Quick facts about Web3 you'd never google.

#1: During Ethereum's ICO in 2014, the price of 1 $ETH was $0.31.

#2: It is estimated that about 20% of all Bitcoin is lost forever.

#3: The largest bribe in Web3's sniping history is 141.66 ETH (~$350K) to buy $SAVM

#4: As of 2024, there are 2.5M+ tokens issued on Ethereum.

#5: As of 2024, there are 925 active CEXs worldwide.

#6: One of the highest profit trades in crypto history involves the Winklevoss twins who bought $11M worth of Bitcoin in April 2013. In December 2017, their investment appreciated to ~$1.3 billion.

#7: The largest hack in crypto history to date is the Ronin Network (Axie Infinity) hack, where ~$620 million was stolen.

#8: The percentage of total crypto transaction volume associated with illicit activity, including hacks, is estimated at 0.3%.

#9: The largest Web3 wallet by value currently holds over $30 billion worth of various cryptocurrencies and is owned by Binance.

#10: The lowest Bitcoin dominance in history was around 37% in January 2018.

#11: Monad Labs is the most-funded project in 2024 with $225M raised.

#12: The highest gas fee in Ethereum's history was recorded on February 23, 2021 when the average gas price surged to over 1,400 Gwei (0.04 Ether).

#13: The largest ICO in history was conducted by EOS in 2018, raising over $4 billion.

#14: As of 2024, there are over 35,000 Bitcoin ATMs worldwide.

#15: The first decentralized exchange was EtherDelta, launched in 2016.

#16: The Pineapple Fund, created by an anonymous Bitcoin philanthropist, donated over $55 million worth of Bitcoin to various charities in 2017 and 2018.

#17: The first travel booking platform to accept Bitcoin was CheapAir in 2013.

#18: In 2021, SpaceChain sent a Bitcoin node to the International Space Station (ISS), making it the first blockchain transaction executed in space.

#19: Vitalik Buterin donated over $1 billion worth of SHIB tokens to the India COVID-Crypto Relief Fund in 2021.

#20: The first-ever NFT for a physical item was the digital token for the 2006 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, which sold for $2.5 million in 2021.

Avail’s mainnet might be closer than you think.

Here’s everything you need to know to prepare yourselves.

Gm, fam!

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First read this article pls.

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Another great play in the gaming meta: $MYTH.

Here’s a TL;DR of Modular Capital’s investment thesis.

Unexpected take: Memecoin seasons preceed bear markets.

Here’s a TL;DR of Messari’s research devoted to memecoin cycles and market patterns.

Based on the LayerZero activity times, we can expect the $ZRO checker to be released anytime between 5 PM UTC today and 3 AM UTC tomorrow.

Beware of scammers; they are busy grinding now.

Interesting finding: Fresh capital wants $BTC and $ETH. Alts are not a meta.

The major catalyst for this cycle's mini-bull run was the approval of BTC and then ETH spot ETFs.

The outcome is that the investments mostly flow to these two, causing most altcoins to bleed badly.

AI and DePIN are somehow outperforming ETH and BTC returns YTD but the correction is wild.

The yield meta has performed well YTD, mainly thanks to $GEAR and PENDLE.

Wen altcoin szn you ask?

LayerZero airdrop checker is live.

Here’s everything that is known so far about the criteria, critisism, and potential valuation.

In case you won a $LUMI slot here and wanna join, here’s the official WL sale start ann.

DYOR 😉

Happy Sunday fam!

Researched BTCfi more in detail today, here’s a thread on B2 Network as one of the dominant narrative players.

Have a look.

Here’s the list of research tools I personally use on a weekly basis.

If you have some recommendations, feel free to share them in th commentaries!

Was thinking a lot about the current market recently and the reasons for DeFi tokens bleeding.

Here’s my long-form post explaining the fundamental reasons for the current market state.

Not too bullish, but realistic imo.

Have a look, your thoughts are welcome.