Happy Sunday Chads and Chadettes! First relatively quiet day in awhile :) Appears like we may be headed for a big week ahead though!
Stats/alerts/etc at top and news/events/links at bottom as always!
Market Update
Crypto:
Gold: $1,660.52
Oil (WTI): $79.70
Stocks: N/A
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 500)
Up:
-Instar $INSTAR +183.5%
-Sun Token $SUN +53.5%
-Decentralized Social $DESO +31.0%
Down:
-GXChain $GXC -55.2%
-BoringDAO [OLD] $BOR -19.5%
-Axion $AXN -19.2%
Biggest TVL Movers
Chains are mixed again today. On the monthly, Algorand (#16) is up over 15%, and Cronos (#9) and Waves (#17) are both down over 20%.
Protocols are also mixed today. Some notables include Alpaca Finance moving steadily upward at spot #18, Aura continuing to move upward at spot #25, Synthetix having dropped a bit this month to spot #26, Ankr up to spot #53 with solid growth this month, Stader bursting up to spot #59 with a big jump in TVL, and Platypus dropping a bit to #68 after solid growth last month.
Here’s The Top 12 Chains By TVL (from @defillama):
Here’s The Top 12 Protocols By TVL (from @defillama):
Here’s The Top 12 Stablecoins By Market Cap (from @coingecko):
Chart Of The Day
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$ETH yearly chart showing 50 SMA still well below 200 SMA (after they crossed in June):
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 protocol on Solana called @SharkyFi. Twitter bio states “FIRST Escrow-less NFT lending protocol. Lend $SOL to earn more $SOL. Borrow #solana against your @solana #NFTs…” (h/t @ApeOClock)
-New Oasis protocol called @RoseHubMedia. Twitter bio states “First Premium DeFi platform with aggregated liquidity, launchpad and NFTs on Oasis. Launch 7th October!” (h/t @ApeOClock)
-New Klaytn bridge(?)/privacy(?) protocol called @klaycash_ working towards launch.
-Interesting new protocol called @yielda_game getting ready for mainnet launch. Twitter bio states “Yielda is a #Web3 social #StrategyGame that is interesting, engaging, provably fair, and insanely profitable. Scheme like EVERYONE is watching! #degen #GameFi…”
-Previously-mentioned @0xC_Lever having its token offering October 5th. Again, Twitter bio states “CLever simplifies & automates the process of earning bribes and rewards for $CVX, and lets users claim their future yields today!”
-New protocol on Optimism called @SonneFinance. Tweet from protocol and from excellent @AvaxGems thread below:
Rug Pulls/Exploits/De-Peggings/Liquidation Alerts
-@certiKAlert released an alert regarding a Discord hack of @BadDogsCompany; a suspicious flash-crash alert on $RL; and an exit-scam alert on $BTU.
-@CertiKAlert released an alert on an exploit of @TransitFinance and subsequent partial recovery of funds(?):
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @defillama ($1M+ 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)
-Speculation about Credit Suisse on Twitter continues to run rampant, but mainstream financial journalists are now starting to talk about it as well:
-@OlympusDAO has ended its famous hyper-inflationary token emissions:
-More and more mainstream media discussion about whether the Fed has hiked too fast and needs to back off:
-Interesting stats from @SalsaTekila:
-Luna ecosystem/coins still continuing to attract massive attention:
-Central Bank balance sheets looking increasingly volatile:
-GMX info from @tanoeth:
-Macro commentary from @LynAldenContact:
-Interesting chart from @dunleavy89:
-Amazon closing call centers and shifting workers to remote work:
-Angle/Curve alfa:
-Current CVX wrapper pegs:
-Great illustration from @allenf32:
Conclusion
See you tomorrow friends!
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