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The forum has been bustling with activity, featuring discussions on academic ethics in economics, scrutiny of recent Bitcoin market trends, whale activity in the crypto market, and a new points trading protocol called Pichi.
A professor at the Toulouse School of Economics accuses a Harvard professor of plagiarism, shedding light on power dynamics in academic circles.
Crypto whale activity shows early signs of a comeback, potentially leading to a market bounce.
Caution urged over Bitcoin’s short-term gains due to low trading volume and high leverage.
Pichi introduces a new trustless, gamified platform for points trading using ERC-6551.
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This week saw insightful discussions on various crypto developments including market updates, innovation in DeFi, Bitcoin’s evolving utility, and broader economic impacts. Key topics covered both challenges and advancements in the space.
Macro Pulse Update highlights key events and economic trends affecting crypto and financial markets as of August 31, 2024.- It’s time to sophisticate ourselves emphasizes the need for innovative consumer crypto products and their integration into mainstream applications.
Allocation Update - Q2 2024 details the Ethereum Foundation’s community, cryptographic, and protocol advancements.- Pushing Boundaries of Trust introduces EigenLayer’s approach to decentralized trust and capital efficiency.
Bitcoin, Diminishing Returns and Being Relevant explores Bitcoin’s market trends and its growing relevance amid global economic shifts.
Parsec Weekly #86 covers recent crypto developments, including significant legal actions and technological integrations.
From $WBTC Drama to $FBTC Triumph discusses the rise of $FBTC as a yield-generating Bitcoin asset.
The Next Big Bet - Satlayer’s $8M Pre-Seed Round outlines Satlayer’s advances in Bitcoin staking and securing PoS networks.
PINGPONG - DePINfi Revolutionizing DePIN reviews innovations in the DePIN ecosystem through DeFi integration.- Bitcoin’s Short Term Gains: Be Suspicious advises caution regarding recent Bitcoin market spikes, citing potential unsustainability.
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This past week on the forum, discussions ranged from crypto market strategies and leveraging opportunities to technical analyses of Bitcoin’s performance. Highlighted topics include new governance tokens, leveraged lending protocols, as well as insights into market volatility from specialized tools. Additionally, there were discussions about how macroeconomic factors impact crypto markets.
Highlights and New Posts
mETH’s Next Leap - Boost Your Gains with the $COOK Airdrop: An introduction to mETH Protocol’s new governance token, $COOK, and its associated reward opportunities (threadingontheedge-substack-com, feed).- Exploring Leverage in Crypto: A look at different ways to get leverage in crypto, covering perpetual futures and new leveraged lending protocols (wajahatmughal-substack-com, feed).
- Zooming Out on the Crypto Space: Discusses the Baseline project and the phases of crypto adoption along with building communities and brands (paragraph-xyz, feed).
5 Alpha Tweets - Crypto Market Thoughts: Summarizes key tweets about DeFi trends, and Solana’s status among other market updates (alphaplease-com, feed).
Parsec Weekly #87: The latest updates and key events in the crypto space as covered by Parsec (parsec-substack-com, feed).- Bitcoin Challenged on Risk-Adjusted Returns: Analysis of Bitcoin’s performance against other assets like Nvidia and Meta, and its implications for institutional demand (ecoinometrics-substack-com, feed).
PEI Government Rejects Protestors’ Work Permit Extensions: Details the aftermath of a hate crime hoax by protesters and the government’s response (karlstack-com, feed).- Bootstrapping Networks: Discusses how crypto tools can help in overcoming network bootstrapping challenges (decentralised-co, feed).
Beyond Seed Phrases: Explores passkey-based wallets and their potential to bridge Web2 convenience with Web3 security (decentralised-co, feed).- Bitcoin and ETF Flows: Correlation Analysis: Examines the relationship between Bitcoin ETF flows and Bitcoin’s monthly performance (ecoinometrics-substack-com, feed).
I hope this summary provides a concise yet comprehensive view of the key discussions and updates in the forum over the past week. For more details, follow the embedded links and join the ongoing conversations.