Happy Thursday fellow degens! Lots of stuff going on today!
Stats/alerts/etc at top and news/events/links at bottom as always!
Market Update
Overall crypto market cap: +4.0% to $1.02T.
$BTC: +3.2% to $19,321.05, and a market cap of $369.9B.
$ETH: +8.7% to $1,639.27, and a market cap of $197.3B.
Gold: $1,735.50
Oil (WTI): $82.28
Stocks:
More Crypto:
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 500)
Up:
-Terra Luna Classic $LUNC +65.4%
-Anchor Protocol $ANC +40.4%
-Kaspa $KAS +19.6%
Down:
-bZx Protocol $BZRX -19.4%
-Blox $CDT -18.9%
-Fetch.ai $FET -6.2%
Biggest TVL Movers
Chains are a bit mixed today despite market pump. Biggest gainer among top 25 protocols on the weekly is DeFiChain (#11) at +17%, and biggest loser is Polygon (#5) at -12%.
Protocols are very green today. Some notables are Pinksale surging into spot #28 with 82% growth on the daily; MM Finance now down to spot #33 at -42% on the weekly; new protocol Wombat at #52 with $186.32M TVL; Vires Finance (#69) at -17% on the weekly; EOS Rex (#94) at +20% on the weekly; and Maple Finance (#100) at +133% on the weekly.
Here’s The Top 12 Chains By TVL (from @defillama):
Here’s The Top 12 Protocols By TVL (from @defillama):
Other Data Points
Bitcoin Fear/Greed Index:
(from @BitcoinFear)
Ethereum Fear/Greed Index:
(from @EthereumFear)
New Protocols
(note: this is checked via a variety of sources (listed below when used) and general Twitter research - note: this excludes Tomb forks and reflection tokens and tries to only include at least semi-legitimate defi-oriented stuff, but DYOR)
-New Arbitrum protocol called @gammaswaplabs. Twitter bio states “A novel AMM and volatility marketplace powering the future of scalable liquidity provisioning.”
-New Arbitrum protocol called @3xcalibur69. Twitter bio states “A liquidity marketplace powered by Tri-AMM architecture to facilitate stableswaps, variable swaps and credit markets…” Linking to excellent thread on them from @kindahangry below:
-New protocol called @YukimiETH just “stealth launched” according to one of their tweets from earlier today. Twitter bio states “Yukimi Protocol is a cross-chain data oracle platform that aggregates and connects real-world data and APIs to smart contracts.”
-New (newish?) protocol @knox_finance, connected to @PremiaFinance. Twitter bio states “Building the next generation of structured products…”.
Rug Pulls/Exploits/De-Peggings/Liquidation Alerts
-@certiKAlert released an alert regarding a flash-crash on Ragnarok Online Invasion $ROI; Discord hacks of @bears_deluxe and @Ascension_NFT; an Instagram hack of TheSandboxGame; and an exploit of New Free Dao $NDF.
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @defillama ($1M+ TVL and no-IL and single-exposure only) 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)
-Jerome Powell will be speaking today:
-Rocket Pool news:
-Interesting comparison of fee generation between now and four years ago:
-On-chain fees are at one year low though (not sure if this refers to gas fees specifically?):
-Appears to be perps season in defi:
-Umami news:
-New article from @CurveCap:
-Excellent thread on Arbitrum projects to be aware of from @0x_d24 (we would have missed seeing the above-referenced @gammaswaplabs without it!):
-Macro chart alfa from @LynAldenContact (“positive real rates” refers to having interest rates set above the rate of inflation):
-@Mim_Spell alert:
-@BanklessHQ released their interview with Arthur Hayes @cryptohayes:
-For hardcore macro gigabrains, Luke Gromen just posted a new video:
Conclusion
Have a good one my dear frogs!
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