5 Alpha Tweets - ETH Testnet Merge Success, Chainlink Staking & More

Edition 23

Welcome to the alpha please newsletter. I curate five alpha tweets every Friday; that’s it, that’s the newsletter.

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1. The Ropsten Testnet Merge

The ETH Merge inches closer. I know, I know, we have been talking about the ETH merge for a very long time, but another major milestone was reached this week. The Ropsten Merge was a success and Danny put together a quick tweet storm to tell us what exactly happened.

dannyryan 🧱🔥 @dannyryan

Ropsten Merge was a MAJOR success If this were mainnet, I’d be jumping for joy 🎉Congratulations to everyone involved🎉 Quick discussion and contextualization of issues seen during the transition below (thanks @parithosh_j for the details) 1/3

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2. Chainlink staking roadmap

DeFi Drew breaks down the most recent announcement from Chainlink. This is the first time we have seen a roadmap from the Chainlink team.

DeFi Drew @DefiDrew

Chainlink today released more information on $LINK Staking, including a roadmap and details on yield %s for the community 👀 Heres my initial thoughts on this huge revelation, there's a ton of exciting details in this blog post 1/n blog.chain.link/chainlink-stak…

blog.chain.linkChainlink Staking: Goals, Roadmap, and Initial ImplementationChainlink staking marks the start of Chainlink Economics 2.0, a new era for the long-term security and sustainability of oracle networks.

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3. The Lummis-Gillibrand Crypto Bill

The proposed bill introduced by two American senators, Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand, aims to regulate digital assets in the U.S. The bill is aiming to segregate digital assets into commodities and securities. Namcios has written a great digest of the salient points.

Namcios @namcios

1/ Senator Cynthia Lummis @CynthiaMLummis has officially released her landmark bill covering #Bitcoin and digital assets. Here are the major points in the bipartisan bill introduced with Senator Gillibrand @SenGillibrand. A thread 🧵…

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4. Hunting airdrops

It pays to be a web3 user. Here is a handy list of protocols to test out and you might just get a retroactive airdrop.

Ash @ahboyash

1/ Bear market = more time to hunt for airdrops 👀 Compiling a list of projects that I am actively interacting with to try and get a retroactive airdrop. * Protocols mentioned are only based on my speculation and not confirmed by the team

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5. stETH / ETH thoughts

Many have been watching the stETH / ETH peg and wondering what are the ramifications should the peg deviate significantly. Small Cap Scientist has been researching the situation. It’s worth reading lots of the discussion in the comments as well.

Small Cap Scientist 👨‍🔬🧪🥼 @SmallCapScience

Researching several topics today for our new episode of @MarketCapping and one is sticking out to me as a major concern. $stETH / $ETH peg is in rough shape and running out of liquidity fast. Compiling my thoughts to get more eyes on this... 🧵

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@alpha_pls tweet of the week

We all make mistakes in crypto, but reflecting on them and internalising those lessons is what makes the biggest difference. Here are a few of mine:

Aylo @alpha_pls

I feel like sharing my mistakes from this past bull run. 9 mistakes and what I learned 🧵

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And that’s your alpha.

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Not financial or tax advice. This newsletter is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Do your own research.

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