Happy Saturday friends! Looks like we made it to the weekend without anything else crazy happening, but guess that doesn’t mean much in crypto since markets are 24/7 :)
Stats/alerts/etc at top and tweets/news/links/videos/etc at bottom as always!
Market Update
Crypto:
Gold: $1,751.10
Oil (WTI): $80.08
Stocks:
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 500)
Up:
-Covalent $CQT +43.6%
-Battle World $BWO +42.3%
-IQ $IQ +35.8%
Down:
-Impossible Finance Launchpad $IDIA -17.0%
-Poollotto.finance $ -14.4%
-Secret $SCRT -13.4%
Spotlight
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Biggest TVL Movers
Chains are pretty flat today. Cronos (#8) is at -19.34% on the daily. Only chains green on all three timelines (daily, monthly, weekly) in top 50 are Fusion (#17), Canto (#21), and Wanchain (#49).
Protocols are mixed today. Some notables include Frax jumping into spot #12 at +7.47% on the daily, VVS Finance (#33) at -52.30% on the monthly, Abracadabra (#42) at -54.69% on the monthly, Wombat Exchange (#47) at +18.02% on the weekly, Gearbox (#63) at +145% on the weekly, Kyberswap (#75) at +35.07% on the monthly, and Elipsis Finance at +601% on the weekly (if accurate).
Here’s The Top 12 Fastest-Growing Chains By TVL On The Weekly (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 12 Fastest-Growing Protocols By TVL On The Weekly (from @DefiLlama - note: this one has a TVL filter so these only include protocols with a minimum tvl of $1M):
Other Data Points
Bitcoin Fear/Greed Index:
(from @BitcoinFear)
Ethereum Fear/Greed Index:
(from @EthereumFear)
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 called @__cryptolottery has been added to @DefiLlama. Twitter bio states “The #cryptolottery is an honest lottery build on the blockchain technology. The Web3 scalable lottery for the million people around the world.”
-New protocol called @0xdx_io. Twitter bio states “DeSpec Market and NFT Options Trading Platform | DeSpec: a pseudonymous, peer-to-peer exchange of tokenized NFT derivatives contracts | by @bridgerrtech.”
-New climate/refi protocol called @ReturnProtocol. Twitter bio states “Environmental infrastructure enabling socially incentivized climate action at scale... Building the next generation of #ReFi …”
-New Algorand protocol called @DeridexHQ. Twitter bio states “Decentralized derivatives protocol built on Algorand.”
-New protocol called @numoen. Twitter bio states “Making on-chain options liquid on @arbitrum… We'll be rolling out our V 1.0 wicked soon, stay tune 😁”.
-Previously-mentioned @0xPerp88 has been added to @Defillama. Again, Twitter bio states “The premier decentralized spot & perpetual exchange with the best economics for users on @0xPolygon.”
-Apparently a number of protocols being built on ‘Core’:
Rug Pulls/Exploits/De-Peggings/Liquidation Alerts
-@CertiKAlert released an alert regarding a Discord hack of @Mitsubishinft.
-@CertiKAlert released the following weekly summary:
-@PeckShieldAlert is releasing real time updates on all the moves of the FTX exploiter (now the 27th largest holder of $ETH in the world):
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)
-@Grayscale was a focal point of discussion today in crypto markets, particularly in regards to a thread they posted (see quote-tweet in @ChainlinkGod’s tweet below):
-SBF update:
-Interesting chart from @dunleavy89:
-Potentially valuable info for some FTX US depositors, from @bradklemmer:
-Interesting stats on $USDT and $USDC from @0xWolff:
-Fascinating macro issue in US as Social Security Trust Fund becomes net seller of treasuries:
-Chicken Bonds alpha from @iamllanero:
-Interesting weekly stats from @nansen_ai:
-Chainlink announced its first ten ‘Build’ participants:
-Update on GMX stats from @DeFiMann:
-@blockbytescom streamed a new episode of Across The Chains featuring @crypto_klay, @nickdrakon, new guest @markjeffrey, and the rest of the crew:
-Very much outside the wheelhouse of most of our defi-focused readers, but for gaining perspective on the more ‘mainstream’ view of the crypto markets right now, Digital Asset News’ panel discussions are always valuable to watch:
-And in conclusion, an interesting cover from The Economist, c/o @max_bronstein :)
Conclusion
Hang in there fellow degens and don’t forget to touch some grass this weekend!
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