Governance
Investments
Bitcoin Stock-to-Flow model creator PlanB promotes ‘quant investing’ via ByBit to ‘100x’ HODL strategy
PlanB, the creator of the S2F model for Bitcoin is promoting copy trading on ByBit to followers claiming 100x returns compared to HODLing
Price Watch
Ethereum breaks $1.8K first time since June crash – up 104% from local market bottom
Ethereum has rallied 104% since reaching lows of $882 in June to reach $1,800 for the first time since early June
Academia
Researchers say they discovered consensus level attack on Ethereum — miners cheating the system to earn more
At its core, the paper highlights an issue where miners can change the timestamp related to a mined block to avoid increased difficulty on the network.
Adoption
Wells Fargo: Digital assets are an “innovation on par with the internet, cars, and electricity”
Wells Fargo, a banking household name, just released a special report stating that digital assets are as innovative as the discovery of electricity.
IRL
BUIDLers at EthCC reveal when the bull market may return
CryptoSlate's Akiba spoke with some of the biggest projects on the Ethereum blockchain to find out what they are looking for as a signal for the next bull run.
Interview
Vitalik Buterin calls out ETHW hard fork proponents as “trying to make a quick buck”
Vitalik Buterin believes a proof-of-work hard fork of Ethereum is being pushed by "people who own exchanges trying to make a quick buck."
Rumors
DeFi Sybil attack created $7.5B fake TVL on Solana from ‘anon’ developers
How did two brothers from Texas create $7.5 billion worth of fake TVL on Solana and what is the wider implication for Sybil resistance in a decentralized, open-source ecosystem?
Behind the scenes of the world of NFTs with Mint Podcast creator Adam Levy – SlateCast #14
CryptoSlate's Akiba catches up with Mint Podcast founder Adam Levy to discuss NFTs and content creators in his first ever interview.
The future of ThetaLabs, NFT tickets, and decentralized livestreaming video with Wes Levitt – SlateCast #13
CryptoSlate's Akiba speaks to Wes Levitt of ThetaLabs about decentralized video, web3 content creation, and how blockchain can improve the event ticketing space.
Hacks
Solana exploit related to imported Slope Finance wallets, private keys revealed
Slope Finance appears to be the origin of the Solana exploit that affected thousands of users. Wallet owners are advised to move funds immediately from Slope imported wallets.
Research
Research: Could Bitcoin be positioned to thrive amid global bearish signals for the US economy?
Bearish signals within the U.S. economy show consumer savings at a decade low and consumer credit at a 22 year high — could Bitcoin be the solution?
NFTs
Over $1B reinvested into ecosystem from NFT mints in 2022 according to Nansen report
Nansen revealed over $1B was reinvested back into the NFT community in the first half of 2022 in new research report
