Happy Sunday kings! Data/alerts/new protocols/etc at top and news/articles/etc at bottom as always!
Market Update
Overall crypto market cap: +1.8% to $1.02T
$BTC: +2.0% to $21,657.53
$ETH: +5.3% to $1,265.13
For tradfi:
S&P 500: N/A
Dow Jones: N/A
Nasdaq 100: N/A
Gold: $1,825.00
Oil (WITI): $107.60
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 500)
Up:
-CEEK Smart VR $CEEK +51.4%
-Spell $SPELL +36.1%
-Keep Network $KEEP +26.5%
Down:
-Cube Network $CUBE -48.3%
-TiFi $TIFI -19.9%
-Uquid Coin $UQC -18.2%
Biggest TVL Movers
For top 20 chains Optimism is still gaining TVL at the fastest rate.
Among top 100 protocols, Aave, Synthetix, Liquity, Rocket Pool, Marinade Finance, Tectonic, Neutrino, Benqi, Synapse, Maiar, Orca, Platypus, Thorchain, Mento, MM Finance, Francium, Set Protocol, and Shibaswap are all up over 20% on the weekly.
Top 12 Chains By TVL (from @defillama):
Top 12 Protocols By TVL (from @defillama):
Top 12 Stablecoins By TVL (including once a week from now on - from @defillama):
Other Data Points
Bitcoin Fear/Greed Index:
(from @BitcoinFear)
Ethereum Fear/Greed Index:
(from @EthereumFear)
Other stats
(from @8blocksdaily)
New Protocols/Yield Farms
(note: this is checked via a variety of sources (listed below when used) and general Twitter research - note: this excludes Tomb forks and reflection tokens and tries to only include at least semi-legitimate defi-oriented stuff, but DYOR)
-A protocol called @SlashWeb3 is getting ready to launch. Twitter bio states that it “supports any token payments as the next generation of decentralized payment instruments.” (via general Twitter research)
-New P2E protocol called @SquidNetGame on BSC. (via @ApeOClock)
-@discoverilla - a “3D metaverse advertising platform” on ETH Mainnet, has launched today. (via @ApeOClock)
Rug Pulls/Exploits/De-Peggings/Liquidation Alerts
-$USDD is depegged at .976 vs USD.
-@certiKAlert released alerts relating to a compromised Discord for @UglyBrosNFT, and a rugpull on @Swello_Finance.
-@Serpent released a thread on how to protect against malicious file scams:
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @defillama ($1M+ TVL only) and @stable_fi
Other News And Analysis
(key news, twitter threads, articles, videos, etc from last 24 hours)
-Grand Theft Auto 6 may include in-game cryptocurrency:
-German official is warning about severe energy shortage:
-@phtevenstrong ‘The Calculator Guy’ released an excellent thread on yield farming and how to adjust strategies based on market conditions:
-@pseudo_alakon released a good thread on Synthetix and their recent TVL + price gains, and specifically their ‘Atomic Swaps’ feature:
-While Jerome Powell acknowledged before the Senate this week that raising interest rates would not help lower gas or food prices, data is suggesting the inflation may surge even higher, likely putting more political pressure on Powell and the Fed:
-Charles Hoskinson’s appearance on Capitol Hill this week is getting a lot of attention on Twitter:
Conclusion
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