Mad News #75 💡 Lads Discord Is Alpha
Lads Discord is a hub of information and events, introducing the new Mad Community Manager, Moon Coin airdrop for holders, EnsoFi points booster for Backpack Wallet users and much more. Fock it.
Welcome to the Mad News! 📰
Lads Discord is a hub of information and events, introducing the new Mad Community Manager, Moon Coin airdrop for holders, EnsoFi points booster for Backpack Wallet users, crypto prediction markets remain unbeaten, BTC on Solana and much more. Fock it.
Lads prospering on Discord 🎰
Lad's Poker Night, the Mad Moonwalk Event and Town Hall Vol. 1 were all announced exclusively in the Mad Lads Discord this week.
Turn noti's on so you don't miss out on everything going on in the Lad's universe.
LAD OF THE WEEK: MAD Vincent 🎒
Our LOTW is a familiar face for any Lad that hasn't been living under a rock for the last two years, congratulations to Mad Vincent!
This is Vincent's second LOTW nomination and comes on the heels of a monumentous occasion for the Lads ultimate hype man.
571 days of bullposting and meme creation placed Vincent in the role of Mad Lads Community Manager.
He was one of the first creators to adopt a Mad persona and leverage his Lad as the driving force of personal branding.
It's not all shitposts and degen mode for Vincent.
His vision for the future of Lads and Backpack helps shape the narrative of community culture.
Consistency is key and Vincent sits firmly on top of the game.
Congratz, Mad Vincent!
Mad Lads eligible to claim Moon Coin airdrop 🌑
Mooncoin launched shortly after the Eclipse mainnet went live and Mad Lads holders were able to claim a healthy allocation of $MOON.
1 LADS = 1.189M $MOON
The process is simple with Backpack Wallet, make sure to add the Eclipse network (and bridge some ETH for gas fees) to your account before attempting the claim.
Navigate to the Explore menu and select the Mooncoin Claim for a secure link.
Browser extension pictured here. Mobile Explore menu looks like a 🪐and is also located at the bottom right hand side.
Blockchain interoperability is the past, present and future 🗓️
The first SVM 🤝 EVM compatible L2 finally hit mainnet and the Eclipse ecosystem of builders is firing on all cylinders.
Discover and access the most popular applications using the Backpack Wallet.
Nearly twenty Eclipse applications are listed in the Backpack Wallet with even more that have yet to be added.
The new L2 has depth of utility on day one that many protocols struggle to reach in their entire lifecycle.
Along with mainnet support, Backpack Wallet also integrated Eclipse NFTs and tokens like After School Club, Laika, Scope and Blobscriptions.
Discover more about Eclipse and how it works on Backpack Learn.
Crypto prediction markets correctly called the 2024 U.S. Presidential election 🗳️
Not for the first time, crypto prediction markets accurately forecasted who America's next president would be.
Crypto platforms like Backpack and Polymarket along with American based Kalshi all reflected a steady increase in public support for Donald Trump during the days leading up to the election.
Non-crypto natives will remember this phenomenon in the 2028 election cycle and prediction markets are sure to increase in normie popularity before then.
Security is built brick by brick 🧱
Keystone Wallet is back in the headlines with their newly released USB powered transaction signing.
#OnlyPossibleOnBackpack, the hardware wallet provides yet another method for locking down your crypto assets.
Keystone has streamlined support for Cosmos and Monero as well as Bitcoin Ordinals and BRC20s.
EnsoFi offers 5% booster to Backpack wallet 🪙
Ensofi is a P2P lending platform that enables users to lend and borrow crypto across blockchains.
It's All Time High season 📈
Common knowledge states that when BTC moons, the rest of the crypto market is not far behind.
This theory looks to remain undefeated as BTC surpassed it's all time high (~$80k at the time of writing) and nearly every other Top 100 token saw significant market cap gains.
SOL is well on it's way to smashing through the previous ATH ceiling ($259 USD on November 5th, 2021) and market sentiment is reaching a fever pitch.
Memecoins play no small part in the success of Solana and have entered uncharted moon territory.
Monthly Solana Ecosystem Call celebrates wins and amplifies s-tier builders ☎️
Solana Ecosystem Calls by Superteam stood tall during the depths of blockchain winter FUD and continued to focus on what matters the most: fearless building.
The monthly occurrences bring together tens of thousands of community members and provide an opportunity to zoom out on the status of Solana.
Although X Articles treats embedded Broadcasts like they're second class citizens (yo Elon Musk can we get some engineering hours?), simply click on the post below to watch the November edition.
BTC makes it's way to Solana 🛡️
CEX powerhouse Coinbase issued cbBTC as an SPL (Solana Program Library) token which is backed 1:1 by Bitcoin held by their treasury.
cbBTC is intended to be used for liquidity and lending collateral in Solana DeFi applications.
On Backpack,$cbBTC will maintain 1:1 fungibility with$BTC, enabling seamless deposits and withdrawals between the Bitcoin and Solana networks.
The first wave of cbBTC supporters includes:
Podcast Corner 🎙️
Solana Changelog
November 6th, 2024
Commits:
-CHANGELOG: Add entry for breaking change to curve22519-dalek crate
-quic: don't create one task for each tx, create one per connection
-sdk: Extract borsh helpers into solana-borsh
Resources:
-React app example using web3js v2
Lightspeed
What's Next For Solana | Anatoly Yakovenko
This week, we're joined by Anatoly Yakovenko Co-Founder of Solana Labs.
We deep dive into Solana transaction fee's, how to remain competitive within crypto, SOL inflation, competing with Apple & Google, does Solana have a moat & so much more.
Solfate Podcast
Web3 Artist to Community Leader w/ Bekka from Superteam Germany
In this conversation, Bekka (DrRebekkaRevel) shares her journey from Canada to Germany, detailing her experiences in the art world and her transition into the Web3 space.
She discusses the founding of Superteam Germany, its mission to support the Solana ecosystem, and the importance of community dynamics. The conversation also touches on the unique regional focuses of different Superteams and Bekka's personal challenges and triumphs in the NFT space.
Thinking Crypto
Scaling Dogecoin to Compete with Ethereum and Solana!
Carter Feldman (cmpeq), founder and CEO of QED Protocol, joined me to discuss scaling Dogecoin and Bitcoin.
Topics:- QED Protocol scaling solution for Bitcoin and Dogecoin
- Dogecoin community and impact
- Memecoin adoption
- Zero-knowledge proof verification technology
- Raising $6 Million from Blockchain Capital