Daily Dose of News 🎧
January 23, Thursday


General:

• Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick says bank will work with U.S. regulators on offering crypto. Link.

• Deribit saw trading volumes balloon above $1.1T in 2024. Link.

Product updates:

• Ink works with Optimism to push the bar forward on permissionless fault proofs. Link.

• Corn raises $8.3M in community funding to push Bitcoin’s use on its Ethereum Layer 2. Link.

• OKX receives pre-authorization for MiCA compliance via Malta hub. Link.

• Binance Labs rebrands to YZi Labs. Link.

Listing:

• Binance US has announced the listing of the TRUMP memcoin. Link.

• Binance Alpha announced another batch of projects: VINE, BUZZ, BID. Link.

• Bithumb to list: ARDR, QKC. Link.

• Upbit to list Animecoin ANIME. Link.

Incentives:

• NFT project Azuki's Animecoin debuts at $1.2B FDV amid airdrop. Link.

• Restaking protocol Puffer Finance reveals upcoming airdrop details. Link.

Fundraising:

• BugsCoin $8.5M funding round. Link.


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🖥 The DePIN Ecosystem Landscape. Link.

How tokenized incentives are creating new passive income streams.

Author: Three Sigma
Map: Messari

#review


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⚡️ Stay safe on-chain. Link.

Here are 10 extensions to navigate DeFi as safe as possible

Author: DeFi Warhol

#tools


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🗳 Fox reports: President Trump signs crypto executive order!

Trump's order establishes the Presidential Working Group on Digital Asset Markets, which will develop a federal regulatory framework for digital assets, including stablecoins, and evaluate the creation of a strategic national digital assets stockpile. It will be chaired by the White House AI and crypto czar and include the treasury secretary, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as well as other relevant department and agency heads.

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🗳 USDa’s yields. Link.

USDa is the world's largest Bitcoin-backed CDP and the flagship product of Avalon's innovative CeDeFi lending platform.

Author: Stacy Muur

#yield


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🌐 From startup to scale-up. Link.

How to harness crypto APIs for Web3 success in 2025.

Author: Cointelegraph

#review


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⌚️ The Trump Bull Run. Link.

Addition (Coindesk): CME options on BTC are seeing the most bullish sentiment since the US election, and inflows into spot ETFs are up markedly.

Author: Smol News

#research


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🔑 U.S. tokens upcoming unlocks. Link.

February through April Calendar.

Author: DropsTab

#unlocks


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💵 Seeking liquidity. Link.

On the chart: While this cycle shows a more measured growth, it still aligns with historical patterns of the 2015-2018 halving era:

• 2015-2018: +181%
• 2022 Cycle+: +157%

Author: glassnode

#research


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🛍 AI and DePIN projects airdrop campaigns. Link.

Definitely not worth skipping.

Also, it would not hurt to refresh your memory of a previous post.

Author: CryptoRank

#airdrops


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🌐 Rate Renaissance II: The FRA-ntier of DeFi. Link.

Deep dive into how FRAs work, their TradFi parallels, and their untapped potential in DeFi

Author: Treehouse

#review


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Daily Dose of News 🎺
January 24, Friday


General:

• SEC rescinds controversial crypto accounting guidance SAB 121. Link.

• Trump issues sweeping crypto order to ban CBDCs and study national stockpile. Link.

Product updates:

• Solana stablecoin supply hits $10B ATH, TVL up 800%. Link.

• THORChain pauses Bitcoin, Ether lending amid insolvency risks. Link.

Listing:

• Binance Futures will launch futures on VINE and PIPPIN. Link.

• Binance Alpha announced another batch of projects: ALON. Link.

• Bithumb to list: AERO, SOLV. Link.

Fundraising:

• SignalPlus $11M Series B Round. Link.

• Radius $7M Seed Round. Link.

• Breez $5M Funding Round. Link.

• Chain-abstracted memecoin launchpad Printr raises $2.5M. Link


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👛 Retail demand remains low despite bitcoin nearing ATH. Link.

Quote: “This signals that despite the new all-time highs, the on-chain structure is not “stretched,” which favors further uptrends.”

Author: CryptoQuant

#research #sentiment


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🌐 Bridging Web2 and Web3. Link.

How automate framework & DeFAI empower AI Agents for financial transactions.

Author: Daniele

#research


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💱 ATH trading volumes. Link.

Centralised exchanges recorded an aggregate yearly volume of $75.8tn in 2024, surpassing the previous all-time high of $65.1tn set in 2021.

Author: CCData

#metrics


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💾 Tokenomist 2024 annual report. Link.

2024 has seen a rise in memecoins, and surge in AI tokens, and tokenomics trend shift to higher float Binance listings.

Author: Tokenomist

#research


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➗ 10 projects with high inflation rates for 2025. Link.

Key insight: crypto assets can also suffer from high inflation rates.

Author: DeFi Warhol

#review


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♟ Recent funding rounds backed by top tier angels. Link.

It makes sense to refresh your memory with a post from a month ago

Author: DropsTab

#VC


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👒 Weekend with “Curated Crypto”: SAB 121 rescinded

SAB 121 directed banks and other public companies that they had to mark any customers' crypto assets on their own balance sheets. SAB 122 "rescinds the interpretive guidance" and instead directs firms to use Financial Accounting Standards Board rules or International Accounting Standard provisions.

What it means for crypto custody and regulation in 2025

Author: Cointelegraph

SAB 122: The New Era for US crypto trading platforms

Author: Cruptorobotics

#law

Spend your weekend usefully! 🙌🏻


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🔑 Insider unlocks : 27 Jan - 2 Feb'25. Link.

Weekly unlocking reports that focus exclusively on insider allocations, which include Founders, Teams, Advisors, and Private Investors.

Author: Tokenomist

#unlocks


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🎞 Current cycle vs 2017 сycle. Link.

The liquid supply of BTC by long term holders (5 to 7 years) continues to decline precipitously like the 2016-2018 bull cycle, indicating that the supply shock continues to gain momentum

Author: James Van Straten
Chart: glassnode

#correlation


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