BlackPool Bulletin #52

This week, the news left us feeling a bit "comme ci, comme ça." The bear market is testing our patience, while a new Ethereum competitor is keeping us on edge. The launch of another stablecoin seems inevitable, and an insider trader finds himself inside the pen.

headfirst, apes!

1. Hopium or massive cope?
2. Sui, the true Ethereum hitman?
3. Do you have a handle yet, anon?
4. Another day, another dollar
5. Sushi jumps in the V3 pool
6. Alpha hiding in plain sight?
7. OpenSea’s waters getting blurred?
8. From insider trading to inside the pen.
9. The ramifications of the BRC-20 standard
10. Game Spotlight: DopeWars
11. Ape Readings

1. Hopium or Massive Cope?

Is it hopium, or is the next cycle going to be a massive cope for those who stay on the sidelines?

@redphonecrypto investigates and explains why the next bull run will lead to a big migration from Web2 to Web3.

2. Sui, the true Ethereum hitman?

An interesting report by @CarbonElBufon on Sui Network, the latest L1 that saw its token launch on May 3rd. It uses an object-centric data model that allows for infinite scalability of its network throughput. Where have we heard this before? Will it be a real bullet this time?

3. Do you have a handle yet, anon?

Researchooor Delphi Digital is letting us in on how Lens Protocol is poised to bring real innovation to social media. Since the start of the year, their user metrics have been on a tear.

4. Another day, another dollar

According to @chago0x, our StakeDao herd bro, a Curve native stablecoin was only a matter of time. Is this the way forward to diversifying our bags after the USDC depeg drama left us shook?

5. Sushi jumps in the V3 Pool

The DEX announced their concentrated liquidity and capital efficiency tool, staying hot on the heels of Uniswap V3.

6. Alpha hiding in plain sight?

The battle of stable coins will be fierce, we reckon.

7. OpenSea’s waters getting blurred?

Blur’s new peer-2-peer NFT lending protocol surpassed $16M in loans so far and it seems it’s only up from here.

8. From insider trading to inside the pen.

An OpenSea executive sunk his own ship after being caught and convicted of wire fraud and money laundering during his time at the marketplace.

9. The ramifications of the BRC-20 standard

Bitcoin Ordinals reach an ATH in daily inscriptions. A thread on the why and the consequences with the help of Dune.

10. Game Spotlight :

Dope Wars is a gaming metaverse project that draws inspiration from hip-hop culture. It is a fully decentralised and community-driven initiative that operates on an open-source blockchain gaming ecosystem. Powered by Dojo on Starknet.

The project aims to create a modern-day Grand Theft Auto (GTA) inspired metaverse and a series of games that are built by a decentralised game studio on the Ethereum blockchain. The inspiration for the project comes from the classic Drug Wars game that many people played while growing up.

The Dope Wars project provides an open environment that enables developers and contributors to create limitless games for the holders of Dope Wars Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs).

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11. Ape Readings:

→ The future of on-chain gaming: 'The promise of MUD ECS engine’