1confirmation Newsletter - Issue #95
NFTs are taking cryptocurrency mainstream in a way that nothing else has to date. Sports fans have recently been brought into the space via NBA Top Shot, music fans have been brought in the space via drops from artists like 3LAU and Shawn Mendes and art fans have been brought in via Superare.
2021 NFTs feels like 2017 ICOs to some, but we believe NFTs will have a more lasting impact on our industry and the world. Here's a great resource if you want some historical context on NFTs from Devin Finzer, co-founder and CEO of OpenSea: The Non-Fungible Token Bible: Everything You Need to Know about NFTs
Required viewing this week
Internet Culture and the Rise of Internet Value with Mark Cuban and Nick Tomaino — www.youtube.com
Nick Tomaino and Mark Cuban discuss Bitcoin, Ethereum, NFTs, Polkadot and more at the recent 1confirmation LP day.
Cryptoart with John Crain, Robbie Barrat and Nick Tomaino — www.youtube.com
SuperRare co-founder John Crain and renowned artist Robbie Barrat discuss the latest on cryptoart.
Nexus Mutual with Hugh Karp and Richard Chen — www.youtube.com
Nexus Mutual founder Hugh Karp and Richard Chen discuss Nexus Mutual.
Polymarket with Shayne Coplan and Richard Chen — www.youtube.com
Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan and Richard Chen discuss prediction markets and Polymarket.
Polkadot with Robert Habermeier and Nick Tomaino — www.youtube.com
Polkadot co-founder and former Ethereum core dev Robert Habermeier discusses the Polkadot network with Nick Tomaino.
1confirmation portfolio reading this week
The beginners guide to creating & selling digital art NFTs — opensea.io
OpenSea's create tool makes it dead simple for a creator to mint and sell NFTs.
Layer 2 is live | dYdX — dydx.exchange
dYdX's new cross-margined Perpetuals are now live on Starkware's Layer 2. Traders can now trade with zero gas costs, and in turn, lower trading fees and reduced minimum trade sizes.
Hop: Send Tokens Across Rollups — ethresear.ch
The Hop protocol provides a trustless and scalable rollup-to-rolllup bridge.
Paying claims for the Yearn hack | Nexus Mutual — medium.com
The recent hack on Yearn Finance resulted in 26 claims from Nexus Mutual members. $2.4M was paid out in claims.
Cosmos Upgrades to Stargate: Another 2017 ICO Very Nearly Completes Its Vision — www.coindesk.com
The Stargate upgrade of Cosmos went live, the last step toward inter-blockchain communication among Tendermint projects.
The Brave DEX aggregator is intended to have multi-chain support featuring many assets across different blockchains, along with various discounts and advantages for BAT holders who trade on it.