Happy Saturday good frogs! Tradfi markets closed but crypto never sleeps!
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: $3.42T
QQQ (Nasdaq 100): $548.09
Gold: $3,272.79
Oil (WTI): $65.52
US 10Y Treasury: 4.275%
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000, by 24 hour change)
Spotlight
Take note friends! @aya_kantor- co-founder of our Official Sponsor @upshift_fi- just did a new interview with the good folks at Avalanche!
It contains a bunch of great insights relevant to any/all 2025 brypto-enthusiasts and is very much worth listening to! (check it out below!)
And in addition to this, make sure to check out:
-The new interview Aya did with @DeFi_Dad and @nomaticcap recently as well (also embedded below!)
-This great new article from Upshift co-founder @AElkrief that explains what Upshift is doing, goes over the difference between Upshift and its parent organization August Digital, and outlines the (extremely bullish) future of each!
-Upshift’s VERY popular HyperEVM/Hyperbeat vault, which allows $HYPE-enthusiasts to get access to 5+ ecosystem projects/airdrops simultaneously!
And- as always- make sure to follow Upshift on Twitter for more updates, and visit their site to access all the exquisite yields they have available!
Biggest TVL Movers + Other Interesting Data
Chains are mixed today. Best-performing top 25 chain on the weekly is Sei (#16) at +16.63%.
Protocols are mixed today as well. Best-performing top 50 protocol on the weekly is Symbiotic (#35) at +15.18%.
Here’s The Top 12 Best-Performing Chains On The Weekly With At Least $100M TVL: (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 12 Best-Performing Protocols On The Weekly With At Least $100M TVL: (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 10 Entities By 24 Hour Revenue Generation (from @DefiLlama):
Bitcoin Fear/Greed Index:
(from @BitcoinFear)
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 @derolas_xyz. Twitter bio states “Open execution network. Built on OLAS & Dervive. Liquidity sunk using Balancer. Routed via CoW. Agents compete, capital flows. No token, no gate, just code.” Followed by 3 of our mutuals. h/t @AresLabs_xyz:
-Something new called @AlphixFi. Twitter bio states “Next-gen CLMM built on Uniswap. Dynamic Fees. Better trades. Superior APRs. Alphix that. 🏆 Winner of Base Batch 001 🏆” Followed by 2 of our mutuals. h/t @twindoges:
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @DefiLlama (single-exposure, no-IL, $25M+ TVL only) - note: these lists are just raw data, make sure to always DYOR before interacting with any/all protocols)
Important News And Analysis
-Trump says he would like interest rates at 1%, h/t @NickTimiraos:
-An ETF filing has taken place for an ETF that would track the ‘Coinbase 50’. Note: the ‘Coinbase 50’ is an index of top altcoins. h/t @NateGeraci:
-(Related) the Altcoin Season Index model is in goblintown - is it time for altcoins to shine again soon? h/t @BittelJulien:
-@ResupplyFi exploit and its fallout are generating lots of discussion, h/t @phtevenstrong:
-Good ‘defi toolkit’ alfa from @TheDeFinvestor:
-@Yapyo_arb presale info generating much criticism and debate (would recommend researching further on Twitter/X if interested), h/t @eli5_defi:
-Lending protocols are the best performing sector month-to-date, h/t @CryptoKoryo:
-Prospective @MitosisOrg airdrop continuing to catalyze discussion, h/t @DidiTrading:
-Prospective @Lighter_xyz airdrop also generating excitement, h/t @Louround_:
-Grayscale updated its Top 20 List for Q3, removing $LDO/Lido and $OP/Optimism, and adding $MORPHO/Morpho and $AVAX/Avalanche:
-Latest installment in @NPC_68’s HyperEVM farming guide, touching specifically on @hyperunit (note: you can use Twitter’s 'advanced search’ feature to read through the entire series):
-New live roundtable from Forward Guidance featuring @fejau_inc, @qthomp, and @Tyler_Neville discussing everything crypto + macro:
-New crypto/macro livestream from @noahseidman (aired yesterday):
-New episode of @thebellcurvepod:
-New Lyn Alden interview from Jason Burack discussing the future of macro, Bitcoin, AI, etc:
-Interesting new memecoin tutorial from @coinbureau:
-New Jeff Park x Mark Moss discussion from a couple days ago:
-New macro interview with the green chicken Doomberg:
-More stablecoin yield-maxxing from The Calculator Guy @phtevenstrong:
-Don’t forget to take profits good frogs! Parting wisdom from @LouisCooper_:
Conclusion
Have a great Saturday friends and don’t forget to touch some grass this weekend! :)
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Note
Don’t forget- as new L2 @katana generates discussion on the TL- that the gigabrains at @vertex_protocol are an important part of the story!
Katana is “a defi chain forged to kill idle assets via deep liquidity & high yield…”
And Vertex is providing perps liquidity on Katana via their omnichain liquidity system Vertex Edge!
This marks the newest chain they have expanded to, on their journey/goal of being on 25+ EVM chains!
Visit the Vertex site now to get started trading 60+ perps and spot markets, and stay tuned as we continue shining a light on everything they are doing!
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