down-several-hours-ethereum-scaling Coinbase: Introducing a new price discovery mechanism for the spot BTC Market: BTCAUCTION-USD is a first-of-its-kind auction series https://twitter.com/CoinbaseExch/status/1503429987331846144 LFG Council has voted to burn another 4M luna to mint roughly 372M ust, which will be used to acquire exogenous collateral https://twitter.com/LFG_org/status/1503680315969060864 Alchemix V2 https://twitter.com/scupytrooples/status/1503751703019110410 Matcha has blocked all Russian users according to @bantg https://twitter.com/bantg/status/1503783583378558990 Coinbase outlines the path ahead for its planned derivatives offering https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/137953/coinbase-outlines-the-path-ahead-for-its-planned-derivatives-offering Alpha Homora v2 is now live on Fantom https://twitter.com/AlphaFinanceLab/status/1503712335424196610

News/Updates: Announcing the Kiln Merge Testnet https://blog.ethereum.org/2022/03/14/kiln-merge-testnet/ Aav3 v3 is live! https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/03/16/defi-platform-aave-lauches-v3-with-cross-chain-swaps-front-and-center/ https://twitter.com/AaveAave/status/1504137636105043971 https://github.com/aave/aave-v3-core/blob/master/techpaper/Aave_V3_Technical_Paper.pdf https://aave.mirror.xyz/2TnHYHQRnNhSG56Y4CcssulFArSVqrFbmAdYfU7Kxp0 Introducing ApeCoin ($APE) https://twitter.com/apecoin/status/1504201556165644298 https://twitter.com/ysiu/status/1504208292385476611 https://twitter.com/amytongwu/status/1504238389737967622 https://twitter.com/animocabrands/status/1504324197467947008 Introducing Spartan Labs: A $100M Venture-Building Studio Designed For Web3 https://medium.com/the-spartan-group/introducing-spartan-labs-b693f3aa2e31 https://twitter.com/shaunhengcj/status/1504164320837398528 Anchor has taken its first step to the interchain https://twitter.com/ryanology045/status/1504311692339343365 FTX & FTX US switch to Stripe for payments and identity verification https://stripe.com/newsroom/stories/ftx Synthetix - Launching Perpetual Futures https://blog.synthetix.io/synthetix-perpetual-futures/ yearn governance: YIP-65: Evolving YFI Tokenomics https://gov.yearn.finance/t/yip-65-evolving-yfi-tokenomics/11994 LayerZero launched, Stargate launch soon https://twitter.com/0xmaki/status/1503722051579920396 https://medium.com/layerzero-official/the-omnichain-future-is-here-74389f6d70c3 https://twitter.com/primordialaa/status/1503723748540698625 Polychain Capital & Arca Proposal: New Anchor Earn Rate Schedule (Currently majority voted NO) https://app.anchorprotocol.com/poll/18 Terra Governance: UST Goes Interchain: Reasonable Strats Part Five (proposal) https://agora.terra.money/t/ust-goes-interchain-reasonable-strats-part-five/5024 Credit Suisse vet launching $200 million crypto options trading fund https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/137393/credit-suisse-vet-launching-200-million-crypto-options-trading-fund Stripe launches payments support for crypto businesses, partners with FTX https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/137299/stripe-payments-crypto-businesses-ftx Chainalysis makes new crypto sanctions monitoring tools free to the public https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/137292/chainalysis-makes-new-crypto-sanctions-monitoring-tools-free-to-the-public Crypto Soon? eBay Unveils Screenshot of Digital Wallet https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/crypto-soon-ebay-unveils-screenshot-of-digital-wallet Sushi: Launching Trident — Phase 1 https://sushichef.medium.com/launching-trident-phase-1-4e483fad0ae4 Canaan Shares Surge as Company Authorizes up to $100M Buyback Program https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/16/canaan-shares-surge-as-company-authorizes-up-to-100m-buyback-program/ NY Fed Staffer Jumps Into DeFi as Euler COO https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/16/ny-fed-staffer-jumps-into-defi-as-euler-coo/ Banking giant HSBC partners with metaverse firm The Sandbox https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/138003/banking-giant-hsbc-partners-with-metaverse-firm-the-sandbox Crypto Exchange FTX Wins License and Plans Regional HQ in Dubai https://archive.ph/7I8fX#selection-3009.0-3018.0 Binance Wins First Gulf Crypto License From Bahrain https://archive.ph/GYS4b#selection-3013.0-3022.0 xToken Terminal is Live! https://medium.com/xtoken/xtoken-terminal-is-live-2b46f02931d2 A statement from the Fantom Foundation https://fantom.foundation/blog/a-statement-from-the-fantom-foundation/ FTX Boosts Global Presence With AZA Finance Link in Africa https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/16/ftx-strengthens-global-presence-with-aza-finance-link-in-africa/ Hundred Finance Launches Lendly White Labeling with veDAO https://blog.hundred.finance/hundred-finance-launches-lendly-white-labeling-with-vedao-80e69fe5c5af Swivel Governance Token Genesis https://swivel.substack.com/p/swivel-governance-token-genesis

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Podcasts: Aladdin Talk #8 Curve Wars https://twitter.com/aladdindao/status/1499366021307711493 Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray Dalio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xguam0TKMw8 Nicole Perlroth: Cybersecurity and the Weapons of Cyberwar | Lex Fridman Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy2G3PhGm-g udiverse learns StarkNet with @EliBenSasson and @avihu28 https://twitter.com/udiWertheimer/status/1500880768804945922 (throw-back) Nicole Lazzaro | Games and the Four Keys to Fun: Using Emotions to Create Engaging Design https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEmNRRRqgNc Why Crypto Scammers Are Scared of This Man - ZachXBT, On-chain Detective, Ep. 187 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9U8-4FYuvs WAGMI: Hedge Funds Are Moving into NFTs w/ Sasha Fleyshman https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hedge-funds-are-moving-into-nfts-w-sasha-fleyshman/id1350247761?i=1000552837074 Introducing: Tokens, But How? https://every.to/tbh/introducing-tokens-but-how Zero Knowledge: Episode 221: Funding the Next Wave of Zero Knowledge Tech https://zeroknowledge.fm/221-2/ Delphi Podcast: DeFi Business Models with Ashwath BK of Delphi Research https://open.spotify.com/episode/7clFmEl1O2JB77q5l5HxvP Bankless | Fund Your Web3 Project with Gitcoin Grants Round 13 | GreenPill #4 http://podcast.banklesshq.com/fund-your-web3-project-with-gitcoin-grants-round-13-greenpill-4 Here’s the next big thing in NFTs, according to Multicoin Capital’s Kyle Samani https://open.spotify.com/episode/2xDBfp10nhKyvFfjFMCDIl?si=dzlo09GKRvizq8sjZ-Jdhg

Twitter Threads: Option puzzle by Dan Robinson https://twitter.com/danrobinson/status/1499193564319813634 https://twitter.com/danrobinson/status/1499558263649570819 Advice on how to hedge your crypto portfolio by @ksidiii https://twitter.com/Ksidiii/status/1499891543758577664 @coffeebreak_yt on how poorly the Tai Lopez NFT sale actually went https://twitter.com/coffeebreak_YT/status/1500229259947917314 @phabcd's thread about ERC721A https://twitter.com/PhABCD/status/1500182780382224389 @mrjasonchoi's web3/metaverse categorization https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi/status/1499825774383140868 Some reasons to build your startup in web3 by @cdixon https://twitter.com/cdixon/status/1500505627604443140 A list of current Web3 Social landscape by @AquaJ0y https://twitter.com/AquaJ0y/status/1500725801410433025 @adamscochran's long thread about AC's departure and its impact https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1500849349776982017 @coffeebreak_yt with a thread about Jake Paul's hidden crypto wallets and supposed crypto promotion scams https://twitter.com/coffeebreak_YT/status/1500916407546040321 Playbook to make the most out of a bear market by @thedefiedge Summary of sanctions and crypto by SBF https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1500932369850769420 Fantom's TLV dropped, where did the capital flock to by @DeFi_intern_ https://twitter.com/DeFi_Intern_/status/1501136196130390018 Why Venture Building is unusually suited for web3 by @shaunhengcj https://twitter.com/shaunhengcj/status/1501139372045127683 Weekly NFT Juice (28th Feb - 6th Mar) by @javierang_ https://twitter.com/JavierAng_/status/1501566779390259200 A thread on The Graph: data, comparisons, and things @alanadlevin found interesting https://twitter.com/AlanaDLevin/status/1499427680990728195 @uwumak1's thread on Gearbox Protocol https://twitter.com/uwumak1/status/1499811608797007872 The Half-life of a Game by @noctemn2021 https://twitter.com/noctemn2021/status/1499696322785341441 This week in NFTs by @cryptogucci https://twitter.com/CryptoGucci/status/1500580906150477824 A few crazy Terra stats by @alpha_pls https://twitter.com/alpha_pls/status/1500233320357113863 Yearn: Behind the Yield, the story of yearn Platinum album "Vaults V2: Dark Side of DeFI" by @storming0x https://twitter.com/storming0x/status/1500519425514029056 Platypus Wars thread by @cryptoseq https://twitter.com/CryptoSeq/status/1500423522761519106 A very short thread on the crypto gaming space by @simplepeanut3 https://twitter.com/simplepeanut3/status/1499941803423776770 Last year Yearn shared $2.8m in fees with partners building on Yearn, here's how you can do it too https://twitter.com/iearnfinance/status/1500930955543908353 How crypto exchanges enforce US sanctions by @brett_ftxus https://twitter.com/Brett_FTXUS/status/1500567182757011459 @michaelfkong clarifies a lot of misinformation around Fantom https://twitter.com/michaelfkong/status/1500654223712833543 @redphonecrypto addressing $MARS fud https://twitter.com/redphonecrypto/status/1500945535947182082 What's pLUNA, yLUNA, cLUNA? by @cptn3m0x https://twitter.com/cptn3m0x/status/1500863760847626240 Fantom's self feeding Flywheel Loop by @stader_ftm https://twitter.com/stader_ftm/status/1501284546939359232 Quick thread on [Redacted] Cartel + future roadmap by @nansen_alpha https://twitter.com/nansen_alpha/status/1501214861094760455 On successful blockchain game concepts by @0xRyze https://twitter.com/0xryze/status/1501146209616293893 What are the generation-defining stats of today? by @stephsmithio https://twitter.com/stephsmithio/status/1500986096745779200 "F*ck You" Money https://www.youngmoney.co/p/fck-money Navigating The Coming Economic Craziness As A Crypto Degen by @rektdiomedes https://twitter.com/rektdiomedes/status/1500966190159519744 @sovereignsignal's compandium of resources https://twitter.com/sovereignsignal/status/1501572851312193536 what Biden's executive order sets out for the industry by @jackniewold https://twitter.com/JackNiewold/status/1501599351243780099

Additional Reads (Cont'd #1): StarkWare Company Intelligence https://www.theblockresearch.com/starkware-company-intelligence-135957 Harmony Grant Spotlight: Perpetual Protocol — Decentralized Crypto Derivatives https://medium.com/momentum6/harmony-grant-spotlight-perpetual-protocol-decentralized-crypto-derivatives-ebdb35382f04 Tokenomics 102: Digging Deeper on Supply https://every.to/almanack/tokenomics-102-digging-deeper-on-supply Mapping out Tiger Global's crypto portfolio https://www.theblockresearch.com/mapping-out-tiger-globals-crypto-portfolio-136033 EVM Deep Dives: The Path to Shadowy Super Coder - Part 2 https://noxx.substack.com/p/evm-deep-dives-the-path-to-shadowy-d6b (part 1 was featured last week but here it is just in case) https://noxx.substack.com/p/evm-deep-dives-the-path-to-shadowy State of Monetization https://sipherhq.notion.site/sipherhq/State-of-Monetization-6578f4dbb18041f88d6d6c41036bf7ac Tree Representation, Growth Rate of Blockchain and Reward Allocation in Ethereum with Multiple Mining Pools https://arxiv.org/pdf/2201.10087.pdf Why does transparent execution of DAO votes matter? https://blog.alluo.io/why-does-transparent-execution-of-dao-votes-matter-how-do-we-do-it-at-alluo-c5a6ac6b4c1a Glassnodes Insights: A Delicate Equilibrium https://insights.glassnode.com/the-week-onchain-week-10-2022/ Smart Contracts, Done Smarter: Hedera Ecosystem Overview https://medium.com/momentum6/smart-contracts-done-smarter-hedera-ecosystem-overview-93c79d69e855 Strips Global Market Observer #1 https://strips-finance.medium.com/strips-global-macromarket-observer-1-907ed2db8edf The History of dYdX (so far) https://antonio-dydx.medium.com/the-history-of-dydx-so-far-68bf46789f86 Guide to the Fields of Mars https://mars-protocol.medium.com/guide-to-the-fields-of-mars-22e6e4e04125 Fantom: The ve(3,3) Snapshot, Danielle’s Downfall, Bribe Wars & Andre’s Shocking Exit https://blog.bybit.com/en-US/post/fantom-the-ve-3-3-snapshot-danielle-s-downfall-bribe-wars-andre-s-shocking-exit-blt0fd18dd77ec2cefe/ Compound: Market Risk Monthly (February 2022): Updates and Review https://www.comp.xyz/t/market-risk-monthly-february-2022-updates-and-review/3060 The Simple Case Against Scarce Land https://medium.com/@ar.gis/the-simple-case-against-scarce-land-a12bb6cd2849 Ethereum’s client diversity: with 66% running Prysm, is The Merge safe to pursue? https://cryptoslate.com/ethereums-client-diversity-with-66-running-prysm-is-the-merge-safe-to-pursue/ Frax Controls Its Stack https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/frax-controls-its-stack/ WalletConnect: The Narrow Waist Protocol Between Wallets & Dapps https://medium.com/1kxnetwork/walletconnect-the-narrow-waist-protocol-between-wallets-dapps-75a1f7665a4c The NBA’s Web 3 Innovation Dilemma https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/03/09/the-nbas-web-3-innovation-dilemma/ Crypto Midweek Review https://theodelarosa.substack.com/p/crypto-midweek-review-c36 PlayFi Guild Design https://medium.com/@lechuzacap/playfi-guild-design-a87a9b018ba9

Additional Reads: THE MANY ESCAPES OF JUSTIN SUN https://www.theverge.com/c/22947663/justin-sun-tron-cryptocurrency-poloniex “It’s A Blessing and A Curse”: Unpacking Creators’ Practices with Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and Their Communities https://arxiv.org/pdf/2201.13233.pdf Spotting Anomalous Trades in NFT Markets: The Case of NBA Topshot https://arxiv.org/pdf/2202.04013.pdf Eliminating Sandwich Attacks with the Help of Game Theory https://arxiv.org/pdf/2202.03762.pdf Tenderly App — a Swiss Pocketknife for the Web3 developer by @officer_cia https://graph.org/Tenderly-App--a-Swiss-Pocketknife-for-the-Web3-developer-02-15 Plutus High Level Overview — What is Plutus? https://medium.com/@plutusdao.io/plutus-high-level-overview-what-is-plutus-4f0f69786bc4 TREASURE DAO - REKT https://rekt.news/treasure-dao-rekt/ The post-consortia era: How enterprises are embracing Web3 structures https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-post-consortia-era-how-enterprises-are-embracing-web3-structures Medici: Dialectic’s Yield Farmer https://dialectic.ch/editorial/medici-dialectics-yield-farmer February fintech VC roundup: Fintech funding hits lowest levels since May https://www.theblockcrypto.com/news+/136521/february-fintech-vc-roundup-fintech-funding CoinShares: Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly Report https://blog.coinshares.com/volume-69-digital-asset-fund-flows-weekly-report-3ecbdc5c43be The Newest Crypto Side-Hustle: ‘Discord Grinding’ https://decrypt.co/94143/the-newest-crypto-side-hustle-discord-grinding Here Are All of the Major NFT Projects Being Turned Into Movies https://decrypt.co/94142/major-nft-projects-hollywood-movies The Road to Sub-dollar Transactions, Part 2: Compression Edition https://medium.com/ethereum-optimism/the-road-to-sub-dollar-transactions-part-2-compression-edition-6bb2890e3e92 Astar is Born? You Gotta be Shiden Me https://medium.com/momentum6/astar-is-born-you-gotta-be-shiden-me-d6bf97b31fce Tracer Brings Perpetual Pools to Arbitrum https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/tracer-brings-perpetual-pools-to-arbitrum/ Show me the Liquidity: Evaluating NFT Financialization Methods https://medium.com/1kxnetwork/show-me-the-liquidity-evaluating-nft-financialization-methods-f3c30bf8f08c Learn about LobsterDAO, an influential community of engineers, devs and founders at DeFi & The Future of Programmable Money https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/03/learn-about-lobsterdao-an-influential-community-of-engineers-devs-and-founders-at-defi-and-the-future-of-programmable-money/ Breaking into Web3 as a PM https://creatoreconomy.so/p/breaking-into-web3-as-a-pm March Research and Analysis Report https://www.theblockresearch.com/march-research-and-analysis-report-136178 The Blue Pill - yfistory https://yfistory.org/ StarkNet roundup #7 https://swagtimus.substack.com/p/starknet-roundup-7?s=w Why Harmony? Technical Overview of Protocols, Validators & Bridges https://open.harmony.one/why-harmony-technical-overview-of-protocols-validators-bridges Silo Enters the Curve Wars https://medium.com/silo-protocol/silo-enters-the-curve-wars-91ba701b8170 Saber and the Saber Wars: a deep dive https://stakedsol.substack.com/p/saber-and-the-saber-wars-a-deep-dive Vesta Finance - Capital Efficiency on Arbitrum https://richmorecapital.substack.com/p/vesta-finance-capital-efficiency GMX: Full Research Report https://rileygmi.substack.com/p/gmx What it really means to transition from web2 to web3 games https://web3games.substack.com/p/what-it-really-means-to-transition Gaming Insights – A Walkthrough of Crypto Raiders https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/gaming-insights-a-walkthrough-of-crypto-raiders/ What is Frontier? https://medium.com/@missingfrontier/what-is-frontier-a3ee78bb1a33 Crypto: The Unwritten Rules of the Wild West https://zoomeroracle.substack.com/p/crypto-the-unwritten-rules-of-the Modern Corporations Are Ungovernable, But DAOs Are Not The Answer https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenehrlich/2022/03/01/modern-corporations-are-ungovernable-but-daos-are-not-the-answer/

Raises (Cont'd #2): Haruko Raises $10M in Seed Funding https://www.finsmes.com/2022/03/haruko-raises-10m-in-seed-funding.html Inworld AI Raises Investment from BITKRAFT Ventures, to Bring AI-Powered Virtual Characters to Metaverse and Games https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/03/04/2397321/0/en/Inworld-AI-Raises-Investment-from-BITKRAFT-Ventures-to-Bring-AI-Powered-Virtual-Characters-to-Metaverse-and-Games.html ApeX Protocol closes seed round led by top strategic and anchor investors https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/apex-protocol-closes-seed-round-led-by-top-strategic-and-anchor-investors Streamflow Raises $3.1 Million in Seed Round https://streamflow.medium.com/streamflow-raises-3-1-million-in-seed-round-4cc295a55c19 Derby Stars Closes Seed Round Co-led by Patron and Galaxy Interactive https://medium.com/@DerbyStars/derby-stars-closes-seed-round-co-led-by-patron-and-galaxy-interactive-dc69969e2892 We’ve Raised A $2.5 Million Seed Round https://sandstorm.co/weve-raised-a-2-5-million-seed-round/ Binance Labs Makes Strategic Investment in AlwaysGeeky Games for Enhanced Blockchain Free-To-Play Tactical RPG Game https://www.binance.com/en/blog/ecosystem/binance-labs-makes-strategic-investment-in-alwaysgeeky-games-for-enhanced-blockchain-freetoplay-tactical-rpg-game-421499824684903531 Fabric Ventures is thrilled to lead a $7m round in Petaverse Network https://medium.com/fabric-ventures/why-we-invested-in-the-petaverse-network-2ecb8724f90f Ignite Tournaments raises $10 Million for Building Play-to-Earn Esports Tournament Infrastructure https://hackernoon.com/ignite-tournaments-raises-$10-million-for-building-play-to-earn-esports-tournament-infrastructure Notifi Raises $2.5 Million Pre-Seed from Hashed and Race Capital to Become "Twilio" for Web3 https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2022-03-03/notifi-raises-2-5-million-pre-seed-from-hashed-and-race-capital-to-become-twilio-for-web3 IQ Protocol Secures $12M in Investment Round https://blog.iq.space/iq-protocol-secures-12m-in-investment-round-f13227f31e AdaSwap raises $2.6M in funding from leading VCs and top angel investors https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/adaswap-raises-26m-in-funding-from-leading-vcs-and-top-angel-investors Dialect Raises $4.1M to Bring ‘Smart Messaging’ to Solana https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/02/dialect-raises-41m-to-bring-smart-messaging-to-solana/

Raises (Cont'd #1): Announcing Nori’s $7M Series A financing round https://medium.com/nori-carbon-removal/announcing-noris-7m-series-a-financing-round-21ec5fdfa1a4 Karmaverse closes over $6M private funding round led by A&T Capital https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/karmaverse-closes-over-6m-private-funding-round-led-by-at-capital GamesPad Receives Investment from Animoca Brands https://dailycoin.com/gamespad-receives-investment-from-animoca-brands/ Hashstack raises $1Mn USD to build DeFi’s first under-collateralised lending solution- Open https://hashstack.medium.com/hashstack-raises-1mn-usd-to-build-defis-first-under-collateralised-lending-solution-ope-962575c79ea9 Web3 Creator Company DNABlock Raises $7M in Second Seed Funding Round https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/web3-dnablock-funding-1235101560/ Crypto Financial Services Firm, Blofin Raises US$50 Million from KuCoin, SIG and Matrix Partners https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2022-03-01/crypto-financial-services-firm-blofin-raises-us-50-million-from-kucoin-sig-and-matrix-partners CryptoTaxCalculator announces funding round https://cryptotaxcalculator.io/blog/cryptotaxcalculator-funding-round/ Binance and cuscapi berhad to take strategic stakes in MX Global https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/binance-and-cuscapi-berhad-to-take-strategic-stakes-in-mx-global-301492547.html Subspace Labs Raises $32.9 Million to Bring Internet Scale to Web3 https://medium.com/subspace-network/subspace-labs-raises-32-9-million-to-bring-internet-scale-to-web3-b0fdd4dffe7e GameFi startup X Rush valued at $10M following successful seed funding led by KuCoin Ventures https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/gamefi-startup-x-rush-valued-at-10m-following-successful-seed-funding-led-by-kucoin-ventures Parcl Raises $4.1M Seed Investment by Archetype, and others https://www.parcl.co/blog/parcl-raises-4-1m-seed-by-archetype-dragonfly-capital-parafi-shima-capital-coinbase-ventures-solana-ventures-slow-ventures-and-others Thetanuts Finance has raised US$18M in Seed Round, on a mission to bring DeFi structured products to everyday investors https://thetanutsfinance.medium.com/thetanuts-finance-has-raised-us-18m-in-seed-round-on-a-mission-to-bring-defi-structured-products-d5db6afb8974 Mechanism (the project, not the fund) raised $8m https://twitter.com/jefftoshi/status/1499032761188945925 Nifty League Raises $5 Million Seed Investment Round Led by RSE Ventures to Expand its NFT Gaming Metaverse https://niftyleague.medium.com/nifty-league-raises-5-million-seed-investment-round-led-by-rse-ventures-to-expand-its-nft-gaming-2e28a9972c5e Universal 3D raises over $2 million for its GameFi Project AQUANEE https://techstartups.com/2022/03/02/universal-3d-raises-20-million-gamefi-project-aquanee/ DeFrag DAO Strategic Partnership Announcement https://blog.defrag.fi/defrag-dao-strategic-partnership-announcement-482f11e4d354 Blockmetrix raises $50M for its fast and lean crypto mining technology https://pr.slicedbrand.com/blockmetrix/50m-funding Cega raises $4.3M from Dragonfly, Pantera to build the first exotic structured products in cryptocurrency https://cegafi.medium.com/cega-raises-4-3m-10c421181dfe Espresso Systems Raises $32M to Bring Scaling and Privacy to Web 3 https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/07/espresso-systems-raises-32m-to-bring-scaling-and-privacy-to-web-3/ Akord closed a $2.3m round https://twitter.com/AkordTeam/status/1500892289140334593 Gamepad.co raises USD 2.5m Seed Round with Enjin and OKX Blockdream Ventures as Lead Investors https://cryptonews.com/news/gamepadco-raises-usd-25m-seed-round-with-enjin-okx-blockdream-ventures-as-lead-investors.htm Lemniscap, Jump Crypto Lead $4M Bet on GameFi Firm metaENGINE https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/04/lemniscap-jump-crypto-lead-4m-bet-on-gamefi-firm-metaengine/ YC-backed Blocknom wants to become the ‘Coinbase Earn of Southeast Asia’ ($500k pre-seed) https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/03/yc-backed-blocknom-wants-to-become-the-coinbase-earn-of-southeast-asia/

Raises: StarkWare set to hit $6 billion valuation in new funding round https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rjm00s7wbq ArDrive Raises $17M to Make Arweave’s Data Storage Blockchain More Usable https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/03/ardrive-raises-17m-to-make-arweaves-data-storage-blockchain-more-usable/ NFT Platform Immutable Raises $200M at $2.5B Valuation https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/07/nft-platform-immutable-raises-200m-at-a-25b-valuation/ NFT3 Announces Successful Close of $7.5 Million Seed and Strategic Rounds Led By Animoca Brands https://medium.com/nft3/nft3-announces-7-5-million-funding-round-led-by-animoca-brands-ef4dba636f4 Blockchain data infrastructure startup BlockVision closes $5M in seed funding https://www.cryptoninjas.net/2022/03/07/blockchain-data-infrastructure-startup-blockvision-closed-5m-in-seed-funding/ Stanford researchers raise $32 million as they build a privacy-focused blockchain https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/136623/stanford-researchers-raise-32-million-as-they-build-a-privacy-focused-blockchain Space Runners raises $10 million to build a blockchain-backed fashion metaverse https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/136586/space-runners-raises-10-million-to-build-a-blockchain-backed-fashion-metaverse Pantera Capital Leads $10M Investment in NFT Infrastructure Startup Rarify https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/03/pantera-capital-leads-10m-investment-in-nft-infrastructure-startup-rarify Hubble Exchange Raises $3.3M to Put Perpetual Futures on Avalanche https://decrypt.co/94754/hubble-exchange-raises-3-3m-to-put-perpetual-futures-on-avalanche Diagonal Raises $2.5M for Web 3 Subscription Payments https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/04/diagonal-raises-25m-for-web-3-subscription-payments/ A16z Investing $70M in Ethereum Staking Provider Lido Finance https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/03/a16z-investing-70m-into-ethereum-staking-provider-lido-finance/ https://a16z.com/2022/03/03/investing-in-lido/ Praxis Raises $15M in Series A Funding Round https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/03/paradigm-among-investors-as-praxis-raises-15m-in-series-a-funding-round/ Lemniscap, Jump Crypto Lead $4M Bet on GameFi Firm metaENGINE https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/04/lemniscap-jump-crypto-lead-4m-bet-on-gamefi-firm-metaengine/ WalletConnect Raises $11M to Let Crypto Wallets Talk to Each Other https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/08/walletconnect-raises-11m-to-let-crypto-wallets-talk-to-each-other/ Cega raises $4.3M seed round at $60M valuation to build exotic DeFi derivatives https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/08/cega-raises-4-3m-seed-round-at-60m-valuation-to-build-exotic-defi-derivatives/ All three units of Sequoia Capital join EthSign's $12 million funding round in first such deal https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/136806/ethsign-crypto-funding-sequoia-capital-all-three-units Polychain Leads $6.85M Investment in ‘Curate-to-Earn’ Project https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/08/polychain-leads-685m-investment-in-curate-to-earn-project/ UNXD raises $4m in funding https://notes.unxd.com/creating-the-future-of-luxury-and-culture-in-the-metaverse-2256a89d3311 AngelList has raised a new $100M round at a $4.1B valuation https://twitter.com/mariogabriele/status/1501260481582940161 Nordic Fintech Lunar Raises $77M, Builds Crypto Trading Platform https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/10/nordic-fintech-lunar-raises-77m-builds-crypto-trading-platform/ Altered state machine welcomes new crypto, technology, entertainment and investment partners in seed funding round announcement https://medium.com/@alteredstatemachine/altered-state-machine-welcomes-new-crypto-technology-entertainment-and-investment-partners-in-b09344b5d3d8 Exorde Labs raises $1.2 million https://exorde.network/blog/exorde-labs-raises-1-2-million Announcing JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s Strategic Investment in TRM Labs https://www.trmlabs.com/post/announcing-jpmorgan-chase-co-s-strategic-investment-in-trm-labs

Regulation: Biden Issues Long-Awaited US Executive Order on Crypto https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/03/09/executive-order-on-ensuring-responsible-development-of-digital-assets/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/09/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-sign-executive-order-on-ensuring-responsible-innovation-in-digital-assets/ https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/09/biden-issues-long-awaited-executive-order-on-crypto/ US AML watchdog issues alert on potential crypto sanctions evasion from Russia https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/136637/us-fincen-russia-crypto-sanctions-alert Binance deal with crypto firm Eqonex prompts warning shot from UK regulators https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/136609/binance-eqonex-deal-uk-fca-bifinity Dubai Establishes New Crypto Laws https://cryptobriefing.com/dubai-establishes-new-crypto-laws/ Thailand approves relaxed tax rules for digital assets https://www.reuters.com/markets/funds/thailand-approves-relaxed-tax-rules-digital-assets-2022-03-08/ Estonia calls for restricting cryptocurrencies to close sanctions loopholes https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL5N2VB2YC U.S. Treasury launches campaign to educate public about crypto risks https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-treasury-launches-campaign-educate-public-about-crypto-risks-2022-03-10/ Janet Yellen says Biden's crypto executive order supports 'responsible innovation' https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/136883/janet-yellen-says-bidens-crypto-executive-order-supports-responsible-innovation New Senate bill sounds the alarm on China's digital yuan https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/137248/new-senate-bill-sounds-the-alarm-on-chinas-digital-yuan