Alexi ◱ ◱ (@toandrei) • Hey
Enthusiastic about a new digital financial world.
Publications
- #Ldn
- chilling on the pavement
- Morning Canary Wharf.
- Hyde Park lake 💙
- A bit of London at night.
- Got this yypunk inscribed😇
- Came across this picture from 2017. My portfolio has changed 100% since then. #cardano#xrp
- Stay away from the king’s guard! 💂🏽 Windsor Castle
- a16z is opening a UK office given the approach of the government towards Web3.
https://www.theblock.co/post/234095/a16z-uk-expansion?utm_source=news.xml&utm_medium=rss
- BinanceUS suspends USD deposits, says bank partners will pause dollar payments next week. For whoever is going to be affectted, you might want to withdraw funds in time!
https://www.theblock.co/post/233917/binanceus-suspends-usd-deposits-says-bank-partners-will-pause-dollar-payments-next-week?utm_source=news.xml&utm_medium=rss
- Atomic wallet has been compromised! It would be wise to move the funds out of it.
https://fxtwitter.com/AtomicWallet/status/1664946301815910400?t=ny3h7Vz6Oo6vXUVaT6DJWA&s=19
- Be careful! We've seen a huge increase in the number of targeted spearphishes lately.
One of the most deadly is a Google Doc share that appears to come from *someone you know* about *something you're interested in*
It won’t be flagged and looks super legit.
DO NOT CLICK!
- Finally a statement that will calm the waters for now. Ledger Recover will be delayed until the code will be open sourced.
https://blockworks.co/news/ledger-delays-recover-service
- Mastercard drops NFT that unlocks access to its Artist Accelerator, supporting emerging musicians.
[Artist Accelerator](https://artistaccelerator.mastercard.com)
- Mastercard drops NFT that unlocks access to its Artist Accelerator, supporting emerging musicians.
[Artist Accelerator](https://artistaccelerator.mastercard.com)
- Coinbase getting gifted the domain base.eth for building on an open tech stack. 👏
[sadaf.eth on Twitter](https://twitter.com/sadaf_eth/status/1643755821912981505)
“Huge s/o to whoever anonymously gifted @BuildOnBase the base.eth ENS! 🔥
https://t.co/9Zli7w7YRY —> base.eth
You are a rockstar and a legend! 💙🫡”
- Nexon Finance mainnet is live on #zkSync Era 🔥
Checkout: https://app.nexon.finance
- Polygon #xkEVM Mainnet Beta is LIVE with Vitalik performing the symbolic first tx.
Celebrate the release of Polygon zkEVM Mainnet Beta with a mintable on:
https://fair.xyz/collection/polygonzkevm
[Polygon (labs) on Twitter](https://twitter.com/0xPolygonLabs/status/1640360157564526593)
“Claim your piece of history and be part of what's next to come 👀
Celebrate the release of Polygon zkEVM Maninet Beta with a mintable on @fairxyz 👉🏽 https://t.co/QfIrxttGye”
- Waitlist for Argent zkSync ERA.
15 seconds to complete :
[Argent zkSync Era Waitlist](https://argentlabs.typeform.com/to/isyBIKXh)
Get early access to the Argent zkSync Era account.
- Announcement about Arbitrum $ARBI airdrop eligibility and distribution specifications. Check the link below.
❗️ no airdrop at least until 23.03.2023 so don’t fall for any scams.
[$ARB airdrop eligibility and distribution specifications | Arbitrum DAO - Governance docs](https://docs.arbitrum.foundation/airdrop-eligibility-distribution)
Learn about the $ARB airdrop eligibility and distribution specifications.
- Lambda upgrade is successfully completed and now Replicated Security is live on Cosmos Hub.
It’s time to onboard Consumer chains.
- Update from Jeremy Allaire regarding USDC situation.
One of the most important part of the statement for is “We have reason to believe that under applicable FDIC policy, transfers initiated prior to a bank entering receivership would have otherwise been processed normally “ - since the withdrawal request has been made on Thursday, before FDIC took control over SVB on Friday, it should be honoured on Monday.
Read the full thread in the link
[Jeremy Allaire on Twitter](https://twitter.com/jerallaire/status/1634649346535833601)
“Sharing an Update on USDC and Silicon Valley Bank. https://t.co/Ug3qpot8sJ”
- Vitalik exchanging $ETH for $USDC. This move can be interpreted as a sign of trust in USDC re-pegging.
[Tweet / Twitter](https://twitter.com/lookonchain/status/1634503239856168960)
- Amazon to launch its NFT platform on April 24.
[NFTs : Amazon lancera sa plateforme le 24 avril](https://en.thebigwhale.io/article/nfts-amazon-lancera-sa-plateforme-le-24-avril)
Exclusif. Le géant américain s’apprête à vendre des NFTs sur son site Internet. Une quinzaine de collections seront disponibles dès le lancement.
- Crypto is gonna crypto. Here we have Eth testnet $Geth trading for about 0.29$ (mind blowing) 😅
- Details just announced for eligibility criteria for airdrop by ZigZag (this time for traders). Checkout your address.
[Airdrops - ZigZag Documentation](https://docs.zigzag.exchange/zigzag-exchange/airdrops)
- The newest Layer2 BASE announced by Coinbase.
You might want to mint their commemorative NFT on Zora (https://zora.co/collections/0xd4307e0acd12cf46fd6cf93bc264f5d5d1598792)
[Introducing Base - Blog](https://www.coinbase.com/blog/introducing-base)
TL;DR: Base is a secure, low-cost, developer-friendly Ethereum L2 built to bring the next billion users to web3. Start building on the Base testnet today and stay tuned for the upcoming mainnet launch.
- Liverpool - Real Madrid 2:2
- Coould China’s Central Bank ignite the next bull market?
Checkout this thread:
[tedtalksmacro on Twitter](https://twitter.com/tedtalksmacro/status/1627455227006976001)
“1/ There's a new player in town!
China's central bank performed it's single-largest liquidity injection on Friday, to help support their economy out of historically depressed levels.
+ there's more to come 🇨🇳”
- What could be the ignition for a new bull market? A Macro view by tedtalksmacro.
https://twitter.com/tedtalksmacro/status/1627455227006976001
- A bit of Hopium for $BTC bulls.
[Mohit Sorout 📈 on Twitter](https://twitter.com/singhsoro/status/1626167394086555649)
“The mother of all $btc bullish signals has flashed - DCA indicator
Historically, it has flashed only thrice in btc's existence & each occurence led to massive rallies of
7400% (2015)
160% (2019)
640% (2020)
Today marks the 4th time this signal is suggesting a raging bullmarket”
- A new ERA for Ethereum. ZkSync just announced their "Fair Onboarding Alpha" stage!
https://twitter.com/zksync/status/1626235292268240902
- A new ERA for Ethereum. ZkSync just announced their "Fair Onboarding Alpha" stage!
https://twitter.com/zksync/status/1626235292268240902
- Platypus new stablecoin has been exploited. ❗️
[Spreek on Twitter](https://twitter.com/spreekaway/status/1626319585040338953)
“. @Platypusdefi new stablecoin has been exploited for approximately 8m it appears”
- Susquehanna Advisors Group buys 7.5% stake in Silvergate, following Citadel Securities.
#Yasai
https://www.theblock.co/post/211577/susquehanna-advisors-group-buys-7-5-stake-in-silvergate-following-citadel-securities?utm_source=telegram1&utm_medium=social
- #Yasai adventure
- Pacos is stopping the issuance of BUSD.
[Paxos on Twitter](https://twitter.com/PaxosGlobal/status/1625091554951004161)
“1/ This morning, Paxos announced it will halt minting new #BUSD tokens effective February 21. Read the full press release from Paxos here: https://t.co/jXZY1ak8DR”
- Scroll is a general purpose zkR on Ethereum, aiming to achieve EVM equivalency.
[100y.eth🦇🔊💜 | a41 (@100y_eth)](https://fxtwitter.com/100y_eth/status/1624065198079496192?t=X2BKOjSEEQjb5Yyk46yWbQ&s=09)
[Scroll, toward the native zkEVM]
Scroll is a general-purpose zkR on Ethereum, aiming to achieve EVM equivalency.
🧵: Here's a comprehensive deep dive thread into @Scroll_ZKP
- Stablecoin issuer Pacos is being investigated by New York regulator.
[Stablecoin Issuer Paxos Is Being Investigated by New York Regulator](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/02/09/stablecoin-issuer-paxos-is-being-investigated-by-new-york-regulator/)
The scope of the crypto-related investigation is not yet clear.
- Stay safe by avoiding this latest way of getting scammed. Read the sad story below.
[Trust - Crypto Wallet (@TrustWallet)](https://fxtwitter.com/TrustWallet/status/1623355786557632512?t=B7g8KgwIUn99bPzXJL8wGA&s=19)
1/ This week, an organised crime unit from Rome stole $4M from one of our users.
It was stated, the thief ‘took a picture’ of the user’s Wallet balance to steal the funds.
We’ve done investigating into the events and believe this is how it happened…🧵👇
- Binance to airdrop 100 USD value of BNB to users in the Turkey earthquake region.
[Binance to Airdrop $100 USD (1883 TRY) in BNB to Users in the Turkey Earthquake Region | Binance Blog](https://www.binance.com/en/blog/charity/binance-to-airdrop-$100-usd-1883-try-in-bnb-to-users-in-the-turkey-earthquake-region-8156736968497181390)
In response to the devastation caused by the recent earthquake in Turkey, Binance will airdrop BNB worth USD $100 to all Binance users identified to be living in the regions most affected by the tragedy.
- No Arbitrum airdrop this Monday but here is what’s been brewing.
[olimpio (@OlimpioCrypto)](https://fxtwitter.com/OlimpioCrypto/status/1622619788802461697?t=wX9qgZro9anVIhgla5JcfQ&s=19)
Monday
- Starknet prover open-sourced.
[https://link.medium.com/9s6lvgfDaxb](https://link.medium.com/9s6lvgfDaxb)
- I’m excited to get the Frens role and continue my journey on Phaver.
- SEC settles on security claim in LBRY case.
[SEC settles on security claim in LBRY case; community calls it a big win for crypto](https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-settles-on-security-claim-in-lbry-case-community-calls-it-a-big-win-for-crypto)
The crypto community celebrated victory in the LBRY case that deemed the selling of LBC tokens in the secondary market doesn’t constitute a security.
- Arbitrum token coming on Monday?!
[CryptoCondom (@crypto_condom)](https://fxtwitter.com/crypto_condom/status/1621597715531456512?t=aj4PSSyqYzUgVS66cBi2rQ&s=19)
.@inversebrah is looking at OG arbi tokens &
"has like 4 days left" + DeFi projects RTing Monday...which suggests:
$ARB = Monday, Feb 6th
....which happens to be the day they're presenting at a conference in Riyadh on a conference called "When Token & the Arbitrum Ecosystem" 👀
↘️ Quoting smolting (wassie, verse) (@inversebrah)
WEN PUNP WTF
smolting haz liek 4 days left :<
- You can now buy the S&P 500 on Uniswap! 🫣
[Ryan Berckmans - ryanb.eth🦇🔊🌊 on Twitter](https://twitter.com/ryanberckmans/status/1621161255213088768)
“You can buy the S&P 500 on Uniswap right now!🤯
The token bCSPX on Uniswap is a share of a Blackrock ETF that's an index of the S&P 500.
The future is arriving. Everything in the world will trade on Ethereum.🚀
bCSPX address:
0x1e2C4fb7eDE391d116E6B41cD0608260e8801D59”
- $ALBT situation ⚠️
[Wauwda ✏️ (@wauwda)](https://fxtwitter.com/wauwda/status/1620885363748409344?t=ziM3WgWUJtl-4z6-XNz0kQ&s=19)
Update on the $ALBT situation 👇🏼
- DyDx coming to Cosmos.
[dYdX users traded $466 billion in crypto derivatives during 2022](https://www.theblock.co/post/207083/dydx-users-traded-466-billion-in-crypto-derivatives-during-2022)
dYdX, the largest crypto derivatives trading exchange, recorded $466.3 billion in cumulative transaction volume in 2022.
- Checkout Metamask Learn.
[MetaMask 🦊💙 (@MetaMask)](https://fxtwitter.com/MetaMask/status/1620437544524464135?t=I2U7SOSAadcdwyPFOD5hnA&s=09)
Very exciting news: We’re thrilled to announce that MetaMask Learn is here! 🎉🦊🧠
What is web3? Why is it important? Wait, what’s a wallet??
Hop on our foxy tail and we’ll show you👇 http://learn.metamask.io