A biweekly update on the Proof-of-Stake ecosystem, 20th September — 3rd October TL;DR Vitalik’s ‘Proof of Stake’ book released Polkadot Roadmap Roundup is out Congratulations to OAK network on winning Polkadot’s 28th parachain auction Native USDC is coming to the Interchain in January 2023, leveraging Cosmos hub’s Interchain Security Boba launches…

Biweekly report on decentralized autonomous organizations vol.34, 16th September — 30th September TL;DR CFTC filed a complaint against Ooki DAO, alleging that it has been illegally running a futures exchange. Furthermore, CFTC penalizes Blockchain Protocol Cosmos network introduced a 27-page whitepaper that outlines a number of improvements to the network Aragon…

Here is a quick overview of what we’ve been listening to thismonth! ‘What’s Next?’ with Vitalik Buterin on Bankless. This is a two-part episode. Part one is all about what’s next for Ethereum. And part two covers more of the social/philosophical realm of holistically, what is Ethereum. …

Neuroscience biweekly vol. 67, 14th September — 28th September TL;DR Dog owners whose pets meet during a walk are familiar with the immediate sniffing investigation that typically ensues. Initially, the owners cannot tell whether their dogs will wind up fighting, playing, or trying to mount each other. Something is clearly happening…

Space biweekly vol.61, 14th September — 28th September TL;DR An international team of researchers with NASA’s InSight mission located four new craters created by impacts on the surface of Mars. Using data from a seismometer and visuals acquired from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the team successfully calculated and confirmed the impact…

Quantum news biweekly vol.36, 13th September — 27th September TL;DR Quantum researchers have demonstrated a method for encoding vastly more information into a single photon, opening the door to even faster and more powerful quantum communication tools. A new study describes how machine learning tools, run on classical computers, can be…

Biweekly update on the Ethereum DeFi ecosystem vol.61, 13th September — 27th September TL;DR $28B in DeFi this week, currently at ~ $27.58B, with Maker dominance 26.01%. Strengthening the foundations for growth: The mStableDAO completes its restructuring process to strengthen the foundation for exponential growth with mStable V2. Token Emission and…

Biometrics biweekly vol. 48, 12th September — 26th September TL;DR Apple has applied for a U.S. …

Energy & green technology biweekly vol.33, 9th September — 23d September TL;DR A team of researchers has discovered a way to convert 100% of carbon dioxide captured from industrial exhaust into ethylene, a key building block for plastic products. Scientists have gotten bacteria to spontaneously take up fluorescent carbon nanotubes for…