Happy Tuesday good frogs! The excitement continues!
Let’s dive in!
As always… 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):
Total Crypto Market Cap: $2.57T
Gold: $3020.60
Oil (WTI): $61.17
US 10Y Treasury: 4.204%
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000, by 24 hour change)
Spotlight
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-Check out the @Cod3xOrg account on Twitter!
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And stay tuned as we keep shining a light on everything Cod3x is doing!
Biggest TVL Movers + Other Interesting Data
Chains are mixed today. Top 50 chains up at least 10% on the weekly include EOS (#21), and Hemi (#27).
Protocols are mixed today as well. Top 50 protocols up at least 10% on the weekly include Spark (#8), Ethereal (#36), CIAN Protocol (#41), and Usual (#43).
Here’s The Top 12 Fastest-Growing Chains By TVL On The Weekly With At Least $1M TVL (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 12 Fastest-Growing Protocols By TVL On The Weekly With At Least $1M TVL (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top Entities By 24 Hour Fee Generation (from @DefiLlama):
Bitcoin Fear/Greed Index:
(from @BitcoinFear)
Yield-Maxxing
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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 @open_mcp. Twitter bio states “The universal connector for every AI agent to protocols, dApps, and Web3. EVM's first MCP.” Followed by 5 of our mutuals. h/t @AresLabs_xyz:
Important News And Analysis
-Stocks are absolutely surging today after Trump and Bessent were perceived as moderating their talk on the tariff stuff:
-Many claiming the administration was spooked by the stock crash and that the perceived pivot was a win for the Bessent/Musk part of the White House and a loss for the Navarro/Lutnick wing:
-Continued discussion re: China as the main focus of all this tariff stuff, h/t @RaoulGMI:
-Bullish thoughts from @Awawat_Trades:
-Ripple making acquisitions, h/t @WuBlockchain:
-Fascinating story about a massive liquidation on GMX that will result in an extremely large $GMX-token buyback, h/t @Jonas_ALA:
-Seeing more and more stuff on the TL about extremely poor results in seed rounds and angel investing this cycle:
-Stablecoin renaissance keeps heating up, h/t @phtevenstrong with the quote-tweet of excellent list of yield-bearing stables from @justz_eth:
-New project @ethos_reserve is generating some attention among smart accounts we follow, h/t @NPC_68:
-Good overview of current top Kaito Connect projects, h/t @zacxbt:
-New HyperEVM airdrop opportunity @felixprotocol, h/t @MingoAirdrop:
-New @Blockworks_ livestream from yesterday afternoon featuring @fejau_inc with Avi Felman and Jonah Van Bourg:
-New @Jesseeckel_ video on the state of the market right now:
-Reminder from @NightOwlCapital that chaos and uncertainty are where opportunity comes from:
-Parting wisdom from @21blacky c/o @QuotableCrypto:
Conclusion
Have a great Tuesday friends and stay alert out there!
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