Governance
Adoption
Op-ed: Is SBF a superhero, villain or simply misunderstood by the crypto community?
SBF has been the topic of discussion regarding regulation recently. He recently spoke directly about his views with Erik Voorhees on a Bankless livestream to expand on his position of a 'light touch' regulatory framework
Censorship
Ethereum censorship debate heats up as censored blocks hit 65% – FUD or simple fix?
Ethereum community argues over the state of Ethereum censorship through OFAC compliant MEV-Boost relays. Should investors be worried?
Research
Ethereum outperforms Bitcoin 2X in Compound Annual Growth Rate over past 4 years
On-chain data shows that Ethereum has performed twice as well as Bitcoin over the past 4 years with a CAGR of 66%
Adoption
DappRadar deems Reddit blueprint for NFT launches ‘one of the biggest events for Web3’ in 2022
DappRadar's report on blockchain behavior gave insight into the explosion of development within the space during 2022
Censorship
Op-Ed: Is Ethereum now under U.S. control? 99% of latest relay blocks are censoring the network
Roughly 63% of all Ethereum blocks produced in the last 24 hours were OFAC compliant. Industry experts ask "why is nobody talking about this?"
Trading
Crypto short liquidation cross $750M in 4 hours as Bitcoin reclaims $20k
Short liquidations hit a 3-month high as Bitcoin wipes out $356M in less than four hours
Staking
Total staked Ethereum surpasses 14 million in Q3 amid 64% decline in price
Ethereum staking appears to be entirely detached from the price of ETH as the TVL surpasses $19B once more
Mining
Nic Carter ‘disappointed’ by lack of original research in White House report on Bitcoin mining
The WhatBitcoinDid podcast spoke to Nic Carter to discuss the major issues within the latest White House report on Bitcoin mining.
Legal
Bithumb owner to receive 8-year jail term for $70M fraud – local media
Lee Jung-hoon apologises for "making it difficult for employees and causing social pressure" as prosecution requests 8-year sentence
Adoption
Financial web3 project userbases decline; blockchain gaming has 5x user retention versus web2
According to on-chain data compiled by Cluster the majority of web3 projects saw a decline in YoY user growth. Yet - web3 gaming records better user retention than the average web2 games
Hacks
On-chain data reveals Binance US, Bittrex also targeted by API attack used on FTX
A new attack vector led by low spot volume on crypto exchanges has been identified by X-explore and WuBlockchain
Scams
Mango Markets hacker rugpulls Mango Inu after warning investors would “definitely lose all your money”
Avraham Eisenberg has admitted to rug pulling Mango Inu but claims it was all done legally.
