The Daily Degen - January 5th, 2026
All of today's news/data/alerts...
Happy Monday friends! Start of another big week!
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: $3.28T
QQQ (Nasdaq 100): $618.49
Gold: $4,445.90
Oil (WTI): $58.36
US 10Y Treasury: 4.157%
Crypto Fear & Greed Index (from coinmarketcap(dot)com): 42
Altcoin Season Index (from coinglass(dot)com): 39
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000, by 24 hour change)
Spotlight
Mantle is coming into 2026 as one of the most bullish stories in all of crypto…
They had a massively successful 2025, with all sorts of major W’s in a host of areas.
This included huge defi ecosystem growth, ongoing @mETHProtocol success, significant token outperformance, RWA + institutional expansion, all sorts of partnerships and integrations such as the MI4 Fund + Anchorage Digital + FunctionBTC, and their expansion into the fintech space via @UR_global + more!
In addition, Mantle’s unique assets continue to position them front and center for ongoing success, such as their $7.9B treasury, their native top-3 exchange integration (Bybit), their pre-existing institutional relationships, their thriving defi ecosystem, and top tier team building new growth initiatives in all directions!
Make sure to follow them 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, and only 9 of the top 50 chains are red on the weekly.
Protocols are quite green as well, and only 11 of the top 50 protocols are red on the weekly.
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 Protocol By TVL On The Weekly With At Least $1M TVL (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 10 Project By 7 Day Fee Generation (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!)
-Something new called @StabilizerFi. Twitter bio states “Zero-slippage stablecoin DEX 🤖” Followed by 2 of our mutuals. h/t @0xvietnguyen:
-Something new called @Securnex. Twitter bio states “Securnex is a security focused platform built to help users identify risks, verify on-chain activity, and make safer decisions in the crypto ecosystem.” Followed by 2 of our mutuals. h/t @0xvietnguyen and @MercyDeGreat:
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @DefiLlama (no yield tokens, single-exposure, $1M+ TVL only) - note: these lists are just raw data, make sure to always DYOR before interacting with any/all protocols)
Important News And Analysis
-Memecoins are leading as crypto bounces to start year, h/t @Tyler_Did_It:
-Q1 for Bitcoin has historically been pretty decent, h/t @DaanCrypto:
-ISM data and December jobs report coming out this week, h/t @KobeissiLetter:
-Stablecoin supply has been dramatically outperforming money supply growth, h/t interesting chart from @patfscott showing the relationship going back 4 years, with a decline in the depths of the bear market and then a steady ascendancy since late 2023 with just a small flatlining over the last month or two:
-$RNGR/Ranger Finance launches ICO via MetaDAO, h/t this and other items via weekend news updates from @layergg_official:
-@cascade_xyz pre-allocations open up tomorrow, h/t @flb_xyz:
-$TROVE ICO also coming up, h/t @NPC_68:
-Vietnam is surpassing Thailand to become southeast Asia’s second-largest economy (note: Frog has no opinion on this but found it interesting from a macro standpoint):
-Polymarket and Parcl are partnering to launch real estate prediction markets:
-And predictions markets continue to generate discussion in general, h/t @NTmoney:
-Some good potential airdrop opportunities from @Rempo1:
-New Jordi Visser video on crypto + macro + AI:
-New macro video from this morning via @AndreasSteno and @rosenvoldgeo:
-New Digital Asset News livestream from yesterday:
-New crypto news livestream from @coinbureau (aired four hours ago):
-Parting sentiments from @TJ_Bongiorno:
Conclusion
Have a great Monday friends! And stay alert out there!
And please RT/subscribe/etc if you found this valuable!
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Note
Maple Finance is coming into the new year on the heels of massive success in 2025!
Indeed, over the course of last year Maple's AUM grew 723% on the back of top-tier partnerships and prime yield opportunities!
Regarding the latter, make sure to check out the double digit APY’s available via the msyrupUSDp vault on @Plasma, which continues to offer juicy yields powered by defi strategies involving @aave and @0xfluid!
Check out the tweet about it from the official @maplefinance account below!
And check out the tweet below that from @castle_labs on Maple’s huge growth in 2025!
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.