This Week in Web3 #004

by Shun Kakinoki Β· Nov 21, 2021

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πŸ“† This Week in Web3 #004 πŸ“† 🀌 Constitution DAO 🀌 Polygon Miden 🀌 Paraswap airdrop 🀌 Binance ≀> Arbitrum integration 🀌 Rari ≀>Fei Merger Proposal 🀌 Paradigm $2.5b fund 🀌 Crypto.com Arena 🧡 Details 🧡

1/ Constitution DAO raised $45m Went live to bid on auction on Sotheby's this Thursday But it was outbid was none other than the Citadel CEO

https://twitter.com/WSJmarkets/status/1461787205714731019?s=20

2/ Polygon Miden announcement Polygon introduces a STARK-based EVM compatible rolllup. ZKs are coming through!!! It's something that was in the making since Polygon merges Hermez in $250m back in August. https://blog.polygon.technology/polygon-announces-polygon-miden-a-stark-based-ethereum-compatible-rollup/

3/ Paraswap exclusive airdrop Only 20,000 addresses out of 1.2 million were eligible. A sign of a new trend to block off fake addresses? https://cointelegraph.com/news/defi-traders-cry-foul -after-only-0-015-of-active-paraswap-wallets-receive-psp-tokens

4/ Arbitrum integration on Binance One of most important vehicles to onboard people to L2! Huge for ETH. https://twitter.com/TheCryptoLark/status/1461556087849582597?s=20

5/ Rari ≀>Fei Merger Proposal

Start of DAO to DAO or Cross-DAO interactions !? https://tribe.fei.money/t/fei-rari-token-merge/3642

6/ Paradigm debuts a $2.5 billion fund It's a monster fund next to a16z's $2.2 crypto fund III announced in July. https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/15/crypto-vc-firm-paradigm-debuts-monster-2-5-billion-fund/

7/ Crypto.com Arena The infamous Staples Center will be renamed to Crypto.com arena Crypto main-stream adoption seems like it's inevitable now. https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/124583/crypto-com-spending-700-million-cash-rename-staples-center-los-angeles

πŸ“ Also, some interesting reads I came across πŸ“

A great explainer on zksync & zkporter - why zk rollups will be a game changer for eth https://twitter.com/0xangelfish/status/1460303951627128832?s=20

How DAOs' treasuries are underutilized and how we can fix it https://twitter.com/AntonioMJuliano/status/1458844848560087070?s=20

Great summary of DAOs (and tooling ecosystem) https://thedaoist.mirror.xyz/FfzZ8NnWdb5ygJu13mLi9PdWoGqaoKSm8mJoRIi3GJI

πŸ§‘β€πŸ’» For developers, some web3 repos I found to be fun and interesting πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» A good starter of zkSnarks on Ethereum. https://github.com/tomoima525/zkp-vote

Set of contracts to expand ENS utility! https://github.com/alexvansande/ENSTools

An ENS Subdomain DAO Smart Contract by @sismo_eth https://github.com/sismo-core/ens-sdao

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