Happy Saturday friends! Let’s get after it!
Stats/alerts/etc at top and tweets/news/links/videos/etc at bottom as always!
NOTE: The Twitter/Substack battle is still going on but was able to embed about 50% of the tweets today (no reason why some embedded and others wouldn’t). Rest are screenshotted and hyperlinked like yesterday :)
Market Update
Crypto:
Gold: $2,007.60
Oil (WTI): $80.70
Stocks: N/A
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000)
Spotlight
Another big update from the gigachads at @pendle_fi!
If you aren’t familiar with @pendle_fi, they are an extremely cool yield/derivatives protocol that we’ve been helping raise awareness about. They are newly deployed on Arbitrum after having been ETH Mainnet only until now and are generating intense attention due to all the interesting opportunities for investors and yield maximizoors their platform provides!
Make sure to follow them on Twitter for additional updates and check out their most recent announcement below!
Biggest TVL Movers
Chains are mixed today. Top 30 chains green on all three timelines (daily, weekly, monthly) include Arbitrum (#4), Klaytn (#14), Bitcoin (#15), Fusion (#16), EOS (#20), and zkSync Era (#25) (though no monthly data yet for it, just daily and weekly).
Protocols are mostly green today. Only top 100 protocols red on all three timelines (daily, weekly, monthly) are Alpaca Finance (#27), and xExchange (#95).
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 Chains By Weekly Stablecoin Inflows (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 on Kava called @YsmartFinance has been added to @DefiLlama. Twitter bio states “Smart AI based optimization staking, helps move funds automatically to which ever platform is giving most returns for best yeild” [sic]. No tweets yet.
-Something new called @m0labs. Twitter bio states “M^ZERO Is a Neutral Value Transmission Framework Able to Permissionlessly Mint Currencies Under Decentralized Governance”. h/t @LucaProsperi:
-Something new on Base called @ZebraBaseSwap. Twitter bio states “First DEX @BuildOnBase testnet, launch on Arbitrum then on the #Base mainnet. Incubated by Morpheus Labs 🦓”. h/t @toffee248:
-New project called @FILLiquidity. Twitter bio states “FILL is designed as a liquidity pool that will be implemented on FVM as a fully open-sourced, decentralized, algorithm-based lending platform”. h/t @toffee248 again - make sure to give him a follow!
-Something new on Arbitrum called @trainswap0 has been added to @DefiLlama. Twitter bio states “New Gen DEX platform on #Arbitrum.”
-A new Solidly-style dex on Arbitrum called @AuragiFinance has been added to @DefiLlama. Twitter bio states “The Trading and Liquidity Marketplace on #ARBITRUM”.
-Something new called @SyncDex_Finance has been added to @DefiLlama. Twitter bio states “SyncDex 📡 is one of the first decentralized exchanges (DEX) with an automated market-maker (AMM) on the @zkSync Era Network 🚀🚀🚀”.
-Something new called @Equilibriafi. H/t @AresLabs_xyz:
-New dex on Sei called @simba_exchange. H/t @AresLabs_xyz:
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @DefiLlama (minimum $5M+ TVL, single-exposure, no-IL) 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)
-Macro updates:
-New type of Bitcoin NFT is getting attention:
-Interesting chart from @dunleavy89:
-US inflation numbers have been ticking back up a bit on @truflation:
-Do Kwon update:
-Bullish $BTC analysis from @markjeffrey:
-Interesting article from @Blockworks_ re: @MakerDAO:
-Interesting macro tweet from @WarrenPies:
-Excellent discussion featuring defi gigabrains @CurveCap, @traders_insights, @SalomonCrypto, and @noahseidman. h/t @DAdvisoor. Will embed video below tweet:
-New interview with macro gigabrain and Bitcoin-advocate @LynAldenContact, from @davidlin_TV:
-Another good news roundup from @BanklessHQ, featuring @sassal0x from @thedailygwei:
-Good ‘mainstream’ window into ze crypto markets via new livestream from @CoinBureau, Rob from Digital Asset News, and Benjamin Cowen @intocryptoverse:
-Parting wisdom from @Dynamo_Patrick:
Conclusion
Have a great Saturday frens and don’t forget to touch some grass!
And please RT/follow/etc if you found this valuable! :)
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Note
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