1/ The crypto market notched an increase of 12% WoW driven by significant increase in BTC, ETH and SOL with gains of 13.9%, 13.5% and 18.9% respectively. The DeFi market was also lifted, with TVL exceeding US$50B, a 10.7% increase WoW.

2/ Solana liquid staking has seen strong adoption over the past month. With Lido's stSOL being the only top 5 liquid staking protocol in decline due to its exit from the Solana ecosystem, the remaining 4 projects have all seen increasing TVL.

3/ Notable gainers include Jito, which has seen a growth of 63.2% MoM, attributed to its highly anticipated airdrop. A notable contender, BlazeStake, has recorded the largest increase MoM of 163% due to its double digits base APY for staking SOL, and its ongoing airdrop event.

4/ EigenLayer added 6 new LSTs, including Binance WBETH, effective 18 Dec 2023. Caps for existing LSTs will also rise to 200K ETH. Integrations of LSTs from Liquid Collective, Mantle and Frax are also in the pipeline. #BinanceNews #btcbear #BinanceCEO #BinanceNFT #news