The Daily Degen - January 14th, 2026
All of today's news/data/alerts...
Happy Wednesday friends! Lots of stuff going on!
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: $3.383T
QQQ (Nasdaq 100): $616.70
Gold: $4,638.40
Oil (WTI): $62.24
US 10Y Treasury: 4.14%
Crypto Fear & Greed Index (from coinmarketcap(dot)com): 52
Altcoin Season Index (from coinglass(dot)com): 39
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000, by 24 hour change)
Spotlight
Mark your calendars friends!
The next Mantle ‘State Of Mind’ episode is coming up on Friday, January 16th!
As stated below:
“Mantle State of Mind returns with Ep. 05, our first townhall of 2026, live on 𝕏.
Meet the latest builders shaping the next wave of MoMNTum on Mantle, with [REDACTED] to be rewarded for selected attendees…”
There will no doubt be much alfa on the stream, as Mantle enters 2026 on the back of a massively successful year!
Read more about all the big wins they had in 2025 by clicking here, and make sure you don’t miss the upcoming ‘State Of Mind’ townhall noted below!
And, as always, make sure to follow Mantle on Twitter for more info, and stay tuned as we continue banging the drum on everything they are doing!
Biggest TVL Movers + Other Interesting Data
Chains are quite green today. Fastest-growing top 25 chain on the monthly is Monad (#17) at +88.24%.
Protocols are also quite green today. Fastest-growing top 25 protocol on the weekly is Sanctum (#24) at +20.55%.
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 Chains By 7 Day Stablecoin Inflow % (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 @official_bluff. Twitter bio states “Blink. And you'll miss it.” Followed by 35 of our mutuals. h/t @brave_raf:
-New project @0xHarborFi has been added to @DefiLlama, categorized as a yield protocol on ETH Mainnet. Twitter bio states “Liquidation-free leverage & yield-bearing synthetics now LIVE! Real yield. No funding fees. EUR, Gold, Silver markets coming soon..” Followed by 15 of our mutuals.
-New project @PumexFi has been added to @DefiLlama, categorized dex on Injective. Twitter bio states “Strategy-first MetaDEX on @Injective 🥷🏼 Live on Injective 👉🏼”. Followed by 3 of our mutuals.
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @DefiLlama (no yield tokens, single-exposure, $10M+ TVL only) - note: these lists are just raw data, make sure to always DYOR before interacting with any/all protocols)
Important News And Analysis
-Lots of talk about potential $500M sale of @CoinGecko, h/t @Tyler_Did_It:
-The Supreme Court has delayed today’s Trump tariff ruling, h/t @KobeissiLetter:
-PPI (inflation) data came in slightly above expectations today, with many wondering whether this will further complicate the Trump vs Powell interest rates situation, h/t @truflation:
-A number of narratives are doing quite decent so far this year, including some dex tokens, h/t @Flowslikeosmo:
-@AnichessGame hits $100M FDV and continues to generate attention, h/t @CryptoUsopp:
-Orca latest team to adjust buybacks, h/t news from @layerggofficial:
-MegaETH has been added to the Coinbase listing roadmap apparently, h/t this and other DeFI news from @DeFi_Perryy:
-Some interesting ticker flagging from @AvgJoesCrypto:
-Interesting discussion about Morpho shutting down its Discord and whether more projects will be doing the same, from @0xngmi and @antonttc:
-Is PumpFun/$PUMP a good long right now? h/t @crypto_condom:
-Good list of tokenless perps projects worth potentially farming or at least looking into, from @flb_xyz, with link to his full article discussing all of them within it:
-New macro interview with @LukeGromen (published five hours ago):
-New episode of @theempirepod featuring @JasonYanowitz talking with @QwQiao about Claude-code and AI in general (and crypto too):
-New episode of Forward Guidance:
-New interview with @hosseeb:
-“XP only comes from reps. Watching guides ≠ XP. Planning ≠ XP. Only action fills the experience bar.” - parting wisdom from @rektonomist_:
Conclusion
Have a good Wednesday and stay alert out there good frogs!
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Note
The gigachad crew at @maplefinance have added a new ‘Rewards’ page to be aware of friends!
This page will catalogue all the sticky-sweet syruppy hyper-anabolic yields that Maple is helping to provide!
As stated below:
“The new Rewards page is live…
Track key syrupUSDC and syrupUSDT opportunities through a unified dashboard. Be the first to hear about new incentives. Maximize your yields…”
Check it out via app.maple.finance/earn/rewards!
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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***Note On Material: The ‘Spotlight’ and ‘Note’ sections are the only parts of The Daily Degen that are sponsored/promotional. Everything else is chosen 100% organically based on what info/stories/etc seem likely to be the most newsworthy/important/valuable to readers.