Happy Thursday fellow degens! All sorts of interesting stuff happening as usual! :)
Stats/alerts/etc at top and tweets/news/links/videos/etc at bottom as always!
Market Update
Crypto:
Gold: $1,777.30
Oil (WTI): $76.48
Stocks:
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000)
Spotlight
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Biggest TVL Movers
Chains are mixed today. Top 50 chains green on all three timelines (daily, weekly, monthly) include Tron (#2), Mixin (#11), and Thorchain (#22).
Protocols are mostly red today. Top 100 protocols green on all three timelines (daily, weekly, monthly) include JustLend (#7), JustStables (#14), Sun (#16), Stargate (#24), Morpho (#37), Bwatch (#41), Gearbox (#56), Pando (#61), Thorchain (#62), B.Protocol (#83), RealT (#87), and LUSD ChickenBonds (#88).
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 And Greed Index
(from @BitcoinFear):
Ethereum Fear And Greed Index
(from @EthereumFear):
Crypto Volatility Index
(from @official_CVI!)
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 protocol on Fantom called @mummyftm has been added to @DefiLlama. Twitter bio states “Bring unparalleled Swap and Perpetual trading experience to @FantomFDN users 📈x30 leverage 💪No slippage and liquidation wick 🤘Lowest fee #RealYield”.
-New protocol on ETH Mainnet called @mahalend has been added to @DefiLlama. Twitter bio states “Earn passive yields on your $ARTH. Decentralized lending protocol governed by $MAHA. Created by @TheMahaDAO community”.
-New protocol called @merofinance. Twitter bio states “Liquidity made reactive 🚀 “. h/t @0xCrypto_doctor:
-New protocol called @InterSwap_io. Twitter bio states “The first fully composable native asset cross-chain AMM with unified liquidity built on top of the LayerZero network.” Also h/t @0xCrypto_doctor:
-Something called @zegment coming in Q1. Twitter bio states “Wallet and blockchain analytics for everyone, organized. Closed beta launching in January 2023.”
-Something called @ValhaHQ. Twitter bio states “Valha is an abstraction layer to DeFi.”
-New protocol called @Level__Finance on BSC. Twitter bio states “#LEVEL is a decentralized perpetual market on @BNBCHAIN with bespoke risk management & innovative liquidity solutions. #RealYield. Early Bird Phase is LIVE!”. h/t @OGtestnet:
Security Alerts
-@PeckShieldAlert released the following alert:
-@CertiKAlert released the following alert:
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)
-Fed hiked rates by 50 bps as expected:
-Samples of skepticism on Twitter re: Fed:
-Senator Elizabeth Warren released a proposed bill today that generated intense discussion:
-Interesting macro chart from @TaviCosta:
-Representative Tom Emmer and Senator Cynthia Lummis defended crypto/defi and generated a lot of discussion on Twitter in the process:
-Dopex alfa from @dLuxGMI:
-@PendulumFlow with the demographic alfa:
-@redphonecrypto released his annual “69 theses” about crypto (well worth reading):
-@flywheelpod released an interesting interview with crypto attorney @ryonnixon:
-Good thread from @kindahangry:
-Macro expert @LukeGromen appeared on @Path_Trading:
-Good new video from @ThorHartvigsen:
Conclusion
Have a great Thursday friends!
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