Happy Saturday degens! Lots of stuff to cover today :)
Stats/alerts/etc at top and tweets/news/links/videos/etc at bottom as always!
NOTE: The Twitter/Substack tweet-embedding function still appears to be broken, so we have screenshotted and hyperlinked them again :)
Market Updates
Crypto (from coingecko(dot)com and cryptobubbles(dot)net):
Gold: $1,990.60
Oil (WTI): $76.76
Stocks (from @news4moves):
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000)
Spotlight
Our humble editor @rektdiomedes has become an Ambassador for @silentdao_, and in his official duties would like to draw the attention of wise degens to the honorable labors of the good gents at Silent…
In this vein, please check out the below article @Blockworks_ recently published about them!
Biggest TVL Movers
Chains are mixed today. Fastest growing chains on the weekly with at least $1M TVL are EOS EVM at +1,687% and $1.9M TVL, Persistance at +65.87% and $1.6M TVL, and Secret at +28.96% and $12.1M TVL.
Protocols are mixed as well today. Some notables include ParaSpace (#37) at +20.05% on the weekly, Agility LSD (#56) at -61.14% on the weekly, and Blur (#62) at +33.29% on the weekly.
Here’s The Top 12 Chains By TVL (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 12 Protocols By TVL (from @DefiLlama):
Other Data Points
Bitcoin Fear/Greed Index:
(from @BitcoinFear)
Ethereum Fear And Greed Index
(from @EthereumFear):
Crypto Volatility Index
(from @CVIdaily)
Fees:
(from cryptofees(dot)info)
New Protocols
(note: this includes new protocols we find through combing Twitter each day, and we also include every (newly launched) protocol added by @defillama and @debank (excluding Tomb forks/reflection tokens/etc) - hence disclaimer: these are not pre-vetted by us so make sure to DYOR!)
-Something new called @gitopiaDAO. Twitter bio states “Code Collaboration for Web3”.
-New protocol called @defi_zk has been added to @DefiLlama. Twitter bio states “ZK DeFi is the #1 DeFi Ecosystem on zkEVM, allowing users to trade, farm and launch new projects”.
-New/newish(?) protocol called @OnsenSwap has been added to @DefiLlama. Twitter bio states “Swap, Yield farming, Launchpad. $ON/USDC trading is NOW live on OnsenSwap”.
Security Alerts
-@peckshield released the following alert:
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @DefiLlama (minimum $5M+ TVL, single-exposure, and no-IL only) and @stable_fish - note: these lists are just raw data, make sure to always DYOR before interacting with any/all protocols)
Other News And Analysis
(key news, twitter threads, articles, videos, etc from last 24 hours)
-Another major US bank (First Republic) has apparently bit the dust:
-Interesting news re: Venmo/crypto:
-Year-to-date returns of notable assets:
-Interesting list of the top trending coins from @coingecko, with PEPE, ARB, and MMT topping the list:
-Important thoughts from @pythianism:
-@truflationupdate for US and UK:
-Interesting thoughts from @gammichan:
-Bitcoin BRC-20 tokens are generating a lot of interesting conversation. h/t @markjeffrey, @domodata, and an excellent thread from @francescoglt (see below):
-Great thread on @DuneAnalytics from @0xFinish:
-New video from @phtevenstrong The Calculator Guy on the best delta-neutral yield opportunities on Cosmos:
-Bank Of Japan update from @Blockworks_ with Neston Nakamura:
-Great new livestream from @noahsiedman on crypto/macro landscape:
-Newest TA from Benjamin Cowen @intocryptoverse:
-New episode of @theempirepod featuring @JasonYanowitz and @santiagoroel discussing SOL and other topics:
-Wisdom from @crypto_linn:
-Parting sentiments from @0xHamZ:
Conclusion
Have a great Saturday friends and don’t forget to touch some grass!
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Note
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