Future Finance - Issue #115: Here Comes London, Uniswap Gets Optimistic And Even Banks Want To Stake Eth

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Future Finance - Issue #115: Here Comes London, Uniswap Gets Optimistic And Even Banks Want To Stake Eth By Alan Tsen • Issue #115 • View online Welcome to another issue of Future Finance, your weekly off-chain newsletter about the world of on-chain finance. And always, there's no shortage of news from the industry. So grab a coffee (or beer), and let's get into this week's news from the world of open and decentralised finance. 👉 Got some interesting news I should include in my newsletter? Feel free to respond to this email or hit me up on Twitter - my DMs are always open. — Alan Tsen 👊💯 Ps. If you like what I'm doing here, please feel free to share it on your favourite social media network. Also, it'd be great if you forwarded this newsletter to a friend you think might enjoy it.

But before we get into this week's news, let's kick things off with a hilarious diddy about the world of Eth. Enjoy 🎹

Ben Jones @ben_chain Ethereum is my love and life but I couldn't resist poking some satirical fun today. If ETH was a Disney musical villain: https://t.co/zW0jE1BMZq 9:05 AM - 12 Jul 2021

📰 News This Week

London Mainnet Announcement After a successful testnet deployment, the London upgrade is now ready to be activated on the Ethereum mainnet. It will go live on block 12 965 000, which is expected between August 3-5, 2021. blog.ethereum.org  •  Share

Uniswap on Optimism (Alpha launch)! Uniswap V3, the third iteration of the Uniswap protocol, has been deployed to the Optimism mainnet! uniswap.org  •  Share

Ethereum-Based Money Streaming Protocol Superfluid Raises $9 Million In Seed Funding Superfluid Finance, an Ethereum-based money streaming protocol, has raised $9 million in a seed funding round. www.theblockcrypto.com  •  Share

The DeFi Future is Automated Gelato has been tinkering with use cases since 2019 and launched its production-ready V1 last July. Meanwhile, Keep3r network has been executing its own solution since late October 2020. And just last month Chainlink announced an Open Beta for Chainlink Keepers in the field of smart contract automation. thedefiant.io  •  Share

Jerome Powell: I'm 'Undecided' on the Benefits of CBDCs Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell tells the U.S. Senate that "the more direct route" would be to regulate stablecoins. www.coindesk.com  •  Share

Jack Dorsey Says Square Has A New Bitcoin Business Named TBD Square CEO Jack Dorsey revealed a new business unit in the company. It's focused on Bitcoin, with the goal of "making it easy to create non-custodial, permissionless, and decentralized financial services." www.theverge.com  •  Share

Binance.US CEO Brian Brooks Weighs in on Recent Global Regulatory Warnings, Sen. Pat Toomey on US Crypto Regulations Outlook Binance.US CEO Brian Brooks joins "First Mover" since the firm hired former California regulator Manuel Alvarez as its new Chief Administrative Officer. This comes as global regulators are zooming into Binance. Senator Pat Toomey has more on congressional regulatory outlook on crypto in the U.S., and Haohan Xu of Apifiny on crypto markets outlook. www.coindesk.com  •  Share

DeFi wallet Phantom Raises $9 million In Series A Funding Led By A16z DeFi wallet Phantom, which currently supports the Solana blockchain, has raised $9 million in Series A funding led by A16z. www.theblockcrypto.com  •  Share

Swiss Bank Sygnum Becomes First Bank to Offer ETH 2.0 Staking Sygnum bank has announced that it will become the first bank to offer Ethereum 2.0 staking to clients finance.yahoo.com  •  Share

UFC And Crypto.com Announce Partnership Crypto.com Becomes First-Ever Global Official Fight Kit Partner & First Cryptocurrency Platform Of UFC www.ufc.com  •  Share

🎧 Podcasts Of The Week

Unconfirmed: How Axie Infinity Boosted Revenue 400%+ in 30 Days Aleksander Larsen, co-founder and COO of Axie Infinity, discusses Axie Infinity's recent growth, which has seen the platform do 20X the volume of NBA Top Shot in recent days. pca.st  •  Share

ETH Staking Panel With Coinbase, Lido, Rocket Pool ETH Staking Panelists: Darren Langley (Rocket Pool) Vasiliy Shapovalov (Lido) Ejaaz Ahamadeen (Coinbase) With Ethereum's switch to Proof-of-Stake around the corner, a full spectrum of staking options has emerged. Many who want to participate will not… pca.st  •  Share

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