The Memes are 4 years old today
1/ every week, we support public domain art, science, and the infrastructure buildout of a decentralized network state
2/ now 4th in market cap after punks, bayc, pengus
3/ delusionally, irrationally, unreasonably ambitious goals
4/ it is not too late to get involved; in fact, we are just getting started
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As NFT’s spring back to life, don’t forget the most important and ambitious collection of our times.
It’s importance for the space at large cannot be underestimated.
Join the revolution ✊
Ethereum is for shipping.
Here are 22 things the Ethereum ecosystem launched, upgraded, and announced over the past month.
0/ Ethereum hit a new all-time high of 72.8 Million monthly transactions, the highest in network history.
1/ @ethereumfndn, @chainlink, and @Nethermind launched a $1M audit subsidy program to help Ethereum builders access high-quality security reviews.
2/ South Korea’s largest crypto exchange, Upbit, announced plans for GIWA Chain, an Ethereum L2 built on @Optimism.
3/ @AragonProject introduced Permissions Audits to help protocols secure roles, multisigs, and admin systems.
4/ @fileverse shipped Comments v2, improving the collaboration experience, with privacy by default.
5/ The Ethereum Applications Guild (@EthAppsGuild) launched to support Ethereum-native apps and real-world adoption.
6/ Privacy went live on @Optimism with confidential computing support on OP Mainnet.
7/ @StarkWareLtd brought native proof verification to Starknet mainnet with Shinobi, enabling private trading flows and OTC settlement.
8/ @worldcoin launched World ID 4.0, expanding proof of human credentials across apps, enterprises, and AI agents.
9/ Applications on Ethereum hit ~$310B in user deposits.
10/ @l2beat released a new interactive interoperability map showing how value moves across Ethereum’s expanding ecosystem.
11/ @AlchemixFi launched V3, the latest version of its self-repaying, non-liquidating loan product, with higher capital efficiency and improved peg mechanics.
12/ @OfficialMoonDAO raised $172k + from 157 contributors to send the man who coined the “overview effect” to space.
13/ @ethereumfndn announced the Road to @EFDevcon 8 Academic Program, supporting regional research and academic events ahead of Devcon.
14/ Ethereum core contributors gathered in Svalbard for Soldøgn Interop, a week-long event focused on hardening Glamsterdam implementations to help scale Ethereum securely.
15/ @basepaint_xyz hit 1,000 straight days of onchain art creation, with 121M+ pixels painted and $1.5M + distributed to 4,000+ artists.
16/ New Ethereum community hubs launched in Hong Kong and Floripa, growing local coordination and ecosystem activity across Asia and Latin America.
17/ The EF’s ETH Rangers public goods security program wrapped after helping recover or freeze $5.8M, reporting 785+ vulnerabilities, and identifying ~100 North Korean IT workers targeting Web3 teams.
18/ @centrifuge launched a tokenized S&P 500 fund on @base, bringing 24/7 onchain index exposure to non-U.S. users.
19/ @0xcatalysis launched Covered Vaults on Ethereum, DeFi vaults with built-in onchain risk coverage backed by delegated capital.
20/ @Uniswap processed $3T in all-time volume on Ethereum mainnet.
21/ @RAILGUN_Project hit $5 billion of total all time private volume.
0/ Clear signing is now live.
An open standard to end blind signing, making human-readable transactions default.
This effort brings a major UX and Security upgrade to transaction signing on Ethereum.
NFTVal WEEKLY COLLECTION MOVES
A weekly read on notable collection moves across volume, floors, and market structure.
Editor's note:
Bored Ape Yacht Club led this cut at 1994 ETH of 7d volume. Bored Ape Yacht Club had the sharpest floor move in the group at +3.7% over 7d.
The useful read is not just who traded. It's which moves had floor follow-through.
Collection moves:
Bored Ape Yacht Club: 1994 ETH over 7d, floor 10.2 ETH (+3.7% 7d), volume -13.7% 7d
Pudgy Penguins: 1265 ETH over 7d, floor 5.48 ETH (-1.3% 7d), volume -1.7% 7d
CryptoPunks: 786 ETH over 7d, floor 27.4 ETH (0% 7d), volume -35.9% 7d
Mutant Ape Yacht Club: 773 ETH over 7d, floor 1.62 ETH (+1.2% 7d), volume -23.5% 7d
Lil Pudgys: 280 ETH over 7d, floor 0.56 ETH (+1% 7d), volume -23.6% 7d
Read:
Weekly volume can overstate demand when floor is flat or lower. Cleaner weeks have both sales and price confirmation.
Secure the knowledge, then secure the assets.
We are partnering with @MScDigital for their upcoming Mastering Web3 MOOC. We’ll be leading the curriculum on Wallet Security and Privacy, followed by a deep dive on Digital Ownership.
Master the fundamentals with the leaders in security.
ERC-8004 is going live on mainnet soon.
By enabling discovery and portable reputation, ERC-8004 allows AI agents to interact across organizations ensuring credibility travels everywhere.
This unlocks a global market where AI services can interoperate without gatekeepers.
To the Nifty Gateway community,
Thank you for your feedback on the recently announced closure of the platform. It is our goal to conduct the process of closing Nifty Gateway in a smooth and orderly way and that all of our customers are able to move their NFTs to their wallet of choice and have access to them in perpetuity.
Below is an update on the closure process:
✅ Our plan is to migrate the metadata and media hosting on Nifty Gateway to a permanent, decentralized solution on Arweave. There is a subset of NFTs created in 2021 or before with metadata that is permanently linked to Nifty Gateway’s servers. For these NFTs, we will continue to host this metadata in perpetuity.
✅ We are extending the deadline for moving assets to a 90 day window, with a deadline of April 23, 2026. After this date, if customers have not moved their assets off the platform we will continue to work with customers to make sure that they are able to move their NFTs to their wallet of choice.
✅ We are working on a bulk withdrawal tool for our customers who have multiple NFTs on our platform and will be rolling it out shortly with plenty of time to use the tool before the April 23 deadline.
We continue to be grateful to the Nifty community for joining us on this journey. 🩵
Let the word go out: *Sign in w/ Ethereum* is BACK
last week we got its EIP 4361 finalized ✅
today we're launching new website, docs, & x @signinethereum 👈
We'll maintain it going forward & are actively working for new integrations in major wallets & apps 👀
links 👇