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This whitepaper introduces a novel protocol called Wildcat, aimed at addressing the issues with current undercollateralized lending protocols that include the choice of underlying assets, the interest rate methodology, and their usage of middlemen. With a wide range of unique features, it essentially aims to provide a more flexible lending protocol for market makers and the broader DeFi ecosystem.
The Safe{Core} Protocol has introduced a new framework for smart accounts, aiming to reduce fragmentation, vendor lock-in, and security risks. The open-source protocol includes components such as modules, registries and accounts to facilitate interoperability, security, and portability. Development plans include introducing fee mechanisms, supporting more module types, and enabling cross-chain access.
This article examines the recent volatility in crypto, using activity in liquidity pools to get a better understanding of what’s happening in the space. Liquidity has been drying up as the market has remained risk-off. This has been exacerbated before each major negative event the space has seen as large amounts of capital flowed out of liquidity pools before those events. The article goes on to interpret sentiment of the space based on these movements in liquidity.
This thread is the second part in a story from the founder of a small crypto exchange that was acquired by FTX in 2021. It tells the story of the acquisition and explains how this acquisition ultimately played a big role in FTX’s demise. While there were many other issues that led to FTX’s undoing, this particular acquisition was what led to CZ of Binance holding a $2B stack of FTT tokens, which eventually became the last domino to fall in the implosion of FTX.
A new malware called Infamous Chisel has been connected to Sandworm, a well-known Russian hacker group. This malware particularly targets mobile crypto wallets such as Binance, Coinbase, and Trust wallets as well as in-browser wallets like the Brave wallet and Opera Wallet. While it’s not clear whether this malware has led to any stolen funds, U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre has confirmed that it is capable of extracting data from these applications.
This post provides a summary of a space held by Martin Shkreli and Jason Lorenzo, two men with firsthand jail experience, explaining what SBF might be experiencing in jail so far.
As Lido continues to inch toward 33% staked ETH market share, debate has been heating up over whether or not this is a problem for the protocol and Ethereum as a whole.
This post gives an overview of the OP stack landscape, lists the protocols that have built on top of it, and explains how this could benefit OP as the so-called ‘Superchain’
Another high-profile exec, Global Product Lead Mayur Kamat, has left Binance. Binance has been losing executives left and right as CZ’s fight with regulators has been heating up.
A new generative AI image startup founded by former Google Brain researchers seems to outperform Midjourney in one of its core weaknesses: typography. The tool offers a preset optimized for generating reliable text within images. Ideogram is available for sign-up in beta.
The tech titans' vision for a new city in Northern California has become more tangible. Artistic renderings show the plans for 50,000 acres of land acquired in Solano County.
Conversational interfaces are about to hit the road for more cars. Continental plans to be one of the first automotive suppliers to integrate Google Cloud capabilities directly into vehicle computers. The new feature will allow drivers to provide instructions in natural language to their cars and even ask questions.
Slightly reduce font weight on dark backgrounds, use smaller line height for headings, letter-space words in uppercase, correctly use the subtlety of old-style figures and small caps, and align the icons to the line height of the label. Eight micro details are explained in less than eight minutes to make typography look polished and refined.
Considering all the promises involved in AI, is a simple text input the best way to deliver it? David Hoang builds an exciting case, pointing out that we still haven't experienced a fundamental paradigm user interface shift, which is something that tends to follow true innovation.
The more we rely on AI tools, the more critical it becomes to discern what should be entrusted to AI and what needs to be handled by ourselves to achieve solid and sustained outcomes. Relentlessly seeking efficiency by prioritizing speed and convenience can often lead to significant drawbacks.
Automotive interfaces are not only about Teslas. This website features many modern vehicle infotainment system designs, interactions, and screens.
A remarkable collection of minimalist semi-abstract illustrations landed on Adobe Stock. From the calming Zen-like simplicity of Japanese graphics to clean lines of Swiss minimalism, this collection covers much ground. New Adobe Stock accounts get ten images for free.
This interactive guide helps you understand SVG paths and path commands. Organized into lessons, the tutorial covers cursors, lines, curves, arcs, and even provides challenges to test your knowledge.
Compared to other departments, UX teams may face more significant challenges due to their relatively less established position. By acknowledging and addressing these challenges, UX teams can enhance their organization's UX maturity, improve cross-functional collaboration, and play a vital role in spreading UX knowledge to advance the field.
Information architecture is the practice of structuring, organizing, and labeling content from your website. Sitemaps are visualization tools that are used predominantly for planning purposes.
Have you been facing memory issues when designing that 86-step onboarding flow? The ultimate solution might be switching your design tool. Check out how different platforms perform in different memory management scenarios.
A series of interviews with designers on how they reached the staff seniority and a collection of tools and resources to help senior designers get there too.
We're still months away from Vision Pro's release, but that doesn't prevent designers from experimenting. This app concept, proposed by Cairo-based designer Ahmed Hafez, relies on glassy elements, a larger viewport, and generous spacing.
If you believe details matter, this one's for you. Design Spells is a collection of delightful design details and interactions.
Snapchat is expected to grow its user base by 13.4% in 2023, making it the fastest-growing social media platform. Its growth stems from younger generations, with almost 60% of all internet users aged 13 to 24 using the app daily.
Bing is testing a new feature to help users explore products in search. ‘Explore collections’ opens a near-full page overlay where users can see a collection of similar items. Ads also appear within this overlay.
Data shows that 87% of Gen Z want multi-channel brand experiences - they have a newfound appreciation for in-person events and want experiential shopping experiences. They also value authenticity, playfulness, and fun. Brands are getting more creative in using digital out-of-home to build trust between brands and consumers.
TikTok SEO involves optimizing your content so it’s more likely to show up on your audience’s For You Page and ranks higher in app search results. Best practices include using TikTok’s Keyword Insights tool to guide content creation, engaging with users when they comment, and collaborating with other TikTok accounts.
Affiliate search partners can help brands by driving traffic and revenue with low risk. This article covers 4 major affiliate marketing partners: PromoCodesForYou, Offers.com, Slickdeals, and CouponCause. It discusses their strengths and what they are best suited for.
Content on Shorts is ranked based on user engagement through likes, comments, and shares, watch time, and responses from user surveys. The algorithm for Shorts prioritizes videos that keep viewers watching until the end and longer videos tend to perform better on the platform.
A lead magnet represents an exchange of value. It can come in the form of free access to something like a template, resource, or service. This post shares how to create something unique that people cannot find elsewhere, write compelling CTAs, and let your customers be the centerpiece of your communication.
As Google's Universal Analytics transitioned to GA4, SMBs are facing enormous challenges through the steep learning curve of the tool.
Over time, indented results have become less prevalent - but there was a marked decrease following Google’s latest core update.
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This article delves into the creation of test cases from a technical perspective, detailing what should be included in each test and what to avoid. It answers the age-old question of what to test vs. what not to test.
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Dub is an open-source link management tool for modern marketing teams to create, share, and track short links. It’s built with Vercel Edge Functions, Upstash Redis, and PlanetScale MySQL.
Textbase is a framework for building chatbots using NLP and ML. It’s a Python package that is easily deployable to the web. Textbase is compatible with any model.
OpenAI has released a guide on how teachers can use AI to teach. It talks about prompt suggestions, an explanation of how ChatGPT works and its limitations, and AI bias.
Apple is rumored to be eliminating leather cases for the iPhone 15 lineup. It will replace them with a line of woven fabric cases. Images of Chinese clones with the FineWoven name have surfaced online. These clones are likely based on legitimate information about Apple's upcoming release on September 12. Apple will also release a watch band for the Apple Watch Series 9 made from the same material.
Lenovo’s new 27-inch 4K monitor can produce 3D images without requiring viewers to wear glasses. It features a lenticular lens and real-time eye-tracking. The monitor works by projecting different images to each eye. Its 3D resolution is 1920x2160, but it can be switched to a 2D mode with 3840x2160 resolution. The 3D experience is limited to one user at a time. It is viewable from a 23.6 to 39.4-inch distance.