The Weekly Spin. The Pre-Launch Edition. Next week, we will be launching Coinweb’s The Fortnightly Spin, to our entire distribution list and begin the first release of our round-up of curated news and opinions (likely biased) from the world of Blockchain, keeping you informed of the most trending, in-the-know, and controversial topics…with an improved “On The Radar” section that now includes both on-chain and off-chain events, some world news and a thought leadership section to keep you curious, inspired, and clinically sane…
Ongoings at Coinweb
Post-Event: Innovation is the Only Way to Win (Hosted by Coinweb), July 19 (Bangkok)
https://www.facebook.com/events/449209510015240/
https://twitter.com/CoinwebOfficial/status/1550454074943864835
Recorded on Friday | Toby and Alexander go live with Bullperks!
On The Importance of Blockchain Interoperability
https://fb.watch/esmV-29UcD/
First Staking Booster Window is on track for July 31st launch date!
We have spent lots of time making sure that this is something you don’t want to miss… formal announcements to come soon.
On the Radar
FLUX-AVAX Distribution, Jul 25
https://twitter.com/RunOnFlux/status/1545089851774668804?s=20&t=ML3sbjK4P-smIePdjqJZEw
THORChain Planned Obsolescence, July 31
https://twitter.com/THORChain/status/1302509707559460865
Cardano Vasil Hard Fork, July 31 or sooner
https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2022/06/20/vasil-upgrade-the-state-of-play/
NFT3 Awards, Aug 5 (Los Angeles)
Korea Blockchain Week, Aug 7 (Seoul)
Blockchain Futurist Conference, Aug 9 (Toronto)
Ethereum Goerli Merge, Aug 11
https://hackmd.io/@benjaminion/BkxQTpqpi9
Coinfest Asia, Aug 25 (Bali)
Crypto-industry News
10 years. 1billion users. Adoption is brimming.
https://cryptopotato.com/1-billion-crypto-users-in-less-than-10-years-research-says/
Microstrategy CEO takes a shot at Elon Musk after Tesla’s large bitcoin dump
https://decrypt.co/105674/michael-saylor-takes-shot-at-elon-musk-on-twitter-over-teslas-936m-bitcoin-sale
https://cryptoslate.com/tesla-microstrategy-blocks-bet-on-bitcoin-leads-to-5b-loss-on-books-in-q2-bloomberg/
Vitalik Buterin at EtcCC 5 discusses Ethereum progress and roadmap
https://cryptoslate.com/vitalik-buterin-considers-ethereum-development-only-55-complete-after-the-merge/
BlockFi has $1.88bn outstanding as it releases confidence on its quarterly earnings report
https://cryptoslate.com/blockfi-has-1-8b-in-outstanding-loans-600m-of-which-are-uncollateralized/
Competitive Landscape
Polygon launches Nightfall to provide enterprise solutions
https://cryptoslate.com/polygon-launches-nightfall-to-provide-enterprise-solutions-via-zkp-tech/
Crypto.com announces end of merchant rebates for low-tier cards
https://help.crypto.com/en/articles/2742447-crypto-com-visa-card-rewards-benefits
https://aliens.com/livenews/latest/cryptocom-will-cancel-cro-rebate-rewards-for-low-tier-visa-card-users
Tron claims MAXUSDT perfected cloud mining platform and present risk-free and seamless cryptocurrency mining
https://cryptoslate.com/press-releases/maxusdt-trx-perfected-cloud-mining-platform-and-present-risk-free-and-seamless-cryptocurrency-mining/
Xiaomi files to create its on blockchain-powered avatars and NFTs
https://news.bitcoin.com/xiaomi-files-patent-to-create-its-own-blockchain-powered-virtual-characters/?utm_source=OneSignalPush&utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=PushNotifications
80% of All Bitcoin are Held by Long-term holders
https://cryptoslate.com/research-80-of-all-bitcoins-are-held-by-long-term-holders/
Uniswap protocol as an academic case study
https://medium.com/@boilerblockchain/industry-case-study-uniswap-b0293ec44ef2
Celsius Court Docket and Petitions
https://cases.stretto.com/Celsius/court-docket/#search
World
Russian missiles strike Odessa port less than 24 hours after reaching landmark agreement
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/23/europe/russia-ukraine-odesa-strike-grain-exports-intl/index.html
Who is buying: crypto market overview Asia/Europe/U.S.?
https://cryptoslate.com/who-is-buying-crypto-regional-market-overview-asia-vs-europe-and-the-u-s/
BCG Bitget, and Foresight Ventures anticipates significant industry expansion
https://cryptoslate.com/bcg-bitget-and-foresight-ventures-report-says-real-crypto-expansion-is-coming/
At least 5 times when White Hat Hackers saved Users from bridge hacks
https://lifi.substack.com/p/5-times-whitehat-hackers-saved-the?utm_medium=email&%3Butm_campaign=cta&%3Baction=share&utm_source=substack
Greenland heatwave causes a spike in ice-melting, scientists are concerned
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/20/world/greenland-heat-wave-ice-melting-climate/index.html
The WHO declares Monkeypox and world health emergency, cases in over 72 countries
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/23/health/monkeypox-who-intl/index.html
Thought Leadership
Osmosis MEV Strategy
https://www.keepingupwithcosmos.com/news/osmosis-mev-strategy
Nebular Summit Paris Recorded Stream (on MEV topic at 1hr:39mins)
https://youtu.be/U6ao3_xLYsQ
Brain-Computer Interface Startup Implants First Device in US Patient https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-18/brain-computer-interface-company-implants-new-type-of-device
The Alternative to Web5 using smart tokens on EVM-compatible chains
https://cryptoslate.com/the-alternative-to-web5-using-smart-tokens-on-evm-compatible-chains-video/
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