Research
Privacy
Circle ‘blacklists’ all Tornado Cash ETH addresses effectively freezing USDC
Circle's USDC has "blacklisted" all Ethereum addresses owned by Tornado Cash listed in the US Treasury Department's sanction against the protocol.
NFTs
Vitalik proposes private NFTs using ‘stealth addresses’ to hide owner’s identity
Vitalik Buterin suggests an idea to use stealth addresses to hide the identity of NFT owners without the need for ZK-SNARKs or Merkle trees
IRL
How to analyze on-chain data with Nansen to find your own alpha for trading and investing
CryptoSlate spoke to lead analysts at crypto data platform Nansen to talk market reversal, using on-chain data, smart money analysis, NFTs, and gaming.
Culture
Anonymous may have set sights on BAYC for alleged connections to Nazi imagery
An Anonymous Facebook account has aligned itself with Ryder Ripps in his pursuit to "out" BAYC as having roots in Nazi symbology declaring "expect us" in reference to Yuga Labs.
Investments
Bitcoin Stock-to-Flow model creator PlanB promotes ‘quant investing’ via ByBit to ‘100x’ HODL strategy
PlanB, the creator of the S2F model for Bitcoin is promoting copy trading on ByBit to followers claiming 100x returns compared to HODLing
Price Watch
Ethereum breaks $1.8K first time since June crash – up 104% from local market bottom
Ethereum has rallied 104% since reaching lows of $882 in June to reach $1,800 for the first time since early June
Academia
Researchers say they discovered consensus level attack on Ethereum — miners cheating the system to earn more
At its core, the paper highlights an issue where miners can change the timestamp related to a mined block to avoid increased difficulty on the network.
Adoption
Wells Fargo: Digital assets are an “innovation on par with the internet, cars, and electricity”
Wells Fargo, a banking household name, just released a special report stating that digital assets are as innovative as the discovery of electricity.
IRL
BUIDLers at EthCC reveal when the bull market may return
CryptoSlate's Akiba spoke with some of the biggest projects on the Ethereum blockchain to find out what they are looking for as a signal for the next bull run.
Interview
Vitalik Buterin calls out ETHW hard fork proponents as “trying to make a quick buck”
Vitalik Buterin believes a proof-of-work hard fork of Ethereum is being pushed by "people who own exchanges trying to make a quick buck."
Rumors
DeFi Sybil attack created $7.5B fake TVL on Solana from ‘anon’ developers
How did two brothers from Texas create $7.5 billion worth of fake TVL on Solana and what is the wider implication for Sybil resistance in a decentralized, open-source ecosystem?
Behind the scenes of the world of NFTs with Mint Podcast creator Adam Levy – SlateCast #14
CryptoSlate's Akiba catches up with Mint Podcast founder Adam Levy to discuss NFTs and content creators in his first ever interview.
