Happy Saturday friends! All sorts of interesting stuff going on!
Stats/alerts/etc at top and news/events/links at bottom as always!
Market Update
Crypto:
Gold: $1,657.60
Oil (WTI): $85.14
Stocks:
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 500)
Up:
-Enzyme $MLN +115.6%
-BoringDAO [OLD] $BOR +65.5%
-Alchemix $ALCX +33.7%
Down:
-Blox $CDT -11.9%
-Phala Network $PHA -11.1%
-Wrapped Centrifuge $WCGF -11.0%
Biggest TVL Movers
Chains are somewhat green today. Solana is down 5.87% on the daily, with Optimism jumping it into the #7 spot again. Heco (#25) and Canto (#28) are both up over 10% on the weekly. Waves (#18), Gnosis (#19), and Celo (#23) are all down over 10% on the weekly.
Protocols are mostly green today. Some notables include Arrakis Finance now down to spot #16 at -16.08% on the weekly, Aura now up to spot #21 at +32.90% on the monthly, Marinade Finance now down to spot #41 at -21.48% on the monthly, Stader up to spot #55 at +48.04% on the monthly, Raydium down to spot #65 at -29.15% on the monthly, and Vires Finance down to spot #76 at -20.62% on the monthly.
Here’s The Top 12 Chains By TVL (from @defillama):
Here’s The Top 12 Protocols By TVL (from @defillama):
Chart Of The Day
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Year-to-date chart of Chainlink $LINK, with 20 and 50 SMA’s included:
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!)
-Something called @SurveyorDAO. Twitter bio states “Upcoming multi chain #FTM, #Avax, #ETH community owned DAO thru governance. Q4 2022. Central Hub for Shitcoin Surveyor's community to share Alpha.” (h/t @ApeOClock)
-Something called @betaverse_main on BSC. Twitter bio states “blockchain based decentralised betting platform, Followers must be 18+”.
-Previously-mentioned Aptos liquid-staking protocol @Ditto_Finance has been added to @defillama. Twitter bio states “The liquid staking solution for #Aptos”.
-Another new Aptos liquid-staking protocol called @TortugaFinance has been added to @defillama. Twitter bio states “ Liquid Staking on @AptosLabs. Use $tAPT anywhere. Now LIVE!”
-New stablecoin protocol on Aptos called @ArgoUSD has been added to @defillama. Twitter bio states “Bringing $USDA, a decentralized stablecoin, to Aptos.”
-Previously-mentioned new protocol @yieldification has been added to @DeBankDefi. Again, Twitter bio states “ $YDF - A real yield NFT DeFi utility protocol w/ unique (and actually useful) NFT integration, perpetual futures trading, stake borrowing & lending, and DAO!”
-New protocol being built on Starknet (if understanding right) called @briqNFT. Twitter bio states “The NFT building protocol. Seize the briqs of creation.”
-New protocol called @Bracket_Labs_. Twitter bio states “Bracket Labs reimagines leverage products for DeFi and beyond using a new financial primitive called a bracket.” From a thread announcing their launch and explaining their focus:
-New protocol called @Y2R_Finance on Canto. Twitter bio states “Auto harvest protocol on Canto. Magic of compound interest!”
Rug Pulls/Exploits/De-Peggings/Liquidation Alerts
-@CertiKAlert released alerts on Discord hacks of @shojira and @Vivity_NFT; and a flash-crash on project ‘SocialShow’.
@PeckShieldAlert released the following alert:
-@PeckShieldAlert also released the following alert (embedding update to it that quote-tweets the original):
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @defillama (minimum $1M+ TVL, 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 unleashed some heavy defense of its currency, catalyzing a wild swing in the USD:JPY chart today:
-Crypto continues to see an unprecedented lack of volatility compared to stocks:
-Jurien Timmer released an excellent thread on the unique mix of obstacles facing central banks given the historically unparalleled demographic aging/falling birthrates we are witnessing:
-Interesting prediction from @JackNiewold:
-@ipor_intern released an excellent thread on @senseprotocol:
-Macron on Europe’s predicament:
-@alphanonceStaff released an excellent thread on what has transpired with $ETH since the merge:
-Brad Nickel @b05crypto released an interview with crypto/macro gigabrain @NickDrakon:
@DoombergT appeared on @bilalhafeez123’s podcast to discuss macro/energy/sovereign bond crisis/etc:
-@Ceazor7 released a great video on ‘dyad’, the new NFT-based, $ETH-backed stablecoin being built:
-Macro gigabrain @hkuppy appeared on the Meb Faber show:
Conclusion
Have a great Saturday friends!
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