Happy Thursday friends! Lots of interesting stuff happening!
Stats/alerts/etc at top and tweets/news/links/videos/etc at bottom as always!
Market Update
Crypto:
Gold: $1,908.80
Oil (WTI): $78.69
Stocks:
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000)
Spotlight
#RealYield has come to @pendle_fi!
Our absolute gigabrain friends at Pendle- one of the most interesting yield/derivative protocols in defi- have just released a major upgrade…
The details are in the thread below, and position them as a prime example of legit organic yield within the defi space:
Biggest TVL Movers
Chains are mostly red on the daily, green on the weekly and monthly. Some notables include Fantom (#8) at -4.94% on the daily, Algorand (#15) at +46.94% on the weekly, Celo (#19) at -6.40% on the daily, and Hedera (#44) at +20.38% on the weekly.
Protocols are mostly down on the daily as well. Top 100 protocols green on all three timelines (daily, weekly, monthly) include Euler (#30), Thena (#75), Homora V2 (#81), and RealT (#86).
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 Dex’s By 7 Day Volume (from @DefiLlama):
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!)
-Something on Algorand called @xbacked has launched. Twitter bio states “Makers of decentralized stable assets on #Algorand... Mainnet now live 🔥”.
-New protocol on Arbitrum called @zyberswap. Twitter bio states “⚡️A Community-Driven & Governed DEX on Arbitrum⚡️ 🌐Exit The Matrix🌐”. h/t @csell_8:
-New Fantom dex called @MetropolisDEX has been added to @DefiLlama. Description states “Metropolis is a Liquidity Book AMM on Fantom focused on offering a premier trading experience with zero slippage and low fees.”
-New protocol called @0xQuadrat has been added to @DefiLlama. Description states “Quadrat is an active liquidity management protocol for Uniswap v3 with Strategy Vaults provided by 0xPlasma Labs. You can provide liquidity in highly capital-efficient Quadrat vaults to earn the highest fees and APY from Uniswap v3 Pools. Asset Managers can create their own strategies for Uniswap v3 pool to manage their capital or attract external capital to strategies.”
-New yield aggregator announcing a launch on Arbitrum called @Dinosaur_Yield_. Twitter bio states “🐲Dinosaur is a revolutionary and SAFU yield aggregator on Arbitrum. 📈Unleash the power of your investments!”
-New protocol on Sui called @swee_fi. Twitter bio states “A decentralized AMT(Automated Market Taker) built on the Sui public chain.” h/t @toffee248:
-New protocol on Flare Network called @IgnisFinance. Twitter bio states “The first lending protocol being built on the Flare Network!” Also h/t @toffee248:
-New protocol on Arbitrum launching soon called @Accrue_Finance. Twitter bio states “A DEX built on the Arbitrum blockchain. Unleash the power of your assets. Available on Arbitrum Testnet from January 22nd. By: @ViceProtocol”. Also h/t @toffee248 - make sure to give him a follow!
Security Alerts
-@PeckShieldAlert released the following alert:
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @DefiLlama (minimum $1M+ TVL, single-exposure, and no-IL filters) 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)
-Update on Genesis:
-Bearish chart from @PendulumFlow:
-@GainsNetwork_io getting a lot of attention on Twitter:
-Interesting macro chart:
-Interesting news story re: Australia:
-Sweden update:
-@adamscochran released another one of his yearly ‘Shopping List’ threads, clocking in at 268 tweets this year:
-Good thread on $MAGIC from @DeFiMinty:
-@flywheelfi released a new interview with @ChainLinkGod:
-@Blockworks_ released an excellent new interview with macro gigabrain Michael Kao @UrbanKaoboy:
-@RealVision interviewed Weston Nakamura @acrossthespread on yesterday’s big news from Japan:
-Parting wisdom from @MikeIppolito_:
Conclusion
Have a great Thursday friends!
And please RT/follow/etc if you found this valuable! :)
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Note
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