Happy Friday good degens and Happy Halving Day by the looks of it!
Let’s dive in!
Stats/alerts/etc at top and tweets/news/links/videos/etc at bottom… and all tweets are hyperlinked so just click on them to pull them up on Twitter!
Market Update
Crypto (from @CryptoBubbles):
Gold: $2393.60
Oil (WTI): $82.24
US 10Y Treasury: 4.602%
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000, by 24 hour change)
Spotlight
Another big update from our friends at @vertex_protocol, who just integrated @chainlink ’s low-latency data streams on mainnet!
“Data Streams will provide high-fidelity, sub-second market data across the DEX, securing robust performance with Chainlink’s battle-tested infra.”
Once again, Vertex is a gigabrained orderbook dex with cross-margin perps + spot + lending functionality.
You can trade 30+ perp & spot market at their site http://app.vertexprotocol.com!
And they are also the Official Sponsor of The Daily Degen, so make sure to follow them on Twitter for more updates, and learn more about their new Chainlink integration via the article linked in the tweet below!
Biggest TVL Movers + Else
Chains are quite green today. Notables include Merlin (now in spot #11) at +6.03% on the daily, and Mode (#23) at +17.75% on the daily.
Protocols are also quite green today. Notables include Connext (#20) at +1453% on the weekly, Solv Protocol (#45) at +38.46% on the weekly, and Drift (#67) at +16.65% on the daily.
Here’s The Top 12 Chains By TVL (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 12 Protocols By TVL (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 12 Entities By 24 Hour Fee Generation (from @DefiLlama):
Top Trending Tokens (from @dexscreener - 24 hour timeframe:
Bitcoin Fear/Greed Index:
(from @BitcoinFear)
Ethereum Fear And Greed Index
(from @EthereumFear):
New Projects
(note: this includes new projects we find through combing Twitter each day, and we also include or re-include every newly launched protocol added by @DefiLlama that has at least some TVL or is followed by at least some of our mutuals - hence disclaimer: these are not pre-vetted by us so make sure to DYOR!)
-Something new called @usualmoney. Twitter bio states “#MoneyAsUsual Join the alternative...” Followed by 29 of our mutuals. h/t @dcfgod:
-Something new called @GalaxyExchangeX. Twitter bio states “Swap any token for any token, on any chain. Powered by: @swing_xyz...” Followed by 1 of our mutuals. h/t @twindoges:
-New project called @SuperseedXYZ. Twitter bio states “The Layer 2 that rewards those who live onchain…” Followed by 18 of our mutuals. h/t @twindoges:
-Something new called @Internet_token. Twitter bio states “- Perpetual Lottery on @base...” Followed by 29 of our mutuals. h/t @francescoweb3:
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @DefiLlama (all types, $1M+ TVL) and @stable_fish - note: these lists are just raw data, make sure to always DYOR before interacting with any/all protocols)
Security Alerts
-Daily Reminder: Twitter (and other social media) is being absolutely inundated with scams and links to fake versions of popular defi protocols - please make sure to be EXTREMELY hyper-vigilant and triple-check before interacting with anything!
-@peckshield released the following security alert re: @hedgeyfinance:
Important News And Analysis
(key news, twitter threads, articles, videos, etc from last 24 hours)
-It appears the halving will be taking place today, April 19th, h/t @Awawat_Trades:
-Surprise airdrop from @AvailProject that apparently a wide swath of on-chain defi users may qualify for, h/t @ayyyeandy:
-FX (currency) issues continue to generate attention in macro circles, h/t @zerohedge:
-Project news/alfa from @TheDeFinvestor:
-Update on Avi Eisenberg trial, h/t @leviathan_news and @Blockworks_:
-Coinbase adds $WIF futures, h/t @osf_rekt:
-Total stablecoin market cap only 20% below previous all-time high, h/t @zerototom:
-US mortgage rates spiking again, h/t @SpecialSitsNews:
-Runes alfa c/o @DefiIgnas:
-Extremely interesting thread on seed round investing from @FroyoFren:
-Bullish sentiments from @Rewkang:
-New interview from @0xResearch with Pendle co-founder @tn_pendle:
-More gem-hunting from @jediblocmates and @Grantblocmates:
-Newest episode of NFA Live:
-Daily update on everything you need to know re: airdrops, from @KryptoCove:
-New weekly roll-up video from @BanklessHQ going over all the top stories in crypto:
-Parting wisdom c/o @defi_gaz via @QuotableCrypto:
Conclusion
Happy Friday good degens!
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Note
Our friends at @silentdao_ keep working diligently behind the scenes to develop a truly revolutionary solution to the issue of on-chain privacy…
Our editor @rektdiomedes has been helping bang the drum about what @silentdao_ have been building, and the architecture being developed is intended to permanently change the defi landscape.
Once again, Silent is a middleware privacy/encryption project designed to facilitate composable privacy solutions within the EVM itself... Make sure to follow the official @silentdao_ Twitter account so you don’t miss any important updates!
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