Mad News #77 ✍️ The Ticker Is Mad Lads
How to claim your Mad Lads $SIDE token allocation, check Saga for airdrops, introducing the Lads new community moderator, the upcoming Wormhole AMA, immortalizing Hard Rock Nick. Fock it.
Welcome to the Mad News! 📰
How to claim your Mad Lads $SIDE token allocation, check Saga for airdrops, introducing the Lads new community moderator, the upcoming Wormhole AMA, immortalizing Hard Rock Nick, listing an AI token on Backpack Exchange, Solana Verifiable Builds command line tool and as always - much, much more. Fock it.
Side Protocol allocates tokens for Lads holders ⏲️ [TIME LIMIT!]
Registrations for Mad Lads holders to claim Side Protocol's $SIDE token open tomorrow at 10AM UTC.
Just 400 registrations will be accepted and 2,500 $SIDE is claimable per wallet address.
Check eligibility here. Once registration goes live, complete process on same page.
Mad Lads is the only Solana collection included in the pool 😎
Breaking News 🚨 New Mad Lads Community Mod
Uncanny, longtime friend of the Mad News, is officially a community moderator in the Lads universe.
Uncanny’s appointment comes alongside a renewed focus on consolidating Mad Lads communications in Discord.
Robinson Burkey, CEO of Wormhole, joins The Stage for an AMA this Thursday at 5PM UTC.
The second Mad Lads Town Hall is scheduled for the first week of December (tentatively the 2nd or 5th).
Swag surfin' LOTWs 🏄♀️
A majority of former LOTWs have already received their swag-laden care packages with more on the way.
If you are a former LOTW and have not been contacted, please reach out to Benzel Blogs (TSBDIGITAL).
AI enhanced Lads sweeping the timeline 🤖
Mad News has long and oft praised the creative talents of the Lads community and the
Mad Memes hall of fame is stuffed with hundreds of fan art pieces.
A large percentage of Mad fan artists utilize various AI tools to enable or enhance their creations.
New Community Mod Uncanny is the creative force behind many of the animations you have seen lately.
RIP to a real one 🙏
Some would say that crypto's favorite hype man, Hard Rock Nick, caused the 2021 bull run.
The news of his untimely demise swept through CT to dismay of even the most cold hearted degen.
Nick's NFT and memecoin videos become stuff of lore over the last several years and there was a stretch of time where he dominated the timeline.
RIP in peace, Nick.
The First Landing is # OnlyPossibleOnBackpack🐕
LAIKA is incentivizing users to bridge assets to the protocol with 5 billion $LAIKA pool as the prize.
Simply bridge $500 or more worth of ETH from Ethereum to Eclipse using the official dApp.
Backpack Wallet is the recommended wallet for Eclipse ecosystem. It provides the best user experience and is required to participate in The First Landing campaign.
ACT your age! 🪙
Backpack Exchange listed another AI-driven memecoin, ACTICOMMUNITY, which was born on the pump.fun launchpad.
Trade $ACT on Backpack Exchange today.
$ACT stands for AI Community Token and its story is one of resilience, unity, and growth, bridging the Crypto communities.
The $ACT project started with the ambition of creating a decentralized community focused on the advancement of AI research, education, and collaboration.
SOL (and many other tokens) trading at All Time High 💹
SOL recently smashed through the previous record to a new high of $264.50 on November 22nd, 2024.
Memecoins have played no small part in Solana's rise to 4th most popular blockchain network behind Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether.
pump.fun launches 31.5 tokens per minute
pump.fun's revenue is over $200 million (as of November 22nd)
Time will tell however many analysts agree that there is still room to run and the bull market is just getting started.
Verifiable Builds adds transparency to TXs 🔎
Solana Verifiable Builds prove that onchain programs match their source code.
A command line tool to build and verify Solana programs.
Users can ensure that the hash of the on-chain program matches the hash of the program of the given codebase.
The verification process compares the hash of the onchain program with the hash of the locally built program.
Watch Jonas's developer tutorial "How to Verify Your Solana Programs" on YouTube.
Solana's Saga cell phones were made for memecoins 📱
We have covered airdrops to Saga Genesis token holders numerous times since the crypto native cell phone release surprised and delighted the blockchain community.
That trend has continued consistently since then and the bull market brings new opportunities in droves.
Real Grumpy Cat dropped their @grumpycatcoin token to holders in a move reminiscent of the $BONK distribution.
Merry Bonkmas is so last year, Burnmas is the new kid on the block 🎄
Last year, $BONK was distributed far and wide to worthy patrons during the holiday season.
This year BONK on a mission to burn 1,000,000,000,000 $BONK before the end of Christmas.
There are several ways to contribute to the burn including a simple hashtag on X that burns 1,000 BONK each time it is used: #LetsBONK
IRL blockchain use kicks into overdrive
Real world crypto touchpoints are also flourishing during this uptick in the markets.
Decentralized rideshare platform Teleport is experiencing noticeable boom in the United States.
Helium continues to gain market share and change how we view the mobile industry.
Hivemapper is preparing to launch their latest and greatest DePIN GPS device in December, the Bee.
All of these projects are #OnlyPossibleOnSolana and provide rare real life product market fit.
SOLanimation Fest was a rousing success
The first SOLAnimation Fest 2024 came to a close after a week of exploring the craft.
In addition to stacked panels with respected designers, many community members who participated throughout the week scored some killer prizes.
PODCAST CORNER 🎙️
1⃣ (THROWBACK) The GM Show
Ep. 34 Getting Mad with Armani Ferrante of Mad Lads
Armani Ferrante (armaniferrante) from the Mad Lads is here to share all the inspiration he got from his past experiences and how he links them to his innovations.
Also, don’t miss the ‘Founder to Founder’ session which Armani and 9gagceo exchange their thoughts on different web3 products!
2⃣ The Politics of Bits
How Big Is Crypto's Illicit Finance Problem? w/ ARedbord
In this episode, amiravalliani chats with Ari Redbord (Global Head of Policy at TRM Labs) about the role of blockchain intelligence and the challenges of illicit finance within the crypto ecosystem.
Ari highlights the low percentage of actual illicit activity in crypto, compared to traditional finance, and stresses the importance of mitigating risks despite the small percentage.
3⃣ The Index Podcast
Beyond Bitcoin: Building Wealth and the Future of Crypto with Jackie Bona, CEO of Valora
What does it take to make financial tools truly accessible worldwide? jackie_bona, CEO of Valora, joins The Index to share her inspiring journey from aspiring UN diplomat to a leader in the crypto space.
In this episode, Jackie reveals how her Filipino-American heritage and time at Google shaped her mission to drive global impact through crypto.
4⃣ Lightspeed
Solana's Total Economic Value Keeps Reaching New Highs | Dan Smith
This week, we're joined by Dan Smith from Blockworks Research. We discuss what's happening on Solana as total economic value keeps reaching new highs.
We deep dive into Solana's inflation, staking SOL, Solana's transition to a top three asset within crypto & comparing the 2021 cycle to today.
Follow Dan: smyyguyFollow Jack: whosknave
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Follow Lightspeed: Lightspeedpodhq
What Can We Learn From Sui's Outage? | Weekly Roundup
This week, we're back with another roundup.
We deep dive into Sui's reported outage, how L1's can compete with each other, does Solana have a moat or not & much more.
5⃣ PBD Podcast
MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor: Bitcoin To $13M? | PBDPodcast
Michael Saylor is a prominent American entrepreneur and executive known for his role as the co-founder and executive chairman of MicroStrategy, a publicly traded business intelligence company.
Saylor gained widespread recognition in the cryptocurrency world for his company's significant investments in Bitcoin. As of November 10, 2024, MicroStrategy holds approximately 279,420 bitcoins, acquired at a total cost of around $11.9 billion, averaging $42,692 per bitcoin.
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