Happy Saturday friends! Weekends are for getting after it let’s go!!!
Stats/alerts/etc at top and tweets/news/links/videos/etc at bottom as always!
Market Update
Crypto:
Gold: $1,856.60
Oil (WTI): $79.68
Stocks:
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000)
Spotlight
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Biggest TVL Movers
Chains are mostly red today. Only top 25 chains green on both the weekly and monthly are Arbitrum (#4), Optimism (#6), Canto (#14), and EOS (#21).
Protocols are mostly red today as well. Top 50 protocols green on both the weekly and monthly include Lido (#1), Curve (#3), Frax (#12), Synthetix (#21), Beefy (#28), Velodrome (#29), BendDAO (#34), Olympus DAO (#35), Thena (#46), and Chainge Finance (#50).
Here’s The Top 12 Fastest-Growing Chains By TVL On The Weekly (from @DefiLlama - note: no minimum $TVL filter):
Here’s The Top 12 Fastest-Growing Protocols By TVL On The Weekly (from @DefiLlama - note: minimum $1M TVL):
Other Data Points
Bitcoin Fear/Greed Index:
(from @BitcoinFear)
Ethereum Fear And Greed Index
(from @EthereumFear):
Crypto Volatility Index
(from @CVIdaily)
New Protocols
(note: this includes new protocols we find through combing Twitter each day, and we also include every (newly launched) protocol added by @defillama and @debank (excluding Tomb forks/reflection tokens/etc) - hence disclaimer: these are not pre-vetted by us so make sure to DYOR!)
-Something new on Arbitrum called @Nitropad_io. Twitter bio states “🚀 Nitropad ($npad) is a launchpad, accelerator & incubator in Arbitrum 🧑🏽🚀 Built by @ivangarcia & @dani_sevilla”.
-New L1 called @NibiruChain launches incentivized testnet. Twitter bio states “A community-owned, DeFi hub powering technological innovations for the future of money. Trade perps, swap, stake, LP and interact with smart contract dapps.”
-Previously-mentioned @LendeXeFinance has been added to @DefiLlama. Again, Twitter bio states “One of the safest stablecoins in the world. A decentralized multichain Stablecoin and Lending dApp.”
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)
-Interesting macro chart from @AndreasSteno:
-Potential March catalysts:
-Tether in the headlines:
-Fascinating stat from @Dunleavy89:
-Interesting thread from @matrixthesun:
-Interesting visualization of real estate markets in various nations:
-Extremely interesting thread from @rayzhueth:
-Another fantastic thread, from @redphonecrypto:
-Very thorough thread on @redactedcartel $BTRLY from @0xMughal:
-New livestream from @noahseidman:
-New roundup video from @thebellcurvepod about the Silvergate news and other issues:
-Good video for our hardcore macro fans from @Blockworks_ featuring Joseph Wang @FedGuy12 and @MPelletierCIO:
-Another good macro video, from Rebel Capitalist/George Gammon:
-Thoughts from @jake_pahor:
-Parting wisdom from @IamZeroIka and @NickDrakon:
Conclusion
Have a great Saturday degens and don’t forget to touch some grass this weekend!
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