Happy Monday friends! Tons 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!
Market Update
Crypto (from @CryptoBubbles):
Total Crypto Market Cap: $3.77T
Gold: $2707.32
Oil (WTI): $76.30
US 10Y Treasury: 4.623%
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000, by 24 hour change)
Spotlight
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To quote their new article:
“Our vision is to enable a secure, anonymous, computational access layer.
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-A secure value transfer layer
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Biggest TVL Movers + Else
Chains are mostly green today. Top 25 chains up at least 20% on the monthly include Solana (#2), and Zircuit (#14).
Protocols are mostly green today as well. Top 25 protocols up at least 20% on the monthly include Jito (#14), Raydium (#17), Kamino (#18), Marinade (#21), and Avalon Labs (#24).
Here’s The Top 12 Fastest-Growing Chains By TVL On The Weekly With At Least $100M TVL (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 12 Fastest-Growing Protocols By TVL On The Weekly With At Least $100M TVL (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top Entities By 24 Hour Revenue Generation (from @DefiLlama):
Bitcoin Fear/Greed Index:
(from @BitcoinFear)
Chart Of The Day
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New Projects
(note: this includes new projects we find through combing Twitter each day, and we also include every newly launched protocol added by @DefiLlama that has at least some TVL or is followed by at least some of our mutuals - hence disclaimer: these are not pre-vetted by us so make sure to DYOR!)
-New project called @gainzdotxyz. Twitter bio states “AI agents that 10x your health on solana | agent 001 @RippedRibbit Ticker: $GNZ CA: FFgfStKwuF3DSxEeogA69FNkPrkb7XDA5Tw29TBEpump powered by @PulseNoLimits”. Followed by 25 of our mutuals. h/t @winiam4444:
-New project called @HieroTerminal. Twitter bio states “The first multi-chain AI Agent launchpad by @HieroHQ . Deploy once. Run Anywhere. BDW8YHasD3NSDjSHU9Xy6KXtshGayMGQfj5bJpLcpump $HTERM”. Followed by 32 of our mutuals. h/t @winiam4444:
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @DefiLlama (all types, $25M+ TVL) - note: these lists are just raw data, make sure to always DYOR before interacting with any/all protocols)
Security Alerts
-No security alerts today.
Important News And Analysis
-Criticism surrounding Trump token and subsequent launch of MELANIA token dominating the TL, h/t @blknoiz06 and @osf_rekt:
-’How to buy crypto’ searches hit record high, h/t @TheDeFinvestor:
-Coinbase volumes surging, h/t @Yield_Guy:
-Prediction for how the next couple days will play out from @hufhaus9:
-Much criticism of the Ethereum Foundation on the TL, and especially its current head Aya Miyagotchi, h/t @nonbiricapital:
-Many are suggesting Danny Ryan should be the next head of the Ethereum Foundation (lighthearted example from @safetyth1rd below but he does seem to be the consensus pick to take over at this point):
-ETH L2 Mantle will apparently be working with @_kaitoai, as more and more projects begin using Kaito’s ‘Yaps’ analytics for airdrop allocation purposes and etc, h/t @alpha_pls:
-Token purchases by Trump family’s World Liberty Financial protocol are generating much attention, h/t @WuBlockchain:
-There are apparently 1500 legacy ‘Unicorns’ but only 120 crypto entities of equal size, h/t @JosephJacks_:
-Thoughts on the Trump variable from @jdorman1981:
-Fantastic article from @DoveyWan on the Trump tokens, TikTok, the future of AI and crypto, and more:
-New video of TA and market analysis, uploaded four hours ago from @DaanCrypto:
-New livestream going over everything happening in crypto, just uploaded two hours ago by @blocmatesdotcom:
-New episode of The Block Runner going over all sorts of crypto x AI stuff:
-Parting wisdom from @Fiskantes:
Conclusion
Happy Monday friends! Here’s to a big week!
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