- $ENS x Paypal x Venmo - $BNB Restaking Soon - Arthur Hayes's Bearish Outlook - $VELO Blackrock BUIDL - Soneium x Sony Bank - Bybit Spot Listing $SUNDOG - Wintermute accumulating $NEIRO - OP_CAT CAT-powered tokens
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• $ENS - PayPal and Venmo integrate Ethereum Name Service (ENS) into their payment platforms. Paypal and Venmo users can now directly enter the recipient's ENS name in the search field when sending cryptocurrency.
• $BTC - Arthur Hayes said, With the yen to the dollar dropping to around 140 yen, it looks like the market is going to Goblin Town once again. He also noted that it remains to be seen if BTC can hold up.
• $VELO - Velo Labs announced that the assets backing the $USDV now consist of an investment in BlackRock's BUIDL, tokenized by Securities
• Sony's Layer2 network, Soneium, will collaborate with Sony Bank to introduce a yen stablecoin.
• $SUNDOG - Bybit has announced that $SUNDOG will be listed on the Spot Market on September 11th at 10am UTC.
• Since the launch of Binance's $NEIRO perpetual contracts, Wintermute has accumulated a total of 12.16M $NEIRO ($2.37M), according to @lookonchain. Wintermute has become MM for NEIRO, @OnchainDataNerd notes
• Udi, the founder of @QuantumCatsXYZ @TaprootWizards, introduced CATNIP. He introduced CATNIP as bitcoin-native CAT-powered tokens. When OP_CAT is launched on the Bitcoin Mainnet, the CATNIP token will also be launched
• $EIGEN - The airdrop for early contributors has been extended to Sep 13th. Stakedrop for general stakers and operators will open on or before Sep 17th.
- $BTC Rebounds 58k - Vitalik, EF Selling $ETH - EF x KelpDao LRT - https://t.co/ksIxEmvpnH US Access Restrictions - $RPL Binance Futures Listing - MakerDao's Star Tokens - $ETHFI x Scroll Visa Card - $TKO PFAK License - $FLOKI OKX $CAT Airdrop
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• $BTC - Along with the rebound in equities, Bitcoin also had a good short-term move, touching $58k. It remains to be seen if this will continue.
• $ETH - Vitalik and Ethereum Foundation's Ethereum sales continue. Vitalik transferred 3,800 $ETH to Multisig wallet and exchanged it for 190 $WETH and 434,300 $USDC. Ethereum Foundation (EF) sold 450 $ETH for 1,029,000 $DAI and transferred it to an EF wallet.
• Ethereum Foundation-related address has staked 3,000 $ETH ($6.9M) on the Kelp DAO. KelpDAO has mentioned a token launch in Q3.
• https://t.co/ksIxEmvpnH has issued a PSA American users to avoid accessing the platform in the next 48 hours. This message suggests that https://t.co/ksIxEmvpnH may face regulatory scrutiny and access restrictions in the US.
• $RPL - Binance has listed $RPL on futures market.
• $MKR $SPK - Sky, rebranded by MakerDao, unveiled Star Tokens. When a Subdao like Spark launches its token, $USDS providers can earn that subdao's token as a reward. This first Star Token is expected to be $SPK.
• $ETHFI - At the same time as announcing its partnership with Scroll, https://t.co/d1717SVzvM launched a new Visa cash card dubbed 'https://t.co/d1717SVzvM Cash'. The cards will begin shipping to pre-order customers on September 16th.
• $TKO - Tokocrypto has received the Physical Crypto Asset Trader (PFAK) license from Indonesia’s Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency.
• $FLOKI - Airdrops of $CAT to $FLOKI holders are also supported on OKX. The snapshot is already done, and Binance's airdrop payout schedule mentioned by the $CAT team is this week, so it remains to be seen if it will be listed.
• According to @AxelAdlerJr, $BTC RSI has dropped to its lowest level since July, and was similarly low in September of last year. Since September last year, BTC was at 26k, but 6 months later it reached 73k
• Arthur Hayes opened a short position on $BTC, noting that $BTC could correct below $50,000 over the weekend, but quickly closed it. Hayes argued that more U.S. dollar liquidity is entering the market this week and that the price of bitcoin “might go up.”
• $FB - Fractal Bitcoin Launches Mainnet. 80% of all tokens are allocated to the community, with just 20% for the team and contributors. The 80% includes Proof of Work Mining, which is 50% of the total supply.
• Tether has acquired a 9.8% stake in Latin American agricultural giant Adecoagro.
• $USDC - USDC Treasury has minted an additional 50M $USDC.
• $AMB - AirDao has announced the imminent launch of its liquid staking product, HARBOR. The liquid staking product will be launched in September, and 3 tokens - $AST $HRB $HBR - will undergo TGE in October.
- $XRP SEC v. Ripple case over - BlackRock $BTC ETF +$53M - $ETH Plus-Token FUD - $SOL Brazil Solana ETF - Grayscale New fund $SUI $TAO - OKX delists $PCI $MSN $SLN - $CRV Inflation reduction - $CSPR Prove AI
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• 3 days of big outflows in the BTC ETF recently. However, today's net inflow for $IBIT is +897 BTC (+53M)
• $XRP - The SEC v. Ripple case has concluded with Ripple fined $125 million and an injunction against future securities law violations.
• $ETH - Lookonchain deleted the previous analysis about Plus-Token (FUD). According to @EmberCN, most of the 789,534 $ETH were sold from June to September 2021.
• $SOL - The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) approved the first Solana spot ETF with CME Group, to be live in 90 days.
• $SUI $TAO - Grayscale has introduced new crypto funds for Bittensor's TAO and Sui's SUI, accessible to accredited investors.
• $CSPR - Casper announced the first phase rollout of Prove AI, developed alongside IBM, with the official launch set for September.
• $CRV - With the Curve Finance team unlock completed, $CRV inflation will be reduced to 6% on August 13.
• OKX to delist $MSN, $OMN, $REP, $IGU, $PCI, and $SLN spot trading pairs on Aug 9.
• Japanese public company Metaplanet secures ¥1 billion loan to buy more Bitcoin, and MicroStrategy will be buying $2 billion soon.
[Note to self] Initial Jobless Claims are released on Thursday at 14:30 UTC. Following last Friday's payroll report, market volatility has increased, and any signs of job market weakness could impact stock/crypto.
• BOJ's Uchida stated they won't raise rates if the market is unstable.
• SOL/ETH has hit an ATH. The next thing to watch for is whether SOL/BTC will also achieve an ATH.
• International Cat Day 2024, taking place annually on August 8. The market often interprets these events as a catalyst for meme coins (e.g., World Frog Day).
• The U.S. Treasury will begin buying back up to $46 billion worth of outstanding government securities by the end of October.
• #BABYDOGE - Baby Doge has announced that the Solana bridge and BabyDoge token on Solana are expected to be released on Sept 5.
• $DRIFT - Drift Protocol achieved a $1 billion daily trading volume during the recent market crash. The community will propose governance (DIP-2) regarding token utility in August.
• $ENA - Ethena Founder @leptokurtic_ has hinted at a big announcement this week (possibly involving a deployment on Solana).
• $OMNI - Omni network has hinted at the release of a new product, expected to be a game.
• $RON - Ronin Network was notified by white-hats about a potential exploit on the Ronin bridge. All user funds are safe, and the bridge will undergo an audit before reopening.
• $SPEC - Spectral has announced that it will soon release Syntax V2. The update will include upgraded incentive and utility mechanisms.
• Nasdaq and BlackRock's filing to add options on Ethereum ETFs has hit the SEC site. Final SEC decision on this from SEC likely to be around April 9th, 2025.
• According to @PeterLBrandt, The current post-halving correction resembles the 2015-2017 cycle, with previous cycles indicating a new bull cycle high may still be weeks away.
[Note to self] The current market is reacting sensitively to the release of U.S. economic data. And While various news outlets report on the possibility of an Iran-Israel war, retail sentiment seems to lean towards an "it probably won't happen" attitude. Therefore, it may be wise to avoid taking risky leveraged positions.
• The odds of a 50 bps rate cut by September have increased to 73.5%. Some are calling for an "emergency rate cut" before the meeting, but rate cuts in between Fed meetings are very rare.
• The estimated "real number" liquidated from the crypto market in the past 24 hours is between $7-9 billion, making it the largest liquidation event since May 19, 2021. (Exchanges do not real full liquidation data)
• Japan's Nikkei 225 surged over 10% at the open, rebounding after its largest 2-day drop in history.
• Regarding US data, the focus is now on the job market. Initial jobless claims to be released this Thursday, although not typically market-moving, could influence market sentiment.
• Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs saw a massive $6 billion in trading volume during the August 5 market dip.
• Spot ETH ETF inflows were positive for the day (>+$1.7M). Today marked the lowest Grayscale $ETHE outflow day, continuing the downtrend from the past few days.
• Vitalik Buterin recently shared an optimistic outlook on interoperability projects. This ties into improving user experience, and $ZRO is seen as a first mover in this sector.
• An OpenAI spokesperson stated that there are no plans to announce ChatGPT-5 at the DevDay scheduled for October. $WLD
[Note to self] With the vast majority of crypto buyers currently at a loss, observing whether ETF investors sell into this pullback or buy more will serve as an indicator of short-term market direction.
• $370 million liquidated from the crypto market in the past 1 hour.
• Biggest 2-day drop for the Nikkei in history, surpassing Black Monday.
• Jump Trading has likely been offloading $ETH, unstaking $500M worth over the past 2 weeks. Rumors suggest they are exiting the crypto market maker business.
• The US tipped off the G-7 that Iran might strike Israel within the next 24 hours, according to Axios.
• Berkshire Hathaway has been dumping more shares this quarter than ever before. The market's reading this as a major recession red flag.
• Trump momentum has flipped to Kamala momentum. Polymarket showing Trump at 52% and Kamala at 45%, and the gap closing in.
• The unwinding of Yen carry trades is causing a reduction in global liquidity, affecting asset prices across markets, including US Treasuries and crypto.
• Korea Financial authorities are sniffing out possible price manipulation in $AVAIL during its Bithumb listing. This might mean fewer listings on Korean exchanges for a while.
[Note to self] a) Stick to your plan, b) Hold onto your long-term bags, and c) Avoid overtrading in the meantime.
Aug 1 : Coinbase Future - DYM·MKR·AAVE listing Aug 2 : $CRV - Emissions drop (20% > 6%) Aug 2 : $ENA - Bybit USDe 20% APR Aug 3 : $W - $160M Unlock
Aug 5 : Bithumb - AGIX·OCEAN delisting Aug 5 : $ZK - GRVT Exchange (Open beta) Aug 6 : $FIL - Waffle Upgrade Aug 7 : $FX - $AFIX Merge Vote Aug 8 : International Cat Day ~Aug 9 : $INJ - Altaris Mainnet Upgrade
Aug 12 : $MKR - Spark Tokenization Grand Prix Aug 13 : U.S. - PPI Aug 14 : U.S. - CPI Aug 14 : $MNDE - Stake Auction Marketplace Aug 15 : $ALEX - XBTC & XUSD Integration ~Aug 16 : $FTT - FTX Repayment Process Voting
Aug 20 : $AVAX - $250M Unlock Aug 22~24 : U.S. - Jackson Hole Meeting Aug 26 : $STRK - v0.13.2 Upgrade (Mainnet) Aug 28 : $NVDA - Earnings
- $LDO Scorecard - $ATH Bonus emission $30M - $MNDE SAM Mainnet - $TOKEN x $FLOKI x Simon's Cat - $FX Merge Proposal - $GMX Buyback Proposal - $TON In-app browser & Mini-app store - $ZKJ Proof Cloud
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[No explicit signal of a September rate cut, but there were notable changes in the Fed's statement. The Fed didn't make any concrete promises but left the door wide open for a potential rate cut in September.]
• $ATH - Aethir has announced $30M in bonus emissions for the AI staking pool. Users must stake by Aug 1, 12:00 AM (UTC) to become eligible for the rewards.
• $TOKEN $FLOKI - The animated cat brand @Simonscat is launching a memecoin on Floki's TokenFi launchpad on August 8. A portion of the tokens will be airdropped to $FLOKI holders.
• $FX - The governance proposal to "Pundi AIFX—Merge Pundi X Chain with f(x)Core" is now live.
• $GMX - The Governance proposal to "Buyback GMX and Distribute GMX" is now live.
• $LDO - Lido has updated its Scorecard, a tool for evaluating decentralization, trustlessness, and minimal governance.
• $MNDE - Marinade Finance will launch Stake Auction Marketplace (SAM) Mainnet on August 14.
• $TON - Telegram has launched an in-app browser and a mini-app store that supports decentralized Web3 pages.
• $ZKJ - Polyhedra Network and Google Cloud are launching "Proof Cloud" in open beta.
• Ethereum might experience its first net inflow day, as Grayscale $ETHE outflows have halved since yesterday.
• $EGLD - MultiversX plans to release xExchange V3. Public testing will occur from August 5-7, with the official launch shortly after test.
• $ENA - Ethena Labs announced that users can use USDe as collateral on Bybit. Starting Aug 2, Bybit users can earn up to 20% interest annually by holding USDe or using it as collateral for trading.
• $INJ - Injective announced the Altaris Mainnet Upgrade is scheduled for this week.
• $JASMY - According to @misscryptojapan, Jasmy's CEO has teased that a demo is ready for a marketplace offering GPUs in a decentralized manner.
• $JTO - Jito Foundation has announced the mainnet launch of the StakeNet Steward Program.
• $LISTA - Binance Launchpool will support for DeFi BNB Assets (slisBNB). Megadrop and HODLer Airdrops will also support DeFi BNB Assets soon.
• $SMT - Swarm Markets will burn 81.2M (34% of all) $SMT tokens on July 31 at 08:00 UTC.
• $XRP - SEC has scheduled a closed-door Sunshine Act meeting Aug 1. Ripple community speculates it might discuss settling the Ripple lawsuit.
• $ZRO - Animoca Brands and LayerZero Labs has announced strategic partnership positioning LayerZero as default interoperability solution for Animoca Brands’ ecosystem.
- Grayscale $ETHE Outflow slowing - Coinbase listing $SD - $JTO New bell curve - $COMP Fee Switch Triggered by Hacker - $MKR Endgame Integration Program - $EPX $VPR Token merge - $NKN Mid-year Roadmap
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[Grayscale's $ETHE outflows are slowing slightly, with $1.7 billion withdrawn after 5 days, representing 20% of the starting assets. For the BTC ETF, the $BTC bottom occurred at cumulative Grayscale outflows of ~13.2%. If the ETH ETF launch follows a similar pattern as the BTC ETF launch, Ethereum’s price may have already bottomed and could rise for several weeks.]
• The U.S. government has transferred $2 billion in Bitcoin linked to Silk Road. It is highly likely that this is part of Coinbase's custodial contract.
• Coinbase will list Stader $SD on July 30.
• $COMP - It appears that Humpy and Compound have reached a truce. Humpy will cancel the proposal. In return, Compound will share fees earned with $COMP holders.
• $EPX $VPR - VaporFund and Ellipsis will merge to form $VPX. The merge date has not been disclosed yet, and the launch of the VPX App will be release soon.
• $DRIFT - Drift protocol will launch a US election predictions market soon.
• $ENA - Bybit will temporarily suspend Borrowing (UTA), Crypto Loans, and Bybit Savings for $USDE starting July 30 until further notice.
• $JTO - Jito tops all blockchain fee generators in 24h, and CEO hinted at an upcoming 'New bell curve' launch.
• $MKR - Maker CEO Rune announced that contributors will publish the Endgame Integration Program this week.
• $NKN - NKN announced a mid-year update for 2024. The team plans to expand to Solana.
The growth of DeFi projects is closely tied to their product offerings.
A recent example is Pendle's PT/YT, which boosted price/TVL through its connection with the Restaking narrative.
This growth has been driven by the team's ongoing execution of the strategy, "Find product-market fit during the bear, and scale during the bull."
I anticipate Maple will follow a similar playbook.
Recently, Maple has been making significant progress with real revenues and product-market fit. Revenue/TVL across the platform has been roaring back to multi-year highs, reaching $300M, driven by the launch of @syrupfi.
**Sryup, a permissionless fixed yield protocol powered by Maple, offers high-quality collateralized lending instruments to institutions and has been a major catalyst for this growth, achieving ~$42M in TVL with an 18% APY.
This on-chain lending protocol has doubled its active loans over the past six months while maintaining a record of zero exploits.
Also, a strategic partnership with @ZodiaCustody is expected to lead to further growth and play a leading role in institutional lending.
After the launch of Ethereum ETFs and the resolution of the $ETHE overhang, tokenization (RWA) led by BlackRock and Goldman Sachs is likely to re-emerge as a major narrative.
With a market cap of just $85M, I expect Maple to become a dark horse in the near future.
• Grayscale's $ETHE saw a $346.2M outflow on the third day. They are selling ETH about 3x faster (13% vs 4.3%) than BTC, amid lower liquidity summer conditions.
• Coinbase will add support for perpetual futures on $DYM, $MKR and $AAVE on August 1.
• $AAVE - AAVE founder Marc Zeller proposed a fee switch for buyback of Aave tokens from the secondary market.
• $CORE - CoreDAO introduced a dual staking model, allowing both $BTC and $CORE tokens to be staked for enhanced rewards.
• $DRIFT - Drift will launch official prediction markets very soon.
• $PIRATE - Pirate Nation @0xDith has teased plans to bring v1 multichain online and unblock several new features in the coming weeks.
• $PSTAKE - pSTAKE’s Bitcoin liquid staking testnet will be launched on July 29 with a 50 $BTC deposit cap.
• $REZ - @RenzoGov has proposed to allocate 5% of the total $REZ token supply to ezPoints recipients and liquidity emissions over 5 months.
• $JTO - The Jito Foundation has released the code for Jito Restaking, a next-generation hybrid staking, restaking, and LRT module.
• $XDC - XDC Network has announced Deutsche Telekom MMS joining as a node infrastructure provider.
• OpenAI has announced SearchGPT, an AI-powered search engine prototype. $WLD
• The Jersey City Pension Fund is in the process of updating paperwork to the SEC to allocate a percentage of the fund to Bitcoin ETFs, similar to what the Wisconsin Pension Fund has done with a 2% allocation. @StevenFulop
- Rescheduled SEC meeting $XRP - Grayscale's $ETHE : -326.2M - $FIS Burning proposal - $SLND Rebrand to SAVE - $STG Revamp Staking - $LRDS Airdrop to $MOCA staker - $PSTAKE Big announcement - $ZEC Roadmap update
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[The rescheduled SEC Settlement meeting will take place on July 25, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET. If the Ripple-SEC settlement rumor proves false, a "Sell the News" event may occur. $XRP]
• Grayscale's $ETHE saw a $326.2M outflow on the second day.
• Bitstamp will start distributing Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash to Mt Gox creditors on July 25.
• Coinbase has announced the listing of @BLOCKLORDS $LRDS.
• $FIS - StaFi Protocol has teased an $FIS burning proposal.
• $MOCA - Mocaverse has announced an $LRDS airdrop for $MOCA stakers.
• $RUNE - Thorchain has teased that RUNEPool is set to launch as early as next week.
• $PSTAKE - Pstake has teased a big announcement is coming soon.
• $SLND - Solend has announced its rebranding to Save.
• $STG - Stargate DAO has proposed to revamp staking mechanism, potentially broaden pcarticipation throughout.
• $ZEC - Zcash has updated its roadmap. Hybrid proof-of-stake mechanism development and release are in progress.
• Nasdaq worst close in 2 years. $1.1 trillion wiped out from the US stock market today.
- Grayscale $ETHE Outflow - Mt. Gox Overhang $BTC - $ALT Unlock delay - $COTI x Israel's CBDC - $ENA x BlackRock's BUIDL - $ENS x Bitwise - $DYDX V3 Infra sale - $SSV Utility Proposal - $AAVE V3.1 Upgrade
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• Grayscale's $ETHE saw a $484M outflow on the first day. It looks like a similar playbook to Grayscale's $BTC ETF launch, which initially curbed Bitcoin prices.
• Kraken successfully returns BTC and BCH to Mt. Gox creditors. Other CEXs are expected to return $BTC soon.
• $AAVE - The governance proposal to upgrade Aave v3 to v3.1 voting has started.
• $ALT - AltLayer announced a 6-month pause in the ALT token vesting schedule after the first unlock on July 25.
• $COTI - COTI announced participation in the Central Bank of Israel's CBDC project.
• $DCR - Decred has teased that DEX V1 launching soon.
• $DYDX - dYdX is in talks to sell its deprecated V3 derivatives trading software to a consortium of major crypto market makers.
• $ENS - Bitwise announced using ENS domain for its custody addresses.
• $ENA - Ethena proposed allocating part of its reserve to RWA. BlackRock's BUIDL fund applied for $34M to provide RWA yields to Ethena.
• $SSV - SSV network has proposed Simple DVT Expansion. The plan to use SSV tokens for network fees and incentives.