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1/2 News📰

> Fault proofs live on Base mainnet

> Astria mainnet live

> Elixer Mainnet Phase 1

> Solayer RWA backed stablecoin

> Morph Mainnet Live

> Skate Shadow Mainnet live

> Eclipse launches ETH unified restaking token

> Paxos introduces new stablecoin USDG

> NEBRA zkp launches aggregation tool on World Chain

> =nil; Testnet v1 live

> Multiplier testnet live on Abstract

> Karak Data Availability Marketplace live on Testnet

> Cortex Intelligent Accounts

> OpenBlock update on Linea's LXP-L Campaign

> Argot Collective spinning out of Ethereum Foundation

> Timedotfun migrating from Base to Solana

> Justin Drake and Dankrad Feist both resign from their Eigenlayer advisorship>

> Franklin Templeton launches tokenized money fund on Base

> Tether Attestation for Q3/2024

> Kraken lays off staff, announcing new co-CEO

> dYdX cutting 35% of their team

> Partner at DWF, Eugene Ng, allegedly spiking a potential hire's drink

> Zircuit Fairdrop to EIGEN holders

Layer 1 & 2⛓

> Solana with Micro Validators

> OP Succinct with Celestia Underneath

> 50ms block times on Atlas

> PowdrVM 0.1 release, zkVM with multi-prover support

> Unichain introducing a new validation network

> Scroll SDK & Gadgets

> Ethereum ACDC 145 writeup

Middleware 🪢

> Jito restaking deposits are live

DeFi 🏦

> Fluid DEX launched

> Synthetix USDx on Arbitrum

> GMX bringing their perp dex to Solana

> Aave v3.2 upgrade live

> Krav perp dex rebrands to Rave and intends to launch on Initia's interwoven stack

> Reya Network Phase 2

> Wildcat V2 whitepaper

> Vote for savings crvUSD

> Ethena risk dashboard

> Ethereum Staking Penalty Simulator

Reads 📚

> Possiable futures of the Ethereum protocol, part 6 The Splurge

> Story of Sabliers discontinued project called Sablier Mainnet

> Starknet: Ethereum's Dreadnought is Back

> Full DAS Sampling Analysis

> Electric Capital Global Crypto Developer Data

> Dependency funding round dynamics

> FUTARCHY AS TRUSTLESS JOINT OWNERSHIP

> Polylogarithmic Proofs for Multilinears over Binary Towers

> Sam Kazemian new system for valuing digital commodities vs gov tokens

> How to Hedge IL in Uni V2 & V3 Using GammaSwap's Straddle

> dApps Graveyard

Raises💰

> Infinex $67.7m Patron Sale

> Glow Fiybdatuib rauses $30m funding

> Ellipsis Labs $21m fundraise

> Citrea $14m series A funding

> Gelato Series A+ $11m funding

> Sapien AI $10.5m seed funding

> Spire Labs $7m seed funding

> Phylax $4.5m pre-seed funding

> Nitro Labs $4m seed funding

> Hana Network $4m builders round

> Axal $2.5m pre-seedfunding

> CAP Labs $1.9m pre seed funding

> KRNL Labs $1.7m pre seed funding

> Bridge acquires Web3 Wallet Platform Triangle

Security 🛡

> Venn decentralized firewall testnet live

> M2 exchange $13.7m cybersecurity incident

> Radiant Capital's Ethereum markets are now unpaused

> Maia DAO Post Mortem

> Malicious token contract cointains hidden code that bypasses token allowance

> Vyper Security

Development⚙️

[Syndica Cloud V2 RPC implementation](https://x.com/Syndica_io/status/1852026712877322265(forward from ****)) France to ban users’ access to Polymarket: report> 1

> 1: https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/france-to-ban-users-access-to-polymarket-website-report/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=(forward from ****) Here are the people who could replace crypto foe Gary Gensler> 1

> 1: https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/crypto-allies-poised-to-run-sec-after-chair-gensler/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=Llama news round-up: smol edition this week as Intern is in Bangkok for devcon🇹🇭

News 📰

> Eclipse mainnet live

> cbBTC live on Solana

> Wintermute's prediction market: OutcomeMarket

> Story’s final testnet, Odyssey, is now live

> Degen chain migrating away from conduit

> Conduit response

> Biconomy acquires Klaster building modular execution enviroment

> L2BEAT's dashboard for data availability

> Possible V2 of OpenSea>

Layer 1 & ## 2 ⛓

> Magic Labs Unveils Chain Unification Network 'Newton'

> Escape Hatches

DeFi 🏦

> Euler Prime - a bespoke lending market to provide the most capital efficient lending experience

> Governance proposal submitted to enable fee switch for ENA

> Spark mainnet beta is live

> defi.money | The MetaCDP

> Ethereal DEX

> USDxl: yield backed stablecoin by Last

> Vote to allow for MORPHO transferability passed

> Synthetix acquires Kwenta

> Arkham perpetual exchange

> BounceX, perpetual exchangepowered by AUCTION token

> Recovering from Napier V1

MEV ⚡️

> Rollup-Boost availble on Conduit rollups

Reads 📚

> pm-AMM: A Uniform AMM for Prediction Markets

> From prediction markets to info finance

> Ethereum Foundation report

> The Practical Guide to Ethereum Rollups

> On solver economics

> Aerodrome: The Onchain Liquidity Engine

> Why we need altVM's

> AI Agent coordination layer

> Tethered to Dominance: Tether's Future in a Trump Presidency

**## Raises 💰 ** > vlayer $10m pre-seed funding

> Pharos $8m seed funding

> Pond $7.5m seed funding

> Rekt Brands $1.5m seed fundung

> Usual $1.5m community round

> Binance Labs investing in BIO Protocol

Security 🛡

> DeltaPrime exploited fore $4.75m

Development⚙️

> Solar: implementation of Solidity compliler in rust

> ColliderScript: Covenants in Bitcoin via 160-bit hash collisions

> Ox, standard library for Ethereum

[Velos: lightweight Solana client](https://x.com/leafar_dev/status/1854271700709319110(forward from ****)) ‘Desperate’ trader offers $2.5m reward to recover stuck funds> 1

> 1: https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/desperate-crypto-trader-offers-reward-to-recover-stuck-funds/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=(forward from ****) Ethereum researcher Justin Drake unveils new plan to supercharge the network> 1

> 1: https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/ethereum-researcher-unveils-beacon-chain-redesign-at-devcon/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=(forward from ****) Bitpanda’s new ‘global ambassador’ is tennis star who settled ex-girlfriend’s abuse case> 1

> 1: https://www.dlnews.com/articles/people-culture/bitpanda-taps-controversial-tennis-star-as-global-ambassador/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=(forward from ****) Crypto dealmaking poised to soar as Trump loosens rules and replaces regulators> 1

> 1: https://www.dlnews.com/articles/markets/crypto-dealmaking-to-soar-as-trump-loosens-finance-rules/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=(forward from ****) Manifold token craters 98% as founder ghosts frustrated supporters> 1

Llama news round-## up 🍗

News 📰

> BlackRock expands BUIDL to Aptos, Arbitrum and Optimism

> Ethereum researcher Justin Drake unveils redesign of the Ethereum Consensus layer - Beam Chain

> Polymer Hub mainnet is live

> Infura's decentralized infrastructure network launched

> Layerzero introduces new data primitive: lzRead

> Agora introducing multichain voting

> Zoto trading platform live

> Atlas network live

> Burner: an easy to use, low cost hardware wallet designed for gifting stablecoins

> Coinbase introduces Offramp — enable crypto-to-fiat conversions in your app

> Hadron by Tether Platform Brings Simplified Asset Tokenization to the Mass Market

> Caldera Foundation introduced

> Ethereum team lead Péter Szilágyi going on sabbatical

Layer 1 & ## 2 ⛓

> Espresso Mainnet is live

> Risc Zero Kailua: Giving OP chains 1-hour finality without the higher cost of constant ZK proving

> Zerion's 'fee-free' Ethereum Layer 2 ZERO Network goes live

> Ethereum Layer 2 Lisk launches mainnet

> Multi Proofs live on Taiko mainnet

> Caldera introducing Vulcan, Sovereignty-as-a-Service for Ethereum Rollups

> Ethereum's ENS Identity System Set to Launch Own Layer-2

DeFi 🏦

> Pendle introduces Boros: Yield Trading with Margin

> Exponent is live

> scrvUSD launched

> Ethena risk committee approved Wintermute's ENA fee switch proposal

> Split Capital submitted governance proposal for Blur to enable fee switch

> ThalaSwap v2

> Huma Protocol expands to Solana

> First AI optimized Morpho vault aggregator live

> A Product Line Approach to Grow Lido’s Staking Ecosystem

Reads 📚

> Bitcoin for the Sovereign

> A useful framework for understanding stablecoins

> Measuring Solana’s Decentralization: Facts and Figures

> Hyperliquid - an L1 designed for DeFi at scale

> Arthur Hayes — Black or White?

> The World Network Opportunity: A Greenfield for Builders Raises💰

> StakeStone $22m funding

> Brevis $7.5m seed funding

> Tac $6.5m seed funding

> Alluvial $4.3m strategic funding

> Folks Finance $3.2m strategic funding

> MBD $3m pre-seed funding

> Pulse $1.8m pre-seed funding ** > Utopia Labs acquired by Coinbase

> Caldera acquires Hook

> Fintek Securities Pte Ltd acquired by Crypto(.)com

> smlXL acquired by Dune

> Vinter acquired by Kaiko

> Attestant acquired by Bitwise

> Blocktower acquired by Arca

> Anycoin Direct acquired by Finst

Security 🛡

> Thala $25.5m exploit recovers $25m following successful hacker negotiation

> How kaden found a critical vulnerbaility in Zora's ERC20Z contract

[Radiant RIZ market update](https://x.com/RDNTCapital/status/1857442174222455261https://x.com/ConvexFinance/status/1858511932656861649?t(forward from ****)) What’s next for Polymarket — and prediction markets — after the FBI raid?> 1

> 1: https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/what-now-after-polymarket-ceo-raid/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=(forward from ****) ‘Razzlekhan’ sentenced to 18 months for Bitfinex heist of 120,000 Bitcoin> 1

> 1: https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/razzlekhan-sentenced-to-18-months-for-2016-bitfinex-heist/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=(forward from ****) SEC chief Gary Gensler says he’ll resign on Trump’s inauguration> 1

> 1: https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/sec-chief-gary-gensler-announces-january-resignation/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=(forward from ****) Pump.fun removes livestream feature amid reports of shocking videos> 1

> 1: https://www.dlnews.com/articles/markets/solana-memecoin-launchpad-removes-livestream-feature/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=(forward from ****) A shock suicide on Pump.fun prompted outrage and a shutdown. It was all fake> 1