Blockchain At UCSB

We are a student organization dedicated to educating the local Santa Barbara community. We host meetups, panels and lectures at UCSB

[pysel @pysellll]

A quick reminder that your BTC and ETH is quantum-secure today.

Just create a new wallet and send all your funds to that wallet. Until you spend form it, you are quantum-secure.

How ⚛️👇⚛️

[pysel @pysellll]

Stablecoin yield debate is probably one of the most interesting aspects of the CLARITY act.

In short, there are two camps:

1. Banks. Their whole business model is spread between deposit yields and lending rates on loans they give out.

2. Issuers/exchanges. While issuers cannot directly pay treasury yield to stablecoin holders, exchanges found a way to do it in a form of rewards. These obviously pay higher than typical bank deposits.

Banks argue that stablecoin yield can lead to outflow of capital from traditional deposits, which can disrupt credit markets.

Issuers/exchanges argue that banks just don’t want to compete.

Which side are you on?

[pysel @pysellll]

On May 14th, The Senate Banking Committee approved the CLARITY Act in a 15-9 markup vote, which sent the bill to the full Senate.

Right now, there is a 55% chance that CLARITY gets signed into law by EOY.

Track it here: https://t.co/wREz09cEEC.

[Blockchain At UCSB @BlockchainUCSB]

🐂 ish

[pysel @pysellll]

This week at @BlockchainUCSB, we talked about the recent moves of CLARITY Act in the Senate Banking Committee.

I've been postponing my understanding of this upcoming bill, but I found it to be an extremely interesting piece of legislation.

More on it below 🧵

[pysel @pysellll]

Got to present on Bitcoin Covenants at @ucsantabarbara's Foundations for Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies course, taught by Prof. @dahlia_malkhi.

Below: what they are, what they unlock, and the full presentation.

🧵

[Blockchain At UCSB @BlockchainUCSB]

Today at Crypto Weekly we are talking about prediction markets.

Where: UCSB Library Rm. 2330
When: 6PM

Gauchos, stop by!

[Blockchain At UCSB @BlockchainUCSB]

@jconnorholliman @baseapp gm

[Blockchain At UCSB @BlockchainUCSB]

Thanks @jconnorholliman !

[pysel @pysellll]

Check out who stopped by our weekly meeting at @BlockchainUCSB!

@jconnorholliman shared some awesome insights about the crypto job market, showed us what @base app looks like today, and gave some incredible advice on crafting your Web 3 resume for success.

Til’ next time!

[Connor Holliman @jconnorholliman]

Let me try something

We’re hiring at @base

[Dahlia Malkhi @dahlia_malkhi]

Read our 🗞️ : https://t.co/AeNdKkG4UC

with Rithwik Kerur, @PasinduTennage , @Daeinar , @alberto_sonnino , @zablotchi

@ucsbcs

[Dahlia Malkhi @dahlia_malkhi]

🗞️ https://t.co/xqs7lXOfPL

Rafture establishes new foundations that focus on post-dissemination optimization and addresses both theory and practice.

w/ Rithwik Kerur, Divyakant Agrawal, @mk_reiter

@UCSBengineering

[Dahlia Malkhi @dahlia_malkhi]

Coinbase Establishes Independent Advisory Board on Quantum Computing and Blockchain https://t.co/M9QtL1LD4e

[Blockchain At UCSB @BlockchainUCSB]

We are happy to host the @buidlguidl developer workshop as our first event this Fall!

Been wanting to get into blockchain development but didn’t know where to start? Well, wait no more…

☀️October 16th, 5:30 PM PST☀️

Details & Register: https://t.co/FwXxiZmjzj

[Blockchain Capital @bcap]

Such a pleasure to have you with us @pysellll! We’re proud to create a high-agency environment where ambitious scholars get a real seat at the table.

Summer 2026 apps open until Oct 31 ↓

🔗https://t.co/EYMErBmy46

[Blockchain At UCSB @BlockchainUCSB]

I’d apply!

[pysel @pysellll]

Now that the Summer semester at UCSB is coming to an end, I wanted to share some interesting details about my experience of working as an Engineering Research Scholar at @bcap over this summer.

If you are a university student who wants to break into the crypto industry, this thread is for you.

🧵

[nader dabit @dabit3]

We've spent the past year working directly with students and universities.

The mission is to onboard net new builders and young people into crypto.

Some highlights:
➝ Hosted the largest student hackathon in crypto history (50+ top universities, $100K+ prizes)
➝ Participation from 70 universities during our summer tour with @ethereumfndn
➝ 1M+ impressions generated from student-created content
➝ 3 direct hires as interns at @eigenlabs
➝ Student conference tour @Stanford @YaleBlockchain, @CUBlockchain, @0xBlockchainSC, @BlockchainUCSB, @hublockchai
➝ Hundreds of students now active in our Telegram community

Dozens of these students have since landed jobs at top companies and founded YC backed startups.

Plus a lot more.

Here's what we've been doing:

[Blockchain At UCSB @BlockchainUCSB]

RT @Cameron_Dennis_: My fork that moment happened in 2018 when Cambridge Analytica exploited Facebook users to tear America apart. Watching…

[pysel @pysellll]

When Alpenglow is implemented, how will it affect revenues of protocols relying on MEV?

Lower time to optimistic confirmation -> less time for MEV opportunities to accumulate -> less MEV revenues.

And we are talking ~3.5x in time to confirmation reduction.

@solana @jito_sol

[EigenCloud @eigencloud]

The evolution is here. The age of verifiable apps has begun.

Introducing EigenCloud, a platform for verifiable apps, services, and AI, built on EigenLayer, secured by the EIGEN token. ☁️

Crypto has spent a decade building trustless infrastructure.

Now it's time to build on it.

[Blockchain At UCSB @BlockchainUCSB]

I tried @Polaris_App, your turn!

[Roman @akhtariev]

I had the pleasure of attending the FBC '25 Summit at UC Santa Barbara this weekend.

The conference provided insights into cutting-edge financial engineering topics, including the latest research around MEV, payment systems, as well as the current regulatory landscape within the industry.

During the event, I presented on our learnings building @osmosiszone and @Polaris_App.

I would like to thank @UniswapFND , @BlockchainUCSB , @dahlia_malkhi, @pysellll for hosting this event.

Stay tuned for recordings!