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The Must Clank Show with Jack and Proxy

Welcome to the brand new Must Clank Show, your weekly update on the hottest tokens, wildest launches, and biggest moves in the Clanker ecosystem.

January 31, 2025

Spotlight Ep. 14: Clanker - Tokenizing The Creator Economy w/ Alex and Jack

Digitized Spotlight hosts Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (BlockTower Capital) interview Alex and Jack, who co-founded Clanker - an autonomous agent for deploying tokens. We also bring on the founders of ecosystem apps Clank.fun, a marketplace and launchpad for Clanker tokens, and Native, a digital city and social network powered by Clanker. We discuss trends in creator tokens, social behaviors on Farcaster and Base, where AI-human social interactions are heading, and more!

January 28, 2025

Introducing Bundler3

Morpho Labs has unveiled Bundler3, an open-source smart contract designed to allow externally-owned accounts (EOAs) to execute a sequence of arbitrary calls atomically. This includes actions that require approvals or callbacks.

January 23, 2025

Announcing the OBOL Token and Decentralized Operator Ecosystem

We’re excited to announce the introduction of the OBOL token and the formation of the world’s largest Decentralized Operator Ecosystem.

January 21, 2025

Into the Clanker-Verse

This memo will be a follow up on our previous Clanker post in November, exploring why Clanker’s ecosystem may have the strongest claim to Base proxy status.

January 17, 2025

Coinbase Launches Crypto-Backed Loans, Powered by Morpho

Today, Coinbase introduced its crypto-backed loans, powered by Morpho. This new, fully on-chain product allows millions of users to get a USDC loan directly through Coinbase’s main app. The integration combines Morpho’s efficient infrastructure with Coinbase's expertise in making crypto accessible globally.

January 16, 2025

Morpho: Institutional Grade Lending Infrastructure

Today, Coinbase announced the launch of crypto-backed loans, an on-chain integration allowing customers to borrow USDC using Bitcoin as collateral. Morpho is proud to see Coinbase integrate its platform into the app, and believes other fintech companies can benefit greatly from offering DeFi services to their users.

January 16, 2025

Trump-era policies may fuel tokenized real-world assets surge

As tokenized real-world assets surge amid TradFi’s pursuit of higher yields, a Centrifuge executive predicts new regulations under Trump and expanding DeFi options in 2025.

January 16, 2025

How to Make the United States the Crypto Capital of the World

Members of the crypto law bar lay out practical ways the new Trump administration can create the best environment for crypto development.

January 16, 2025

Jia Expands Credit Solution on Huma to Foster Growth in Emerging Markets

Addressing a $5 trillion global credit gap in emerging markets, Jia, which connects capital to small businesses in every corner of the world, scales up its credit solution on Huma, which builds infrastructure for real-world lending.

Ethereum’s 8th Anniversary: Ecosystem Leaders Share Insights

Contributor Chris Castiglione spoke with seven leaders in the Ethereum ecosystem to celebrate the past eight years of Ethereum, and to look forward to what's on the horizon.

Empowering the Yield Ecosystem: Sommelier Use-case

This article was co-written by Josh Kessler from Sommelier Finance.

The Metamorphosis DeFi Lending Needs

A few days ago, I wrote The Two Paths for DeFi: Decentralized Brokers vs. Protocols.

Upgrading Morpho's brand, preparing for the future

We are at the dawn of Morpho's next chapter, and what better way to start it than with an upgraded brand identity fit for the future?

Ambient Finance Raises Seed Round Funding

We’re excited to announce that Ambient Finance (previously known as CrocSwap) has raised $6.5M in a seed round at $80M network valuation led by Blocktower with participation from Jane Street, Circle, Tensai Capital, Naval Ravikant, Yunt Capital, Susa Ventures, Quantstamp, and Hypotenuse Labs, along with angel investors Julian Koh, llllvvuu, Dogetoshi, afkbyte, Jai Prasad, Don Ho, and others.