Mad News #65 🐕 It's Spelled 'Haliey'
Mad Lads latest honorary 1/1 NFT, details about the dVIN airdrop for Lads, the first community wedding, the Backpack x Monad event in Tokyo, introducing a new Wallet booster on edgeX. Fock it.
Welcome to the Mad News! 📰
Mad Lads latest honorary 1/1 NFT, details about the dVIN airdrop for Lads, the first community wedding, the Backpack x Monad event in Tokyo, introducing a new Wallet booster on edgeX, exploring Solana's biggest crypto-native social network, preparing to dissolve the Solana Foundation, and a look at PayPal's PYUSD on Solana flipping Ethereum. Fock it.
Welch, there it is 🐕
TikTok introduced the world to Haliey Welch a.k.a. 'the hawk tuah girl'.
The Tennessean quickly capitalized on her fifteen minutes of fame and hit the podcast circuit to establish herself as America's girl next door.
Most recently HalieyWelchX aligned with web3 and swapped her PFP to a 1/1 honorary Mad Lads NFT along with committing to speaking engagements at both Korean Blockchain Week and Solana Breakpoint.
Much more than just the clip that made her famous, Haliey's intentions are clear and the goal is to use her attention to bring eyeballs to the plight of doggos across the world.
Make sure to give the newest honorary Mad Lad a follow and support Paws Across America.
Poppin' bottles like a G6...drv5t9FbTVtXkcsmLxDNFupaMbHX1BV31P8f3BuqLh 🍾
Mad Lads holders will be treated to a customized bottle of wine (digital) that features their own image and 2,000$VIN, they will be distributed via airdrop.
The dVINLabs snapshot and allocation is based on the # of Mad Lads held meaning you will get multiple bottle NFTs for holding multiple Lads.
We have already begun forging our long term plans with the Lads — many of whom are Club dVIN members, bullish on $VIN, and have already jumped in as seed investors.
To kick off this epic alliance, dVIN presents MAD DROP — your bespoke Lad PFPs on bottles of rare, grower Champagne — each embedded with 2,000 $VIN.
Starting in October, holders can request that dVIN begin shipping physical bottles of champagne to your home (at no cost).
If interested, turn your notifications on and keep an eye out for the claim opportunity.
dVIN is on a mission to disrupt the traditional wine industry and cut out the middle man organizations who are responsible for the high bottle costs.
I now pronounce you LASSIE AND LAD OF THE WEEK 💍
Two of Mad Lads most ardent supporters became ONE this weekend after minting their new marriage.
Wendy and Cuong are our LASSIE AND LAD OF THE WEEK!
Although the couple is probably not web3's first marriage, it certainly ranks as the inaugural Mad Lads wedding.
The newlyweds quite literally met because of JPEGs on the internet.
They even extended invites to members of Lads Avenue (and many attended!)
Join me in wishing the newly hitched bride (wendeficrypto) and groom on a lifetime of cherished memories.
Congrats to our LOTWs!
A meeting of minds in Tokyo 🎒
Backpack and monad_xyz came together in Tokyo for a night of merch, music, munchies and memories.
armaniferrante and monkdoesnt joined the Monad team on a panel to explore what they're building and the the greater blockchain ecosystem.
.This night with Monad marked the beginning of a brand new merch era: Backpack's backpack.
If you aren't familiar with Monad, check out the Learn article here.
Standout community made content rises to the top 📊
Mad Lads and Backpack have woven community content into lore since the very beginning (remember the blue ball days?)
Filmographer and LOTW SolanaCoach found his web3 directorial debut lighting up the Backpack feed.
The Backpack header image was created by a Lads holder during a Discord art contest.
Thkh_3 does it for the love of the game has been developing the MAD Agency storyline, a collection of community characters which have their own unique personalities and skills.
View all 23 installments here.
38KdotSOL releases pieces on a near-daily basis and has become a mainstay on Mad X.
A random photo of Chloe and Steve Aoki 🧬
Mad Lads merch is unbeaten, that's the Tweet.
Backpack Wallet is living on the edgeX 💻
Add it to the list, edgeX_exchange offers Backpack users a special bonus just for using the Wallet.
edgeX is a decentralized crypto exchange which enables users to embed their technology in DeFi products:
trading
liquidity
lending
insurance
leverage
UI/UX
wallets
edgeX signifies a transformative shift in the DeFi landscape through its high-performance modular design, fostering a scalable and user-friendly financial system.
By offering a comprehensive range of plug-and-play modules, users can effortlessly customize and build financial products with minimal coding experience.
(NEW!) @edgeX_exchange (10% edgeX points booster)
@PythNetwork (3,000 $PYTH with extra 1,000 $PYTH if holder KYC'd on Backpack Exchange)
@PythNetwork (1/1 Pythia Mad Lads NFT)
@dymension (706 $DYM per Lad)
@PikeFinance (500K $PIU allocation)
@ZetaMarkets (800,000 $ZEX allocation)
@tensor_hq (1/1 Tensorian via raffle on Backpack Exchange)
@DeFi_Land (Mad Lad #5351, 7x DeFi Land NFTs)
@MatricaLabs (Blocks NFT whitelist, a Bitcoin project)
@yesyescoin (5% of $YES supply allocation)
@dVINLabs ($VIN allocation TBD, dVIN Labs NFT)
@bluefinapp (TBD)
@infinex_app (20,000,000 allocation)
@tryscales ($SCALES allocation)
@AethirCloud ($ATH allocation)
@FOCK_coin (12,600,000 $FOCK per Lad)
@_portals_ (TBD)
@zero1_labs ($DEAI allocation)
@solarchons (NFT allocation)
@Kyupad_xyz (NFT allocation)
@TheVorld_ / ASTROKIDZ (NFT allocation)
GRAY (225 $GRAY per Lad)
WAO, ARMANI SEXY LASS (~8,250,000 $WAOSY per Lad)
NOBLE (20 $NOBLE per Lad)
DRAKO (~4,500,00 $DRAKO per Lad)
DSCVR a new world with Backpack Wallet 📱
DSCVR1 (pronounced as 'discover' is the Reddit of crypto with decentralization and community managed development.
With over 70k daily active users they are one of the largest concentrations of web3 users.
Platforms like Reddit survive on selling customer data to the highest bidders and catering their user experience to advertisers.
Their Canvas framework enables devs and non-devs alike to integrate custom apps into their DSCVR social feeds.
In a word: distribution.
What is answer to Life, the Universe and Everything? 📢
Breakpoint plays host to a new debate format this year called "parliamentary motions' which will tackle the hard questions about the future of Solana.
.The speakers will challenge our built in predispositions and may make us reconsider positions that we 'know' to be true.
What to do if you can't attend Breakpoint ⌨️
The future of Solana might be built while everyone else is enjoying themselves at solanaconf in Singapore - and it could be you.
Solana hackathons are built fresh faced individuals (who may or may not have coding experience) or gristled veteran teams who have trauma bonded during several bear markets.
If you need help finding a team then head to Colosseum's Job and Idea board.
Calling all Mad Content creators 🖼️
As noted above, Mad Lads and Backpack have some of the most prolific creators of any blockchain brand Superteam and their SuperteamEarn gig platform embraced content creators on a major scale and are now placing a spotlight on the experts.
The Solana Creators Directory is a community-sourced list of people who deeply understand Solana tech, culture, and memes.
Now is your opportunity to officially join the ranks in the Creators Directory, a place to showcase your work and become visible to those seeking expertise.
PayPal is doing numbers on Solana 💳
PayPal, the payments company which put Elon Musk on the map twenty years ago, announced their intentions to launch a stablecoin in August, 2023.
Fast forward to May, 2024 and they released PYUSD on the Solana blockchain (in addition to the existing PYUSD on Ethereum).
In just a few months Solana-based PYUSD has performed significantly stronger than on Ethereum and approximately 64% of all PYUSD is held on Solana.
Several factors contributed to Solana being chosen for the PYUSD expansion, including its proven cost-effectiveness and high throughput.
PYUSD is enabled by Solana token extensions, bringing familiar fintech features to stablecoin payments.
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Justin shares Zeus' security model and other technical details about how Zeus manages transactions.
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Additionally, they unpack the internal debate heating up within the Ethereum Community. Finally, they talk about how they view narratives, and what Solana’s next narrative might be. Enjoy!
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