Happy Saturday good degens! Let’s get after it!
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: $3.64T
Gold: $2652.70
Oil (WTI): $73.96
US 10Y Treasury: 4.602%
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000, by 24 hour change)
Spotlight
Our official sponsor @vertex_protocol had an absolutely massive year in 2024 and 2025 is looking even more bullish!!!
2024 saw:
-5 new cross-chain deployments
-$139B in volume
-$14M in net revenue
-Over 1M batched transactions settled seamlessly across ecosystems
-$2M in $USDC interest earned by depositors
-$7M in staking rewards
-And millions in rewards paid to traders across multiple ecosystems!
All of the above is just the start though, and 2025 is poised to be even bigger!
Get started trading 50+ perps and spot markets and/or APR-maxxing now at app.vertexprotocol.com and make sure to follow them on Twitter for more updates!
Biggest TVL Movers + Else
Chains are quite green today. Only top 25 chains red on the weekly are PulseChain (#17), and Taiko (#24).
Protocols are quite green today as well. Only top 50 protocols red on the weekly are Ethena (#8), Zircuit Staking (#31), Renzo (#36), and Magpie Ecosystem (#40).
Here’s The Top 12 Fastest-Growing Chains By TVL On The Weekly With At Least $1M TVL (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 12 Fastest-Growing Protocols By TVL On The Weekly With At Least $1M TVL (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 12 Entities By 24 Hour Fee Generation (from @DefiLlama):
Bitcoin Fear/Greed Index:
(from @BitcoinFear)
New Projects
(note: this includes new projects we find through combing Twitter each day, and we also include or re-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!)
-Something new called @VauletApp. Twitter bio states “Vaulet calculates and withholds taxes on your Crypto Transactions. Earn yield on escrowed stablecoins and generate tax reports automatically. Waitlist live ⬇️🔗”. Followed by 2 of our mutuals. h/t @0xKeef:
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @DefiLlama (all types, $1M+ TVL) - note: these lists are just raw data, make sure to always DYOR before interacting with any/all protocols)
Security Alerts
-No security alerts today.
Important News And Analysis
-Market check-in from @DaanCrypto:
-10 interesting defi-related predictions for 2025 from @TheDeFinvestor:
-Interesting AI Agent mindshare data from @ayyyeandy:
-Overview of everything to know re: Fantom/Sonic stuff, from @ahboyash:
-Macro thoughts from @fejau_inc:
-Good macro thread from @KellanGrenier - sample below:
-Debates about the Ethereum Foundation continue, h/t @lemiscate:
-Wise macro tweet from @KrishnaMemani:
-@whosknave apparently did an anonymous poll of 42 Solana founders on a variety of questions and shared the results in a very interesting thread, sample below:
-Thoughts on token launches from @ayyyeandy:
-Wise words from @danielgothits:
-The @coinbureau channel released a video on Hyperliquid/$HYPE:
-New @notthreadguy livestream re: Griffain:
-New crypto/macro livestream from @noahseidman:
-New episode of @theempirepod talking about all sorts of current crypto stuff:
-Parting wisdom from @LouisCooper_:
Conclusion
Have a great Saturday friends and don’t forget to touch some grass this weekend!
And please RT/subscribe/etc if you found this valuable!
-
-
Note
We have been helping spread the word about what the team at @silentdao_ is doing… and their long hard work is finally moving towards fruition!
Once again, Silent is building…
“…a compliant, composable, highly efficinet, scalable, performant and modular privacy system with the vision to create an anonymous computational access layer….”
This utilizes their custom EZEE framework:
“…EZEE, or Economical Zero Knowledge Execution Environment, as the name suggests, allows users to create a framework that lets users interact with blockchain applications privately and efficiently by separating private account data from public transactions while allowing applications to work together seamlessly....”
Learn more from their new article (also linked in the tweet below!) and make sure to follow them on Twitter for more updates!
-
-
***Note On Material: The ‘Spotlight’ and ‘Note’ sections and info on our Official Monthly Sponsor @vertex_protocol 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.