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Ethereum Ecosystem Development - Ethereum Foundation is increasing support for applications with a new App Relations & Research team [1] - Deeper strategic backing across the Ethereum application stack is expected [1] NFT and Social Crypto - OpenSea acquired Rally to enhance its OS2 vision [1][2] - Rally CEO Chris Maddern is now OpenSea's CTO, and Rally's technology will power the upcoming OpenSea Mobile experience [2] - Goblintown, a 2022 NFT project, launched a community coin called $gob on Solana [2] - $gob vests over 30 months to Goblintown NFTs, unlocking weekly, and includes a 2.5% transaction tax reinvested into liquidity and burns [2] Innovation in Crypto Platforms - JokeRace upgraded its Vote-and-Earn system to Vote-and-Earn v2 [3] - Votes now follow an exponential price curve, where costs rise every minute, allowing early voters to earn more if they back winners [3] - Paragraph is testing a new monetization system for writers called Coins [3][4] - These tradable ERC20s allow readers to directly support posts without paywalls or subscriptions [4]