The Daily Degen - January 11th, 2026
All of today's news/data/alerts...
Happy Sunday good degens! Tradfi closed but crypto never sleeps! :)
Let’s dive in!
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/X!
Market Update
Crypto (from @CryptoBubbles)
Total Crypto Market Cap: $3.17T
QQQ (Nasdaq 100): $626.70
Gold: $4,508.80
Oil (WTI): $59.12
US 10Y Treasury: 4.167%
Crypto Fear & Greed Index (from coinmarketcap(dot)com): 40
Altcoin Season Index (from coinglass(dot)com): 43
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000, by 24 hour change)
Spotlight
In case you missed the announcement amidst the chaos of the holidays, our friends at @OctavFi unveiled a legitimately massive W for the on-chain space and its denizens!
In concert with Chainlink, they are now providing neutral and transparent on-chain NAV data!
As reported in their article below, this was something that defi has heretofore lacked:
“Over the past few years, DeFi has grown into a complex ecosystem powered by onchain strategies, tokenized assets, and an entirely new class of asset managers. But something fundamental has been missing the whole time. Something traditional finance solved decades ago, and something the DeFi industry has been forced to ignore because the infrastructure simply did not exist.
That something is transparent, neutral, and independently verified NAV…”
And Octav has stepped up to answer this need:
“Today, we are proud to announce a major step forward for the entire industry.
Octav has integrated Chainlink to deliver NAV data onchain, giving any asset manager, vault curator, or strategist the ability to rely on an independent, automated, and verifiable source of truth…
The future of asset management will not be offchain spreadsheets and opaque reporting. It will be NAV that lives directly onchain, accessible by anyone, integrated into smart contracts, and verified by decentralized infrastructure…”
This is an extremely positive development and further positions Octav at the absolute forefront of on-chain data + analytics.
As we have previously reported, Octav is an incredibly cool platform that allows users to monitor their entire portfolio (across ALL chains and protocols), view historic performance, understand total exposure distribution, track P&L across time, build all sorts of dashboards and widgets, and tons of other cool stuff…
It is already trusted by 200+ leading digital asset managers (including Euler, Beefy, Tulipa Capital, and more) and if you are an on-chain trader, defi protocol, family office, business, or institution with needs in the above areas then there is no more robust and muscular option out there to take advantage of!
Make sure to follow the @OctavFi account on Twitter/X for more updates, and stay tuned as we continue bringing attention to everything they are doing!
Biggest TVL Movers + Other Interesting Data
Chains are mostly green today. Fastest-growing chains on the weekly with at least $1M TVL are Stable, HAQQ, and Mayachain.
Protocols are also mostly green today. Fastest-growing protocols on the weekly with at least $1M TVL are ‘partially algorithmic stablecoin’ protocol 'Colt’ on Saga chain, dex on Fuel Ignition chain ‘O2 Exchange’, and multichain dex SpookySwap.
Here’s The Top 12 Chains By TVL (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 12 Protocols By TVL (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 10 Perps Dex’s By 7 Day Volume (from @DefiLlama):
New Projects
(note: this includes new projects we find through combing Twitter each day and going through newly launched protocols added by @DefiLlama, limited primarily to new projects that have at least some TVL or are followed by at least some of our mutuals… Disclaimer: these are not pre-vetted by us so make sure to DYOR!)
-New project called @earlydotcash. Twitter bio states “Crowdfund liquidity for your token by launching a trustless presale”. Followed by 23 of our mutuals. h/t @0xvietnguyen:
-New project called @EscapeVel_. Twitter bio states “From launch to escape velocity. On-chain momentum infrastructure on @ethereum”. Followed by 2 of our mutuals. h/t @0xvietnguyen:
-New project called @liqfid. Twitter bio states “Liquidity layer of @Farcaster_xyz identity — bridging social reputation, financial yield, and cultural status.” Followed by 4 of our mutuals. h/t @brave_raf:
-Something new called @KovaNetwork. Twitter bio states “Decentralized liquid compute — pay only for what you use, scale instantly across nodes.” Followed by 2 of our mutuals. h/t @brave_raf:
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @DefiLlama (no yield tokens, single-exposure, $1M+ TVL only) - note: these lists are just raw data, make sure to always DYOR before interacting with any/all protocols)
Important News And Analysis
-Gold and silver are both at ATH’s and stocks are about 1% below ATH’s (after moving sideways the last few months), but total crypto market cap remains considerably lower than past ATH’s, hovering just above $3T down from ATH of $4.38T back in early October, h/t @DaanCrypto:
-CPI (inflation) data comes out Tuesday and on Wednesday the Supreme Court is expected to rule on the Trump tariff stuff, h/t @KobeissiLetter:
-Some Polygon updates are generating attention on the TL, as well as the upcoming crypto market structure bill in DC, h/t @TheDeFinvestor:
-All sorts of dovish actions and statements from President Trump, as it is increasingly clear he wants to aggressively pump the economy (note re #3: Frog is not sure if the mortgage bonds have actually technically been bought yet), also h/t @KobeissiLetter:
-Are there signs of excitement in the crypto x AI sector? h/t @thedefivillain:
-We’ve had several spikes in fundraising over the last two years but nothing yet resembling the last bull market, h/t @TraderNoah:
-“We need better decentralized stablecoins” - Vitalik:
-Fantastic new article from @flb_xyz going over the entire perps dex farming meta with notes on all the projects he is aggressively farming (such as Variational and Extended) and also fading (such as EdgeX and Ethereal) and why:
-Are predictions, perps, SocialFi, and privacy the main narratives to watch in 2026? h/t interesting thoughts and ticker list from @smolgeeek:
-Will the idealistic aspects of crypto make a comeback this year in terms of price action? Is Ethereum the contrarian bet in this regard? Interesting thoughts from @lex_node:
-New Pomp x Jordi Visser video on crypto + macro + AI:
-New edition of @therollupco featuring @pythianism and @im_manderson:
-Another new interview from @therollupco, with Jordi Alexander @gametheorizing:
-New macro interview with Michael Kao from Jack Farley:
-New video from @thebellcurvepod:
-New weekly crypto overview video from Bankless:
-New weekly macro overview from Joseph Wang:
-“Picture yourself as an old man on your deathbed. Do you really think you’ll regret stepping out of your comfort zone to try and build a better life for yourself and your family? Or will you regret never trying at all?” - parting wisdom from @DidiTrading:
Conclusion
Have a great Sunday good frogs and rest up for the week ahead!
And please RT/subscribe/etc if you found this valuable!
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Note
The numbers from @maplefinance keep surging friends!
As seen in the tweet below, Maple just hit a new ATH of $2.49M in monthly revenue, as they continue their quest to hit $100M in ARR!
This revenue all-time high comes on top of massive growth in AUM over the last year (723% to be precise!), as seen in the tweet below from our friends at @castle_labs!
Check them out below, and if you want a great introduction to Maple and why they are generating so much excitement, read the amazing Founders Letter sent out a few weeks ago from Maple co-founders @syrupsid and @joe_defi!
And as always make sure to follow Maple on Twitter for more updates, and stay tuned as we continue banging the drum about everything they are doing!
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