Increasingly feel we collectively need to dump the term “yield-bearing stablecoin” ASAP. It’s more pernicious than RWA is for digital/onchain assets (implying digital/onchain assets aren’t “real”). The primary feature of a stablecoin is STABILITY + interchangeability with fiat.

Some of the top web3 news of the week: - PayPal adds P2P crypto via messaging - MoonPay 🟣 acquires Meso for bank rails - Decentraland Art Week starts Sept 24th - American Express brings travel on-chain - MetaMask.eth 🦊 prepares for $MASK More stories below. opensea.io/blog/articles/…

Crypto cards are too complicated. So we've combed through the fine print and found the cards with the highest rewards and the lowest fees 💰 Check out the full list: theblock.co/ratings/best-c…

a big personal update! excited to share that i've joined Alchemy to lead their comms team 🧪. catch me loving life and singing the praises of developers 👾

OpenSea crossed $2.6B in trading volume this month, with over 90% from token trading. This is just the beginning of our transformation, from “NFT marketplace” to “trade everything.” NFTs were chapter one for us. In 2021, OpenSea brought the first wave of everyday internet users

Never thought I'd get a "let's circle back in the new year" before I heard the official herald of holiday season on the radio [Mariah carey, duh].

$19B liquidated in 24 hours on Oct 10. The biggest event in crypto history. Through record traffic and market chaos, apps built on our infrastructure stayed online when it mattered most. Here's how we weathered the storm 🧵

this is how our work days now look. welcome Bill!!

Our DevRel Usman Asim spent this week exploring x402, a protocol that lets agents pay for API access autonomously. He built Vend to test it: an API using Alchemy's data endpoints + webhooks that agents can query and pay for directly. Here's what he learned 🧵

Today on NYSE Live 🎙️ Hear top economic data from Thomas J. Hayes. Alchemy COO reveals why the firm is positioned to lead a new era of fintech. Plus, Nikhil Chandhok of @Circle joins to discuss the launch that positions Circle beyond just a stablecoin issuer. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

We're going live with Solana Developers tomorrow at 1pm ET 👀 Join Unixas, Jacob Creech, JackD, Lauris and Michael Garland as we dive into how infra and tools are unlocking new possibilities for devs across the ecosystem. 🛎️ Set a reminder: x.com/i/spaces/1LyGB…

🚨 CALLING ALL Solana Developers 🚨 We’ve completely rearchitected our RPC & Streaming API for you, and we're just getting started. ⬆️ 20x FASTER archive calls ⬆️ 2x HIGHER throughput ⬆️ 99.99% reliability Builders like Multiplier and Solflare - The Solana Wallet are already feeling it. More👇

Alchemy Solana Developers Multiplier Solflare - The Solana Wallet See you soon x.com/alchemy/status…

Behind every smooth Solflare experience is serious power and tech! Complete historical access + low latency = the best Solana experience for Solflare frens 🤝 S/o Alchemy for powering super-fast, reliable archival data.

not sure who needs to hear this but hating on trans ppl is the vilest form of identity politics, you little ‘anti woke’ snowflakes