🔔Upcoming winter events. Link.

A list of upcoming events you should know about.

Note: Great addition to these calendar markers.

Author: ICO analytics

#events


📱 X (Twitter) | 📱 Telegram | 🔖Substack

Daily Dose of News 💿
December 17, Tuesday


General:

• Ripple has launched its RLUSD stablecoin. Link.

• ESMA publishes final guidance on MiCA implementation days before deadline. Link.

• As of Jan 8, 2025, Bybit will cease providing custodial services to French users due to regulation. Link.

Product updates:

• Tether has invested in StablE, a stablecoin issuer compliant with European MiCA regulation. Link.

• Aave community considers proposal to exit Polygon. Link.

Release:

• Masa launches AI Agent Arena on Bittensor. Link.

• Team behind blockchain-powered AI16z bot partners with Stanford to study autonomous crypto-AI agents. Link.

Incentives:

• OpenSea Cayman Islands registration sparks airdrop speculation. Link.

• Mantle Launches 570K EIGEN rewards program. Link.

Fundraising:

• DAWN now backed by a $2.5M investment from VanEck. Link.



📱 X (Twitter) | 📱 Telegram | 🔖Substack

📰 New ATHs, AI, and Robots.

Tune in to our weekly digest, delivering crucial market insights and essential updates for traders, investors, and airdrop hunters.

👉 Read it on Substack 👈

Here’s what you’ll learn:

Market Sentiment: Bitcoin continues to attract significant liquidity and reaching a new ATH above $107K. The cryptocurrency follows global M2 liquidity trends, capital inflows are setting records across financial markets, driven by expectations of monetary easing, a bullish “Santa Rally”, and political shifts.
In the crypto space, AI agents are emerging as a key narrative.

Yield Opportunities: Binance Earn introduced On-chain Yields with the launch of Babylon BTC Staking. Meanwhile, Morpho now allows borrowing wUSDL against wstETH, reducing stablecoin borrowing rates to below 5%.

New Airdrops: Binance has launched a $5M Airdrop Carnival with a series of giveaways from various Web3 projects. Jupiter DAO has also passed an $860M ‘Jupuary’ airdrop vote.

Upcoming TGEs and Token Sales: Keep an eye on $FUEL token sale, $VANA Launchpool, and multiple token releases.

Key Developments: Ripple receives approval from NYS DFS to launch RLUSD stablecoin, Ethena launches its new stablecoin, USDtb.

Special note: Everything you need to know about the potential dangers of quantum computers.


Look for the full version on our Substack 👉


📱 X (Twitter) | 📱 Telegram | 🔖Substack

🔥Sui Network: Demystifying the Monolithic Contender. Link.

Focus area: Innovating blockchain scaling using vertical and horizontal approaches.

Author: Delphi Digital

#research


📱 X (Twitter) | 📱 Telegram | 🔖Substack

🤑 104 wallets hold more than 57% of ETH. Link.

Despite the obviously controversial decentralization clause, analysts say it's a bullish signal

Author: Santiment

#trends


📱 X (Twitter) | 📱 Telegram | 🔖Substack

💬 Unpopular opinion about time of the next bear market. Link.

Opinion from the author of useful articles.

Author: CryptoVizArt

Do you agree?

👍 - Yes
👎 - No
🗿 - Haven't formed an opinion yet

#opinion


📱 X (Twitter) | 📱 Telegram | 🔖Substack

➗ The Realized Profit Ratio is low compared to previous cycles. Link.

Quote: “Compared to the all-time high (ATH) in previous cycles, it seems that the selling and profit-taking process by whales has not yet begun”

Author: CryptoOnchain
Chart: CryptoQuant

#sentiment


📱 X (Twitter) | 📱 Telegram | 🔖Substack

🎦 Deep dive into XProtocol. Link.

Best for: Those looking for really worthwhile projects

Author: Stacy Muur

#review


📱 X (Twitter) | 📱 Telegram | 🔖Substack

🗳 World Liberty Financial holdings. Link.

WLF, a company backed by Donald Trump, spent nearly $70M to acquire 6 crypto assets.

Author: DropsTab

#investments


📱 X (Twitter) | 📱 Telegram | 🔖Substack

🏆 Top 10 fundraising giants of 2024. Link.

It is curious to see which sectors VCs are paying attention to. The results are absolutely consistent with our past conclusions about modularity narrative.

Author: CryptoRank

#investments


📱 X (Twitter) | 📱 Telegram | 🔖Substack

💵 Bitcoin funding rate signals no signs of ‘late-cycle overheating’. Link.

Quote: “Analyzing the funding rate using a 30-day exponential moving average (EMA), there are no visible signs of late-cycle overheating”

Author: Cointelegraph
Charts: CryptoQuant
Based on: Avacado Onchain

#research


📱 X (Twitter) | 📱 Telegram | 🔖Substack

🚰 Hyperliquid Ecosystem must-read. Link.

Deep dive into the protocols on this L1, review the most interesting ones, and think about what's next for this ecosystem.

Note: With the rise of HYPE, the token platform Hyperliquid launched in late November, its airdrop has become the largest in the cryptocurrency market.

Author: Moni Discover

#review


📱 X (Twitter) | 📱 Telegram | 🔖Substack

Daily Dose of News 💿
December 18, Wednesday


General:

• Tokenized RWA market surpasses $14B. Link.

• 1 in 5 US voters traded, invested in or used crypto, says new poll. Link.

Product updates:

• Polygon rejects proposal to use over $1B of bridge stablecoins for yield generation. Link.

Release:

• Bitwise launches Solana staking ETP in Europe as US applications linger. Link.

• Deutsche Bank builds its own L2 network using ZKsync technology. Link.

• HashKey Chain main network from licensed Hong Kong crypto exchange HashKey officially launched. Link.

• The Oxya Origin game developed by Ubisoft will launch on the Immutable platform. Link.

Listing:

• Binance will launch LUMIA perpetual contracts with up to 75x leverage. Link.

Incentives:

• Pudgy Penguins launch PENGU token on Solana with claims open for 88 days before being burned. Link.

• Fuel Network's genesis drop to distribute 1B FUEL. Link.

Fundraising:

• Oasys, a L1 blockchain optimized for gaming, has raised a Strategic round. Link.



📱 X (Twitter) | 📱 Telegram | 🔖Substack

📣 The most discussed subjects in crypto. Link.

Find out what topics are driving the cryptocurrency markets on a daily basis.

Note 1: Pudgy Penguins
Note 2: Ripple’s new stablecoin
Note 3: BTC’s ATH

Author: Santiment

#trends


📱 X (Twitter) | 📱 Telegram | 🔖Substack

⛏ Welcome to the 3rd great Bitcoin supply shock. Link.

Analysts are reporting a potential supply shock in BTC on the back of an ever-decreasing aggregate BTC balance on exchanges while at the same time rapidly increasing demand for BTC from institutions and corporates such as BlackRock and Microstrategy.

Author: Willy Woo

#trends


📱 X (Twitter) | 📱 Telegram | 🔖Substack

💰 Who made money in crypto last week? Link.

Top 10 protocols with the biggest earnings increase.

Author: DeFi Warhol

#investments


📱 X (Twitter) | 📱 Telegram | 🔖Substack

💱 Digital asset fund flows. Link.

Quote: Digital asset investment products saw a continuation of inflows last week totalling $3.2B, the 10th consecutive week, with inflows this year so far now totalling an astonishing US$44.5B, more than quadruple that of any other year.

Author: James Butterfill | CoinShare

#investments


📱 X (Twitter) | 📱 Telegram | 🔖Substack

💰 Tether flowing into exchange. Link.

On average, exchanges have received ~$40M USDT per day over the past 8 weeks. This influx of liquidity is fueling a rally in BTC and cryptoc in general, as detailed in our article on Substack.

Author: Santiment

#trends


📱 X (Twitter) | 📱 Telegram | 🔖Substack

🎦 Projects to watch in 2025. Link.

List of projects based on areas from the “Big ideas” by a16z crypto.

Author: Stacy Muur

#review


📱 X (Twitter) | 📱 Telegram | 🔖Substack

👛 Recent funding rounds backed by major investors. Link.

It's not unreasonable to refresh your memory of yesterday's post.

Author: DropsTab

#investments


📱 X (Twitter) | 📱 Telegram | 🔖Substack

Total RWA value. Link.

The global market for tokenized assets (RWA) has surpassed the $14B mark. Growth amounted to +66% y/y.

2025 prediction by Bitwise: RWAs will reach $50B.

Author: RWA.xyz

#forecast


📱 X (Twitter) | 📱 Telegram | 🔖Substack