This post will be the final one in my series exploring the Ordinal <> Stacks connection. I looked at how Stacks works and how it will work post-Nakamoto and dived into how people use the chain. The design of Stacks, especially Nakamoto, is clever, an... Read more

Ever since OpenAI dropped chatGPT’s Code Interpreter, I’ve been playing around with it pretty much non-stop. It’s an awesome and powerful tool. And I highly recommend every analyst pay the $20/month to familiarize yo-self with the competition :))) A... Read more

Prohibition is an emerging open platform for generative art, essentially positioning itself as the “Art Blocks” of the Arbitrum network. This week marks the launch of Prohibition, and it’s kicking off in style with a series of 11 collections that wi... Read more

Last week, Google announced its new NFT/blockchain policy for Android-based apps. The TLDR was that developers can implement tokenized assets but provided that they are transparent with users, don’t promote any earning mechanics (play-to-earn = bad),... Read more

Honourable Mention: Aave debates offboarding TUSD from all of its platforms and receives a proposal to help Harmony One hack victims. Truefi received a proposal to launch a T-Bill fund on their platform from Adap3r Digital. Synapse debates selling... Read more

Token airdrops are one of the most celebrated events in the crypto space, and for good reason: they reward users (and Sybil attackers) for their usage/promotion of the platform. After Arbitrum’s airdrop in Q1 2023, ARKM is perhaps the most notable on... Read more

Balancer has come to market with a brand new governance standard that could potentially drive a ton of TVL and volume to Balancer. Balancer’s new standard, called 8020, extends the functionality of Balancer’s existing governance system to any project... Read more

We’ve talked a lot about where we think we are in this cycle, but I want to highlight one of my favorite charts at the moment. I won’t rehash why the ISM is important – or why it’s one of the best indicators for forecasting trends in asset prices –... Read more

Uniswap announced its latest product yesterday — UniswapX, a liquidity aggregator for spot trades. The design draws aspects from CoW Protocol (off-chain solvers) and 1inch Fusion (Dutch auction), but isn’t exactly a rip off of either at the same time... Read more

I’ve been thinking a lot about Ordinals (Bitcoin NFTs) lately. Imagine the first artist who smeared pigment on a cave wall. They didn’t have a paintbrush or palette, but they had a medium of expression, and with it, they told stories that have last... Read more