Happy Tuesday fellow frogs! No dull day in defi :)
Stats/alerts/etc at top and news/events/links at bottom as always!
Market Update
Crypto:
Gold: $1,665.70
Oil (WTI): $88.74
Stocks:
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 500)
Up:
-Victoria VR $VR +51.8%
-CreditCoin $CTC +39.8%
-TerraClassic USD $USTC +33.9%
Down:
-TitanSwap $TITAN -18.4%
-Velas $VLX -14.2%
-Manifold Finance $FOLD -12.2%
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Biggest TVL Movers
Chains are very red today. Top 25 are all down except for Algorand which is up 29.36% on the daily. Heco (#27) and Moonriver (#29) are also slightly green on the daily.
Protocols are also red. 48 of the top 50 are red on the daily. Overall TVL is extremely flat though with only one top 50 protocol having more than a 10% move in either direction on the weekly (Venus - #16- at +16.02%).
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 provides a TVL filter so this only includes protocols with at least $1M TVL):
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 frens!)
-New BSC ‘Watch2Earn’ “blockchain web3 video platform” called @Viewiumofficial. (h/t @ApeOClock)
-Something called @valibots. Twitter bio states “A Collection of Asset Backed & Deflationary NFTs Rewarding Holders.”
-New perps protocol called @LexerMarkets. Twitter bio states “Decentralised perpetual exchange for Forex, Crypto, NFT, and more. Long, Short, Swap Perpetual Everything Testnet...”
-New protocol called @WenDEXcic on some new chain called @CICChain. Twitter bio states “#WenDEX. #Launch, #Stake or #Trade the most intelligent tokens on the planet - Powered by @CICChain . Coming soon…”
Rug Pull/Exploit/De-Pegging/Security Alerts
-@certiKAlert released alerts on exit-scams on The Micro Elements (TME), and copycat token $DMC.
-@peckshield released the following alert re: an exploit on @QANplatform:
-Following tweet was posted several hours ago re: @paraswap, however an exploit regarding them hasn’t been posted yet by either @CertiKAlert or @PeckShieldAlert so dyor:
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @defillama ($5M+ TVL and no-IL and single-exposure filters) and @stable_fish - Note: these lists are just raw data, make sure to always DYOR before interacting with any/all protocols)
Other News And Analysis
(key news, twitter threads, articles, videos, etc from last 24 hours)
-Japan 10 year bonds are no-bid (apart from Bank of Japan):
-Bond problems in Europe as well, with both German bond yields and the German/Italian bond yield differential rising rapidly:
-Crypto markets very quiet as of late:
-News from Germany:
-Surging volume on @synthetix_io is almost entirely due to perps trading:
-Info on LP’ing on Uniswap from @0xShitTrader:
-From interesting thread comparing Abritrum to Optimism from @nansen_ai:
-$XEN token causing the deflation on ETH Mainnet the last few days, from @swmartin19 via @blockworksres:
-Interesting fact from @alpha_pls:
-@rage_trade / @GMX_IO alfa:
-@Blockworks_ released a new interview with former Fed insider Joseph Wang and noted macro expert Harley Bassman:
-News roundup from @coinbureau:
Conclusion
Have a great Tuesday friends!
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