Governance
Regulation
Wintermute CEO argues Crypto Twitter “doesn’t matter” as much as “US regulators, politicians” in response to SBF discourse
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is in the middle of a heated debate on crypto regulation. Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy added his comments on Sunday on the state of affairs
Research
Research: How Bitcoin and Ethereum compare to Global Currencies so far in 2022
Cryptocurrencies see reduced volatility as major global fiat currencies show signs of weakness
Web3
Algorand CTO responds to criticisms of centralization and permissioned nature of blockchain
John Woods, CTO of Algorand has accepted "It's vital to be able to consider and accept critical views!" while denying that the chain is either centralized or permissioned
Technology
Aptos engineer – first 24 hours blockchain performance indicates chain “isn’t even breaking a sweat”
Founding Engineer of Aptos, Josh Lind, has presented a full breakdown of network highlights for the launch of the Aptos Blockchain stating "We’re excited for more users to take advantage of Aptos"
Opinion
Op-ed: How revolutionary new Circle update allows cross-chain swaps and NFTs without bridged assets
USDC may be centralized but its new composability opens up a world of possibilities across crypto and may be a fair trade off for an interoperable web3
Interview
Cozies look to tackle web3’s crypto-bro, degen culture through Hygge ‘cozy’ culture NFTs
Cozies is an NFT project for those who prefer a more cozy experience in life from Asia Blockchain Summit founder Andrew Fai.
Adoption
USDC, Axelar’s new protocol has bridge-free cross-chain swaps; does away with bridged tokens
Cross-chain swaps can now be routed through USDC and transferred via CCTP to a new chain without the need for a traditional web3 bridge
Analysis
Ethereum records 1st deflationary month in history as circulating supply declines
Ethereum supply since The Merge has risen just 3,620 ETH with a negative supply growth over the past month indicating Ethereum has achieved deflationary status
Rumors
$590M BNB moved to Tether-blacklisted wallet amid rumors of Binance hack
2M BNB tokens were moved to a wallet that was immediately blacklisted by Tether - the BNB chain has been paused
Bear Market
Bitcoin outperforms traditional crypto stocks in 2022 by up to 22%
MicroStrategy leads crypto stocks losing only 2% more than Bitcoin throughout 2022.
Scams
De.Fi REKT list reveals 18% decrease in lost DeFi funds during September totaling $170M
DeFi saw over $60 billion wiped out in 2022 but September saw a continued downtrend in recorded losses
Metaverse
Genokishi up 26% in September as project rebrands to the GENSO metaverse
The GENSO metaverse token MV is up 26% since Sept. 19, as project launches the second Gensokishi open beta
