Now that Runes are live, Casey Rodarmor has theorized a solution to decentralize Rune/inscription markets. As I am sure readers know, the trading around Inscriptions and Runes is centralized because of Bitcoin’s limited scripting language. Most people trade Inscriptions and Runes on Cexs or centralized auction platforms like Unisat or Mag

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In a recent AF post, I looked to see if there was upside in buying Rune Pups ordinals vs PUPS BRC-20. I outlined some very optimistic scenarios for holding a rare Rune Pup. The team has finally released the actual allocation based on Rune Pup type so... Read more

A new project launched by 0xMaki (ex Sushiswap & Currently LayerZero) has gained some attention on Twitter. Here I will breakdown what it is.

• The Problem: Ethereum staking dynamics around LSTs and LRTs have centralized staking power through a few issuers. This has made it easier to be an “economic contributor” (i.e. the supplier of ET

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A fun war is happening at block builders’ backyard

New block builders trying to gain slot share have been subsidizing block bids for proposers to choose them and kick off their builders, some even at a loss. The assumption is that eventually they will be at the top and could start being more competitive and offer the true block bid valu

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Uniswap Labs has increased its fee on trades using the Uniswap Labs front ends from 0.15% to 0.25%. If you’ve still been using the official Uniswap interface since the initial fee implementation, at this point it is probably worth switching. The big three options are 1inch, Cowswap, and Matcha. I’ll rank the three in order of my personal

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As the halving approaches, speculators eagerly anticipate the launch of Runes. Drawing significant mindshare on CT, there’s much confusion and misinformation surrounding this new token standard. Even more so exacerbated by a myriad of unaffiliated pr... Read more

Another token near the top of the Bitcoin meme wars is PUPS. With the recent pumping of the PUPS BRC-20 and Rune Pups floor as of late, the question is “Which to buy, PUPS BRC-20 or Rune Pups?”. In order to answer this, we will go through 4 (of many... Read more

ZKSummit (hosted by zero-knowledge podcast) was a single-day event in Athens with a highly technical group of (200 or so) attendees; engineers, developers, researchers, PhDs etc.

I’ll quickly highlight some notes from some of my 1-to-1 discussions.

ZakI

• I’ve asked his opinion on underrated projects. Spoke highly of Babylon and Penum

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Tensor, the pro-trading NFT marketplace on Solana, has finally airdropped its governance token TNSR, marking the conclusion of its points Season 3 on April 8, 2024.

TNSR has a total supply of 1B. 55% of the supply will be allocated to the community, with 12.5% distributed through the initial airdrop to owners of Treasure Boxes and Ten

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