Happy Sunday friends! Tradfi markets closed but crypto never sleeps :)
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: N/A
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000)
Spotlight
We are helping raise awareness about a very interesting new project called @zkxprotocol!
ZKX is the first decentralized self-custody perpetual futures exchange on Starknet…
They are getting ready to launch their testnet, and you can keep up to date on the rollout via their excellent Twitter account.
They also just released a great thread on the origins of their protocol and what differentiates them from other dex’s that you can check out below!
Biggest TVL Movers
Chains are mixed today. Biggest gainers among top 30 chains on the monthly are Arbitrum (#4) at +48.53%, and Optimism (#6) at +31.00%. Biggest losers are Moonbeam (#28) at -25.07%, and Fantom (#8) at -20.41%.
Protocols are mixed today as well. Some notables include Synthetix (#21) at +19.54% on the weekly, Thena (#48) at +39.01% on the monthly, Solidly V2 (#53) at +53.46% on the weekly, and Paraspace (#79) at +34.85% on the weekly.
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 Stablecoins By Market Cap (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 on Arbitrum called @CrescentSwap. Twitter bio states “Expansive DeFi utility ecosystem, bringing collateralized value to @Arbitrum, providing a protective investment suite.”
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @DefiLlama (minimum $1M+ TVL, single-exposure, and no-IL filters) 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)
-Shanghai update:
-Bond market update:
-Update on tech layoffs:
-Interesting macro commentary from @MartyBent:
-Commodity price changes over the last year:
-David Hoffman @TrustlessState from Bankless clarifies comments he made in a recent video that generated intense speculation regarding Wells Notices, Lido, etc:
-Sentiments from @Pentosh1:
-Interesting stat from @ByzGeneral:
-Multicoin Capital apparently down 91.4% in 2022:
-A story about billionaire investor Mark Mobius claiming he is having trouble getting his capital out of China is generating intense discussion:
-Another China update:
-Interesting thread from @VerumCapital:
-@BanklessHQ Weekly Round-Up video going over several dozen current stories/topics/etc in crypto:
-Good episode of Brent Johnson @SantiagoAUFund’s new podcast Milkshakes, Markets, & Madness:
-Parting wisdom from @WinterSoldierxz:
Conclusion
Have a great Sunday degens! Let’s get after it!
And please RT/follow/etc if you found this valuable!
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Note
Our official sponsor for the month of March is @NestedFi! Nested is a new Social Trading protocol which allows users to create and manage portfolios (and copy-trade other traders’ portfolios) on all the main EVM chains…
Nested has a variety of interesting features beyond the copy-trading aspect. It allows for easy dca’ing, as well as non-kyc’d fiat-onboarding via their integration with Mt Pelerin.
Here’s a recent announcement they just made: