Happy Thursday good degens!
Let’s get after it!
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: $3.47T
Gold: $2623.03
Oil (WTI): $70.17
US 10Y Treasury: 4.629%
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000, by 24 hour change)
Spotlight
Take note friends! @Cod3xOrg is at the forefront of the AI x crypto synthesis that is revolutionizing the online economy and global financial rails… and are key infra developers helping power the nascent defi revolution we are all a part of!
Cod3x is the work of @0xBebis_- well-respected long-time defi dev + team leader and a long-term good friend of ours!
We are going to be helping bang the drum about all the crazy tech they are producing, such as:
-Their fast-growing contributions to the AI Agent space, including their first flagship economic agent on Twitter @BigTonyXBT
-Their stablecoin and associated composable stablecoin infra $cdxUSD
-Their massive contributions to defi infra + tooling
-And much more!
Learn more via the links above or check out this long-form tweet for a breakdown of everything they are currently doing!
And check out the video contained in the tweet below where @0xBebis_ walks through the Cod3x dashboard and @BigTonyXBT!
Biggest TVL Movers + Else
Chains are quite red today. Fastest-growing chains on the weekly with at least $10M TVL are IoTeX, Manta, and Stacks.
Protocols are also quite red today. Fastest-growing protocols on the weekly with at least $10M TVL are a multichain farm called ‘Cytonic Aidrop Campaign’, Stacks lending protocol Zest, and ETH Mainnet basis trading protocol Resolv.
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 Entities By 24 Hour Revenue Generation (from @DefiLlama):
Bitcoin Fear/Greed Index:
(from @BitcoinFear)
Chart Of The Day
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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!)
-New project called @voltrxyz. Twitter bio states “Decentralised AI powered DeFi vaults for optimised yield across Solana”. Followed by 4 of our mutuals. h/t @AresLabs_xyz:
-New dex on Bitlayer called @Bitzap_ has been added to @DefiLlama. Twitter bio states “BitZap is a cutting-edge decentralized exchange. Backed by @BitlayerLabs”. Not followed by any of our mutuals but has $6.5M in TVL.
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @DefiLlama (all types, $1M+ TVL) - note: these lists are just raw data, make sure to always DYOR before interacting with any/all protocols)
Security Alerts
-No security alerts today.
Important News And Analysis
-Prices are down bad this morning, h/t @Tyler_Did_It:
-The dollar and bond volatility are both surging up (bad for our magic internet coins), h/t @noahseidman:
-Notable lows in ETH gas fees right now, h/t @TheDeFinvestor:
-Market check-in from @DaanCrypto:
-Rise in the long end of the yield curve continues to generate much attention in macro circles, sample below from @KobeissiLetter:
-Interesting top-gainers of 2024 list from @coingecko:
-Holiday wholesome-maxxing story is generating attention, h/t @0xMert_ and @heyalexfriedman:
-Binance Alpha update from @WuBlockchain:
-Interesting trade post-mortem on a $6.5M loss on a SOL-long from @0xENAS is generating lots of attention:
-Interesting very long tweet on AI is generating a lot of discussion and lots of interesting comments + quote-tweets:
-Macro thoughts from @LDNCryptoClub and @dotkrueger:
-New video on South Korea and XRP and Upbit from @coinbureau:
-New interview with macro gigabrain and Bitcoin fan @LukeGromen:
-New roundtable of 2025 predictions from @0xResearch podcast:
-Parting wisdom from @AlchemistOG69 via @QuotableCrypto:
Conclusion
Happy Thursday good degens! Stay alert out there!
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