Greetings froggish brethren! Lots of interesting stuff going on today…
Stats/alerts/etc at top and news/events/links at bottom as always!
Market Update
Overall crypto market cap: -0.1% to $1.2T.
$BTC: -0.2% to $24,007.36, and a market cap of $459.1B.
$ETH: +0.0% to $1,897.66, and a market cap of $228.3B.
Gold: $1,791.80
Oil (WTI): $89.94
Stocks:
More Crypto:
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 500)
Up:
-BoringDAO [OLD] $BOR +98.1%
-Hoo $HOO +88.6%
-bZx Protocol $BZRX +47.4%
Down:
-Sportium $SPRT -43.6%
-Talken $TALK -23.3%
-Celsius $CEL -16.4%
Spotlight
New announcement re: LandX- an interesting new RWA (productive farmland) focused protocol that we’re partnering with to spread awareness of their coming Q4 launch:
Biggest TVL Movers
Chains are mostly red today. Acala is showing as being up 2,000% on the daily and in the #6 spot, so unsure if that’s a glitch. Of the top 50 chains, 36 are green on the monthly, with 12 of those up over 20%.
Protocols are mixed today. On the monthly, 70 out of the top 100 protocols are in the green, with 17 of those up over 20%.
Here’s The Top 12 Chains By TVL (from @defillama):
Here’s The Top 12 Protocols By TVL (from @defillama):
Other Data Points
(Note: Neither @bitcoinfear nor @ethereumfear has updated since August 13th, so we aren’t including them today, here’s some stats from @8blocksdaily instead)
New Protocols
(note: this is checked via a variety of sources (listed below when used) and general Twitter research - note: this excludes Tomb forks and reflection tokens and tries to only include at least semi-legitimate defi-oriented stuff, but DYOR)
-Three new DogeChain dexes called @FinanceBourbon, @DogeShrek, and @DogeSwapOrg have been added by @defillama.
-New decarbonization/climate-oriented protocol called @ivy_protocol building towards launch.
-A new “liquidity aggregator / Yield Farming” protocol on Algorand called @CometaHub.
-New mobile game utilizing Avalanche + NFT’s called @playcastlecrush. Twitter bio states “A # PlayForFun mobile game by Wildlife Studios in partnership with Jungle Studios.” (h/t @ApeOClock):
-New lending protocol on Tezos called @YupanaFinance:
-New “AMM and Order Book exchange built on Solana” called @Dradex_io:
-Lending/Stablecoin protocol originally meant for Solana now pivoting to Aptos instead:
-Possible airdrop for new protocol on Aurora/Near:
-New lending protocol on StarkNet called @nostrafinance:
Rug Pulls/Exploits/De-Peggings/Liquidation Alerts
-@certiKAlert issued alerts regarding rugpulls on $MGO, $FXUS, $HF, and $LGOLD, and a flash-crash on $E4C.
-@PeckShieldAlert has reported a flash-crash on $ABYSS.
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @defillama ($1M+ tvl 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)
-New L1 “DogeChain” has already attracted over $4M in TVL and has generated lots of discussion on Twitter:
-Large dex aggregator 1inch is now integrated with Synthetix Atomic Swaps:
-More signs of economic slowdown in US:
-Tradfi is more net short anytime since July 2020:
-Similar short bias in crypto:
-Notes from Do Kwon’s interview with @coinage_media:
-Do Kwon appearing on UpOnly next? (utilizing @inversebrah’s screenshot to include full conversation):
-Housing:
-More bullish stats for Arbitrum:
Conclusion
See you tomorrow friends!
And thanks for reading - we appreciate ya!