Happy Thursday and happy Arbitrum Day degens! Is gonna be a big one!
Stats/alerts/etc at top and tweets/news/links/videos/etc at bottom as always!
Market Update
Crypto:




Gold: $1,979.10
Oil (WTI): $70.26
Stocks:


Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000)
Spotlight
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Biggest TVL Movers
Chains are mostly red today. Top 30 chains up by at least 10% on the weekly and the monthly include Arbitrum (#4), Optimism (#6), Bitcoin (#16), and Rootstock (#27).
Protocols mostly red today as well. Top 100 protocols up at least 10% on both the weekly and monthly include Aave (#3), Bwatch (#29), Lightning Network (#51), Hop Protocol (#72), OKC Liquid Staking (#86), and IZUMI Finance (#92).
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 Dex’s By 7 Day Volume (from @DefiLlama):
Other Data Points
Bitcoin Fear/Greed Index:
(from @BitcoinFear)
Ethereum Fear And Greed Index
(from @EthereumFear):


Crypto Volatility Index
(from @CVIdaily)


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 building on Arbitrum called @Spartadex_io. Twitter bio states “The first gamified DEX on @Arbitrum”.

-Another new project on Arbitrum called @BreadArbitrum. Twitter bio states “An overpowered inverse (3,3) protocol with new tokenomics. Coming soon on Arbitrum.”

-New protocol called @PheasantSwap. Twitter bio states “A Trustworthy Decentralized Exchange Built on #ENULS”.


-New protocol called @SatoriFinance. Twitter bio states “A multichain decentralized financial derivatives platform launching on Polygon zkEVM”.


-Something new on Arbitrum called @nesteggs_xyz. Twitter bio states “💰 Save to Win, No-loss Lottery Protocol. 💙🧡 Coming soon to @arbitrum 💙🧡”

-New protocol on ETH Mainnet called @LSDxfinance has been added to @DeBankDefi. Twitter bio states “an ultra-liquid protocol for all LSD.”

-New protocol on Kava called @pxswap_xyz has been added to @DefiLlama. Twitter bio states “Future of Decentralized NFT Finance. 👾”

-New AMM on Bone chain called @Bonerscan has been added to @DefiLlama. Twitter bio states “#Bonerium is an upcoming L2 solution that aims to improve the $BONE ecosystem, lightning fast, low cost!”


-New Aptos dex called @baptswap has been added to @DefiLlama. Twitter bio states “The first DEX to offer fee-on-transfer tokens on Aptos!”


-Something new called @MEonBTC. Twitter bio states “Welcome to the world of Ordinals, brought to you by the first audited, secure marketplace, @MagicEden.” h/t @AresLabs_xyz:


-Something building on Core called @protocolverse. Twitter bio states “Verse Protocol a ve(3,3) DEX and launchpad built on $CoreChain with nft's and gamefi integrations”.


Security Alerts
-Security thread/alert from @MetaSleuth:


Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @DefiLlama (minimum $1M+ TVL, single-exposure, and no-IL only) 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)
-Federal Reserve hikes by 25 bps:


-Related commentary:




-Coinbase appears to be the latest target of the ongoing regulatory crackdown:




-Related commentary:





-Justin Sun sued by SEC:



-Related:

-Today is the day of the much-anticipated Arbitrum airdrop!




-Excellent airdrop preparation/logistics thread from @OlimpioCrypto and a similar one from @serpnofomo:



-Good thread from @CryptoKoryo on 25 of the top ‘Gamble-Fi’ protocols to pay attention to:
-Europe update:


-Very thorough thread from @0xSurferBoy:


-Arthur Hayes @CryptoHayes appeared on @BanklessHQ:
-New macro video from @Blockworks_:
-Excellent new video from @TaikiMaeda2 on the Arbitrum airdrop, current crypto/macro environment, and more:
-Video from Joseph Wang @FedGuy12 on yesterday’s FOMC meeting:


-Parting sentiments from @JackNiewold and @jake_pahor:

Conclusion
Have a great Thursday friends and good luck with your Arbitrum airdrops!
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