Happy Sunday and Happy Easter good degens!
Let’s dive in!
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 @CryptoBubbles24):
Gold: $2254.80
Oil (WTI): $83.17
US 10Y Treasury: 4.206%
Stocks ($SPY as proxy): N/A
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000, by 24 hour change)
Spotlight
Take note friends, @PikeFinance has completed their pre-sale with $6.4M raised, and wants to thank all their supporters and contributors!
As background, Pike is a gigabrained new project we have been helping raise awareness about that sits smack dab in the middle of the interoperability narrative that has been generating so much attention, and allows users to seamlessly borrow, lend, leverage, and earn across any chain…
“Pike’s vision is to become a universal liquidity layer that enables frictionless movement and accessibility of native assets across ecosystems. Pike is built on top of Wormhole’s Cross-Chain Data Messaging and Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP), and utilizes Pyth Network’s Price Feeds….”
Get started using their protocol now at app.pike.finance, and learn more about their presale and all associated stats + details via the thread below!
Biggest TVL Movers + Else
Chains are mostly green today. Top 50 chains up at least 30% on the weekly include Solana (#4), Blast (#6), Base (#8), Mode (#31), Linea (#37), and Merlin (#44).
Protocols are mostly green today as well. Top 100 protocols up at least 50% on the weekly include Zircuit Staking (#31), Trader Joe (#66), and Thruster (#72),
Here’s The Top 12 Fastest-Growing Chains By TVL On The Weekly With At Least $10M TVL (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 12 Fastest-Growing Protocols By TVL On The Weekly With At Least $10M TVL (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 12 Entities By 24 Hour Revenue Generation (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 12 Fantom Protocols By TVL (from @DefiLlama):
Bitcoin Fear/Greed Index:
(from @BitcoinFear)
Ethereum Fear And Greed Index
(from @EthereumFear):
New Projects
(note: this includes new projects we find through combing Twitter each day, and we also include or re-include every newly launched protocol added by @DefiLlama that has at least some TVL or is followed by at least some of our mutuals - hence disclaimer: these are not pre-vetted by us so make sure to DYOR!)
-New project called @OasisAI. Twitter bio states “Building the intersection of decentralized compute and consumer AI”. Followed by 61 of our mutuals. h/t @0xjaypeg:
-Something new called @TucanaProtocol. Twitter bio states “Unifying intent centric liquidity across modular networks”. Followed by 3 of our mutuals. h/t @AresLabs_xyz:
-Something new called @bitCow_AMM. Twitter bio states “BTC-Native stable and concentrated liquidity AMM. Developed by @bitsmiley_labs.” Followed by 4 of our mutuals. h/t @AresLabs_xyz:
-New dex on Degen chain called @swapdegen has been added to @DefiLlama. Twitter bio states “First DEX on Degen Chain.” Followed by 13 of our mutuals.
Security Alerts
-Daily Reminder: Twitter (and other social media) is being absolutely inundated with scams and links to fake versions of popular defi protocols - please make sure to be EXTREMELY hyper-vigilant and triple-check before interacting with anything!
-No security alerts today.
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @DefiLlama (all types, $1M+ TVL only) and @stable_fish - note: these lists are just raw data, make sure to always DYOR before interacting with any/all protocols)
Important News And Analysis
(key news, twitter threads, articles, videos, etc from last 24 hours)
-New $DEGEN L3 chain on Base is currently the hot topic of discussion:
-@0xShual wrote a great thread explaining it, sample below:
-Other Base projects like @frenpetonbase also getting increased attention, h/t @MoneroDiesel_84:
-Additional headlines c/o @Cprinze_:
-Ticker alfa c/o @TheDeFinvestor:
-@cobie’s new project @echodotxyz getting lots of attention, h/t @TheBlock_:
-New Aptos airdrop called @ChewyToken is sparking talk of an Aptos airdrop season, h/t @CC2Ventures:
-Wise sentiments on meme coins and overall trading strategy from @degengambleh:
-Excellent thread on everything to do with Monad from @Beacon_Early:
-Lots of heated debate about Bittensor/$TAO on Twitter the last couple days. Sample from co-founder @const_reborn below from back and forth with Eric Wall and Martin Skrelli:
-Long list of airdrop updates/alfa c/o @73lV_:
-Excellent new weekly macro overview from @FedGuy12:
-New @BobLoukas video on crypto/macro/TA:
-Newest update on all things airdrop-related from @KryptoCove:
-New macro interview with @LynAldenContact:
-Parting wisdom c/o @odysseyssc:
Conclusion
Happy Sunday friends! Don’t forget to touch some grass today!
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