🚰 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


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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.



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📣 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


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⛏ 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


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💰 Who made money in crypto last week? Link.

Top 10 protocols with the biggest earnings increase.

Author: DeFi Warhol

#investments


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💱 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


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💰 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


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🎦 Projects to watch in 2025. Link.

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

Author: Stacy Muur

#review


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👛 Recent funding rounds backed by major investors. Link.

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

Author: DropsTab

#investments


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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


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🍜 Over the past 7 days, NFT activity on Ethereum has increased significantly. Link.

It's hard to say at this point, Is this spike in activity a sign of a longer term revival or just traders trying to game the Pudgy Penguin airdrop.

Quote (Galaxy Research): NFT market recovers, trading volumes grow rapidly.

Data: DefiLlama

#trends


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Daily Dose of News 🎧
December 19, Thursday


General:

• Fed won’t hold bitcoin or push for strategic reserve, says Jerome Powell. Link.

• Nigerian SEC tightens crypto marketing rules. Link.

Product updates:

• Trump-backed World Liberty Financial and Ethena eye collaboration starting with sUSDe implementation. Link.

• Alchemy Pay has joined the Visa Ramp Provider program. Link

• German watchdog orders Worldcoin to delete non-compliant data. Link.

Release:

• MetaMask launches crypto card in US. Link.

• Sonic Labs (formerly Fantom) have announced the official launch of their mainnet. Link.

• Kraken exchange announced the launch of its own Ink blockchain on the mainnet. Link.

• New Hedera HBAR ETP launched on Euronext. Link.

• Bitwise launches Solana staking ETP in Europe. Link.

Fundraising:

• Lens Protocol, a blockchain-based social graph has raised $31M. Link.

• Plume Network, an L1 platform integrating RWAs into blockchain, has raised $20M. Link.


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💬 Binance released the results of a major survey on cryptocurrencies. Link.

• 23.89% of respondents believe that AI tokens have the greatest growth potential
• Memcoins ranked second (19%)
• DeFi in third place (12%)

Author: Binance

#research


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Daily transaction volume on the Solana network sets records. Link.

55% of all crypto users in the world were on the Solana network in November.

Author: Coindesk
Chart: Artemis
Chart: Token Terminal

#trends


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🌻sBTC is live on Stacks Mainnet. Link.

Note: sBTC stands out as one of the most decentralized BTC versions on L2s, managed by a robust network of signers, including institutional giants, and offering a 5% APY passively.

Author: Stacy Muur

#yield


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💵 The peak in BTC in each halving cycle. Link.

If history repeats itself this time, the peak in BTC in this cycle can be expected in 4Q 2025

Author: Willy Woo

#forecast


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🤑 ETH ETFs saw $1.66B in December inflows. Link.

Total AUM hit $11B, with Grayscale's ETHE at $5B, reflecting rising institutional interest in crypto assets beyond bitcoin, confirming our past predictions.

Author: The Block Pro

#investments


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🥇Top tokens on HyperliquidX by gas paid for deployment. Link.

You can learn more about the ecosystem in a previous post.

Author: CryptoRank

#top


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🔥 Top AI projects by funds raised in 2024. Link.

Hot Narrative 2025. Note which projects' tokens have already been launched, and which TGEs still have more to come

Author: DropsTab

#investments


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🎺 Largest ETF outflow in 4 months. Link.

This wasn’t unexpected; market data had already signaled this shift. What’s next?

Author: Maartunn

#trends #forecast


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🛍Mastering Airdrops: How to build and spot winners using psychology. Link.

Authors breaking down the behaviors behind user engagement and the strategies that turn hype into real loyalty

Author: Three Sigma

#research


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