1confirmation Newsletter - Issue #80
We’re now giving grants to support individuals who are finding ways to help those suffering from the physical, emotional and financial damage caused by COVID-19.
Learn more here and reach out if you have an idea to contribute to the decentralized response to the virus.
Required reading this week
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Appoints Coinbase Chief Legal Officer to Oversee Banking System — dailyhodl.com
Mainstream media didn't pick this story up, but a Coinbase exec leaving to oversee the federal banking system in the midst of a global economic meltdown bodes well for cryptocurrencies in the long-run.
Get Matching Funding for Your Public Goods Projects
Round 5 of Gitcoin grants is live! This round has a new public health track to donate to projects solving the coronavirus pandemic.
Daos Ex Machina: An In-Depth Timeline of Maker’s Recent Crisis — medium.com
Amidst all of the market turmoil over the past two weeks, Tom Schmidt dissects what actually happened with MakerDAO on Black Thursday and what we can learn from it.
Learn all about Uniswap V2 – price oracles, optimistic swaps, and much more – launching in April 2020.
Re-launching OnCoins.org as the Techmeme of Crypto/Blockchain News — startupmanagement.org
Oncoins is a daily news aggregator for the cryptocurrency industry.
Breaking Down Ethereum Wallets Options — blog.gnosis.pm
Eric Conner walks through the different types of Ethereum wallets and their pros/cons.
1confirmation portfolio reading this week
USDC Approved by Maker Governance as the Third Collateral Type of the Maker Protocol — blog.makerdao.com
USDC can now be used to open Maker Vaults in order to generate Dai. It's the third collateral approved by Maker governance, along with ETH and BAT.
Black Thursday claims - Nexus Mutual — medium.com
Nexus Mutual received 16 claims, all of which were rejected, after the MakerDAO market activity on Black Thursday. The team recaps how the community debated whether smart contract cover should protect users against this particular incident.
On the one year anniversary of Cosmos' launch, Ethan Buchman reflects on the past, present, and future of Cosmos.
Our Next Five Partners — www.forte.io
Forte is welcoming five new game developer partners – Hi-Rez Studios, Netmarble EMEA, Magmic, nWay – to build a more open, equitable, and sustainable ecosystem for games.