Happy Wednesday and happy FOMC (rate-hike) day degens!
Stats/alerts/etc at top and tweets/news/links/videos/etc at bottom as always!
Market Update
Crypto:
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Gold: $1,940.40
Oil (WTI): $69.07
Stocks:
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Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000)
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Biggest TVL Movers
Chains are mostly green today. The top gainers on the weekly with at least $1M TVL are Map at $1.29M TVL and +113%, Starknet at $2.44M and +42.19%, and Obyte at $1.73M and +31.30%.
Protocols are also mostly green today. Biggest gainers on the weekly with at least $1M in TVL are Ramses Exchange on Arbitrum at $63.58M TVL and +18,878%, GrizzlyFi on BSC at $15.73M and +1,017%, and SmartDex on Eth Mainnet at $10.5M and +336%.
Here’s The Top 12 Chains By TVL (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 12 Protocols By TVL (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 12 Chains By Stablecoin Inflows Over The Last 7 Days (from @DefiLlama):
Other Data Points
Bitcoin Fear/Greed Index:
(from @BitcoinFear)
Ethereum Fear And Greed Index
(from @EthereumFear):
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Crypto Volatility Index
(from @CVIdaily)
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New Protocols
(note: this includes new protocols we find through combing Twitter each day, and we also include every (newly launched) protocol added by @defillama and @debank (excluding Tomb forks/reflection tokens/etc) - hence disclaimer: these are not pre-vetted by us so make sure to DYOR!)
-New protocol on BSC called @SakaiVault has been added to @DefiLlama. Twitter bio states “Decentralised Perpetual Exchange. Gain exposure to a variety of assets with up to 25x leverage and deep liquidity.”
![Twitter avatar for @SakaiVault](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/SakaiVault.jpg)
-A new dex on Loop Network called @ZukeSwap has been added to @DefiLlama. Twitter bio states “A Decentralized Exchange on #LoopNetwork”.
![Twitter avatar for @ZukeSwap](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/ZukeSwap.jpg)
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-Something called @Etherwars_ on Arbitrum. Twitter bio states “Ether Wars is a risk-to-earn arena style PvP game developed on #Arbitrum”. h/t @AresLabs_xyz:
![Twitter avatar for @Etherwars_](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/Etherwars_.jpg)
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-Previously-mentioned @OnyxProtocol has been added on @DeBankDefi (ETH Mainnet). Again, Twitter bio states “Earn, borrow, and build with #OnyxProtocol, a fully decentralized cross-token liquidity market powered by $XCN that supports NFTs and crypto.”
![Twitter avatar for @OnyxProtocol](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/OnyxProtocol.jpg)
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-Newish protocol on Waves called @puzzle_lend has been added to @DefiLlama. Twitter bio states “Puzzle Lend is the safest Lending Protocol built on the Waves blockchain 🧩”.
-Previously-mentioned @MantisSwap has been added to @DefiLlama. Again, Twitter bio states ‘Single-sided AMM for trading pegged assets on @0xPolygon by Mantissa Finance”.
![Twitter avatar for @MantisSwap](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/MantisSwap.jpg)
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Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @DefiLlama (all types, minimum $1M+ TVL) and @stable_fish - note: these lists are just raw data, make sure to always DYOR before interacting with any/all protocols)
Other News And Analysis
(key news, twitter threads, articles, videos, etc from last 24 hours)
-FOMC (Fed rate hike announcement) today:
![Twitter avatar for @gurgavin](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/gurgavin.jpg)
-Official numbers on which Arbitrum protocols will be receiving what size airdrops are apparently out:
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-Banking crisis updates:
![Twitter avatar for @WatcherGuru](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/WatcherGuru.jpg)
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![Twitter avatar for @biancoresearch](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/biancoresearch.jpg)
-Significant TVL inflow to @Starknet:
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-Circle/USDC update:
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-Interesting stat from excellent thread of current market data from @LDNCryptoClub:
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-Geopolitical/USD update:
![Twitter avatar for @WatcherGuru](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/WatcherGuru.jpg)
-Great thread on Arbitrum airdrop from @OlimpioCrypto, with lots of interesting data/info:
![Twitter avatar for @OlimpioCrypto](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/OlimpioCrypto.jpg)
-Another good thread on Arbitrum airdrop, focusing specifically on current OTC action of people selling their airdrop allocations, from @cole0x:
![Twitter avatar for @cole0x](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/cole0x.jpg)
-More Arbitrum token OTC data, from @avocado_toast2:
-Europe update:
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-Good thread from @ed_Nuward about @zksync, which has been getting a lot of attention as of late due to its potential airdrop:
![Twitter avatar for @ed_Nuward](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/ed_Nuward.jpg)
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-Euler Finance hack situation continues to get more convoluted:
![Twitter avatar for @TheDEFIac](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/TheDEFIac.jpg)
-Video on banking crisis from @Blockworks_:
-@BanklessHQ interviewed @balajis about the recent publicity he’s been generating:
-New protocol breakdown from @ceazor7:
-New video from @drakeondigital discussing a number of ‘real yield’ style protocols:
-Parting wisdom from @schizoxbt and @crypto_linn:
![Twitter avatar for @schizoxbt](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/schizoxbt.jpg)
![Twitter avatar for @crypto_linn](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/crypto_linn.jpg)
Conclusion
Have a great Wednesday friends and stay alert today lest Powell try to rug us :)
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