Ethereum’s London Update
On August 5, 2021 around 8:00 AM CT, Ethereum Block 12,965,000, the London Update was successfully merged to Ethereum Mainnet.
Bankless Livestream:
Stats & Analytics:
Dune Analytics Dashboard BASEFEE & Burn
Ethereum Block #12,966,172- Burned 11.81 ETH
ETH Burn Sites:
US Infrastructure Bill
From my understanding there are three routes this will probably end. The original wording which is fairly broad and considers most crypto participants a “broker”, the Wyden-Lummis-Toomey Amendment which helps collect tax revenue but doesn’t pick winners of technology, or the Warner-Portman-Sinema Amendment that excludes PoW Miners from being considered “brokers” and picks sides.
Market Update (Monday 9:30 AM ET)
Percent Change (Rounded) Based on Last Monday (9:30 AM ET)
Bitcoin- $45,824 (+15%)
Ether- $3,135 (+23%)
DeFi Pulse Index- $372 (+15%)
Gold- $1728 (-5%)
S&P500- 4,437 (+1%)
DJI- 35,229 (UNCH)
NASDAQ- 14,855 (+1%)
NYSE- 16,748 (+1%)
New Developments
Jump Trading Makes First Crypto Acquisition, The Block Crypto
Sense Finance Raises $5.2M Adding New Layer To DeFi, Sense Medium
Derivatives Platform dYdX Launching Governance Token, dYdX Blog
SEC Hits Crypto Exchange Poloniex with $10M Fine, The Block Crypto
Platform For Renting CryptoPunks
Linda Xie@ljxieMore people are going to start renting CryptoPunks to display as their profile pic for social signaling. Found out cryptopunk.rent exists where owners can sign a transaction giving the borrower rights to display the CryptoPunk as their avatar for a fixed number of days
5:50 AM · Aug 3, 2021127 Reposts · 747 Likes
Industry Insights
2021 Quarter 2 DeFi Report, ConsenSys Research
Uniswap Talk at ETHcc 2021, ETHcc [4]
Gensler Remarks on SEC x Crypto Oversight, Gary Gensler
Brian Quintenz Reacts Gensler Comments On Crypto
Brian Quintenz@CFTCquintenzJust so we’re all clear here, the SEC has no authority over pure commodities or their trading venues, whether those commodities are wheat, gold, oil….or #crypto assets.1:30 PM · Aug 4, 20212.57K Reposts · 9.61K Likes
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