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#5-12-2025

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## 🌱 Welcome Back, Grass Touchers! Looks like you've been spending some quality time offline connecting with the real world (and actual grass) 🌿 – and honestly, we respect that balance! While you were out there living your best IRL life, the web3 world kept spinning with all its usual chaos and innovation. ## 📰 Your Weekly Web3 Catch-Up Don't worry though – we've got your back! Our digest is here to help you stay in the loop without the FOMO overload. Think of us as your friendly neighborhood web3 librarian, carefully curating all the important stuff so you can jump back into the decentralized madness fully informed and ready to ape responsibly 🦍✨

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DAO LogoAlgebra

🚀 Algebra Climbs DeFiLlama Rankings

News article

Algebra is making moves on the DeFiLlama top forks leaderboard!

  • Algebra Integral now ranks #7 among most-forked protocols by TVL
  • Algebra V3 sits at #9 on the list
  • Only Uniswap remains ahead as a DEX model

This represents significant progress from previous rankings where Algebra V3 was #9 and Integral was #13.​ The climb reflects growing adoption of Algebra's modular CLAMM architecture across the DeFi ecosystem.​

What's driving the growth:

  • 90+ DEX integrations across 60+ chains
  • 250M+ transactions processed
  • Modular V4 plugin system enabling custom features
  • Battle-tested infrastructure powering major DEXes like Camelot, THENA, and QuickSwap

With new integrations in the pipeline, Algebra expects to climb even higher on the leaderboard.​

View the full rankings

DAO LogoGitcoin

Core Developer Compensation Crisis: Data Reveals Measurable Underfunding Problem

Core developer undercompensation has moved beyond anecdotal concerns to become a measurable crisis affecting blockchain infrastructure.​

Trent Van Epps presented compelling data at Schelling Point, highlighting how inadequate funding threatens the sustainability of critical development work across the ecosystem.​

Key findings reveal:

  • Systematic underfunding of essential infrastructure work
  • Growing gap between developer value creation and compensation
  • Need for coordinated community response

The research provides concrete evidence for what many developers have experienced firsthand - that current funding models fail to adequately support the builders maintaining blockchain networks.​

This isn't just a developer problem - it's an ecosystem sustainability issue that affects everyone relying on these networks.​

Watch the full presentation: Schelling Point Talk

Understanding this data is crucial for anyone invested in long-term blockchain infrastructure health.​

DAO Logomoonwell

🚀 ETH Loans Now Live

News article

Moonwell's USDC Vault now supports Ethereum-backed loans directly in the Coinbase app, expanding beyond Bitcoin lending.​

Key developments:

  • Curators allocated liquidity to the cbETH/USDC market on Morpho
  • Higher borrowing activity drives increased utilization and revenue
  • Vault serves as primary liquidity source for ETH-backed loans

Access points:

This expansion follows Moonwell's successful Bitcoin lending integration and represents continued growth in institutional DeFi adoption.​

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