The Oracle of Doom: Arthur Hayes, Ethena, and the Perilous Promise of the Basis Trade
I. The Signal in the Silence On the evening of August 25th, a quiet transacti...
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Optimism Unlock
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18
03
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Sui Token Unlock
Team and early investor shares released
08
04
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Solana Firedancer
Independent validator client goes live on mainnet
28
03
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Arbitrum Token Unlock
92 million ARB released
30
04
upgrade
Celestia Mainnet Upgrade
Improves data availability sampling efficiency
12
05
halving
BCH Halving
Block reward halving event
10
05
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Ethereum Pectra Upgrade
Raises validator limit and account abstraction
15
04
halving
Bitcoin Halving
Block reward reduced to 3.125 BTC
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BTC
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1
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1
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1
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$1.06
1
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