Happy Thursday good degens! Lots 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: $3.51T
QQQ (Nasdaq 100): $532.93
Gold: $3,386.81
Oil (WTI): $66.68
US 10Y Treasury: 4.371%
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000, by 24 hour change)
Spotlight
The team at @maplefinance just hit $2B in TVL/AUM!
This is just the latest in an absolutely massive string of W’s the Maple team has been stacking!
From their new partnership with Cantor to their expansion to Solana to a host of huge new defi integration and more, Maple continues to be one of the most talked-about projects in all of crypto, and one of the biggest success stories of 2025!
This is just the beginning though, and Maple has huge things in store for the rest of this year and beyond…
Make sure to follow Maple on Twitter for more updates, and check out co-founder @SyrupSid’s recent interview with the great @CurveCap from @leviathan_news below!
Biggest TVL Movers + Other Interesting Data
Chains are mostly red today. Best-performing chains on the weekly with at least $100M are Unichain, Hyperliquid L1, and Flare.
Protocols are mostly red today as well. Best-performing protocols on the weekly with at least $100M TVL are PulseX, Hemi Staking, and Threshold Network.
Here’s The Top 12 Chains By TVL: (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 12 Protocols By TVL: (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 10 Entities By 24 Hour Fee Generation (from @DefiLlama):
Bitcoin Fear/Greed Index:
(from @BitcoinFear)
Top Yield Opportunities
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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 @JoinCreatorbase. Twitter bio states “Agentic platform for brands to run UGC campaigns on Tiktok, X and Fb with 100s of creators as simply as running an IG campaign, Creators get PPV - paid per view”. Followed by 1 of our mutuals. h/t @twindoges:
-New project called @LinguardLabs. Twitter bio states “Linguard Labs is building the world’s first “regulation-first” Layer 1 blockchain, purpose-built to re-platform TradFi into DeFi”. Followed by 2 of our mutuals. h/t @twindoges:
-Something new called @flipcash_app. Twitter bio states “This is Digital Cash. Only Possible on Solana.” Followed by 16 of our mutuals. h/t @AresLabs_xyz and @leviathan_news:
Important News And Analysis
-Plasma sale opened briefly to add another $500M to the raise, Circle is apparently expanding to Sam Altman’s Worldchain, and the GENIUS Stablecoin Act looks poised to pass, h/t @Tyler_Did_It:
-@sparkdotfi airdrop checker is live and it appears a variety of folks are qualifying for it, h/t @alpha_pls:
-Reminder to also check if you qualify for the $HOME/@defidotapp airdrop:
-Labor marketing softening a bit, h/t @FedGuy12:
-Housing/construction/etc data looking bleak, h/t @WarrenPies:
-Very interesting macro story re: possibility of new tweak re: Fed interest payments to banks, as yet another way to manage the massive sovereign debt load, which could also potentially bring rates down a bit, h/t @FedGuy12:
-Interesting speculation re: Robinhood and EthCC later this month, h/t @crypto_condom:
-Thoughts on top Kaito opportunities from @DidiTrading:
-Are creator coins or similar stuff like them inevitable? h/t @MikeIppolito_:
-Interesting thoughts on perp dex’s and new project Paradex from @0xGeeGee:
-Reminder to be purposeful about your portfolio construction good degens, h/t @thedefiedge:
-Interesting interview from @fejau_inc with @RkBench, former Circle team member + former Federal Reserve member + founder of a new project called @radiustech_xyz:
-New roundtable from @theempirepod:
-New interview with Marc Andreesen from Jack Altman:
-New interview with Euler co-founder @euler_mab from @phtevenstrong:
-New episode of NFA Live (just aired an hour ago):
-“You go a lot farther following what genuinely interests you and standing on your principles than just hopping from trend to trend. Time only proves this to be obvious.” - parting wisdom from @DeFiDave22:
Conclusion
Have a great Thursday and stay alert out there friends!
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