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GM everyone. This is 2036, the newsletter that pays you.
Today is Favorite Friday, where we share with you some of the resources we most enjoyed this week.
So if you're looking for some sweet content to dig into this weekend, this is your list...
#1: A Beginner's Guide to Canto (Bankless)
We recently analyzed a bunch of 8-figure wallets on-chain (we'll share with you the full results next week, btw) and came to a surprising finding: a large number of them hold Canto, the native token of the Canto chain.
Canto's been buzzing in enough newsletters and on Crypto Twitter that it became worth digging deep.
It's an EVM-compatible blockchain with a DEX, lending, and stablecoin built-in. Its coin is up over 5X since the beginning of the year.
Bankless sent out a beginner's guide to Canto this week - and it's worth checking out:
#2: Balaji's New Podcast - The Network State ft. Vitalik Buterin
How could we even write a newsletter without mentioning Balaji.
Former CTO of Coinbase and general partner at a16z - a true technology OG. And now, blessed with the presence of our Lanky King - Vitalik!
Balaji launched a new pod this week, and Vitalik was his first guest. They're both individually brilliant minds.
They talk about Ethereum, how to build the country of the future, and how to level up in life.
It's 120% worth watching.
#3: Infinite Machine
If you love digging into wild stories, read Infinite Machine. It's the very messy story of Ethereum from its very early days.
The book reads like a crime novel. It will teach you more about Ethereum than 100 podcasts combined.
You can get it on Amazon right here.
#4: A cool new crypto tool
If you're not familiar with DeFi Lama - it's a way to see the Total Value Locked in DeFi protocols over time... like Canto 🔥
#5: And finally, a couple of Tweets we found interesting:
The rise of Canto:
canto new all time high for transactions!
119,012
— scott➕ (@scott_lew_is)
12:55 AM • Feb 4, 2023
A note on Ethereum withdrawals. We'll cover exactly what the hell this means in another newsletter.
If you hold $ETH, you should pay attention:
If ETH withdrawals were enabled today, ~1M ETH would be automatically withdrawn in 5 days.
This could be just the tip of the iceberg as 16.3M staked ETH would become free to move.
"ETH Withdrawals ELI5" thread you should read today:
— korpi (@korpi87)
1:02 PM • Jan 31, 2023
Bitcoin NFTs
I am irrationally bullish Bitcoin NFTs
- largest cryptocurrency in the world (2x ETH)
- native, L1, on-chain
- NFTs are a proven, hyper-growth product
- nothing else to do on Bitcoin
- trustless trades coming soonThis is going to be massive
— dotta (@dotta)
7:45 PM • Feb 3, 2023
We'll cover Bitcoin NFTs next week - the cool new kid on the block - and show you how to get in on the action.
In the meantime, stay awesome and have a great weekend. Paid tasks will resume Monday.
Alex.