Happy Thursday frens!
Stats/alerts/etc at top and tweets/news/links/videos/etc at bottom as always!
IMPORTANT NOTE: Substack’s Twitter integration seems to be temporarily broken and it will not allow tweets to be embedded, so had to utilize screenshots of them instead. The ones in the New Protocols and News/Events sections are hyperlinked though so you can click on them to go to the tweet in question!
Market Update
Crypto:
Gold: $2,015.60
Oil (WTI): $79.80
Stocks:
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000)
Spotlight
The Gamble-Fi narrative is gaining steam!
We’ve been helping a new project from this niche called @PepesGame build awareness about what they’ve been working on! @PepesGame is currently building hard on Arbitrum, and seeking to become one of the top names in this burgeoning Gamble-Fi space…
Their public sale starts today, so make sure to check it out!
Visit the below tweet and their Twitter account to learn more by clicking here!
Biggest TVL Movers
Chains are mostly red today. Fastest growing chains on the weekly with at least $1M TVL are Doge at +852% and $1.48M TVL, Litecoin at +275% and $2.1M TVL, and zkSync Era at +184% and $63.6M TVL.
Protocols are also mostly red today. Fastest growing protocols on the weekly with at least $1M TVL are Solana dex Serum at +3,087% and $18.87M TVL, zkSync lending protocol Nexon Finance at +1,112% and $1.2M TVL, and Solana options protocol Dual Finance at +802% and $5.1M TVL.
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!)
-New protoocol called @TheMerlinDEX. Twitter bio states “We developed an innovative DEX solution for true yields and liquidity lodging that is native to @zksync.”
-Something new called @forgeDEX. Twitter bio states “🔨 ⛓️ LAUNCH - APRIL 10 ⛓️🔨 🔥Forge is fueled by the Evmos community🔥”.
-Something called @StarknetSocial. Twitter bio states “Claim your Social Space ✨ .strk .cairo .starknet and more identity options are available. Share your socials, trust score, and a lot more🍭 all in one place.”
-New project called @IlluminateFi. Twitter bio states “Guaranteeing the best rates in DeFi, while deepening liquidity across the fixed-rate space on #ETH.”
-Something called @HussarFinance. Twitter bio states “Reimagining crypto indexes for the next generation of perpetual DEXs on @arbitrum”.
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @DefiLlama (all types, minimum $1M+ TVL) 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)
-MicroStrategy/Michael Saylor buy more $BTC:
-Interesting story from @CoinDesk:
-Current mix of catalysts, from @_FabianHD:
-Update on government $BTC selling, from @NorthRockLP:
-LINK/GMX alfa? h/t @ejwallach and @DefiMann:
-Bullish thoughts on Shanghai from @DegenSpartan and @lemiscate:
-@coingecko alfa?
-STG/VELO alfa? h/t @FA40Ziv:
-Another interesting thread from @DefiIgnas:
-New macro video from Wealthion is getting lots of attention:
-Helpful thread from @0xSurferBoy:
-Another good mainstream crypto video from @CoinBureau:
-Good thread on @MetisDAO from @defi_gaz:
-Great interview from @FlywheelDeFi with @DefiSurfer808:
Conclusion
Get after it degens!
And please RT/follow/etc if you found this valuable! :)
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Note
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