# Kiwi News Recap #60: 26/08-01/09

By [Kiwi Weekly](https://paragraph.com/@kiwi-weekly) · 2024-09-02

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gm,

before we start, here's some important news:  
  
we are running a new writing contest inspired by Vitalik's "L2s as a cultural extension of Ethereum" essay. you can [learn more here](https://paragraph.xyz/@kiwi-updates/pluralistic-future-of-l2s).

and here are the top links of the last week:

### **News**

**MakerDAO is** [**now 'Sky'**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66cdca2ba685177b00459c16d13abf2e1df50d24266c440706f192f7a6f33fdbccf103e2)  
submitted by timdaub.eth | 5 comments

**TON had a** [**six-hour outage**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66cec604d9f2755f53960493001a1e8d0275914afd5421fdc4bac0784cac87ea1ddb902a)  
submitted by timdaub.eth | 3 comments

**Brazil plans to fine anyone** [**who tries to use X via VPN**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d367da045ca18cfb94cce3644f209f5643e4e5b118ea44a3517c2f94dfe01f48b24226)  
submitted by mishaderidder.eth

**SEC threatens OpenSea because** [**they believe NFTs are securities**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66cf3174bfe937f985b540c75fb7dbdb877af71325af3d0b5e01ce2d1385bbcf2347011b)  
submitted by macbudkowski.eth | 2 comments

**Ethereum Foundation under fire** [**for lack of transparency in treasury management**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d0f97ddc30afde309df100714184c60cc34df78622212af721fe488a76dccfa62f7124)  
submitted by lilping.eth | 3 comments

**Arbitrum deletes the vote supporting** [**Tornado Cash devs legal defense**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66ccbcf1a8ef23339f1db519f1d4d701acca00480216514300871a7e0b29465fbd9c0fb5)  
submitted by macbudkowski.eth

**Periphery contract** [**of Aave was hacked**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66ceecb2b4c630e01eddb099c6625d4295ff55b792da1eb07004d9f342f6d45f2cdc4e21)  
submitted by timdaub.eth | 2 comments

**Coinbase wallet changed** [**user's .eth to base.eth**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66cc8cc126be3d44466a1d8f4daeb0f863d8d9603d3290dfd137edc1ed6aa5f4d9a14dcd)  
submitted by timdaub.eth | 1 comment

**Farther turns into** [**a DAO**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66ccfaaccc713a86ac87831f3708b58b9210a9cf0b11ca9ae18c9035426ed867376ae4e3)  
submitted by mishaderidder.eth

### **Essays & Talks**

**Tim Daub asks** [**if Kiwi News is OK if its founders are arrested?**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66cc7587b396bb48c8ae8940bc9d24e230438a9e0082a2c61e1da16b491b16a158aa8255)  
submitted by timdaub.eth

**Gnosis community discusses** [**the impact of Maker migration**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d1786c35e00d4a4d70861fcf13465bf76b19884021908b28d07d63aaef75a66841642b)  
submitted by macbudkowski.eth | 4 comments

**Jason Cohen shows when** [**you can really say you're profitable**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d062a74e19fc70af939605b3d74855b0d26fa78a2fc9732c4764401e265febefd607ac)  
submitted by macbudkowski.eth | 2 comments

**Jeff Goins reminds us that** [**the Internet is meant for fun**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d173a7a11846058c524e4740d319cc3792f4202f80b442a9b6b853d151c6492aeed2d2)  
submitted by lilping.eth

**Yancey Strickler describes** [**why you should own that you're not for everyone**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d0264230d45b63455ab2b494450cd39b11dbbc0d419356fad2eef3b18f246dc248b5a3)  
submitted by mishaderidder.eth | 3 comments

**Chris Carella reflects on his** [**696 days of consecutive casting**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66cf4bf151c428b29443947f25a32ce32c91aadce084b1c62c014b2da6f811f865a39b06)  
submitted by timdaub.eth

**Chris Carella is** [**re-introducing Purple**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d4a4e03fc7fd8acd5abd99327477a47d553dc7419653b6859dc95f83ddb2a8ff53df56)  
submitted by mishaderidder.eth | 2 comments

**Simon de la Rouviere explains** [**what is programmable IP licensing good for**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d417f07b9a9091f828522939f182ebb6f77524cdb8080ae08d8df42a8ca381d76c29e3)  
submitted by mishaderidder.eth

**David Hoffman writes about** [**Argentina's crypto moment**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d0e3658cd48297a10cd8ab722c40ea406c7557b1c46f440b2feb28f7652edc52c147f0)  
submitted by macbudkowski.eth | 1 comment

**Josh Baker says that** [**L2s should be decentralized, even against their will**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d457e83f4049a1384fc23b2edc157b08b2f7186f439527d5aaa4f320f411c67b718ca3)  
submitted by macbudkowski.eth

**OP team explains** [**how (and why) the Superchain drives fees to the OP Collective**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66ccdd0592819e2d45b55caf1ebfd6d3fee9d7d262b1bce66f79b616986874f507878f7e)  
submitted by mishaderidder.eth

**Paul Graham describes** [**Founder Mode**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d49a6e727f8aeba90975aa005cd6796f6efcf8129a6197aa0c5a437ca75ddabbf04ab0)  
submitted by macbudkowski.eth

**Anu Atluru describes** [**the marginalization of touch in a digital world**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66cf739c769cadb7119321fa8debdc85d8e20496931eb614d5eb1d95cb5fad54e10a5a15)  
submitted by macbudkowski.eth | 4 comments

**Ashley Rindsberg describes** [**how Wikipedia is left biased**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d0d3c55c2cc03c57bc4cfb7be8055cef7ea1d4332f67b3240bc1ded8434d23f2d03af6)  
submitted by macbudkowski.eth | 1 comment

**Andre Cronje explains** [**why DeFi matters**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66cef7a72e352c1f21356af1b9346d38c16f1acc13ffe05cc3331bf656ccc3f60fb94a37)  
submitted by macbudkowski.eth

**Philip Sheldrake reflects** [**on the ‘digital identity’**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d138824e2113f685545ba34dfb164bc3837e8a055e01be1bec98d7d57b2977e49f31eb)  
submitted by tudorizer.eth

**Reggie James calls for** [**saving the Internet**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66cc83fd6e3449e61caed2a8f635109b17181f435463d781d5a5e4d5a3ec2bff0e0d26d0)  
submitted by 0x54A8…f7a6

**Tim Daub reflects on** [**the state of things in August 2024**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d03ee4c49376e3f717158b6a65fced1a0cb00f4f9838b56b7a6a1a5e046cb7c3657d8e)  
submitted by timdaub.eth

### **Dashboards & Reports**

**Sorella Labs'** [**visualization of what happens on the builder side of Ethereum**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66cd5e7c2dc76110a1284e341e9f9935eb23b1f1ef9b768eb870a960ec6af2188bea269d)  
submitted by 0x1E92…C2d4 | 1 comment

**Josh Stark shares** [**updates on EF spending**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66cdda1b123083b3432ad8fa4dd64261775352894123146d22ff842a2a469ad4cf584b06)  
submitted by timdaub.eth

**Hildobby's** [**Ethereum NFT Market dashboard**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d0d6d436a74ae3a89d42786ff81fb02375f1919afdc5273f2e96391fc41a88a71786dc)  
submitted by mishaderidder.eth

**Chandan lists all** [**protocols that made more than $100 million**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d08a0195fa15d36930aa85898c812550f4fd21b589f3b999126fb0904780320de891dc)  
submitted by naomiii.eth

**Franklin Templeton analyzes** [**DeFi lending protocols**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d18b763271c38ef368bb63ca43d4e0f313b2b9ce4581bf076151fe6abb99563905d548)  
submitted by timdaub.eth

### **Products**

**Railway:** [**Private DeFi Wallet**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d37b213c0ce5e3921749f2ed6f3f7163af71220973729b155c83d79ae995691bfc0fb6)  
submitted by timdaub.eth | 2 comments

**Kiosk:** [**Farcaster client for creators**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d15e3107ff431ef28654eae1876166b79bdd67f85ed59319e1c81d1a072cd5c173a540)  
submitted by mishaderidder.eth | 5 comments

**Degencast:** [**Farcaster client for content and channel curators**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d32458da70075ed5875f63b9bf1f9e81c87d830d6c73bbbbec3827fbbcf78c961cc620)  
submitted by qiaoliang.eth | 2 comments

**Warpcast** [**introduces Blocks**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d01515993d20924a5345358049a428cf0f545fe429d6bba7c28ecc378750bf5da504ca)  
submitted by mishaderidder.eth | 2 comments

### **For devs**

**Signed web** [**pages with SXG**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d1678431ff54348b19a7856fe6768a1d9ccd6431e5560cb1141f4e1d365ba78b5fa737)  
submitted by zinkk.eth | 1 comment

**Gnosis** [**asks their stakers for opinions**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d3264a62db1cdc70b45c8e6cee8ad162464052289af875661d2b0de478857da4eb3484)  
submitted by dirtynode.eth

**Monerium explains their** [**v2 token contract**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66ccbaff6f0aeb5ce42e46cd0a50c3cd5698c1ef5f17fede7590bdc29ac7d7f55aff3b48)  
submitted by mishaderidder.eth

**FIP:** [**Introducing Ordering**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66cee6663ae992ae5659319d792b26e38b35180c4b507d18e521e41c9deb7eb3777f7099)  
submitted by macbudkowski.eth

**Dyne shows how to** [**connect to DarkIRC**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66ce88e069c03cf57ba524842614ddc7f66236eef53dc7080d5b46711c0894ece3160103)  
submitted by lilping.eth | 1 comment

**Circle's CCTP** [**Noble mint bug**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66ced6363cf69d083e61c09e2dc180584f8626d8ee2e2539779d653f8d3c0cdd765cbed4)  
submitted by macbudkowski.eth

### **Art**

**NFT:** [**Ascension**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66cc9ec6b69d70e5da092a959978af1717a778ba614e5e254d01cbe0e848ee631314ab46)  
submitted by miragenesi.eth

**In 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto** [**launched 2 blockchains**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d39a541b33fc791f0c7411f0ef19c3815f17c19dead45836f4dfb10aea6468b84a1542)  
submitted by timdaub.eth | 1 comment

**MP describes** [**Aurabonding**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d226ca2da2194afae379213486a9d49ca6d893797da27450ad483cea727b6641b95489)  
submitted by mishaderidder.eth

### **AI**

**LMSys chatbot** [**arena leaderboard**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66d0bd293d496aff243b795548b5d15f46a0483a164cbc6c062b685b0b8f79c67b866e2a)  
submitted by timdaub.eth

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*Originally published on [Kiwi Weekly](https://paragraph.com/@kiwi-weekly/kiwi-news-recap-60)*