DeFi data
1. Total market value of DeFi tokens: $91.791 billion
Total market value of DeFi. Data source: coingecko
2. Trading volume of decentralized exchanges in the past 24 hours: $8.052 billion
Trading volume of decentralized exchanges in the past 24 hours. Data source: coingecko
3. Locked assets in DeFi: $108.956 billion
Top ten DeFi projects ranked by locked assets and the amount locked. Data source: defillama
NFT data
1. Total market value of NFTs: $32.408 billion
Total market value of NFTs, top ten projects by market value. Data source: Coinmarketcap
2. 24-hour NFT trading volume: $4.689 billion
Total market value of NFTs, top ten projects by market value. Data source: Coinmarketcap
3. Top NFTs in the last 24 hours
Top ten NFT sales growth in the last 24 hours. Data source: NFTGO
Headlines
1. US media: Trump is reconsidering Treasury Secretary candidates
According to The New York Times, US President-elect Trump is considering new candidates for Treasury Secretary: including former Federal Reserve Board member Kevin Warsh and Wall Street billionaire Marc Rowan. Initially, Trump was expected to choose Howard Lutnick, CEO of Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald, or Scott Bessent, former fund manager of George Soros. However, Trump has been reconsidering the first two candidates and has slowed his selection process, expected to invite candidates for interviews at Mar-a-Lago this week.
DeFi hotspots
1. Vitalik visits the zoo to see MOODENG, MOODENG on the Ethereum chain rises over 142%
News on November 18, according to the latest Facebook post from the administrator of Thailand's Khao Kheow Zoo MOODENG, Ethereum founder Vitalik visited the zoo to see the baby hippo MOODENG, wearing a hippo-patterned shirt. According to data, the meme token MOODENG on the Ethereum chain surged rapidly, with a market value exceeding $82 million, a new all-time high, currently valued at $81.5 million, with a 24-hour increase of 142%, current price at $0.0002.
2. Polterfinance reports vulnerabilities on the Fantom chain, over $7 million in crypto assets stolen
Golden Finance reports, according to Cyvers Alerts system monitoring, polterfinance reports vulnerabilities on the Fantom chain, over $7 million in crypto assets stolen, the attackers initially obtained funds through Tornado Cash on Ethereum, which were later bridged to Fantom. The team has taken immediate action: 1. The platform has been suspended to control the vulnerability. 2. The bridge has been notified, and the involved wallets are tracked to Binance. 3. An active investigation into the vulnerability is underway.
3. Starknet plans to increase TPS by 4 times and reduce fees by 5 times in the next 3 months
Golden Finance reports, StarkWare CEO Eli Ben Sasson told Cointelegraph during DevCon 2024 that the transaction speed of Starknet is expected to increase 4 times in the next 3 months, while transaction fees will decrease by 5 times. This improvement mainly comes from better compilation and faster execution of its native smart contract language Cairo. Starknet plans to increase transaction speed to over 1000 TPS, comparable to Solana's performance. Currently, Starknet's average transaction fee is only $0.002, and it is expected to further decrease, becoming one of the cheapest Ethereum Layer 2 networks. In addition, StarkWare is also exploring the introduction of OP_CAT improvement proposals to support native settlement on Bitcoin, and this upgrade is expected to be realized within the next 12 months.
4. Vitalik: Hopes to see more EVM Rollups improve data efficiency
Golden Finance reports, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated on platform X that part of L2 scaling is that Ethereum increases its blob capacity, and another part is that Rollups become more data efficient. He is pleased to see Starknet embracing the challenge and hopes to see more EVM Rollups improve data efficiency.
5. Drift Protocol has now integrated with OKX Web3 wallet
News on November 18, Drift Protocol has now integrated with OKX Web3 wallet. Users can perform contract trading, Memecoin trading, exchanges, Earn, staking, and more via OKX Web3 wallet on Drift. Drift Protocol is a DEX built on Solana, focusing on perpetual contract trading. It launched at the end of 2021, providing users with an efficient and competitive trading experience through innovative hybrid dynamic automated market makers (dAMM) and decentralized limit order book (DLOB) mechanisms. OKX Web3 wallet, as an industry-leading one-stop Web3 entry, supports over 100 popular public chains and unifies four platforms: App, plugin, web, and Telegram Mini wallet.
6. Starknet v0.13.3 is expected to launch on the mainnet this week
News on November 18, Ethereum Layer 2 network Starknet stated on platform X that the demand for Ethereum blobs is steadily increasing and has exceeded target blob efficiency. We launched our first solution to this challenge: Starknet v0.13.3. Blob gas on Starknet has now been reduced to one-fifth of the original; it has gone live on the testnet and is expected to launch on the mainnet this week.
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