Greetings friends! Lots of interesting stuff going on today!
Stats/alerts/etc at top and tweets/news/links/videos/etc at bottom as always!
Market Update
Crypto:
Gold: $1,797.30
Oil (WTI): $79.98
Stocks: N/A
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000)
Spotlight
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Biggest TVL Movers
Chains are mixed today. The top gainers on the monthly among top 50 chains are Telos (#34) at +31.14%, Acala (#30) at +21.10%, and Parallel (#39) at +16.33%.
Protocols are mostly red today. Top 100 protocols green on all three timelines (daily, weekly, monthly) include Frax Finance (#12), Keep3r Network (#30), Mento (#44), KyberSwap (#61), B.Protocol (#86), UwU Lend (#92), and LUSD ChickenBonds (#97).
Here’s The Top 12 Fastest-Growing Chains By TVL On The Weekly (from @DefiLlama - note: we took the screenshots in daylight mode today, let us know if you prefer that vs dark mode!):
Here’s The Top 12 Fastest-Growing Protocols By TVL On The Weekly (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 12 Stablecoins By Market Cap (from @coingecko):
Other Data Points
Bitcoin Fear/Greed Index:
(from @BitcoinFear)
Ethereum Fear/Greed Index:
(from @EthereumFear)
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!)
-Previously-mentioned @houston_swap has been added to @DefiLlama. Again, Twitter bio states “The 1st Concentrated Liquidity DEX with Automated Liquidity Management and Strategy on @aptoslabs”.
-New protocol apparently launching on Arbitrum in Q1 called @V2X_GG. Twitter bio states “Perpetual DEX on Arbitrum. 20x leverage trading with multi-asset collaterals & leveraged liquidity providing.”
-A new Arbitrum-native dex has been added to @DefiLlama called @SwapFishFi. Twitter bio states “Decentralized exchange built on #Arbitrum under the 🌊 🎣 Fish market is open…”
Security Alerts
-There was apparently an exploit a day or two ago we missed. h/t @wasgiventhatday:
-Alert from @PeckShieldAlert:
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @DefiLlama (minimum $1M+ TVL, no-IL, and single-exposure 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)
-Next Fed rate hike decision is on December 14th:
-Bybit doing layoffs:
-Interesting image from @0xWave… h/t (@crypto_linn):
-US real estate chart:
-Uniswap discussions:
-Curve x Synthetix news:
-Good thread from @Defi_Dumbledore:
-Kujira announcement generating discussion:
-Excellent thread from @crypthoem:
-Live-tweeting thread from @AutismCapital on SBF’s appearance with @coffeebreak_YT today:
-New video from @blocmatesdotcom:
-Interestingly, 3AC co-founder @KyleLDavies appeared on veteran macro investor @hendry_hugh’s podcast (see below):
-Interesting @coinbureau video from yesterday:
-@Blockworks_ released an excellent week-in-review video featuring @MikeIppolito, @MarkYusko, and Joseph Wang @FedGuy12:
Conclusion
Have a great day friends and don’t forget to touch some grass!
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