Daily Dose of News 🎧
January 09, Thursday


General:

• Hong Kong Monetary Authority has launched its “Supervisory Incubator for Distributed Ledger Technology”. Link.

• Oklahoma senator introduces Bitcoin Freedom Act for BTC payments. Link.

• FTX says Backpack acquisition of EU arm has not been approved by court. Link.

Product updates:

• MANTRA Blockchain tokenizes $1B in assets for UAE-based real estate company DAMAC. Link.

• Ronin Network integrates Transak for fiat-to-crypto and NFT payments. Link.

Release:

• Avalon Labs has officially announced that they will launch their token AVL. Link.

• FetchAi launches $10M accelerator for AI agent startups. Link.

Listing:

• Binance Alpha announced another batch of projects: VERTAI, FAI and VADER. Link.

Fundraising:

• Verifiable AI firm Rena Labs raises $3.3M in pre-seed funding. Link.

• Novastro Chain, an L2 RWA chain powered by Movement, has raised $1.2M in a Seed round. Link.

• Yiedl, an AI-driven marketplace, has raised $735K in a Funding round. Link.


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🌐 Weekly DeFi + L1L2 update. Link.

In focus: Ethereum, Etena, Solayer and more.

Author: CryptoCom

#review


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💳 Bio Protocol in focus. Link.

CZ: DeSci can help research labs raise funds.

Author: Tokenomist

#review


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♟ MegaETH vs Monad vs Hyperliquid. Link.

Who leads in instant blockchain transactions.

Author: Three Sigma

#research


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♟ Sentiment WILDLY different between crypto's top market caps! Link.

As crypto remains volatile, the crowd has shown very different opinions depending on the project.

Author: Santiment

#sentiment


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💾 AukiLabs’ impact on spatial computing and AI. Link.

AR/XR DePINS are creating 3D spatial maps for robots + agents + humans to collaborate.

Author: Francesco
Data: Messari

#research


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🎞 Movement: modular framework. Link.

Movement Labs introduces a new approach through the Move programming language and a framework for building modular blockchains

Author: Four Pillars

#review


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🥇Top 20 potential TGE in Q1 by Total Funds Raised. Link.

We highly recommend checking out our past article on Substack

Author: DropsTab

#top #TGE


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🔑 Key crypto updates. Link.

The current report features updates of Berachain, MANTRA, 0G Labs and more.

Author: CryptoDep

#updates


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📦 Why DeFi loves giving away billions via airdrops. Link.

5 charts that explain it.

Author: DL News

#research


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Daily Dose of News 🎺
January 10, Friday


General:

• UK exempts crypto staking from collective investment scheme rules. Link.

• Bybit to temporarily restrict services in India, citing regulatory developments. Link.

Product updates:

• Philippine banks collaborate to launch PHPX stablecoin on Hedera. Link.

• Arbitrum DAO opens vote on proposal to implement BoLD protocol on ecosystem chains. Link.

Release:

• Tether's AI strategy will be presented in May at Italian AI Week. Link.

• Coinbase, Google, and ai16z members back new DAO to accelerate crypto and AI. Link.

Listing:

• Bithumb will list SONIC, SAFE, AHT. Link.

• Binance will list AIXBT, CGPT, COOKIE. Link.

Fundraising:

• Alpen Labs, a scaling solution for Bitcoin that uses ZK technology, has raised $8.5M. Link.

• Oh, a project building uncensored AI infrastructure and products, has raised $4.5M. Link.

• Superseed has raised $4.47M. Link.


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🌐 DeFAI: The next big narrative? Link.

DeFAI (DeFi + AI) aims to significantly improve the DeFi user experience by using AI agents that can execute complex tasks on behalf of the users.

Author: The DeFi Investor

#review


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🎳 Did "altseason" already happen? Link.

To kick off 2025, we’re sharing our views on “altseason,” as well as our current thinking on the macro setup for the year ahead.

Author: Michael Nadeau | The DeFi Report

#research


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📷 Protocol in focus: Almanak. Link.

The ultimate platform for DeFAI Era.

Author: 100y.eth

#review


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🕹 Is 2025 the year of gaming x AI? Link.

The momentum is building, with $370M+ raised by companies building AI-powered dev tools since 2022 and major studios experimenting with AI-driven NPCs, gaming has become the perfect sandbox for AI innovation.

Author: Delphi Digital
Chart: Token Terminal

#research


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🥇 Top projects from Solana AI Hackathon by FDV. Link.

Note: FDV is the total value or market capitalization of a cryptocurrency if all issued tokens were in circulation.

Author: DropsTab

#top


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🌐 Weekend with “Curated Crypto”: DeFAI Era

DeFAI (DeFi + AI) aims to significantly improve the DeFi user experience by using AI agents that can execute complex tasks on behalf of the users.

• DeFAI: The next big narrative?

• DeFAI Analysis

Chart: DeFAI tokens by holder count

#DeFAI

Spend your weekend usefully! 🙌🏻


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🔑 The single large-amount unlocking in the next 7d. Link.

The total unlocking value exceeds $2.927B.

Author: Tokenomist

#unlocks


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❤️ Retail interest and altcoin dominance. Link.

Quote: The consistent growth in altcoin trading volume on Binance reinforces confidence in the potential for an altcoin bull market in 2025.

Author: Burak Kesmeci | CryptoQuant

#forecast


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