EthHub Weekly #179
Dune Analytics raises $8 million, ETHOnline announced, Polygon acquires Hermez Network, Arbitrum One Portal launched and much more!
Curated by Anthony Sassano (@sassal0x) and Eric Conner (@econoar)
🔥 50,000 Burns Under the Mempool
At time of writing it’s been around 10 days since EIP-1559 went live and during that time the Ethereum network burned 50,000 ETH (worth around $170 million at current prices). How insane is that? If we annualize that number it nets out to a whopping 1.8 million ETH burned per year and in a proof-of-stake world this would make ETH net deflationary. I know you’re probably sick of hearing about EIP-1559 at this point, but I still think people are underestimating the profound effects this burn mechanism is going to have over the long-term - buckle up!
Just a note: I filled in for Ryan on last week’s Bankless Weekly Rollup which you can watch here.
Have a great week everyone!
- Anthony
News of the Week
⚖️ SEC Hits Crypto Exchange Poloniex with $10 Million Fine
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined crypto exchange Poloniex $10 million for operating an "unregistered online digital asset exchange." Poloniex has agreed to pay the fine without admitting or denying the SEC's filings.
Founded in 2014, Poloniex was purchased by Circle in 2018 for $400 million. In late 2019, it was spun out of the company, forming a new firm named Polo Digital Assets. According to The Block's sources, Tron founder Justin Sun was leading the consortium that acquired it.
The SEC's action focuses on the timeframe July 2017 to November 2019, until the point of the sale. The SEC claims the exchange sold digital assets that were securities — although the exchange was not registered to do so.
⚖️ Senate Passes Trillion-Dollar Infrastructure Bill with Unamended Crypto Tax Language
On August 10, the Senate passed H.R. 3684, a landmark infrastructure package months in the making that in its final steps became a flashpoint over cryptocurrency regulation in the United States.
The final vote tally was 69-30, with one abstention from Senator Mike Rounds. The bill has been a priority for the Biden administration and saw broad bipartisan support, despite Democrats asking for more and Republicans asking for less spending.
The bill's process, with the Senate version incubating behind closed doors with a bipartisan group, has proved controversial, especially for the crypto community.
Project Updates
EF-Supported Teams: Research & Development Roundup
In this update, the Ethereum Foundation breaks down all of the support that they’ve given to various teams during Q2 of 2021.
ETHOnline Announced
Join hackers from around the world Sept. 17th - October 15th to compete for over $150k+ and build the future of web3.
What’s New in Eth2 - 13 August 2021
Your regular does of eth2 updates from Ben Edgington including coverage of Altair, The Merge, staking and more.
Polygon Acquires Hermez Network
Polygon has acquired the Hermez Network for $250 million and has committed $1 billion towards building zk crypto technology.
Arbitrum One Portal Launched
This portal lists all of the dapps, wallets & tools that are either live or being deployed to the Arbitrum One network.
Hop Protocol Enables Polygon Withdrawals
You can now withdraw MATIC instantly from Polygon to Ethereum or the xDAI network instead of having to wait 7 days by using the Hop Exchange.
Introducing Hyphen
Hyphen is a new cross-chain transfer protocol from Biconomy and it currently allows transfers between Ethereum and Polygon for USDC and USDT.
Dune Analytics Raises $8 Million
The $8 million Series A was led by Union Square Ventures. Redpoint Ventures also participated in the round, together with existing investors Dragonfly Capital and Multicoin Capital.
Introducing FWB Pulse
FWB Pulse is a real time community dashboard to locate resources, track DAO-wide projects, and visualize FWB’s value.
Balancer Launches MetaStable Pools
While Stable Pools are important for tokens with a 1:1 value, MetaStable Pools are great for tokens with highly correlated, but not hard-pegged, prices.
Announcing Alpha DAO
Alpha Finance will launch the Alpha DAO in multiple phases, with Phase 1 launching this August 2021.
NFT-LOTTERY Now Live on Mainnet
NFT-LOTTERY allows anyone to create a fair, on-chain RNG drop for any NFT of their choice.
Airdrip Introduced
Airdrip is a tool for daos to stream call options to core contributors and community members.
Exactly Raises $3 Million
Exactly Finance raised a $3 million seed round led by Kaszek. The project looks to bring fixed income to DeFi, one key money lego that could open the industry to connect with traditional finance and help DeFi go mainstream.
Rarible Protocol Introduced
The Rarible Protocol is a set of tools to simplify the go-to-market process for NFT projects and ideas.
mStable GrantsDAO Introduced
This community-led grants program will fund ideas submitted by the mStable protocol’s community, with a focus on building a wider community of developers, creators and innovators.
SynthetixDAO Contributes $1 Million to Lyra
The LyraDAO has raised $1 million from the SynthetixDAO which is one of the first instances of “DAO to DAO” business development.
Dark Forest v0.6 Round 3 Now Live
Whitelist keys were sent to all ranked participants from round 2 as well as a large portion of the waitlist.
DeversiFi Governance Mechanism Now Live
DVF token holders can now participate in the governance of the DeversiFi protocol.
Stardust Introduced
Stardust is a platform designed for game developers to easily build games in the metaverse.
PaperclipDAO Introduced
PaperclipDAO is a DAO that trades NFTs with the hope of trading their way up to more valuable ones over time.
Liquality Raises $7 Million
The round had participation from Hashed, Galaxy Digital, Coinbase Ventures and more.
Interesting Tweets
Gas price estimated from 100,000 blocks, before/after Ethereum London
Sustained base fee needed to fully offset issuance in Ethereum
Preliminary results on EIP-1559 from Blocknative’s Mempool Data Archive
Going from Web 2 to Web 3 - “Your take rate is my opportunity”
Ecosystem Bits
Blog Posts
Ultra Sound Summer - The Daily Gwei
On the Shoulders of Giants - The Daily Gwei
Moving Beyond Coin Voting Governance - Vitalik Buterin
Liquidity Mining Rewards v2 - Andre Cronje
The Rich Are Getting Richer: Supporting a Global Economic System for Billions of People in the Digital Age - Just a Doggie
The Dangers of Surprising Code - Samczsun via Paradigm
Exploring Eth2: Why Open Ports Matter - Adrian Sutton
Alternative NFT Strategies - AutomataEmily via eGirl Capital
Why Enterprises Should Build on Public Blockchains - Paul Brody via Yahoo!
The Restructuring of the American Economy - Andre Bakst
Uniswap V3: Liquidity providing 101 - Mellow Protocol
The Art and Science of Native Token Liquidity - Eva Wu via Mechanism Capital
Podcasts
The State of Optimism | Ben Jones & Karl Floersch - Bankless
Is ETH on Its Way to Becoming Ultra-Sound Money? Yes, Says Justin Drake - Unchained
Why Did the Poly Network Attacker Return Half the Money They Stole? - Unconfirmed
Misc
Votes as buy orders: a new type of hybrid coin voting / futarchy
Why has the chain capacity increased by ~9% after London? Three answers...
Meme of the Week
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