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Bankless
7 days ago
Crypto in 2024: Mid-Year Reflections

4 takeaways 👇

Crypto moves fast – like blink-and-you-missed-it fast.

The first half of this year has been no different, with new chains and applications emerging daily and the crypto industry gaining mainstream acceptance in the financial world.

Amid the Twitter echo chambers and the frenzy of bull market price action, it's easy to lose sight of the bigger picture. So, let's zoom out and focus on the signal amid the noise.

TL;DR Crypto is just getting started; don't get shaken out.

Today, we’ll take a step back to reflect on the key developments of H1 2024, exploring the significant events and trends that highlight the progress we've made this year. 👇

1️⃣ Crypto is now mainstream
Remember the days when crypto was a niche plaything for cypherpunks? Those days are well over.

In the first half of 2024, crypto broke through to the mainstream with a vengeance.

The turning point was the long-awaited approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs in January. Suddenly, Wall Street had a comfortable on-ramp to crypto, and they took it in a big way. Eleven ETFs launched in one day, and volumes broke records.

And it didn’t stop at Bitcoin. The SEC finally greenlit eight spot ETH ETFs in May, further validating the entire crypto ecosystem, and opening the door for even broader institutional adoption.

2️⃣ Crypto Adoption Accelerating
Crypto adoption is accelerating at a remarkable pace. The number of active users across blockchains is up big time, hitting an all-time high of 42.92 million active addresses in April.

Another factor is the resurgence of DeFi. DeFi activity and mindshare are on the rise again, signaling a renewed interest and activity onchain, one that's moving beyond simple speculation to perhaps some real-world utility, like in the form of stablecoins for payments and asset tokenization for RWAs such as government securities.

The momentum is clear: more people are coming onchain, and they're finding more reasons to stay.

3️⃣ Ethereum Still Dominant, But Solana Rising
Ethereum remains the dominant force in crypto. Over 60% of the total value locked in DeFi sits on Ethereum, a testament to the lindy ecosystem, which acts as a foundation for countless applications and chains.

This dominance is not just a matter of capital but also technological progress on the roadmap. Ethereum is scaling through L2s like Base who have seen robust adoption this year, and thanks to the most recent Dencun upgrade, offer users significantly lowered gas fees.

Moreover, Solana’s innovation engine is running hot. Tech advancements like zk-compression and user-friendly features like Blinks are setting the stage for broader adoption, and we can see that Solana’s network effects are taking root in real time.

Make no mistake: Ethereum isn't going anywhere. Its established network effects and vast developer community ensure its continued importance in crypto. But Solana's impressive strides can't be ignored. Both ecosystems are thriving, each in its unique way. This parallel adoption is a win for crypto users, as it accelerates innovations and drives the entire industry forward.

4️⃣ More Chop Ahead, Then Up-Only
Bitcoin broke its all-time high in March, briefly breaching the $70 ,000 mark. While that party seemed to end pretty abruptly, let's not get carried away. This bull market is far from over.

The long-awaited ETH ETFs are nearly here, interest rate cuts are likely on the way, and crypto will likely continue to earn a place on the national stage during the U.S. elections with potential positive policy shifts in play.

💭 Closing Thoughts
So, has the first half of 2024 been all smooth sailing for crypto? Not quite.

The bull market must go
Trump
7 days ago
I love it
John Roger
7 days ago
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Ancient Alien
6 days ago
👽👽👽 GOOD MORNING ALIENS 👽👽👽

💥BEING A MAN IS A BLESSING💥

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Shin
6 days ago
Today's win so far. Using Heimdall by Flux Terminal, $FLUXT , for the signals.

NFA, but Heimdall is one crazy alpha printing machine I tell ya folks!
Emmanuelchinonsoichio
6 days ago
Please what should I do
Bankless
6 days ago
What is 0xMantle cooking up? 👀

Join us Monday as we explore the Mantle ecosystem's latest developments

Set a reminder 🔔👇
0xanon
6 days ago
Bought some more $BULL at the dip
Maestro
6 days ago
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Birddog
7 days ago
GOOD MORNING BIRD BROS ☀️

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Mello
6 days ago
Daily Memecoin Recap - June 27

The market is still struggling to find a concrete meta

In this market, the key is to adapt & be versatile

Trump vs Biden Debate
$usa -> $16 .6m to $43m (2.6x from the low)
$usacto -> hit $3m , "America CTO"
$bboden -> hit $583k , POTUS as a redacted baby
$joever -> hit $550k , "It's Joever"
$sloe -> hit $450k , "Sloppy Joe"

Gavin Newsom Replacing Joe Biden
$noosum -> $1 .1m to $9 .2m (8.36x), redacted Newsom
$newsum -> $440k to $3 .4m (7.7x), another redacted Newsom
$newsom -> $91k to $2 .3m (25.5x)
- After Joe Biden's poor performance, people are saying that democrats should replace him with GavinNewsom

Viral Meme "Daddy Chill" Launch
$chill -> hit $4 .75m,

Amber Rose Launch
$muva -> hit $8 .3m,

Kimi Reaches $300m +
$kimi -> hit $330m , heavily bundled, launched on pumpdotfun
$kimi -> hit $1m , "KIMI-burn"

Cat Memes
$sc -> $3 .5m to $9 .9m (2.82x), "Star Cat", strong CTO
$bobby -> $1 .4m to $6 .6m (4.71x), CTO
$tiny -> hit $1 .7m, dev is doxxed, using his own cat

Dog Memes
$spot -> hit $1 .8m, 180+ people in vc
$bullseye -> hit $470k , "Target Dog", CTO

Long-Term Cooks
$popcat -> $220m to $625m (2.84x from the low)
$ponke -> $131m to $232 .9m (1.77x from the low)
$michi -> $44m to $155m (3.52x from the low)

More Plays
$aura -> $4 .9m to $11m (2.24x), good team
$spike -> $595k to $1 .8m (3x), another $spike launched which seemed like a honeypot, people bought into the OG spike for a bounce
$moonwif -> $120k to $420k (3.5x), launched on dexscreener's moonshot
$otty -> hit $1 .8m, Otter Meme, CTO

CTO's are a meta in & of itself.

Most of these CTO coins would not have pumped as much if the dev never sold
Kitsune
6 days ago
gm 🦊 fam,

The Team has been hard at work behind the scenes on the Webapp and performing analytics from the first months metrics. 📈

Since the Raid Suite has gone live we have:

- 2000 unique wallets generated across 40 Telegram groups.

- Bought back >1M $KIT and airdropped >5M to the Kitsune Community.

- Received airdrop fees from 15 separate projects.

- Added three Strategic Partners in Gamba, ape.lol and @bullverse
.

Today VanEck filed the first spot ETF for Solana, this is only our first month, and Summer is only just starting....

Are you ready 🦊?
The Real World
6 days ago
Uncancelable. The tides are turning.
Tristan Tate
6 days ago
The “won’t” give me “my stuff” back. I wonder why!

What a way to wreck our countries international reputation guys, really well done.

I say “ours” because yes my kids are Romanians.

I won’t raise them to be crooks like the police authorities.

🤡 😂
Maestro
7 days ago
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Mello
9 days ago
Daily Memecoin Recap - June 25

Volume rotates back into memes as $sol pumps

First PumpFun coin to $1b +
$dorae -> hit $2b
$dorami -> hit $1m , "Doraemon's little sister"
- Many are very confused where this came from
- Extremely bundled (98% of supply bought by the dev)
- Less than 1000 holders
- Weird market cap vs liquidity ratio

Influencer Coins
$jason -> $5 .4m to $17 .9m (3.31x),
jasonderulo makes content promoting his new token
$lilpump -> $1 .1m to $3 .14m (2.85x)
$metal -> hit $2 .8m, Metallica got hacked, the hacker was posting a bunch of tweets promoting $metal . These have now been deleted
$mini -> hit $1 .7m, NSFW airikaca launch
$amber -> hit $530k ,
DaRealAmberRose hints at a launch (she has not officially launched yet), Sahil (notorious scammer) launches his own
$purpp -> hit $500k , smokepurpp launch

First Movers on Moonshot
$first -> $1 .73m to $8 .7m (5.02x), first coin on
dexscreener's moonshot $mc -> hit $7 .4m, MoonCat, "first meme cat launched on moonshot"
$md -> hit $998k , "MoonDog", CTO
$vivook -> hit $3 .9m, redacted VivekGRamaswamy
, new speculation arises that Vivek might become realDonaldTrump VP $truth -> hit $509k , Vivek's slogan

Animal Memes
$doogle -> $960k to $3 .61m (3.76x), good team
$bucky -> hit $8 .7m, rumors that it's the same team as $ponke
$sc -> hit $2m , "Star Cat", supported by MeteoraAG

$him -> hit $1 .7m, Asian + Cat meta, CTO
$chuck -> hit $478k , dog meme

More Cooks
$nobita -> hit $1 .3m, CTO
$sprite -> hit $630k , "McDonald's Sprite"
$caviar -> hit $491k , good team
$jar -> hit $425k , based on
aeyakovenko's tweet

It's clear that the memecoin space is highly dependent on majors

When majors pump, memecoin volume increases & vice versa
Tristan Tate
8 days ago
The USA age of consent should be decided on a federal level.

Europeans don’t get how a 20 year old man can have a 17 year old girlfriend, date her for months, then drive 1 mile away from his house across a state border and have committed statutory rape and face 15 years.

Raise it even! But it should be the same in every state.
PengyOS
8 days ago
GM Bullverse,🐧

PengyOS is about to offer something no project has done before.💎

The last posts are a testimony to this.💫

Pengy & the Degens go for a roadtrip today.😎
GameBoyOnSol
8 days ago (E)
We just added $12000 to the $GBOY Liquidity pool and then BURNED IT ALL FOREVER

Just another step to strengthening our project and proving we're building for the long-term

Added LP tx:
https://solscan.io/tx/5sSu...

Burn LP tx:
https://solscan.io/tx/433b...

Show us another community takeover that does what we do time and time again...

That's almost $20k ,000 added to the LP and burned in the past few months

A successful NFT mint

And our game (first PvP for crypto on Telegram ever) about to enter testing
$GBOY is going to takeover

The question is, are you prepared?
Astro peng
8 days ago (E)
Before asking yourself if a project will make me rich, ask yourself if this project is close to your heart, if I have the courage to put up with the stupidity of others on a negative level, and finally if this project is really useful and will still be around in 10 or 20 years' time. After that, yes, this project will make you rich.

Bullverse meets all these criteria. It's not even about pure finance, it's about adventure. It's not just a social network, it's a success story. If for some people selling is a question of clothes, for me it's this gem that's going to be a runaway success that those who sold at 5% will regret. Thank you for selling it to me to build 99% of my life.
Tristan Tate
8 days ago
Englishman. Down the pub. Drinking a beer. Watching the footy.

Not in snotty wine bar or a child molestation sex party?

This is very UNLIKE a politician for sure.

But embarrassing it is not.
The Real World
8 days ago
The Truth about the enslavement of mankind
Mello
8 days ago
Daily Memecoin Recap - June 26

We never know how long a hot market will last

Take advantage of all opportunities

Political Coins
$vunce -> hit $682k , based on JDVance1
, potential for him to become Trump's VP
$debate -> hit $510k , realDonaldTrump vs POTUS
debate is tomorrow

Amber Rose Launching Soon
$amber -> hit $685k , DaRealAmberRose
, she has NOT launched yet
$muva -> hit $510k
- Fake coins coming out
- People are speculating that her coin might have already launched
- Important to note, $jason was rugged by Sahil & Jason Derulo then "CTO'd" that coin
- People are now waging that the same playbook will be ran by other influencers

Jason Derulo Engages with Crypto Twitter
$jason -> $11 .5m to $36 .8m (3.2x),

$ice -> hit $500k , Jason's Dog

Influencer Coins
$lilpump -> $2 .32m to $5 .5m (2.37x), coming back to life as
lilpump tries to push it $faddy -> hit $1 .6m,

Cat Memes
$sc -> $325k to $5 .4m (13.23x)
$bobby -> hit $3 .3m, good CTO team
$gloop -> hit $2 .3m, instantly ran to millions after migrating to raydium
$ichi -> hit $595k , when you search "cat", this is the first one to pop up on Google, CTO

Moni Secures a Gotbit Partnership
$moni -> hit $17 .1m, bird meme,

Hawk Tuah Still Alive
$HawkTuah -> $5 .29m to $15 .5m (2.93x),
elonmusk posted a picture of a hawk

More Cooks
$bucky -> $4 .5m to $24 .5m (5.44x), good team
$gol -> $465k to $5m (10.75x), dead coin came back to life
$zaza -> $590k to $2m (3.39x), slowly climbing towards ATH
$sprite -> $400k to $1 .1m (2.75x), "McDonald's Sprite"
$gond -> hit $1 .8m
$ily -> hit $970k , CTO on an old coin
$saudi -> hit $808k , "Saudi Habibi"
$ham -> hit $800k , "first ape on the moon", launched on
dexscreener's moonshot
$cart -> hit $735k , Target Cart Basket

Remember to prioritize risk management at all times

You should not be stressed while in a trade as this will make you act emotionally

Happy Trading🤝
Tristan Tate
8 days ago
Feeling Slovak as I watch the football game today.

Sorry Romania.
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8 days ago
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PengyOS
7 days ago
GM Bullverse,🐧

Tomorrow we will announce our latest feature.💎

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Join Pengy & the degens while enjoying the Solana Summer season.😎💫
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7 days ago
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Tristan Tate
7 days ago
The only people who get mad when playing ̶M̶o̶n̶o̶p̶o̶l̶y̶ and want to fuck the whole game up are those that are losing,

Capitalism*
The Real World
7 days ago
Listen to this if you want to make it.