Gm fam. Welcome to the Cross Chain Weekly - the weekly email that makes you a smarter cross chain insider. Ah, the final day of the month and another issue of the CC Weekly. While we all try to survive into the new year, let’s not forget how far you could fall…
Trigger warning maxis; the future is cross chain, so let’s dive in.
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Academic Dive
Vitalik & Balaji met up to talk about safe cex… yes i meant that “CEX”, as in centralized exchanges. With the fall of yet another major centralized exchange, the questions about decentralization keep on coming.
Rather than relying on traditional financial methods like government licenses, audits, and regulations - could exchanges in theory use cryptographic proofs to show their reserves on chain? Or would that be too much to ask?
This post will get into the history of attempts to move exchanges one or two steps closer to trustlessness, the limitations of these techniques, and some newer and more powerful ideas. Check out the full post here.
Inside the Coalition
News from Outside the Coalition
Recent Funding & Acquisitions
Out Run the Rat Race
Ex-Waterloo quant launches blockchain front-running prevention app
Head of engineering at Blockchain.com leaves after 8 years to launch Map3
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future-proof AMA: Trustless Hub // Recording, Nov. 29
future-proof AMA: Superform // Twitter, Dec. 7
The Cross Chain Coalition Web3 Demo Day // Virtual, Jan. 11
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Also Wait… what’s the Cross Chain Coalition?
The Cross Chain Coalition (CCC) is a collective of builders that have united together to educate developers on cross chain infrastructure. The CCC aims to expand awareness and increase education for cross chain development. Join us in our journey to turn every blockchain engineer into a crosschain engineer.