Defi
Eigen will introduce 3 new LSTs, Frax eth $sfrxETH, mantle eth $mETH and liquid_col eth $LsETH. Available on 29th Jan and closes Feb 2.
Manta New Paradigm deposits ends on Tuesday
Use this code to deposit - J0IXM
On Jan 17, Dencun on Goerli testnet
Optimism RetroPGF round 3 granting Contributors with 30M OP 0.00%↑
Vitalik encourages other projects to do RPGF rounds
eETH live on Pendle. LRT yielding on Pendle whilst earning Eigen and Etherfi points.
Stablecoin using $Jito as collateral
Vitalik advocates to increase gas limit to 40million. It’ll help reduce gas fees. However, eth client devs disagree with this as it might damage client diversity
WebN and Laser Digital are launching web3 infra for regulated institutions worldwide to create and issue their own onchain tokenized assets on Polygon CDK
Security Alert
DA solution on BTC
Celestia CEO hacked CIA at 16yrs
Redacted cartel integrates Chainlink CCIP to power PirexETH across ARB, ETH and OP
BTC liquidity protocol powered by Frax
SatoshiVM zk L2 on BTC
Fox technology builds— Verify on Polygon POS, it’s an open source protocol that makes it easy for media companies to register images etc so consumers can confirm their authenticity using AI
zkSync can now on Etherscan
Starknet approves $strk as txn fee in its v.13 upgrade
Restaking category now in coingecko
Berachain testnet is live— Arito
Aevo going Modular maybe Celestia as DA
Osmosis announces staking V1 update for their UI, users can now stake directly on Osmosis
Clearpool Credit vault for borrowers and lenders unlocks new borrower types and loan opportunities on Optimism
Morpho Blue is live on mainnet
Native swaps between BTC, ETH and DOT now on Chainflip
StarkWare CEO Uri Kolodny steps down due to family health issue and Eli Ben-Sasson will become CEO
VC raises for the week
NFT
X removed NFT pfp Support
AirDrop
Kamino points starting next week
Ambient and Scroll farming
Rumored Manta airdrop to TIA stakers
Etherfi airdrop in April
Ondo points program to raise awareness for its products and ecosystem. Users who held uninvested $USDC/$USDT between the launch of $OUSG on Jan 26, 2023 and the end of 2023 will be eligible to earn points. You must claim the points by March 3
Berachain testnet guide
Satoshi VM airdrop guide
Future TIA airdrops
State of the Market
Sec twitter hacked tweeting fake BTC approval l causing huge liquidations
X safety confirms Sec X Account was breached cos Sec didn’t have 2fa on
BTC ETF officially approved
BTC ETFs trading officially go live with $1B volume in 5 minutes
OG BTC holders getting contacted by BTC ETF funds for some OTC deal
Reasons for BTC price not skyrocketing even with $4.5B from ETF trades yesterday
Most of selling is $GBTC holders selling.
Vanguard bearish on crypto
Larry Fink just being max bullish on ETH ETF and tokenization of digital assets
USA Congressman buys ETH. BlackRock on ETH ETH, seems a no-brainer
USA inflation rise to 3.4%
Cathie Wood says 25% of networth in BTC
Circle files for an IPO. They just waiting for SEC to review them before it can be complete
Larry Fink wants to tokenize assets. Bullish on leaders $Avax LINK 0.00%↑
