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before we start, a friendly reminder:

we are running a writing contest inspired by Vitalik's "L2s as a cultural extension of Ethereum" essay. you can learn more here.

and here are the top links of the last week:

News

Bloomberg Terminal has integrated Polymarket
submitted by macbudkowski.eth

Vitalik deposits 1,900 ETH into Aave
submitted by macbudkowski.eth | 1 comment

Cryptocurrencies have become Telegram's main source of income
submitted by rvolz.eth | 2 comments

YubiKeys 5 are permanently vulnerable to cloning attacks
submitted by thatalexpalmer.eth | 2 comments

DappCon announced its 2025 dates
submitted by dirtynode.eth

Gnosis Pay launched its rewards program
submitted by mishaderidder.eth

Vitalik says he's not investing in L2s in the foreseeable future
submitted by casslin.eth | 2 comments

Essays & Talks

Luca Netz tries to define what is Consumer Crypto?
submitted by gaurang.eth | 1 comment

Whistle analyzes the Web3 Social Myth
submitted by 0xluo.eth | 1 comment

EF Research AMA on Reddit
submitted by macbudkowski.eth

Qiao and Imran from AllianceDAO say that people build more infra than apps because it's easier
submitted by qiaoliang.eth

[writing contest] Mehdi B shows how based and boosted rollups could solve L2 challenges
submitted by 0x3120…5032 | 4 comments

Toby Shorin introduces the new socioeconomic model for growing brands and communities
submitted by gaurang.eth | 1 comment

Dorian Taylor explores how we could 10X the Web's links
submitted by pedrovilela.eth

drnick shows how we ended up in The Crypto Trap
submitted by timdaub.eth

Chris Carella describes the primitives of a Farcaster application
submitted by mishaderidder.eth

Chao Wang shares how 18 AI models perform in crypto-related tasks
submitted by lilping.eth

[writing contest] Daria shares her thoughts about L2s
submitted by 0x6016…B76a

Anu Atluru shares their notes on the 'Founder Mode'
submitted by naomiii.eth

Casslin dives into the role of onchain identity
submitted by casslin.eth

Dashboards & Reports

Celo is now ranked 2nd for stablecoin transacting DAUs
submitted by 0x17f4…6359 | 1 comment

Web3 gaming investments in 2020-2024
submitted by frotograf.eth | 2 comments

Uniswap market share
submitted by macbudkowski.eth

Dune blockchain pages
submitted by pedrovilela.eth

Products

alphaXiv: shadow discussion board for arxiv
submitted by m-j-r.eth | 1 comment

Kiwi hackathon project: DEGEN meets REGEN
submitted by timdaub.eth | 2 comments

Together: Social reading on Farcaster
submitted by mishaderidder.eth | 3 comments

For devs

Octant x Purple retroactive funding for Farcaster builders
submitted by macbudkowski.eth

Octant Grant accelerator
submitted by macbudkowski.eth

Aayush dives into ZK Email
submitted by destiner.eth

Madhavan Malolan explains the zk in zkTLS
submitted by naomiii.eth

and if you'd like to learn more about Kiwi, you can dig in here.