The Daily Index — Friday, April 12, 2024 · TLDR Index

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U.S. LAWMAKERS DISCUSS STABLECOINS

Top U.S. House lawmakers, including Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry and Democrat Maxine Waters, met with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to discuss advancing stablecoin legislation. They have considered packaging the stablecoin bill with the Federal Aviation Administration's funding reauthorization. Despite doubts about the stablecoin bill passing this year, McHenry, who is retiring, is prioritizing the bill to regulate stablecoin issuers and stabilize cryptocurrency trading.

coindesk.com · 1 min

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A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF EIP-3074

EIP-3074 is an approved upgrade to Ethereum that will allow externally owned accounts to act like smart contract wallets without deploying a contract. This enables single transaction approvals, batch transactions, wallet asset recovery, sponsored transactions, and more.

twitter.com · 3 min

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TRANSPORTER – CHAINLINK-ENABLED CROSS-CHAIN BRIDGING

Transporter is a new cross-chain bridge developed in collaboration with the Chainlink Foundation. It is designed to securely transfer tokens across multiple blockchains, addressing the industry's need for better security in the wake of $2.83 billion lost to bridge hacks. Transporter prioritizes security, utilizing Chainlink's CCIP for protection and offering a user-friendly interface with 24/7 support and a visual tracker.

twitter.com · 1 min

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A DISCUSSION ON UNISWAP'S LEGALITY

Uniswap Labs is being sued by the SEC. The Uniswap Protocol is a credibly neutral infrastructure. It acts like an electric grid that can be built upon by other companies and applications to utilize the benefits of trustless liquidity. The company has no control over what is listed or who builds on the protocol — it is merely a software publisher operating a front end.

twitter.com · 2 min

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WILL L4S/L5S COME NEXT? WHERE DOES THIS END?

Though onboarding and transaction costs decrease by 99% for L3s compared to L2s, the reduction in higher layers is not nearly as significant. L4s and up improve scalability but ultimately settle to Ethereum and do not come with additional cost reduction. There may be L4s that emerge on the most successful L3s, but primarily for ecosystem reasons and not technical or financial benefits.

twitter.com · 1 min

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DEFI ON TRIAL

DeFi is being tested in legal battles. Avi Eisenberg leveraged Mango Markets' code to extract $110 million, arguing that because the code permitted it, he didn't commit a crime. At the same time, the SEC's case against Uniswap Labs could determine how decentralized DeFi can be and whether the vision of a fully autonomous, code-based financial system is realizable.

unchainedcrypto.com · 7 min

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ALEXIS OHANIAN DISCUSSES THE INTERSECTION OF AI AND BLOCKCHAIN

AI creates a torrent of images that can't be trusted - blockchain can be used to verify the origins of images.

twitter.com · 1 min

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MEMECOINS AS A NEW FORM OF FINANCIAL FANFICTION

By creating memecoins for specific communities or applications, creators are both deriving value from and creating value for the original content.

x.com · 2 min

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FIRST SIX EIGENLAYER AVSS GO LIVE

They include a fast finality rollup solution, a zk coprocessor, an Ethereum oracle, light client functionality, and DePIN coordination.

x.com · 2 min

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ARCH - THE FIRST BITCOIN-NATIVE APPLICATION PLATFORM

Arch brings smart contract functionality to Bitcoin through the ArchVM, a Rust-based zero knowledge virtual machine and a decentralized verifier network.

twitter.com · 2 min