This is a snippet from our new report from ETHCC Everclear aims to be the “clearing layer” of blockchains. The main insight the Everclear (formerly Connext team) came to after being in the bridge space for years is how much volume could be netted ou... Read more

Before we dive in, here’s a quick intro to liquidations on lending protocols.

Liquidations on a lending protocol happen when a borrower’s collateral value drops too low, causing the protocol to sell the collateral to repay the loan. This ensures that lenders get their money back even if the collateral loses value. Third parties, such a

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Where are the apps?

We stand here now 15 years after Satoshi’s debut and the very fair question asked by most crypto-skeptics has not changed?

Where. Are. The. Apps.

This entire cycle – propelled by ETF approvals and meme coins – has excluded apps with “real utility” almost entirely.

As the locus of crypto enthusiasm once again pi

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Join the markets team in this month’s webinar recorded yesterday!

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I want to quickly highlight a new idle-RPG game that has been making waves in the Milady space and is quite a lot of fun, so here we go. Kamigotchi launched on testnet on July 7, 2024. It’s a fully on-chain pet idle-RPG combining typical RPG with strategy, on-chain economics, pet development, resource management, and social features. Curr

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Story blockchain is tokenizing intellectual property (IP).

The system relies on three main components: Story network, Proof-of-Creativity Protocol, and the Programmable IP License (PIL).

Story Network

Story Network is designed to be the settlement layer for anyone attempting to onboard IP.

The network is EVM-compatible L1 and uses the

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While the broader space has been recently criticized for emphasizing building infrastructure rather than applications, Gnosis pay is seeing significant week-to-week growth.

Gnosis Pay is a self-custodial Visa Debit Card attached to a Gnosis Safe account. The Safe is self-custodied, and funds can never be touched by a third party.

Users

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Teng Yan & Joshua Ho: Weekly AI Edge #3

GM! Welcome to Chain of Thought, the best research on decentralised AI in the crypto space. You’re in great hands.

In this X edition of our weekly AI Edge, we cover:

• Ora Protocol and

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F(x) protocol is incubated by AladdinDAO and introduced the stable-leverage pair.

The stable-leverage pair is a novel concept that intends to separate volatility of a singular token into two different assets.

$FXN and veFXN

The native token of f(x) Protocol is $FXN with a total supply of 2M.

The token is trading at a $3.8M circulati

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Kinto is a network that offers KYC, insurance, and AML/fraud monitoring. Addresses must be KYCed to interact with the network. However, assets are non-custodial and cannot be stripped away from someone.

Kinto offers native account abstraction, meaning no browser extensions, seed phrases, or PKs exist. Instead, users can use the chai

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