🌐 Weekly DeFi + L1L2 update. Link.

This week’s DeFi indices showed negative movements, with the market capitalisation, volume, and volatility indices declining.

Author: Crypto.com

#research


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Daily Dose of News 💿
January 29, Wednesday


General:

• Czech Central Bank to consider $7B bitcoin reserve. Link.

• Trump Media partners with Charles Schwab, expands into crypto financial services. Link.

Product updates:

• Cardano plans transition to 'full decentralized governance' after Wednesday's Plomin hard fork. Link.

• Phantom wallet adds support for Layer 1 Sui in latest multi-chain push. Link.

• ai16z rebrands to ElizaOS to shed Andreessen Horowitz confusion. Link.

Release:

• GlobalStake and Ledger forge partnership to revolutionize secure, sustainable staking for institutions. Link.

• Injective to add native high-performance EVM support to its Layer 1 blockchain. Link.

Listing:

• Binance Futures to launch VVV futures. Link.

• Robinhood teases bitcoin futures trading in addition to oil and gold. Link.

Fundraising:

• D3 $25M funding round. Link.

• Sign $16M funding round. Link.


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🔥 The top trending tokens. Link.

Across crypto social platforms

Author: Santiment

#trends


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🎺 DeepSeek for noobs. Link.

Pivotal moment not only for crypto or finance but for the entire world!

Author: DeFi Warhol

#review


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🕹 Revolutionizing DeFAI with DeepSeek. Link.

How Theta Network could leverage DeepSeek AI for edge computing efficiency

Author: Larry

#research


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🌻 Restaking is an evergreen narrative. Link.

Symbiotic has just launched, and Mellow has integrated to bring a lot of opportunities

Author: Hercules | DeFi

#yield


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💾 Enter DeFAI. Link.

AI and agent-powered onchain terminals that turn human text input into complex actions and strategies.

Author: Blockworks Research

#review


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🤑 Defining the future of Ethereum. Link.

EF reforms, institutional adoption and Microstrategy for ETH

Author: Castle Labs

#research #forecast


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🎴 Token allocations across networks. Link.

In 2024, larger insider allocations were associated with worse performance.

Author: Messari

#metrics


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👛 The proportion of wealth held by new Bitcoin investors at 50.2%. Link.

It’s still well below the levels seen during previous ATH cycle tops:
• 2018 peak: 85%
• 2021 peak: 74%

Author: glassnode

#metrics


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Daily Dose of News 📺
January 30, Thursday


General:

• Fed holds interest rates after trio of cuts. Link.

• Banks can serve Bitcoin, crypto clients as long as they can manage the risk. Link.

• Crypto mobile wallet users hit an all-time high of 36 million in Q4, 2024. Link.

• Tesla reports $600M paper gain from bitcoin holdings in Q4 under new accounting rules. Link.

Product updates:

• Avalanche blockchain's december upgrade cut usage fees by 75%. Link.

Release:

• Grayscale launches Bitcoin Miners ETF. Link.

• Sei Foundation launches $65M DeSci venture fund 'Sapien Capital'. Link.

• GMCI launches index to track US-based crypto protocols like SOL, DOGE and more. Link.

Incentives:

• Kaito AI launches Yap Points System with Kaito Connect. Link.

Fundraising:

• ​​Cryptio $15M extended series A round. Link.

• Pell Network raises $6.5M for bitcoin restaking and $3.5M for AI-driven DeFi. Link.


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🌟 Trending Projects over the last 24 hours. Link.

Best for: Investors looking for promising early stage projects.

Author: Moni

#investments


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💰 Real DeFi users love real yield! Link.

New yield opportunities

Author: Hercules | DeFi

#yield


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🎺 Guide to Crypto Markets Q1 ‘25. Link.

Institutional capital flows, stablecoin dominance, and the rise of L2s.

Author: glassnode

#forecast #trends


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❤️ Abstract will steal your attention. Link.

This report explores how Abstract, a L2 blockchain tackles longstanding challenges in consumer crypto adoption.

Author: capradavis
Map: Messari

#research


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🎧 Unpredictable state of the market. Link.

About the current situation and thoughts about the future

Author: Ignas | DeFi

#research


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🌐 Stay ahead of the curve in Web3. Link.

These 9 must-reads unlock the secrets of the Future of Finance.

Author: Three Sigma

#research


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🔔 A short list of the upcoming TGEs. Link.

Primary listings, product releases and public sales.

Author: ICO analytics

#TGE #events


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💿 A valuation of Hyperliquid. Link.

Updated outlook on the HYPE.

Author: DeFi Monk

#review


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