1. Grayscale announces launch of Optimism Trust and Lido DAO Trust link
Grayscale announced the launch of the Optimism Trust and the Lido DAO Trust, aiming to provide investors with exposure to the Optimism and Lido DAO ecosystems.
2. Base ecosystem has a monthly net inflow of $1 billion, and TVL reaches $14.2 billion link
According to Artemis & l2beat data, in the past month, the total cross-chain capital inflow of the Base ecosystem was about $1.5 billion, of which the net inflow was about $1 billion, and the current TVL was about $14.2 billion. The inflow of funds mainly came from Ethereum (accounting for 87%, mainly ETH) and Arbitrum (accounting for 4%, ETH and stablecoins each accounted for half). According to further analysis by researcher Wu, the main sources of TVL growth during this period include: the number of ETH from the standardized cross-chain to Base increased from 800,000 to 1 million, contributing about $1.3 billion; the number of standardized cross-chain cbETH increased from 30,000 to 45,000, contributing about $75 million; the third-party cross-chain weETH (etherFi) increased from 30,000 to 53,000, contributing about $100 million. In addition, the Mog token increased from 8.4T to 22T due to its listing on Coinbase, contributing approximately US$50 million. The USDT stock increased from 12 million to 24 million US dollars, contributing approximately US$12 million. The native USDC had no growth and even shrunk by approximately 20 million.
3. Electric Capital: Solana will be the blockchain that attracts the most new crypto developers in 2024 link
The number of global cryptocurrency developers remained roughly flat in 2024, with 23,613 monthly active developers in November, down 7% year-on-year. The Solana ecosystem attracted 7,625 new developers, up 83% year-on-year, surpassing Ethereum's 6,244, becoming the first community to attract more developers than Ethereum since 2016. Despite this, Ethereum still leads with the largest developer ecosystem, with its second-layer networks (such as Base, Optimism, and Arbitrum) contributing more than half of developer activity. In addition, Asia has become the region with the largest number of blockchain developers, with India accounting for 17% of new developers.
4. HashKey Chain announces the launch of the Atlas Grant program with a total amount of US$50 million link
HashKey Chain announced the launch of the Atlas Grant program with a total amount of US$50 million to support global Web3 developers and promote the development of the OP Stack ecosystem and on-chain applications. The first phase has launched a grant of 10 million HSK tokens, and the application period is from December 10 to January 10, 2025. The final list will be announced on January 20, 2025. The key areas include RWA (real asset tokenization), PayFi, stablecoins and BTCFi.
5. Filecoin Foundation releases 2025 strategic priorities link
The Filecoin Foundation released its strategic priorities for 2025, including making Filecoin run seamlessly and achieve product-market fit; emphasizing quality, precision, and stability; supporting open source data storage tools; maintaining community activity through high-profile and high-quality integrations and collaborations (including platform integration and AI collaboration); supporting storage providers in finding profitable business models and promoting paid storage transactions, including by supporting transaction channels; significantly increasing on-chain activity, etc.
6. Binance: The inscription market has been removed, but users can still view and transfer inscription assets link
In response to a Twitter user's question about the inscriptions in the new Binance wallet, Binance Customer Support tweeted that the inscription market has been removed and users are currently unable to buy and sell inscription assets. However, users can still view their inscription assets through the inscription center and send them to other wallets. Users can view inscription assets by clicking "View More"-"Inscription" on the Web3 page. In February 2024, Binance launched the Inscription Market, providing users with a one-stop solution for engraving and trading various inscription tokens, supporting multiple inscription tokens such as BRC-20. The Binance Inscription Market is integrated into the Binance Web3 wallet.
7. Nature magazine reported on the DeSci project ResearchHub link
The world's top scientific journal Nature reported on the decentralized science (DeSci) project ResearchHub on December 11. The platform incentivizes academic peer review through its native token ResearchCoin (RSC), and each paper review can receive a token reward of about $150 equivalent. Launched in 2020, ResearchHub has received support from Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, who emphasized that peer review should be paid at the launch of ResearchHub Journal in San Francisco last month. The platform charges a $1,000 paper processing fee and a 7% handling fee for ResearchCoin (RSC) transactions, of which 2% is returned to the community.
8. Raydium monthly trading volume surpasses Uniswap, memecoin trading becomes the key driving force link
Decentralized exchange Raydium has surpassed Uniswap in monthly trading volume for two consecutive months. In November, Raydium's monthly trading volume was about 30% higher than Uniswap, reaching $124.6 billion, of which memecoin transactions accounted for 65%. It accounts for more than 60% of the total trading volume of Solana DEX. Raydium's growth is due to Solana's technical advantages of high throughput and low transaction costs, as well as the support of memecoin platform Pump.fun, which brings it continuous liquidity and trading opportunities. At the same time, Solana accounts for nearly 50% of the monthly DEX trading volume on all chains, which is 175% higher than Ethereum's share of about 18%.
9. Azuki announces Hong Kong actor Stephen Fung as new creative partner link
Azuki posted on the X platform that Hong Kong actor Stephen Fung has become its new creative partner. Stephen Fung will join the team as a consultant to help it reimagine anime fans and storytelling. Earlier in April, Stephen Fung posted photos of his wedding anniversary party with his wife Shu Qi on social media, with Azuki as the background element in the photo of the two. Stephen Fung also participated in the Azuki Hong Kong K11 exhibition in 2022.
10. Binance New Pool launches Vana (VANA) link
Binance New Pool launches Vana (VANA), trading will start at 2024–12–16 10:00 (UTC), and VANA can be mined by locking BNB and FDUSD. Binance New Pool launches the 62nd project Vana (VANA), a native EVM-compatible L1 blockchain for user-owned data. The webpage is expected to be online within 12 hours before the launch of the new pool.
Previously, Vana announced the token economic model. The total supply of VANA is 120 million, of which 66.9% is allocated to the ecosystem and community, and the TGE circulation is 25.1%, which is mainly used for network security, governance voting, transaction fee payment, DataDAO participation and data access currency, etc. The distribution ratio includes 44% for the community, 22.9% for the ecosystem, 18.8% for core contributors, and 14.2% for investors, which will be unlocked in stages.
