⁍MakerDAO is currently entertaining a proposal to replace MKR with gbMKR for gov. voting. tokens will be lockable in a Voting Escrow, similar to Curve, but more focused on long term gov. participants.
2/2 ⁍gbMKR would be non-transferable, but could be bypassed with wrapped derivatives like Yearn’s yveCRV vault or Convex’s cvxCRV product. This would give gbMKR holders a gov. boost but no additional economic incentives. They can be added later.
⁍21 proposals have been approved supporting several new products on Harmony. The 1st Algo stablecoin, a new smart contract analytics platform, an NFT marketplace, new P2E games, a perp protocol, decentralized AI, and others.
2/2 ⁍There’s also some familiar favorites including EPNS, Allbridge.io, DexSwap AMM, and MIM. Harmony has seen some significant adoption recently from DeFi Kingdoms and continues to rapidly build out their ecosystem.
⁍This is only part 1, where they argue the need for a faster and “parallel” EVM, and the approaches to achieve it, and how easier MEV extraction can help prevent economic centralization.
2/2 ⁍ The Flashbots people have been analyzing MEV since its discovery and actively deploying solutions to contend with this “necessary evil” in the fairest and most transparent way possible. We support the team, their research, their efforts, and their giant brains.
FairSide Network makes crypto Insurance work twitter.com/fairsidenetwor…
⁍FairSide sets the standard for crypto insurance by offering some key differences, like cover on different chains and one membership covering all of your assets
2/2 ⁍They’ve also give careful consideration to Incentivising users with “tribute fees” and governance rewards based on your conviction score, as well as skipping the lock-up period for stakeholders. IBO coming soon.
Betswap.GG launches on Sushi medium.com/@Betswapgg/bet…
⁍Betswap is a sports betting exchange that recently received a large investment from Wonderland Finance and others to bring on-chain sports betting to Sushiswap and will be live on ETH, FTM, and AVAX (to start).
⁍Their bribe marketplace “allows protocols with vote-escrow tokens to access a marketplace that lets others bribe their token holders to vote for their best interests”
2/2 ⁍This new marketplace can help any DeFi protocol get more value for their own holders, while creating new revenue streams for BTRFLY holders. This will be permissionless, allowing any protocol to create a bribe market. The team is working to have this running by February.
⁍Secret just announced it’s $225m Eco fund being deployed to expand SCRTs application layer, tooling, and infrastructure and a $175m accelerator pool that provides capital, grants, and ecosystem incentives to increase user adoption.
⁍ETH’s inability to scale fast enough has left the door open for alternative layer 1’s to step up and absorb marketshare. This is a great breakdown of the differences between these networks.
2/2 ⁍All the different approaches to scaling are covered. From SOL’s High performance that can challenge NASDAQ, to AVAX’s subnets and NEAR’s sharding, it’s a great thread to get informed and help wrap your head around this narrative.
If the rotatooors aren’t coming, ATOM will just hype itself
⁍Osmo has amassed $1.3b in TVL without having a bridge. With Gravity Bridge now live and Evmos coming soon, there’s hope that more users will finally pile in to one of the most flexible chains.
⁍Evmos is bringing EVM compatibility to Cosmos and is expected to be live in a few weeks. They’ll be demonstrating their best version of equitable distribution of value across the entire tech stack.