Happy Thursday friends! Lots of interesting stuff going on today!
Stats/alerts/etc at top and tweets/news/links/videos/etc at bottom as always!
Market Update
Crypto:
Gold: $1,936.60
Oil (WTI): $80.75
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 it out here or via the tweet below!
Biggest TVL Movers
Chains are all green today. Top 30 chains up at least 15% on the weekly include Optimism (#7), Osmosis (#14), Celo (#18), Canto (#22), and Ronin (#29).
Protocols are also very green today. Top 100 protocols up at least 15% on the weekly include JustLend (#7), Liquity (#17), Synthetix (#24), Osmosis (#42), Stader (#54), Velodrome (#58), BendDAO (#60), Thena (#62), Index Coop (#71), DODO (#81), Canto Dex (#82), Geist Finance (#86), and Katana Dex (#94).
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 - note: 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 called @unsheth_xyz. Twitter bio states “unshETH your ETH!” h/t @AresLabs_xyz:
-New protocol called @DexterMoney_. Twitter bio states “Swap, earn, and deepen liquidity on the first DEX with flywheel tokenomics on Cosmos. Purpose built for the Alliance LSD wars on @terra_money…” h/t @lurkaroundfind:
-Something new on Arbitrum called @unlimited_defi. Twitter bio states “Unlimited Network is a #DeFi ecosystem for the everyday degen. Strong Business Pepe community. Launching Unlimited Leverage on #Arbitrum, Q1 2023.”
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @DefiLlama (all types, minimum $5M+ TVL) and @stable_fish - note: these lists are just raw data, make sure to always DYOR before interacting with any/all protocols)
Other News And Analysis
(key news, twitter threads, articles, videos, etc from last 24 hours)
-Alt L1 Aptos has been surging in price/market cap:
-Sentiment check:
-@eulerfinance continuing to shine amidst the bear market:
-@GainsNetwork_io continuing to surge in price:
-A number of high inflation tokens continue to perform well:
-Interesting announcement from dYdX:
-Security thread from @harpieio on recent incident:
-Important wisdom from @BowTiedPickle:
-Canto continuing to get lots of growth + attention:
-Good thread from @ThorHartvigsen:
-@BanklessHQ released a great interview with @pythianism:
-@coinbureau released a very interesting video on Circle/$USDC:
-Parting wisdom from @DegenSpartan:
Conclusion
Have a great Thursday friends and stay alert out there!
And please RT/follow/etc if you found this valuable! :)
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