zkSync Era Launch, Square Enix <> Polygon & Flashbots MEV-Share

Web3 Daily 23/2/16

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NEWS📰

• zkSync launches Era zkEVM on mainnet

  • Registered projects can deploy

  • Fully open-source

• Square Enix is building a game on Polygon

• Flashbots introduces MEV-Share

  • Programmable private orderflow to share MEV with users

  • Users can also profit from MEV in addition to block builders and validators

  • Introduces a new entity called a matchmaker to include private user transactions into MEV bundles

• Blur founder advises NFT projects to block OpenSea

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READS📚

• Binance Research Shanghai upgrade analysis

  • 57% of ETH stakers have been able to access liquidity

  • Majority of ETH stakers are underwater and have little financial incentive to sell

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METRICS📊

• BLUR airdrop dashboard by Panda Jackson

  • 68% of airdrop already sold

  • ETH in the Blur bid pool up since airdrop

    

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