Port Finance Raises 5.3M Strategic Series A Round

Port Finance is a decentralized Money Market protocol on Solana, aiming to provide a full suite of lending products including but not limited to: variable rate lending, fixed rate lending and interest rate swaps. Port Finance’s team brings engineering experience from tech companies like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, and previous contributions to Solana and Serum.

Port Finance raised $ 5.3 million in a strategic Series A funding round led by Alameda Research.
Investors: Spartan Capital, Brevan Howard, a41 and a number of business angels.
https://medium.com/port-finance/port-finance-raises-5-3m-strategic-series-a-round-f572d79597cc

Токен SAND GameFi-проекта The Sandbox вырос на 8% после анонса о покупке участка виртуальной земли в метавселенной проекта гонконгским филиалом международной аудиторской компании PwC.
https://forklog.com/?p=159972

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Глобальный интерес к «NFT» за прошедшую неделю впервые оказался выше, чем количество запросов по слову «Crypto» в Google.



Данные: Google Trends.
https://t.me/forklog/23231

TNS Airdrop Distribution

There is a new wave of “airdrop hunters”. The hunters have created many wallets trying to game the system i.e. “Trying to farm the airdrops”. After a huge $ENS airdrops, many expect a similar rewarding mechanism. After looking at the data, we have seen many newly created addresses that just have very few transactions. Thus, our team has to come up with measures to make sure that our airdrops go to the “Real active users” instead of those hunters.

Unlike ENS airdrop distribution, TNS airdrop will be calculated by a three-tier system rather than a linear function.
https://medium.com/@terranameservice/tns-airdrop-distribution-8aecf2a5f110

На аукционе Aguttes во Франции за 132 680 евро продали первое в мире SMS-сообщение в виде NFT.

Сообщение «Merry Christmas» впервые отправил программист Нил Папуорт главе оператора Vodafone Ричарду Джарвису 3 декабря 1992 года. Имя покупателя не раскрывается. Полученные в ходе продажи NFT средства планируют направить агентству ООН по делам беженцев.

https://forklog.com/?p=159838

Я думаю, что с переходом на ETH 2.0 нас ждёт два сценария, это может быть как плохой, так и положительный, все будет зависеть от валидаторов, ведь майнеры скоро станут искать альтернативу для майнинга, а эта монета топ-1 для майнеров, и скоро они отвалиться .... Так что чинтересно будет посмотреть на переход на ETH 2.0 и хотелось бы, чтобы это было безболезненно для всех.

Еще пройдет много времени когда будет етн 2.0, если не верите то поострите сами насколько готов переход, это можно найти в твиттере Виталика, он писал об этом в начале декабря если не ошибаюсь.
По большем счету етн 2.0 не нада ведь уже сейчас хватает л2 решений на которых цена на газ сравнительно не большая.
POW более лучше чем POS в плане стабильности сети, Биткоин борьбу Китая с его майнингом отлично пережил.

Canadian public company Ether Capital has staked 10,240 Ethers on the Beacon network in an ETH 2.0 deposit contract

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ether Capital Corporation (“Ether Capital” or the “Company”) (NEO: ETHC), a leading technology company focused on participating in the development of the Ethereum and Web 3 ecosystem, is pleased to announce that it has taken the first step towards staking a majority of its Ether balance.

Ether Capital has allocated 10,240 Ether, currently worth approximately $50 million (US$40 million), to Ethereum’s Beacon Chain, thereby working to provide validation and security to the Ethereum network as it transitions from proof of work consensus to proof of stake. The Company has staked its Ether in accordance with the Company’s multisignature custody protocol. Ether Capital has entered into an agreement with Figment Inc., an industry leading blockchain services provider, to run validator infrastructure for this allocation to staking.

Prior to the merger of Ethereum’s current mainnet into Ethereum’s Beacon Chain (the “Merge”), Ether Capital intends to stake at least 30,000 Ether of its current 43,512 Ether balance. The Merge is currently expected to occur mid-year in 2022. The 30,000 Ether staking goal represents over 68% of the Company’s Ether balance and is currently valued at over $150 million (US$115 million). Based on data from the Ethereum Foundation, current staking rewards reflect an approximate 5.2% annual percentage rate (the “Staking Yield”). The Company notes that the Staking Yield excludes any contributions from transaction fees to validators, which is only expected to apply following the Merge. Transaction fees therefore represent supplemental consideration for validation services provided by Ethereum stakers.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211215005502/en/Ether-Capital-Corporation-Announces-First-Commitment-to-Ethereum-Staking

Launches DeFi Uniswap on Polygon Network
https://polygon.instadapp.io/uniswap-v3

While the Beta version as I understand and the interface is a little strange I even thought it was some kind of left Uniswap. I think it's better to wait for the full release.
https://twitter.com/Instadapp/status/1473369601882816514