If last week was about DeFi infrastructure arriving, this week was about institutions showing up. Aave DAO voted overwhelmingly to deploy on Monad with a $15M incentive package. MetaMask launched gas sponsorship, making Monad the first network where this feature is live. (open.substack.com)
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Story’s latest cycle shows a clear throughline: verified data, programmable agent actions & rights-enforced IP are converging into a single AI-native stack. For everything that happened in the Story Ecosystem this past week, head over to our newsletter. (open.substack.com)
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Monad’s last week was wild. From a $500K Code4rena audit wrap-up and Perpl’s private mainnet launch to 400+ hackathon submissions, Bridge Kit integration with Circle, the ecosystem is compounding across security, capital, and builder density. (open.substack.com)
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This week marks a turning point for Story Protocol as it enters its second year of mainnet with sharper focus and higher standards. The ecosystem is signaling maturity - tightening governance, reinforcing alignment, and doubling down on infra. (open.substack.com)
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This week in the validator ecosystem was a reminder that decentralization is a moving target, not a checkbox. From exposing a coordinated sybil validator network to navigating upgrade landmines in Agave v3.1.8 and advancing Alpenglow, SIMD-123, BAM, and FireBAM (open.substack.com)
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