Happy Friday friends!
Data/alerts/new protocols/etc at top and lots of interesting news/articles/etc at bottom!
Market Update
Overall crypto market cap: +5.7% to $0.976T
$BTC: +5.8% to $20,962.82 and a market cap of $400.3B.
$ETH: +12.8% to $1,226.60, and a market cap of $146.9B.
For tradfi:
S&P 500: -0.26%
Dow Jones: -0.44%
Nasdaq 100: -0.36%
Gold: $1,704.20
Oil (WTI): $97.18
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 500)
Up:
-Blox $CDT +171.6%
-Flex Coin $FLEX +157.9%
-BoringDAO [OLD] $BOR +107.2%
Down:
-Songbird $SGB -7.9%
-TiFi $TIFI -7.4%
-CEEK Smart VR $CEEK -6.7%
Biggest TVL Movers
For chains, the whole top 50 was in the green today except Solana (#5 by TVL), Waves (#7 by TVL), and Hoo (#38 by TVL). Waves and Fantom are currently battling over the #8 and #9 spot, each around $830M TVL.
Protocols were very green on the daily. Balancer has jumped back into the top 12. JustLend is up 92% on the monthly at $3.24B TVL. Synthetix is up over 60% on the monthly at $442M TVL. Synapse is up 39% on the monthly at $211M TVL. Concentrator is up 89% on the monthly at $82M TVL.
Here’s The Top 12 Chains By TVL (from @defillama):
Here’s The Top 12 Protocols By TVL (from @defillama):
Other Data Points
Bitcoin Fear/Greed Index:
(from @BitcoinFear)
Ethereum Fear/Greed Index:
(from @EthereumFear)
New Protocols/Yield Farms
(note: this is checked via a variety of sources (listed below when used) and general Twitter research - note: this excludes Tomb forks and reflection tokens and tries to only include at least semi-legitimate defi-oriented stuff, but DYOR)
-A protocol on Near called @FusotaoProtocol’s IDO is live. Twitter bio states “A verification protocol using the new paradigm of ‘execute off-chain, very on-chain.’”
-A newish protocol on Aurora/Near called @MINDGames_io has been added to @defillama. Description reads: “MIND Games is a DEX & Play and Earn Gaming Hub with DeFi instruments at the core of its crypto NFT-based economy, designed by gamers for gamers everywhere.”
-A newish synthetics protocol on Polkadot called @TapioProtocol has been added to @defillama.
-A new on-chain perpetuals protocol on Near has launched called @spin_fi:
-A new protocol called @SandclockOrg followed by quite a few mutuals is working towards launch (looks to be some innovative new yield aggregator if understand correctly):
Rug Pulls/Exploits/De-Peggings/Liquidation Alerts
-@PeckShieldAlert released an alert regarding a new protocol called @ArenaPlayAPC potentially being a soft rugpull.
-@certiKAlert released hacking alerts re: Discord of @thelonelyaliens.
@Wallet_Guard issued an alert of a hack regarding @deekaymotion.
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @defillama ($1M+ TVL only) and @stable_fish)
Other News And Analysis
(key news, twitter threads, articles, videos, etc from last 24 hours)
-It appears that Ethereum is targeting mid-September for the merge:
-The European Central Bank looks like it has officially chosen to enact yield curve control:
-Interesting statement from Fed’s Waller:
-Signs of adoption:
-@cryptohayes released a fascinating new article on the macro situation re: the US, European Union, and Japan, and their respective central banks:
-@coinbureau released a video on Aave, going over its recent focuses on Lens Protocol and the upcoming Aave stablecoin:
@FTMAlerts released a new livestream featuring @crypto_klay, @nickdrakon, @0xbebis_, @cryptohamm, and @justinmsilver discussing the recent inflation print, stablecoin regulation, alpha on various protocols, and more:
Conclusion
Get after it degens!
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