We're in the midst of a perfect macro storm for cryptocurrency adoption in the United States: unprecedented money printing, internet censorship, distrust in big business, small business decimation. This week's WSB vs. Wall Street battle and the subsequent restriction of stock trading are the latest events to shine light on the fact that the establishment is focused on maintaining the status quo rather than serving the best interests of the people.
Decentralized money and decentralized finance are much needed alternatives. This will become increasingly obvious in the coming years. If you are paying attention now you're still early. Enjoy the ride!
Required reading this week
The Year in Ethereum 2020. The biggest developments for Ethereum — jjmstark.medium.com
Josh Stark and Evan Van Ness recap the biggest developments for Ethereum in 2020.
There's never been a more obvious need for decentralized finance. Linda Xie does a great job at explaining it (a year old but still relevant).
Building the Investable Layer of Music, by 3LAU — thedefiant.io
EDM artist Justin Blau (aka 3LAU) writes about building the investible layer of music and how blockchain tech / NFTs will revolutionize the music industry.
(Almost) Everything you need to know about Optimistic Rollup — research.paradigm.xyz
Georgios Konstantopoulos explores Ethereum scaling from first principles and rediscovers Optimistic Rollup as the natural solution.
Why we need wide adoption of social recovery wallets — vitalik.ca
One of the great challenges with making cryptocurrency and blockchain applications usable for average users is security.
Mark Cuban on Bitcoin, NFTs and What Comes Next: 'The Upside Is Truly Unlimited' — www.coindesk.com Mark Cuban on NFTs for the Dallas Mavericks, his true feelings about bitcoin and why he's very bullish about the underlying technology.
1confirmation portfolio reading this week
Reddit announces partnership with the Ethereum Foundation — www.reddit.com
Reddit and EF is a powerful partnership worth keeping an eye on.
Ethereum-Based Nexus Mutual Expands Its Decentralized 'Insurance' to Centralized Exchanges — www.coindesk.com Nexus Mutual is extending its community-based "insurance" offering to users of crypto exchanges like Coinbase, Binance, Kraken and Gemini.
dYdX Closes $10M Series B Investment
dYdX has raised a $10M Series B round led by Three Arrows Capital and DeFiance Capital.
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