Cardano Rumor Rundown May 27, 2022

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Newly covered today:

1. Apparently some projects are more up front about “exploiting young talent”. https://twitter.com/josephdelong/status/1529652818197495808
2. We now have dates on the first Cornucopias Land Mint June 3-7. https://twitter.com/CornucopiasGame/status/1529873760278413319
3. Shahaf Bar-Geffen of COTI was quoted in a Forbes article on the UST/Luna Terra implosion. https://discord.com/channels/829374949587419137/842583414439542805
4. Having little buddies for the player is becoming a common theme in Cardano metaverse projects. Pavia has Pavs and Carda Station has ADA Minions. Here’s the very well done video announcing ADA Minions in Carda Station. https://twitter.com/Carda_station/status/1524823060238454784
5. Paul did a great interview with the Cornucopias team and revealed some additional new details on the upcoming land sale. https://youtu.be/-As4cwicRZ4
6. IOHK made a documentary about their visit to the Ukraine/Poland border area. https://twitter.com/timbharrison/status/1529872546081931266

Previously Covered but still interesting:

1. Our community is so strong, not even Mt. Everest is safe from our reach. https://twitter.com/ArthurPrestidge/status/1515317980942405632
2. The robbers in the Robbery Forest have names. The FBI says North Korea’s Lazarus Group & APT38 hacker teams are behind the Axie Infinity theft. https://gizmodo.com/fbi-says-north-korea-behind-biggest-crypto-theft-in-his-1848797691
3. Very harsh technical and other criticism incoming for Cardano competitor Solana. https://twitter.com/Justin_Bons/status/1514646388688232456
4. Looks like info might come this week about the Cardano Summit NFTs? https://twitter.com/IOHK_Josh/status/1515462695537246208
5. Take note if using an EVM sidechain of Cardano: report of a crazy Metamask vulnerability if you enable iCloud backup of app data on an Apple product. https://twitter.com/Serpent/status/1515545812423839745
6. The wider crypto space is learning that Cardano added 100k wallets in the last month. https://twitter.com/WatcherGuru/status/1516095660424155137
7. The AGIX ERC-20 converter is now live! https://twitter.com/singularity_net/status/1516069469591908361
8. Singularity.net is building a metaverse virtual world (Sophiaverse.ai) where AI characters embodied in humanoid avatars will interact with, teach, and learn from players. This could end up being wildly interesting. https://www.sophiaverse.ai/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjh-MXd4xnw
9. Paribus announces it will build an HQ in Pavia. https://twitter.com/paribus_io/status/1512443022801346583
10. Apparently Indigo Step #3 will close out on Apr 19, 2022. https://twitter.com/Indigo_protocol/status/1516072942395928579
11. MuesliSwap Mainnet v.2 is here! Now with partial order matching! https://medium.com/@muesliswap/introducing-muesliswap-v2-the-next-generation-of-cardanos-most-popular-orderbook-dex-6b1fc6af64b1
12. Cardano Ledger App…now with smart contract compatibility. https://twitter.com/Ledger_Support/status/1518927545751773184
13. The dominos are starting to fall. Now the Central African Republic is adopting crypto as legal tender. https://news.yahoo.com/central-african-republic-adopts-bitcoin-104407031.html
14. Binance has recovered a tiny portion of the 600 million USD stolen from the Axie Infinity Ronin Bridge. https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-recovers-5-8m-in-funds-connected-to-ronin-bridge-exploit
15. Artifct has released info on its Moon metaverse project. https://artifct.app/docs/MoonFlightPlan.pdf
16. Great thread on the trilogues for the new EU crypto AML rules. https://twitter.com/paddi_hansen/status/1519609822823403521
17. The Cardano Summit NFTs are finally here (as of Apr 25 2022). https://blog.terravirtua.io/partnership-news/your-guide-to-cardano-summit-nfts/
18. The April Cardano 360 is ready and waiting for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4x5OIy4shU
19. The biggest NFT collection in the world wants to migrate away from ETH after its metaverse land mint cost $177 million in gas fees. https://twitter.com/yugalabs/status/1520612362986078208
20. Shocker! Solana is once again “halted”. https://twitter.com/SolanaStatus/status/1520508697100926977
21. The latest Pavia developer update is out. The builder tool is in development and set for Q2 release. Lots of features and updates revealed including chat features. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whnKHNq7f5A
22. There is a new CopiCafe episode from Cornucopias available. Three will be five parcel sizes. The smallest will be roughly the size of an NBA basketball court (16m x24m). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVnzb8IT3lk
23. ADA Realm has released a mockup of their avatar and parcel editor. https://twitter.com/AdaRealm/status/1520493365216919553
24. JPG Store’s new smart contract is open source. They’re offering a $50k bug bounty. https://twitter.com/jpgstoreNFT/status/1520835206659289089
25. The wider crypto space just noticed that Cardano has done over 100k transactions per day for half a month. https://twitter.com/WatcherGuru/status/1521071194786705408
26. We are very early in Cardano. The CEO & Founder of eToro just talked to Charles in person and then tweeted with excitement about a few things including NFTs “coming” to Cardano. https://twitter.com/yoniassia/status/1520954005521715207
27. Genius Yield has revealed their public sale model. https://twitter.com/GeniusyieldO/status/1521215710923563009
28. Charles offers up digital identity (DID) to Elon Musk as a solution he needs for Twitter. https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/1521152995756363776
29. The Clay Nation metaverse (“Clayverse”) map has been revealed. https://www.claynation.io/clayverse
30. EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness calls for a joint EU-US led international approach to crypto regulation. https://watcher.guru/news/eu-commissioner-is-calling-for-global-regulators-to-create-a-unified-crypto-regulation
31. The Liqwid AquaFarmers NFT whitelist is now public and ready for you to check your wallet. Use your stake key (instructions in the thread to find your stake key if you don’t know how). https://twitter.com/liqwidfinance/status/1521166352559583237
32. MuesliSwap has gone live with wrapped Bitcoin. https://twitter.com/MuesliSwapTeam/status/1521590290859151360
33. Charles had a great spot on Fox Business. https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/1521739002214199296
34. Djed is now live on testnet. https://medium.com/cotinetwork/djed-public-testnet-is-live-b0b0b13552e0 https://twitter.com/COTInetwork/status/1521804376725233664
35. The SEC is nearly doubling the number of attorneys it has on crypto enforcement. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/03/sec-adds-to-cryptocurrency-regulation-staff.html
36. May 4th was the birthday of Hal Finney who may have been Satoshi.I will try to remember to pour out a little whiskey for him each year until we can bring him back via his cryopreserved remains so that he can reclaim his bitcoin hoard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Finney_(computer_scientist)) https://twitter.com/pete_rizzo_/status/1521791809713754113
37. The Federal Reserve has elevated the interest rate by 50 basis points. This half percentage point increase is the largest hike in 22 years (since May 2000) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/04/business/economy/fed-rate-decision-inflation.html
38. The Cornucopias land sale will involve a tiered whitelist with tiers for Discord membership and NFT holdings. NFT holders will need to verify their ownership according to the directions provided. https://twitter.com/CornucopiasGame/status/1521916326465392641
39. Pavia will be airdropping PAVs soon and they’ve provided a small FAQ. https://twitter.com/Pavia_io/status/1521851228531134467 https://twitter.com/PaviaRoss/status/1521872255902314496?s=20&t=CferRuF0l936gpQWHcd1rg
40. Gary Vaynerchuk is now telling newbs to buy an NFT on Cardano or Solana because ETH gas fees are too high. https://twitter.com/TangerineADA/status/1521978950649581570
41. Coinbase NFT beta is now open. https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1521888126934781954
42. Now wrapped ETH is available on muesliswap mainnet. https://twitter.com/MuesliSwapTeam/status/1521917354569048068
43. A very interesting thread on ETH Beacon Chain centralization. https://twitter.com/dagaffer101/status/1523194663473135616
44. There is now a dApp section in Eternl wallet. This is not just a button to connect to dApps. It actually shows you dApps you can use. https://twitter.com/eternlwallet/status/1522639247701942272
45. Tony Rose, IOG Head of Product–Digital Identity, recently testified before the California State Legislature in relation to California students using digital identity. https://mobile.twitter.com/StakeWithPride/status/1523173974456168450 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1190
46. There is obviously still a huge information asymmetry in crypto in relation to Cardano. Even a well known crypto influencer was recently seen aggressively claiming that Cardano had no DEXs when we have: MuesliSwap, SundaeSwap, MinSwap, WingRiders, and others all alive and functioning well. https://mobile.twitter.com/Flat_Mars_Ltd/status/1522400420315815937
47. The Cornucopias podcast, CopiCafe Ep. 6 is now out and available. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuMRgvVDPW8
48. COTI and Djed have partnered with GADA Launchpad. https://twitter.com/COTInetwork/status/1523620203422437376
49. The winner has authored a thread on how the Artifct Moon Treasure Hunt was solved. https://twitter.com/AshXlandZ/status/1523403686810353666
50. There is a new Africa update with John O’Connor available. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1cKW1RhI2E
51. As they post under #ponzi, many members of the Solunavax space seem to be collectively accepting that while they thought TerraUSD was pegged, it was in fact them. https://twitter.com/jonwu_/status/1523793482850050048 https://twitter.com/stablekwon/status/1523532474860539905 https://assets.website-files.com/611153e7af981472d8da199c/618b02d13e938ae1f8ad1e45_Terra_White_paper.pdf https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/1523876312498192386 https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1523802943362895872 https://twitter.com/el33th4xor/status/1523968918934728709
52. MuesliSwap held an AMA on Reddit and the questions and answers have been compiled on Medium. https://medium.com/@muesliswap/muesliswap-reddit-ama-06-05-2022-69097df389aa
53. Liqwid gives us a little teaser of the AquaFarmer NFTS. https://twitter.com/liqwidfinance/status/1524204829110906880/photo/1
54. Yellen is citing the Luna Terra fiasco and calling for stablecoin regulation by the end of the year. https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/10/us-treasury-secretary-janet-yellen-pushes-for-stablecoin-regulation-by-end-of-year/
55. The Indigo Protocol private testnet is now live. https://twitter.com/Indigo_protocol/status/1524108224026324993?s=20&t=mR-Tqs9xvh1aDFysTiMzwg
56. Here’s an illustration from Pavia as to the size of the Pavia Plaza. Turns out it’s big. https://twitter.com/Pavia_io/status/1524296117768368128/photo/1
57. Charles had a few things to say about the events of the last few days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNH_PvkVN74
58. Here’s a World Mobile video showing an air node installation. https://twitter.com/WorldMobileTeam/status/1524042009970888705
59. Unlike UST, the Ergo stablecoin, SigUSD, has maintained it’s peg nicely since establishment. SigUSD is based on the AgeUSD architecture just like Djed. https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1524302368241819657
60. Here is the latest response from Stable Kwon. Doesn’t seem like a terribly promising plan. https://twitter.com/stablekwon/status/1524331171189956609
61. Both Blackrock & Citadel have denied the rumors they were involved in Crashing UST. https://watcher.guru/news/blackrock-and-citadel-have-denied-trading-with-terras-stablecoin-ust
62. Mainstream media is reporting that Charles doesn’t think we’ll get comprehensive crypto regulation this year since there is not enough time politically before mid-term elections to accomplish the task. This would push it to 2025. https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/cardano-founder-sees-comprehensive-cryptocurrency-legislation-pushed-2025
63. IOG releases a new paper on P2P. https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/541/20220510:081002 https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/1524587529743257601
64. Here’s a thread on Djed asking some interesting questions. https://twitter.com/MatthewPlomin/status/1524386978220974080
65. ADA Handle reports it has partnered with Cardano Mixer which is a transaction privacy protocol. https://twitter.com/adahandle/status/1524088554392932352
66. Meanwhile Cardano developers are just grinding away. Watch the code forges glowing red hot here. https://cardanoupdates.com/
67. An important question has surfaced as a result of the revelation that UST may not be the first stablecoin from its creator. https://twitter.com/DeansEpoch/status/1524495566163660800
68. It looks like Terra may be moving toward a plan where “validators should reset the network ownership.” Is that the type of crypto that most of us signed up for? https://agora.terra.money/t/terra-ecosystem-revival-plan/8701
69. Even Forbes realizes that the EVM may not be the best virtual machine in the industry. https://www.forbes.com/sites/lawrencewintermeyer/2022/05/12/will-ethereums-virtual-machine-eat-itself/
70. Copi Cafe Episode 7 is out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1zSbpzY40w
71. Here are details on the Liqwid Aquafarmers NFT mint that will be going down at 12:00 PM UTC (8:00 AM EST) on Tuesday, May 17th. The medium article describes a 12 hour window for whitelisted addresses. https://liqwid-finance.medium.com/liqwid-aquafarmers-nfts-mint-date-and-time-c347b05b288e
72. Daedalus 4.10.0 is out. https://iohk.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/6515425656089
73. Charles with some very incisive commentary on the way Cardano funds development vs. the rest of crypto. https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/1525651090376736768
74. The Cornucopias NFT Tree mint is this Friday (May 20) at 2:30pm UTC. https://twitter.com/CornucopiasGame/status/1526627372916690945
75. Sounds like Shahaf Bar-Geffen is going to be on Cardano 360 this week to talk about Djed as an algorithmic stablecoin. https://twitter.com/DjedStablecoin/status/1526717080124399616
76. Solana had another bad day and shock was experienced by no one. https://twitter.com/evan_van_ness/status/1526635595958820865
77. MuesliSwap lays out their innovative new combination of AMM/LP liquidity and partial orders that is slated for MuesliSwap v2. https://twitter.com/MuesliSwapTeam/status/1526521563478216704
78. Meld has an ADA-Matic Bridge live on testnet. https://twitter.com/MELD_labs/status/1526655506051473413
79. There will be a World Mobile AMA Thursday May 19 at 8pm UTC. https://twitter.com/WorldMobileTeam/status/1526834369813704705
80. It has become clear the mainstream media (and even a lot of people within crypto) have zero understanding of proof-of-stake. https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester/status/1526670962837671937
81. The US Fifth Circuit has released a decision against SEC use of administrative law judges in cases where it sees a right to jury trial for parties. https://twitter.com/prof_jpc/status/1527003339644362756
82. Cardano is going to have a good contingent at Consensys with over 500 people signed up for the Cardano party. https://twitter.com/Cardano/status/1527000670078902272
83. We now have some info on the Cornucopias virtual lands that will go on sale. https://medium.com/copiwatch/a-glimpse-of-virtual-land-in-cornucopias-cardano-metaverse-42d19663755c
84. Here’s a nice 43 second explainer video on World Mobile Air Nodes. https://twitter.com/WorldMobileTeam/status/1526940098591326208
85. Weiss crypto drops another very complimentary thread about Cardano. https://twitter.com/WeissCrypto/status/1527336737001074688
86. The Cornucopias Copi Wiki is now live. https://copiwiki.cornucopias.io/
87. Indigo has dropped the details on not just one…but two…airdrops. https://indigoprotocol1.medium.com/indigo-airdrop-cspa-partnership-1ca79fa3890a
88. Cornucopias released this teaser video with imagery of a Cloud Gate at the end. They also dropped their weekly Copi Cafe podcast. https://youtu.be/0CM2Qj6dh_w https://youtu.be/yyPsEOsSt7E
89. Cointelegraph writes an entire article about the need for mass adoption of liquid staking and manages to avoid mentioning that it’s already alive and well for some time in Cardano. https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-truth-behind-the-misconceptions-holding-liquid-staking-back
90. Apparently, we are only eight epochs away from the Vasil Hardfork Combinator Event. https://twitter.com/CardanoChefPool/status/1528492769223667712
91. Pavia gives us a peek at a mystery building. Is it a garage? A hanger? An incinerator? https://twitter.com/Pavia_io/status/1528695835734822914
92. The Pavia Builder Tool is coming in June! https://twitter.com/Pavia_io/status/1528755541169913858
93. Algorand appears to be suffering collective insanity as they consider giving their DeFi projects double votes in governance elections. https://twitter.com/danny_cryptofay/status/1528729769843597313
94. Don’t forget, yesterday was the day that Laszlo traded 10k bitcoins for a couple of pizzas twelve years ago. https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/1528733380124151809
95. It looks like South Korea is trying to find deep pockets to compensate Luna holders and may hold the exchanges responsible. https://twitter.com/WatcherGuru/status/1528820015352389632
96. ECB President Christine Lagarde says crypto assets are “worth nothing” and “based on nothing.” She also revealed her son had bad luck in crypto. I’m sure he appreciates his mom putting him on blast to the entire world like that. https://www.politico.eu/article/crypto-assets-worth-nothing-ecb-christine-lagarde/
97. Indigo has dropped an infographic to help describe the three phases of their token distribution. https://twitter.com/Indigo_protocol/status/1528849687142350849
98. Cornucopias will have their second NFT Tree sale today (May 25). This time, it will be fruit trees. https://discord.com/channels/829374949587419137/842583414439542805/978401966944309268
99. Apparently it’s admitted history that the Polkadot consensus protocol was coded up in two weeks. https://twitter.com/rphmeier/status/1528975796865363968
100. Charles is in DC for the Blockchain Summit 2022 to see if he can make any progress with the regulators. He reports that Senators Lummis & Gillibrand will release their comprehensive crypto bill in June. https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/1529128012884676610 https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/1529128521553018880
101. DC points out a great thread on sound protocol design in DeFi. This includes tips on when it’s a ponzi and when you are the exit liquidity. https://twitter.com/DCdoso/status/1529121840177741825 https://twitter.com/josephdelong/status/1528887299743924224
102. Today (the 26th) will be the May Cardano 360. https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1529161615354040320
103. There is now a replacement for db-sync called Carp. https://twitter.com/dcspark_io/status/1529434530511216640
104. World Mobile is now advertising air nodes to local entrepreneurs in Zanzibar. https://twitter.com/WorldMobileTeam/status/1529462461644124162
105. The future is looking…let’s call it…“interesting” for Ethereum 2.0. The beacon chain just experienced a 7 block reorg. Not a huge amount of time encompassed in those 7 blocks…but still a reorg. https://twitter.com/koeppelmann/status/1529458000011972610

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