Happy Saturday fellow degens! 2023 continues!
Stats/alerts/etc at top and tweets/news/links/videos/etc at bottom as always!
Market Update
Crypto:
Gold: $1,865.60
Oil (WTI): $79.72
Stocks:
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000)
Spotlight
Our friend @Subli_Defi has started an extremely high-quality Substack covering the Optimism ecosystem!
Called The Optimistic Newsletter, it provides an in-depth breakdown of all the news related to Optimism and its top protocols.
Make sure to check out the latest issue here or via the tweet below!
Biggest TVL Movers
Chains are mostly red today. Top 40 chains green on all three timelines (daily, weekly, monthly) include Arbitrum (#4), Canto (#14), Astar (#34), Hedera (#37), OKExChain (#42), Telos (#43), and Oasis (#46).
Protocols are very red today. Top 100 protocols green on all three timelines (daily, weekly, monthly) include Stargate (#24), Abracadabra (#30), BendDAO (#42), Velodrome (#46), Gearbox (#68), RealT (#85), Canto Lending (#90), Concentrator (#93), and BabyDogeSwap (#96).
Here’s The Top 12 Fastest-Growing Chains By TVL On The Weekly (from @DefiLlama - note: no minimum TVL filter for this one so some of these are micro-cap chains):
Here’s The Top 12 Fastest-Growing Protocols By TVL On The Weekly (from @DefiLlama - minimum $1M TVL):
Other Data Points
Bitcoin Fear/Greed Index:
(from @BitcoinFear)
Ethereum Fear And Greed Index
(from @EthereumFear):
Crypto Volatility Index
(from @CVIdaily)
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 Arbitrum called @Sterling_Fi. Twitter bio states “ve(3,3) done properly, only on #Arbitrum”. h/t @TheGalaxyCrypt0:
-Something called @GrimoireFinance. Twitter bio states “Decentralized Exchange, Perpetual Trading and Yield Farming Protocol on Fantom Opera & Arbitrum Network (Coming Soon)”. Also h/t @TheGalaxyCrypt0:
-New protocol launching on Polygon and Avalanche called @P2P_BET. No Twitter bio.
-A new protocol on Cronos has been added to @DefiLlama called @casinocronos. Twitter bio states “ 🎰 Gambling & Yield farming on Cronos 🎰”.
-Something new called @bidflood. Twitter bio states “Your next favorite DEX”. h/t @fullminmaxi:
-Something called @sector_fi. Twitter bio states “Transparent Risk, Real Yield. Earn yield based on your own risk preference.” h/t @crypto_linn:
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @DefiLlama (all types, minimum $5M+ 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)
-@GMX_IO steals the top spot from $ETH on today’s fee generation stats after @rewkang closes his large long position. h/t @TheBitResearch and @criptojaka:
-Tether news from @DoombergT:
-Interesting alfa from @DeFi_Made_Here:
-Update from UK:
-@Buffer_Finance now providing commodity and forex pairs for its binary options trading:
-Stonk observations from @_FabianHD:
-Interesting developments re: Gary Gensler:
-Update from Germany:
-Interesting interview with @MLGavaudan from @infpools via @0xresearch:
-Excellent new macro/crypto video from @noahseidman:
-Video on the new regulatory concerns from this week from @thebellcurvepod, featuring @MikeIppolito_, @im_manderson, and @pythianism:
-Sentiments via @DegenSpartan:
-Parting wisdom from @Only1Temmy:
Conclusion
Have a great Saturday friends and don’t forget to touch some grass!
And please RT/follow/etc if you found this valuable! :)
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Note
@NestedFi is our official sponsor for the month of February! They are a new Social Trading protocol which lets users create portfolios and copy-trade other portfolios on ETH Mainnet, Arbitrum, Polygon, Avalanche, Optimism, and BSC…
Nested allows for non-KYC fiat-onboarding through their integration with Mt Pelerin, as well as easy automatic dca’ing.
Here’s a cool recent thread from them: