Crypto venture capital activity took a sharp downturn in Q4 2024, with deal volume dropping by 46% from Q1, totaling just 351 transactions.
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The research day has come 🙌
General
➖ CoinGecko: Bobby’s Crypto Aggregate (Jan 2025): All About Trump
➖ Coinbase: Advancing Agentic AI
➖ Binance: Monthly Market Insights - February 2025
➖ Galaxy: Weekly Top Stories - 2/7
➖ Galaxy: Ethereum All Core Developers Consensus Call #150 Writeup
Market
➖ CoinGecko: Crypto Trading Volumes Reached $18.83T in 2024, Still Below 2021's $25.21T Peak
➖ Coinbase: Weekly: The “Most Beautiful” Word
➖ Cointelegraph: TRON’s 2024 Progress: From Usage Growth to Mass Adoption
➖ Glassnode: Gemini + Glassnode: 2025 Crypto Market Trends
➖ Galaxy: Tariff Turbulence and Policy Plays
DeFi
➖ CoinShares: The Perpetual DEX Sector: A Great Leap Forward
➖ Cointelegraph: The Future of DeFi: Compliance, RWAs, and Stablecoin Innovations
Blockchains & networks
➖ 4pillars: 2025: The Year Sui Goes Mainstream - Here’s All the Alpha You Need
➖ 4pillars: Abstract: A Blueprint For Disneyland In Crypto
Tokens & currencies
➖ 4pillars: The Future of $ANIME is Yours
➖ Crypto.com: From Trading to Broader Adoption: The Significance of Meme Coins
GameFi & NFTs
➖ CoinGecko: Pudgy Penguins NFT Holders Have Received Over $137K in Airdrops
➖ Footprint: January 2025 Web3 Game Report: Sector Declines Amid Broader Market Gains
General
➖ CoinGecko: Bobby’s Crypto Aggregate (Jan 2025): All About Trump
➖ Coinbase: Advancing Agentic AI
➖ Binance: Monthly Market Insights - February 2025
➖ Galaxy: Weekly Top Stories - 2/7
➖ Galaxy: Ethereum All Core Developers Consensus Call #150 Writeup
Market
➖ CoinGecko: Crypto Trading Volumes Reached $18.83T in 2024, Still Below 2021's $25.21T Peak
➖ Coinbase: Weekly: The “Most Beautiful” Word
➖ Cointelegraph: TRON’s 2024 Progress: From Usage Growth to Mass Adoption
➖ Glassnode: Gemini + Glassnode: 2025 Crypto Market Trends
➖ Galaxy: Tariff Turbulence and Policy Plays
DeFi
➖ CoinShares: The Perpetual DEX Sector: A Great Leap Forward
➖ Cointelegraph: The Future of DeFi: Compliance, RWAs, and Stablecoin Innovations
Blockchains & networks
➖ 4pillars: 2025: The Year Sui Goes Mainstream - Here’s All the Alpha You Need
➖ 4pillars: Abstract: A Blueprint For Disneyland In Crypto
Tokens & currencies
➖ 4pillars: The Future of $ANIME is Yours
➖ Crypto.com: From Trading to Broader Adoption: The Significance of Meme Coins
GameFi & NFTs
➖ CoinGecko: Pudgy Penguins NFT Holders Have Received Over $137K in Airdrops
➖ Footprint: January 2025 Web3 Game Report: Sector Declines Amid Broader Market Gains
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Since early 2023, Bitcoin’s realized cap has risen 121% to $843B, and Ethereum’s has grown 45% to $256B.
Solana saw the highest surge, skyrocketing 295% from $21B to $83B.
Solana saw the highest surge, skyrocketing 295% from $21B to $83B.
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Trading volume for tokens on PumpFun dropped by 82% to $560 million per day, compared to the record $3.13 billion three weeks ago.
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Spot trading volume on CEX in 2024 reached $18.83 trillion, still below the peak of $25.21 trillion in 2021.
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Mastercard reported tokenizing 30% of its transactions in 2024, with $28.2 billion in net revenue, a 12% increase from last year.
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I've decided to expand my Substack with more research series. Some of the upcoming research will be exclusive to paid subscribers.
You can now subscribe for $6.99 per month (I've tried to keep it affordable) if you'd like to support my work.
However, most of the educational content will remain public.
In short, this new subscription format is a way to say thanks and deliver more of Stacy's research directly to your inbox.
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Solana DEX trading volume hit a new low, reaching just $2.6 billion last week – the weakest performance since mid-December.
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The week’s top fundraising rounds:
• HashKey Group ($30M) for digital asset services.
• Plasma ($20.5M) focused on stablecoin infrastructure.
• Legend ($15M) for DeFi advancements.
• HashKey Group ($30M) for digital asset services.
• Plasma ($20.5M) focused on stablecoin infrastructure.
• Legend ($15M) for DeFi advancements.
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Following the recent gas limit increase, Ethereum transactions stayed below 1 GWEI for most of the week – some of the lowest fees seen in years.
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