GM Digest #295 — Sunday Reads Infra/AI/GameFi/Solana
Gm with Valuable Alphas / Insights — Make Sure to DYOR. All of This is Not Financial Advice. Ape at Your Own Peril
Espresso x AggLayer
• @EspressoSys x @0xPolygon Labs working to solve the biggest challenge facing Ethereum rollups and L2, Interoperability
• L2s launched without the necessary coordination layer to ensure that they could seamlessly interoperate with each other
• The AggLayer supports faster, more secure bridging and near-synchronous composability between rollups while Espresso works as a coordination layer, providing a marketplace where sequencers can purchase the right to coordinate transaction ordering for multiple rollups at once
• These sequencers can coordinate synchronous message passing between AggLayer-compatible rollups, while the AggLayer enforces the atomicity of these cross-chain transactions
Sharpe Perp DEX
• @SharpeLabs' Perp DEX is live on Optimism, Arbitrum, Base, and Polygon. Powered by @OrderlyNetwork
• Key features include up to 50x cross-margin leverage, hybrid orderbook model, decentralized liquidations, MEV protection, transparent order books, and portfolio margining
• Additionally, they are running "Sharpe Season 1 Airdrop". Stack points by investing in Sharpe Earn strategies like Lido stETH, Rocketpool rETH, and Coinbase CBETH or by trading on the perp DEX
Infinex Governance Points
• @infinex_app users can create an Infinex Account and deposit USDC to earn Governance Points (GP), Starting May 13th at 00:00 UTC
• Over 30 days, stakers will earn 377M GP, a share of Patron NFTs, and priority access to future integrations
• GP is used for governance and holders also receive Patron NFTs. Deposits locked during the campaign, with early deposits earning more GP
Spellborne Season 1 Live
• @spellbornegame, a MMORPG monster hunting game (pokemon-like) Season 1 Early Access is now open for Apartment Owners (NFT)
• The Apartment FP has risen from 0.03 E to 0.30 from last year. Public access for the game will come later this month
Sanctum Rapid Growth on Solana
• @sanctumso, a unified LST liquidity layer on Solana has grown by 300% in TVL over 30d, netting over $600m in TVL
• The protocol allows people to deposit native SOL or any liquid staked SOL for Infinity (INF) token
• There’s currently a Sanctum Wonderland, a campaign where you can Collect Pets, earn EXPs to level up your Pets and come together as a community to solve the gigantic battles of Community Quests together. They’ve put a lot of thoughts into designing the community quests / quizzes to get the community engaged
Venice AI
• @ErikVoorhees announced VeniceAI (@TryVenice), private, permissionless AI for the purpose of unfettered civilizational advancemen
• Venice is similar to OpenAI without the shady shit — Venice doesn’t spy on you, Venice doesn’t censor your conversation, Venice doesn’t inject bias, safetyism, or political propaganda
• Full Read Here
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