Happy Thursday fellow degens! Lot of big stories today!
Stats/alerts/etc at top and tweets/news/links/videos/etc at bottom as always!
Market Update
Crypto:
Gold: $1,831.60
Oil (WTI): $77.66
Stocks:
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000)
Spotlight
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Biggest TVL Movers
Chains are mostly green today. Some notables include Optimism (#6) at +12.30% on the weekly, Algorand (#17) at -11.07% on the weekly, Fusion (#18) at +97.36% on the monthly, and Cardano (#24) at +53.46% on the monthly.
Protocols are mostly red today. Top 100 protocols up on all three timelines (daily, weekly, monthly) include Curve (#3), Synthetix (#22), Stargate (#23), Velodrome (#29), Olympus DAO (#35), Thena (#48), Gearbox (#67), ParaSpace (#83), Hop Protocol (#87), Katana Dex (#90), RealT (#91), and DeFiChain Loans (#93).
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 called @TONPOUND_com. “The first decentralized lending protocol to connect The Open Network and Ethereum blockchain”.
-New protocol on Arbitrum called @AstroLSD. Twitter bio states “The First Liquid Staking Derivative and Liquid Crowdloan Derivative Platform on #Arbitrum”. h/t @Jimmie68295400:
-New project called @PennyDefi. Twitter bio states “Your one-stop shop for all things DeFi in the Canto ecosystem.” h/t @toffee248:
-New protocol called @OasisSwapDEX. Twitter bio states “ 🌊⬛️⬜️Highly Liquid Aquatic Exchange⬜️⬛️🌊 🌊⬛️⬜️ℍ𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕝𝕪 𝕃𝕚𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕕 𝔸𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕔 𝔼𝕩𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖⬜️⬛️🌊⬛️♄♗❡♄↳☿ ↳♗☭☋♗◗ ꍏ☭☋ꍏ☂♗☾ €⌘☾♄ꍏ♫❡€⬛️” h/t @toffee248:
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @DefiLlama (minimum $1M+ TVL, single-exposure, and no-IL only) and @stable_fish - note: these lists are just raw data, make sure to always DYOR before interacting with any/all protocols)
Other News And Analysis
(key news, twitter threads, articles, videos, etc from last 24 hours)
-”Crypto Bank” Silvergate dominating headlines:
-$BUSD continuing to generate lots of discussion:
-$XMON sees dramatic price drop:
-Gamefi project $PRIME getting a lot of attention today:
-Office-based US commercial real estate woes continue:
-Bullish sentiments from @MikeIppolito_:
-Bearish (at least short term) sentiments from @Rewkang:
-From an interesting thread by @AndreasSteno of contrarian reasons why consumption is remaining strong in US:
-Very thorough thread on ‘Defi on Bitcoin’ project @Stacks, which has been getting a lot of attention recently, from @jermywkh:
-Thread full of wisdom from macro expert @SantiagoAuFund:
-Another thread full of wisdom from the great @Louround_:
-Excellent thread from @IamZeroIka:
-Another great daily episode from @blockbytescom covering a range of defi stories, featuring @crypto_klay, @0xBebis_, and @MasonCorval:
-@FlywheelDeFi released a new interview with defi gigathreadoor and YouTuber @ThorHartvigsen:
-Good interview with @TimBeiko from @0xResearch for our hardcore Ethereum gigabrains:
-Parting wisdom from @omni_intern:
Conclusion
Have a great Thursday friends!
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