Happy Sunday good frogs! Let’s dive in!
As always… stats/alerts/etc at top and tweets/news/links/videos/etc at bottom… and all tweets are hyperlinked so just click on them to pull them up on Twitter!
Market Update
Crypto (from @CryptoBubbles):
Total Crypto Market Cap: $3.42T
Gold: $2640.50
Oil (WTI): $69.46
US 10Y Treasury: 4.53%
Biggest Price Movers
(From @coingecko top 1000, by 24 hour change)
Spotlight
Take note friends! @Cod3xOrg is at the forefront of the AI x crypto synthesis that is revolutionizing the online economy and global financial rails… and are key infra developers helping power the nascent defi revolution we are all a part of!
Cod3x is the work of @0xBebis_- well-respected long-time defi dev + team leader and a long-term good friend of ours!
We are going to be helping bang the drum about all the crazy tech they are producing, such as:
-Their fast-growing contributions to the AI Agent space, including their first flagship economic agent on Twitter @BigTonyXBT
-Their stablecoin and associated composable stablecoin infra $cdxUSD
-Their massive contributions to defi infra + tooling
-And much more!
Learn more via the links above or check out this long-form tweet for a breakdown of everything they are currently doing! And make sure to follow them on Twitter for more updates!
Biggest TVL Movers + Else
Chains are red again today. Fastest-growing chains on the weekly with at least $10M TVL are Alephium, Bitcoin, and Stacks.
Protocols are also mostly red. Fastest-growing protocols on the weekly with at least $10M TVL are VaultCraft, BitFLUX, Inception, AYIN, and Splash Protocol.
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 Entities By 24 Hour Fee Generation (from @DefiLlama):
Here’s The Top 12 Chains By 7 Day Stablecoin Inflow % (from @DefiLlama):
Bitcoin Fear/Greed Index:
(from @BitcoinFear)
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New Projects
(note: this includes new projects we find through combing Twitter each day, and we also include or re-include every newly launched protocol added by @DefiLlama that has at least some TVL or is followed by at least some of our mutuals - hence disclaimer: these are not pre-vetted by us so make sure to DYOR!)
-Something new called @Ideasdotfun. Twitter bio states “an ideas market”. Followed by 14 of our mutuals. h/t @AresLabs_xyz:
-Something new called @raptoramm. Twitter bio states “The Fiercest Liquidity Infrastructure Built On @soon_svm”. Followed by 2 of our mutuals. h/t @AresLabs_xyz:
Top Stablecoin Yields
(note: these are the top Stablecoin Yields, sourced from @DefiLlama ($1M+ TVL, single-exposure, no-IL only) - note: these lists are just raw data, make sure to always DYOR before interacting with any/all protocols)
Security Alerts
-No security alerts today.
Important News And Analysis
-Big story of the day is that the UAE apparently owns $40B worth of Bitcoin:
-Bitcoin volatility has actually been comparatively low as of late, h/t @DaanCrypto:
-@_kaitoai NFT Mint today generated lots of attention, h/t @Tyler_Did_It:
-They will also apparently be distributing the revenue from the mint to the top 1000 ‘Yappers’ as of Jan 1st, h/t @sandraaleow:
-Ticker watchlist from @TheDeFinvestor:
-Interesting note from @ChainYoda:
-Another airdrop to check if you qualified for, h/t @OlimpioCrypto:
-Mini-summary of Coinbase’s 2025 market outlook report from @WuBlockchain:
-New thread of everything going on in the AI Agent space, h/t @S4mmyEth:
-Interesting thread of potential Sui airdrops, from @0xPain_:
-Important sentiments from @QwQiao:
-New roundtable discussion from @0xSteadyLads podcast:
-New review of top cex’s for 2025 from @coinbureau:
-New episode of the All-In Podcast that’s getting attention in crypto world:
-New tutorial on how to qualify for a possible Polymarket airdrop, from @KryptoCove:
-Parting wisdom from @lBattleRhino:
Conclusion
Happy Sunday friends and make sure to enjoy some grass (or snow) touching today! :)
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