💸 Vitalik Liquidates Memecoins for Charity. Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin has offloaded over $2.5 million in memecoins. The proceeds are reportedly funding his Kanro charity, which supports pandemic relief efforts.
🐧 Pudgy Penguins Assets Surge Ahead of Abstract. Pudgy Penguins NFTs, Lil Pudgys, and the PENGU token rallied on the day as excitement is growing for the upcoming launch of Abstract, an Ethereum L2 from Igloo Inc., later this month.
🌋 Jeju Island to Trial NFT Tourist Cards. South Korea’s Jeju Island is set to test NFT-linked tourist cards, offering travel perks like discounts and subsidies. The initiative aims to attract Gen Z visitors and will roll out fully in late 2025.
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ANALYSIS
Eliza Daydreams: A New Blueprint for Onchain Gaming Agents
The current wave of AI agents are mostly limited by predefined actions. But what if they could learn on-the-go and evolve in order to dominate any onchain game?
This is precisely the dynamic functionality that Daydreams, a new innovation coming to ai16z's Eliza agents codebase, will unlock.
In today’s post, let's break down how Daydreams will revolutionize the Eliza framework, its powerful features like hierarchical task networks and swarm-based learning, and why it's poised to transform onchain gaming at scale.
If you’re curious about what the future of onchain AI gaming will look like, dive into the full post! 👇
Season 2: Methamorphosis is now live on mETH Protocol, following the launch of their governance token, COOK, and cmETH, the liquid restaked version of mETH. With cmETH, holders can enjoy yields across multiple restaking protocols like Karak, EigenLayer, Symbiotic, while earning Powder for more COOK.
If you're digging deeper into the Farcaster ecosystem this year, you ought to check out Bankr.
What Clanker did for token launches, Bankr is aiming to do for token trades.
In other words, Bankr's an AI-powered trading companion that you can make swaps with via natural language, e.g. by posting “Buy $50 of $ABC coin” and tagging Bankr on X or Farcaster clients like Warpcast.
Under the hood, Bankr handles everything in a matter of seconds, so you don't have to lift a finger besides requesting a swap. It's slick UX, to say the least.
It's also an interesting time to zoom in because Bankr is 1) preparing to launch an advanced trading terminal this month, and is 2) planning to start $BNKR buybacks with a cut of its transaction fees. An ecosystem is ramping up here, in other words.
All that said, this is shaping up to be a valuable resource for Farcaster newcomers and vets alike, so it's worth keeping on your radar for 2025!
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