Crypto markets have suffered noticeable pullbacks following September 10’s highly anticipated presidential debate.

In the wake of self-proclaimed ‘Crypto President’ Donald Trump’s performance, scales have tipped in favor of Kamala Harris, with prediction markets illustrating renewed support for the Democrats.

Crypto Markets Tumble as Republican Confidence Wanes
The presidential debate had a resounding effect on the digital asset market. Following the event, $SOL price has dropped 5.1%, sliding from September 10’s high of $137 .9 to currently trade hands at $130 .84.

Beyond asset prices, CoinMarketCap’s Crypto Fear & Greed Index also dropped from a neutral 46.72 to a fearful ranking of 31.6.

The crypto market’s slide is expected to be due to the wider industry’s assumption that a Trump presidency will be favorable for the blockchain industry.

Commentators argue that Trump’s pro-crypto stance will greatly benefit the sector, with many analysts proposing that the approval of a spot SOL ETF hinges on a Republican victory. Meanwhile, some Solana community members expressed that regardless of who emerges triumphant in November, it will make little difference.

Over the past four years, the Biden administration has loomed large over the crypto industry. Gary Gensler and the S.E.C. (Securities and Exchanges Commission) have been widely criticized by the crypto community for their regulation-by-enforcement approach, which has seen the agency hand out a litany of lawsuits to crypto businesses throughout its time in office.

Volume Spikes on Drift Protocol’s Prediction Market
While Trump and Harris clashed heads on camera, traders took their chance to hit the prediction markets. Drift Protocol’s BET platform, a marketplace enabling users to trade the outcomes of real-world events, enjoyed an impressive surge of trading volume during the debate.

According to Dune Analytics, Drift Protocol’s BET protocol witnessed over $851k in daily trading volume. While falling short of market leader PolyMarket’s $14M daily volume, BET’s dramatic volume spike represented a 1,287% increase over the previous day’s trading.

According to BET’s dedicated market, Trump’s chances of winning the presidential election dropped from 54.2% to 49.5% since the debate began.

$TREMP Down, $KAMA Up
Finally, the landmark debate sent waves of volatility through Solana’s PolitiFi memecoin economy.

Unfortunately for $TREMP holders, crypto markets rejected the Presidential hopeful’s debate performance. $TREMP price crumbled under increased selling pressure, plunging 28% from.19 to currently exchange hands at.135, based on Step Finance data.

Meanwhile, the Kamala Harris-inspired $KAMA saw renewed support. $KAMA surged over 34%, rising from 0.007 to currently trade at.0094. Despite $KAMA’s superior performance, the memecoin still has a smaller market cap ($8.3M) than its PolitiFi rival $TREMP ($14.2M).

The debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris was heated to say the least...

The summary 👇

What initially got the most attention was that Kamala Harris appeared to have worn "earpiece" earrings so that people could whisper "punchlines" to her.

Tensions over Ukraine:
Harris accuses Trump of literally wanting to abandon Ukraine, acknowledges that Russia has not threatened to use nuclear weapons but advocates a rapid end to the conflict.

Disagreements over foreign policy:
Trump fears global escalation, Harris defends international engagement

Lively exchanges on the economy:
Harris criticizes the tariffs that Trump wants to impose (especially on Chinese products), calling them a "sales tax" on the middle class, and blames it for current inflation.

Heated debate on immigration:
Trump alarmist accuses Biden-Harris administration of letting in "dangerous" immigrants while Kamala Harris accuses him of dividing the nation.

Abortion Clash:
Harris defends abortion rights, Trump calls for return of decision to states.

Post debate:
Taylor Swift, "America's Sweetheart," has announced her support for Kamala Harris. The potential impact on "young people" is massive

Daily Memecoin Recap - September 9

Market sentiment could flip bullish at any moment

Apple Event
$dbp -> $850k , "Disco Ball Pigeon", emoji shown during the apple event, okx tweeted it $CowboyFrog -> hit $377k , first AI emoji apple showed during the event

Popular Memes & Trends
$gg -> hit $1m , Galaxy Gas, one of the dumbest trends I've ever seen, all over tiktok
$wait -> hit $844k , Correction Guy, viral meme on CT
$legend -> hit $264k , "F*cking Legend", old viral meme

Hyped Launch
$insdr -> hit $1m , "The Insiders", they've been posting for a while w/ twitter gold

Doge Team Post
$cate -> hit $511k , posted by $doge team,

Dog Meta
$jack -> hit $231k , cute dog
$duge -> hit $144k , plushie dog, CTO

Slow Cooks
$moth -> $2 .5m to $7m (2.8x), was stagnant for a couple days, currently breaking out
$deebo -> $350k to $1 .7m (4.85x), CTO, bear meme
$pe -> $370k to $917k (2.47x), " Half of $pepe "
$mope -> $30k to $330k (11x), CTO

Other Plays
$btc2 -> hit $1 .39m, "Bitcoin 2.0", a fake $btc on solana, limited supply of 21,000 tokens
$ct -> hit $732k , "Crypto Twitter"
$bingus -> hit $308k , X community, pushed by KOLs
$fp -> hit $298k , a fluffy pickle
$dwagon -> hit $295k , dragon + $fwog , CTO
$unlock -> hit $178k , "unlock your full potential, unlock unlimited gains on Solana"

Patience & quality over quantity 🤫

After the euphoric highs of Q2, fear and doubt have crept back into crypto markets in recent months.

Amidst the uncertainty Solana’s DeFi ecosystem has shed layers of TVL (Total Value Locked), with the majority of protocol’s losing between 13-18% in USD value on a monthly time frame.

However, despite the market-wide pullback, outperformers have emerged. Which protocols created a liquidity vacuum and expanded their TVL despite ailing markets?

NX FINANCE, LULO LEAD MONTHLY TVL GROWTH
Solana’s DeFi scene has enjoyed newfound momentum and attention throughout 2024. However, the last 30 days indicate a charge in sentiment, with the bulk of Solana protocols suffering significant drops in their TVL.

Despite challenging conditions, several outliers have outperformed the wider market and witnessed continued growth in the face of adversity.

Lending aggregator NX Finance led the charge, enjoying consistent growth in the face of difficult markets. Courtesy of its incentivized rewards program, NX Finance TVL rose 65% in the last 30 days, leading Solana’s top 50 DeFi applications by TVL.

Meanwhile, fellow lending aggregator Lulo Finance continued to rise through the ranks, securing over $30M in Directed Liquidity (DL). With over 92% of its DL, a similar metric similar to TVL, held in stablecoins, Lulo-managed value has increased by 32.27% in the last 30 days.

At first glance, DeFiLlama data suggests that Jupiter’s TVL has risen by 47.22% in the last 30 days. However, this increase is due to the popular analytics platform integrating $jupSOL into Jupiter’s total TVL on August 16, adding approximately $300M worth of funds to the platform.

According to Step Finance data, $jupSOL supply has risen 0.36% in the last 30 days. Coupled with the 2.22% decline in Jupiter perpetual TVL in the same time period, it can be concluded that Jupiter’s total TVL has remained relatively stable in the face of challenging market conditions.

Kamino TVL Climbs Despite Falling Prices
Kamino Finance has been one of Solana DeFi’s most solid performers throughout Q3’s volatility. While lending aggregators like NX Finance and Lulo predominantly hold stablecoins, making them more resilient to market downturn, Kamino accepts deposits from a wider range of more volatile assets.

Despite falling asset prices across the industry, Kamino has emerged as one of Solana’s standout DeFi protocols.

While $SOL price has dropped over 36% since its March 18 high of $202 , Kamino TVL has increased by 12% in USD terms. Denominated in SOL, Kamino TVL has risen by 76% in the same time frame.

JUPITER DOMINATES PERPETUAL TVL ACROSS THE INDUSTRY
Jupiter’s perpetual DEX platform shows no sign of relinquishing its iron grip on derivatives dominance. One of Solana’s largest DeFi protocols, Jupiter’s perpetual DEX is currently the largest onchain derivatives market in the crypto industry.

Boasting over $657M in TVL, Jupiter dominates perpetual market share. According to DeFiLlama data, the Solana-based platform currently accounts for 18.82% of onchain derivatives TVL across the industry.

While Jupiter boasts the highest TVL across all perpetual DEXes, its closest rival still witnesses higher trading volumes. During August, Hyperliquid handled $34 .6B in trading volume compared to Jupiter’s $15 .1B. It’s worth noting that Hyperliquid’s high volume could attributed to its points program, which is expected to influence token allocations ahead of the protocol’s upcoming airdrop

BullVerse Update

BullPad
There have been numerous inquiries regarding BullPad, and we would like to address them. After careful consideration, the team has decided that launching BullPad at this time would not be beneficial. The market sentiment remains highly bearish, trading volumes across financial markets are low, and overall uncertainty persists. Furthermore, Pump.fun’s volume has decreased by 95% from its all-time high. All signs indicate that this is not the ideal time to release a launchpad. However, we remain fully committed to launching it when market conditions are more favorable.

BullPay
BullPay is currently in beta (available at bullpay.fun). As well-needed solution in the space, it is connected to a lot of upcoming features inisde the platform. BullPay will serve not only as a marketplace but also as a crypto payment gateway, like Stripe or PayPal for crypto transactions. We developed an API kit allowing our partners to get paid from their website or mobile app.

Activity Rewards & User Experience
We are still working on developing a sustainable, more gamified and automated solution for activity rewards. Once this is finalized, we will announce it, and automated payouts will resume.

The BullVerse Ecosystem
It’s important to note that BullVerse is a long-term project. We are continually enhancing user, partner, and community engagement. As with any major project, development will unfold progressively rather than all at once.

Communication
The team is working tirelessly behind the scenes to improve the BullVerse ecosystem daily. Many individuals are involved, and significant resources have been invested in this project. Our commitment is unwavering, and we continue to expand our network by forming strategic partnerships, which are crucial for long-term growth. The vision is clear and we are enjoying the journey.

Teasers
Our primary focus has been on laying a strong foundation by creating a stable platform that incorporates both incentives and crypto utilities. Our main goal is to deliver a clear and practical use case that attracts the visibility BullVerse deserves. As a utility project, we view this as a key driver of our success: BullVerse should not just be about content, but also a hub where crypto enthusiasts can speculate, win, lose, be rewarded, and find their community. Something exciting is coming very soon..

Bullish times are ahead,
The BullVerse Team

WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST OBSTACLES TO DePIN GROWTH??
In a recent appearance at ETHToronto, Frank Mathis highlights the next steps for DePIN’s future.

GenesysGo founder Frank Mathis is no stranger to the highs and lows of crypto’s thriving DePIN sector.

Drawing on his years of experience, Mathis joined other DePIN thought leaders at ETHToronto, including Helium COO Scott Sigel, to discuss the future of the sector.

“If DePIN solves that, DePIN is inevitable”
Like many passionate crypto community members, DePIN advocates staunchly argue that DePIN is inevitable. Speaking to hundreds of crypto enthusiasts at ETHToronto, Mathis offered a refreshing point of view.

The GenesysGo founder argues that value creation for contributors is one of the most integral aspects of running successful DePIN networks. Mathis highlighted that, while DePIN promises to reward contributors as decentralized software scales, “it’s shocking how much of that is running on AWS and Google Cloud.”

For example, over 50% of Ethereum node operators are hosted on AWS, Hetzner, and OVH servers.

Reiterating the importance of wealth creation for contributors, Mathis contends “what DePIN really is, is an attempt to take one of the most centralized layers of the stack and decentralize that amongst the people such that they start to participate in the growth and success of these models.”

GenesysGo’s ShdwDrive is one such example. The decentralized storage solution empowers users to earn $SHDW tokens by providing unused mobile storage to a distributed network, directly generating income from a device that lives in their pocket.

Reflecting the ideal DePIN model proposed by Mathis, network contributors benefit from the growth and success of the platform. The GenesysGo founder reinforced this notion, opining “DePIN is only as inevitable as the value that participants in the network get from it… if DePIN solves that, DePIN is inevitable.”

POOR PERFORMANCE “ONE OF THE BIGGEST FAILINGS OF DePIN”
On paper, the benefits of DePINs are obvious. However, in practice, these platforms often sacrifice performance and scalability in favor of decentralization. While this aids in value creation for contributors and increases security, it actually hamstrings performance and growth.

DePIN is often considered the natural evolution of the sharing economy, which delivered iconic businesses like Uber and Airbnb.

Drawing parallels between the pearls of the sharing economy and emerging DePIN projects, Mathis illustrated that “Uber became highly successful, not just because you’re able to share in pieces of things you don’t use everyday.. but because it worked well, it was fast, it was easy to use.”

Mathis argues that for DePIN projects to truly take off, they need to rival the performance standards set by centralized industry leaders. Referencing his experience with GenesysGo, the founder posits “in our case, our first principle [is] decentralized storage needs to be as fast, as secure, as stable, and perform every bit as well as a traditional Web2 cloud service.”

ABSTRACTION IS KEY
The Web3 user experience has long been considered one of the industry’s biggest obstacles to adoption. The complexities of wallet management and security have discouraged newcomers to space for over a decade, and continue to repel potential users today.

Mathis insists that abstracting the end-user experience away from blockchain technology is key to the success of the industry. Reinforcing this belief, the founder affirms “Your end user shouldn’t know that they’re interacting with Web3”

Looking towards the future, Mathis considers DePIN regulation will present a significant obstacle to the sector’s growth. However, instead of taking a chagrined approach to future regulatory concerns, the GenesysGo founder suggests that DePIN projects need to take on some responsibility.

🚨 The $DAI has been compromised on multiple blockchains

Unallocated blockchains: Ethereum, Optimism, Arbitrum

Ralala #BullVerse , and to say that bullverse is built during a complicated market, to explode upwards during the bull run with a utilitarian and complete product.

You do not realize the project that is being built. I just have to look at what works or the needs to get an idea:

✅ Pumpfun and sunpump

✅ Need a decentralized social network

✅ Payment in crypto

✅ Partner

✅ Easy-to-use interface

The only thing missing from this project is our support. The team shows us that they are building each project. That they care about their users.

We don't have much to do. Talk about the social network around you if you appreciate the experience (it also makes you money 👌🏾). Like coinmarketcap, a dexscreener rocket. Make posts on X if you feel like it.

You will never have food in your mouth if you wait for someone to cook for you 😉

Continue to sell and regret later

Continuing to defy the expectations of the wider crypto market, Solana has outperformed digital asset rivals like Bitcoin ($BTC) and Ethereum ($ETH).

During a forgettable week for crypto markets, Solana has bucked the bearish trend, enjoying positive inflows amidst a sea of red.

SOL LEADS WEEKLY INFLOWS ACROSS TOP DIGITAL ASSETS
While much of the crypto market succumbed to bearish forces last week, Solana showed plenty of resilience. According to CoinShares data, Solana digital asset products attracted over $7 .6M in net inflows, outperforming both Bitcoin (-$319M) and Layer 1 rival Ethereum (-$5.7M).

However, despite positive inflows in digital asset products, $SOL price suffered a significant decline. Over the past week, Solana has dropped 15.45%, sliding from $157 .2 to currently exchange hands at $132 .91, based on Step Finance data.

In this sense, Solana has underperformed both $BTC and $ETH , which lost 7.5% and 7.3% respectively over the same period.

The diverging trends highlight a curious dynamic. Despite Solana suffering a more significant price drop than both $BTC and $ETH , institutional inflows for Solana-based digital asset products were positive.

Solana’s favorable performance suggests higher demand from institutional investors and traders, who are taking advantage of turbulent market conditions to establish positions heading into Q4.

Alternatively, the comparatively smaller range of Solana-based products allows for a reduced sample size, which could skew results. The abundance and accessibility of Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs mean that these assets are likely to witness more consistent trading behavior.

MONTHLY STABLECOIN INFLOWS INCREASE BY 21%
Beyond positive digital asset product inflows, the Solana network also enjoyed increased stablecoin flows.

Having continually grown throughout 2024, Solana’s monthly stablecoin inflows increased by 21%, rising from $371M in July to $449M in August.

The growth indicates a growing desire for greater liquidity onchain. The trend is further supported by an increase in the total value of bridged assets arriving on the Solana network.

According to data provided by deBridge and Artemis, over $345M worth of assets were bridged to Solana from alternative chains, a 23% increase from the $280M bridged in July. August’s bridge traffic included over $279M from Ethereum, the industry’s largest Layer 1 network.

The inflow of capital suggests that investors and traders could be eager to establish positions in both Solana’s thriving DeFi scene and the ecosystem’s native tokens. With increased liquidity arriving onchain, network participants hope that the Solana ecosystem can maintain its bullish trajectory in Q4.

BTC, locally the 60,000 level is lost. At current levels, the local support zone is 57,600-55,900. Bitcoin is more likely to reach this support zone, from where it will be necessary to monitor the reaction in this zone. It is more likely that we will see a correction with a local flat for some time during the next week. It is also necessary to monitor the zone in which Bitcoin has been located since August 8, see the chart. (local support and resistance zone)

withdrawal from exchanges exceeds input - correlation

Altcoins, next week I will start the final set of coins for medium and long term. There is no endless correction, and there is no endless growth. Altcoins have been in correction for 5 months now.

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BIG SUPPLY, BIG PROBLEMS AS SOLANA’S NFT MARKET REJECTS LARGE COLLECTIONS

Fresh minting mechanics are bringing greater security to Solana NFTs, but new mints and large collections struggle to garner attention and are trading below mint price.

New NFT collections have learned a painful lesson this week. If it wasn’t obvious due to stagnant floor prices and diminishing trade volume, launching a fresh collection in these conditions is a difficult task.

Despite commentators claiming these hyped collections will usher in a “new era” and whitelist spots selling at over $50 apiece on open markets, launches from Pathfinders and Hermans have failed to meet expectations.

Will Solana’s NFT market ever witness another successful 10,000 NFT collection? Or are small supplies the only way of conserving value?

ONLY 21% OF PATHFINDER'S RISK-FREE NFTs MINTED

Despite proposing a new, risk-free method of launching Solana NFTs, the Pathfinders collection faces difficulty minting out. At press time, only 2,125/10,000 NFTs have been minted, falling well short of expectations.

Pathfinder’s novel LST-backed NFT collection launched with noble intentions. Providing an alternative mechanic that aims to protect minters, the collection has launched Solana’s first un-ruggable NFTs.

Unlike standard NFT mints, Pathfinders NFTs are minted using pathSOL, the project’s native liquid staking token. Holders reserve the right to redeem their NFT for the underlying pathSOL used to mint the asset, essentially securing the NFT’s value at a minimum of 2pathSOL.

Regardless, Solana’s NFT community has largely ignored the project’s novel approach to minting. Supporters of the new mechanic took to social media to express their disappointment with the NFT community’s apparent apathy. 

Commentators noted that network participants have collectively poured thousands of SOL into extractive and malicious actors, but are unwilling to support builders providing meaningful alternatives.

‘Hyped’ New Mint Immediately Under Floor - Are Presales to Blame?

Boasting a sold-out presale that constituted 55% of the total supply, the Hermans NFT collection suffered a similar fate. Priced at 1.5 SOL per NFT, Hermans struggled to attract interest during the public mint, forcing the team to take drastic action.

Hermans trading on secondary marketplaces like Tensor and Magic Eden was locked until the mint was complete, meaning holders were unable to list their assets. The team took it upon themselves to buy all unminted assets. The Hermans’ treasury now holds over 1,600 NFTs, roughly 33% of the supply.

Almost immediately, the collection began trading beneath mint price as presales and regretful minters clamored to liquidate their holdings for SOL. Hermans currently exchange hands at 0.84 SOL, down 44% from the original mint price.

While poor NFT market conditions are a significant contributor to the recent slew of disappointing NFT launches, social media commentators have argued that NFT presales are also to blame.

Low Supply NFT Collections Retain Value

In recent years, NFT markets have witnessed countless large supply collections suffer devastating downtrends. 

Top Solana collections like Mad Lads, Tensorians (pictured), and Claynosaurs have all endured significant drawdowns, while dozens of less-resilient projects have effectively plummeted to zero.

Comparatively, low supply and 1/1 NFT collections have retained their value remarkably well. Limited supply art collections like Boogles, Dead King Society, and The SixNine are typically only available through OTC deals and have maintained comparatively stable floors, regardless of SOL price fluctuations.

Arguably, this suggests that the most valuable utility NFTs offer is access to exclusive communities. Alternatively, it could also indicate that low-supply collections with low market liquidity create an elite sense of perceived value, which has supported the valuations of these co

BTC, the local setup is broken. As I wrote earlier in the posts, nevertheless, the main setup that Bitcoin is currently following is a medium-term setup inside the pattern of which Bitcoin is now located, see the graph (the blue lines above and below are the boundaries of the pattern), the words of the US Federal Reserve's Powell did not last long for the market that rates would be lowered. The market needs real action. The first of which will be in the next week of September.

the input to the exchanges exceeds the output -
13%, 2000 btc

Altcoins, everything is within the norm, as I wrote earlier in the posts above. This scenario was calculated. There is no endless correction, just as there is no endless growth. September will be important and it is more likely that the reversal will begin next month (it will begin, this does not mean that in one day or hour the coins will reach their historical peaks)

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Tokenized US Treasury Bonds Surpass $2 Billion!

Does this sentence (and its implications) seem incomprehensible to you?

Let's break it down together

1. US Treasury bonds

These are securities issued by the American government, purchasable by anyone on traditional financial markets.

You are literally lending money to the US government and in return for this nice gesture, you are promised a return (currently 3.8 %)

Treasury bills are simply acknowledgements of debt.

The US government is indebted to you (congratulations, you have a superpower in your pocket!)

2. “tokenized”

Literally: injected into a blockchain

Treasury bonds are transformed from a "virtual electronic" state (information on the hard drive of the Fed or a central bank) to a "cryptographic" state by being transposed in the form of digital assets (i.e. tokens) on a blockchain network.

We are talking about "tokenization of financial assets"

3. What for?

Let's simplify:

- Cheaper, lower costs for the issuer (government) and the holder
- Fewer intermediaries (savings on this side too)
- Excellent liquidity
- Unlimited fragmentation potential (a treasury bond is sold at least in tranches of $100 , with tokenization it is possible to divide this threshold by 10, 100, 10,000 to make the asset accessible to a wider audience)
- Transparent
- Ultra secure
- Auditable
- ...

To put it simply, there is SO much upside to using blockchain for financial assets that there is NO scenario where this technological approach will not prevail in the coming decade.

These 2 billion are therefore a very timid incursion into a market of 27,000 billion dollars just for US Treasury Bonds (and this without even counting other asset categories, such as indexes, shares, financial real estate, etc.)

In short and in conclusion, the tokenization of global financial assets and "The (real) next big thing" for blockchain and crypto

While you don't believe that the bull will hit NFT, let's figure out when it will happen 🤔

It has already happened. Why don't you understand where the liquidity has stagnated in the market, and what trend will conquer the market next?

Where is the next rocket? New SocialFi, shields in another chain? Which one? NEAR? CARDANO? While you are looking for new gems, liquidity is quietly flowing into already familiar channels, and the NFT market has already given it a local zazu 👋

It's even funny that the projects that were raped by sybils during the retro fever, holders of cult NFTs on the air were given more awards than their "faithful" adherents. But does this mean that the NFT sector will explode on this bull? Yes and no.

Last season's NFT bull run had just a few vessels to accumulate liquidity in - the CryptoPunks and Bored Ape Yacht Club collections. Then demand cut off supply, leading to incredibly high price expectations and hopes, and liquidity leaked into other random ETH collections and other chains. Boom, the bubble burst, something that can never be repeated.

We now have many chains with NFTs, liquidity and attention are spread out, and there is no single major trend in a select few NFT collections. But NFTs are here to stay, and they continue to grow as a category. And locally, that will never stop.

Daily Memecoin Recap - August 23

Crypto is pumping

$btc closes +6% today
$eth & $sol follow at +5% and +7% respectively

Runners Of The Day
$ptc -> $880k to $2 .7m (3.06x), 70% of supply burnt, paper drawings of $btc
$ufo -> hit $2 .4m, decent team, heavily sniped on launch
$sym -> hit $1 .65m, "the most symmetrical dog on Solana",
$nibo -> hit $1 .2m, large buys on launch, decent team, dog meme
$susdog -> hit $950k , based on a viral suspicious dog meme

Smoking Chicken Fish Gains Volume
$scf -> $19m to $83m (4.4x from the low), reversal, banger video drop, team is heavily dedicated
$sed -> $500k to $1 .95m (3.9x), beta to $scf , has been slow cooking since its launch on August 20th, heavy push today following $sc

Fwog Making Higher Highs
$fwog -> $10m to $28m (2.8x),
- Community continues to get stronger
- Some of the best art in the space
- Great background story (dev rugged -> artist/community relaunch)

Utility Play
$chat -> $5m to $18m (3.6x from the low), ATH $174m , shilled by MarioNawfal

Other Cooks
$ong -> $400k to $1 .94m (4.85x), "On God", gen z/tiktok meta, was dead but slowly reviving, ATH is $25m
$afc -> hit $440k , "Airforce Chicken"
$bb -> hit $435k , "Bubble Buddies", based on a spongebob character, twitter community instead of a twitter account
$belief -> hit $375k , influencer coin, dog meme
$mow -> hit $310k , "Monkey On Watermelon"
$kak -> hit $278k , "Kakling Kamala", based on KamalaHarris' laugh, launched on dexscreener's moonshot
$ascend -> hit $240k , cat meme, CTO

The market has been absolutely dead lately, but if majors continue to pump, volume will start to pick up

It's important to consider that September is historically one of the worst months for the market (S&P500)

This doesn't necessarily mean that history will repeat itself, but it is interesting data nonetheless

Lock in 🔒

While you don’t believe that the bull will be affected by NFTs, let’s figure out when this happens 🤔

Already happened. Why don’t you understand where liquidity has accumulated in the market, and what trend will conquer the market next?

Where's the next rocket? New SocialFi ? Which one? NEAR? CARDANO? While you are looking for new gems, liquidity imperceptibly flows into already familiar channels, and the NFT market has already given a promise locally 👋

It’s even funny that the projects that were raped by the sibils during the retro fever were given more awards to the holders of the cult NFTs on air than to their “faithful” adherents. But does this mean that the NFT sector will explode on this bull? Yes and no.

Last season's NFT bull cycle only had a few vessels to accumulate liquidity in - the CryptoPunks collections and the Bored Ape Yacht Club . Demand then cut off supply, leading to incredibly high price expectations and hopes, with liquidity leaking into other random collections on ETH and other chains. Boom, the bubble burst, it can never be repeated.

We currently have many NFT chains, liquidity and attention are spread out, and there is no single major trend across a select few NFT collections. But NFTs are here to stay and continue to grow as a category. And locally it will never stop.

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Malaysia disposes of 985 bitcoin mining rigs

Malaysian authorities disposed of 985 bitcoin mining rigs worth $427 ,000 by rolling on them.

The equipment was disposed of as part of a court order. The equipment had previously been confiscated by police during an investigation into illegal mining.

According to local media, only the casings of the machines were crushed by the roller as a symbolic gesture.

Attention to the question: where will the insides of the bitcoin mining rigs go?😏

Kamino Finance Season 2 Airdrop Goes Live – Eligible users can now claim their airdrop.

350 million $KMNO , worth $14 million, has been allocated for Season 2.

After weeks of eager anticipation, Lavarage has finally launched its generous rewards program. Offering DeFi traders a more efficient way of navigating onchain markets, Lavarage adds a new dimension to permissionless margin trading by leveraging spot assets, rather than the synthetic perpetual assets used across the Solana ecosystem.

With the launch of Tephra, the protocol’s dynamic points program, Lavarage brings renewed enthusiasm to Solana’s margin markets and re-stokes the flames ahead of a future airdrop.

THE TEPHRA POINTS SYSTEM - MISSION 1 NOW LIVE
Rewarding dedicated traders and community members alike, the Tephra points system aims to provide fair opportunities for all ‘Lavanauts’. By using the Lavarage trading platform and engaging in community-building activities, Lavanauts earn Tephras, which will be directly correlated to an eventual airdrop.

Users earn Tephras every time they execute an action in the Lavarage platform. Whether you’re opening positions, paying interest on borrowed assets, or staking SOL for lstSOL (Lavarage’s native liquidi staking token), users are actively earning Tephras. The team has also hinted that users can boost Tephra generation by holding Lava Rock Alpha NFTs.

Profitable traders stand to generate even more rewards. Encouraging skilled traders to use the platform, points are also being distributed based on the profitability of individual trades. Making point generation accessible to those with smaller wallets, Tephras can also be earned through community-building activities.

Adding an additional layer of intrigue to the Tephra program, Lavarage proposes diversified missions. With each mission lasting two weeks, the Lavarage team will adapt rewards based on the protocol’s strategic goals. While this keeps the rewards program dynamic, it also works as a countermeasure against bots and airdrop farmers seeking to game the system.

Mission 1 is currently live. Lavarage users can easily track their Tephra points tally through the app. Lavarage’s earliest users and supporters can now verify rewards accumulated during the ‘OG Mission’.

WHAT IS LAVARAGE?
Designed to improve capital efficiency in DeFi trading and boasting a streamlined user experience, Lavarage offers a creative approach to margin trading on Solana. Unlike the network’s vast range of perpetual DEXes, Lavarage contracts use spot assets.

This means that the platform offers more accurate pricing and liquidity than perpetual markets and allows traders to buy and sell the underlying assets.

Lavarage usage has erupted in recent weeks. Since the end of June, the platform has facilitated over 5,000 spot-margin positions at an average leverage of 3x. Boasting over 500 assets, Lavarage has attracted over 1,000 unique users with a retention rate of over 60%.

Beyond trading, Lavarage also manages to provide generous yield to its liquidity providers. According to the platform, SOL stakers have earned over 40% APY through Lavarage since the protocol’s inception.

WHAT'S NEXT?
With the Tephra points program officially underway, the Lavarage team has hinted that the upcoming TGE “might not be too far off”.

Regardless, Tephra is expected to boost the platform’s growing user base and volume, helping Lavarage grow towards becoming a key player in Solana’s flourishing DeFi Landscape.

Daily Memecoin Recap - August 17

Some unique metas emerged today

Reddit Dog
$snoofi -> hit $4 .7m, Reddit's logo as a dog, $r /snoofi
$scooti -> hit $318k , cat beta to $snoofi , r/scooti
$limmy -> hit $270k , another cat beta, r/limmy
- Someone made a coin and the socials link to a subreddit r/snoofi
- No tg/twitter compared to most coins
- This is super unique & different compared to what we've previously seen

Dog In A Bag
$dbag -> hit $1 .4m
- uses X communities to communicate in the form of posts (no telegram)

Runners Of The Day
$demure -> $315k to $4 .75m (15x from the low), "very demure", based on an extremely viral meme, gen z meta, "very cutesy, very mindful"
$zoloft -> hit $4m , "trade better, last longer", good meme, a pill that makes you trade better
$hs -> hit $3 .5m, "holy smokes", CTO, good team w/ KOLs onboard

Animal Memes
$xp -> hit $1m , CTO, viral Chinese dog XiaoPang, this coin is 2 months+ old
$grumpy -> hit $550k , viral cat meme
$ddcc -> hit $260k , "Donkey Dog Cat Chicken"

More Cooks
$oof -> hit $500k , CTO
$f -> hit $730k
$mud -> hit $400k , livestream on pumpfun
$ributt -> hit $360k

Overall one of the best days this week

Markets are still downwards raging, participants are waiting for a clear direction

Holding an open discussion on 𝕏, BitGo’s Mike Belshe joined Justin Sun and original WBTC contributor Meow to address concerns about WBTC custody changes.

Earlier this week, BitGo announced changes to WBTC’s existing custody model that included distributing influence across several parties and geographic jurisdictions.

The move drew a wrath of criticism from the cryptocurrency community, notably due to the involvement of Tron founder Justin Sun.

Seeking to clear the air, Jupiter co-founder and original WBTC contributor Meow welcomed BitGO CEO Mike Belshe, Justin Sun, and BitGlobal representatives to a public forum to shed some light on the situation.

MIKE BELSHE PUTS BTC USAGE CONCERNS TO REST
One of the key concerns outlined by the crypto community following BitGo’s original announcement was what the Bitcoin used to back WBTC would be used for. Acting as a voice for the crypto community at large, Meow posed the question of BTC utilization to BitGo CEO Mike Belshe.

Assuring over 5,000 captivated listeners, Belshe put their nervous minds to rest, highlighting that “when you put [Bitcoin] inside of a trust company you’ve got it wrapped in a mechanism which has got a fiduciary responsibility in a very legal way.”

Reinforcing his statement with additional context, Belshe acknowledged that people’s “number one question” was that “the bitcoin behind [WBTC] is not gonna get hypothecated, rehypothecated, lent out, used, taken, put somewhere else.”

Highlighting the legal constraints of BitGo’s position, Belshe assured listeners “The regulatory construct that we have makes it so that it’s actually illegal to do that.”

A TRANSFER OF TRUST?
Part of the BitGo X GitGlobal collaboration means that multi-signature keys with access to custodied assets will be distributed across several companies. While on paper this aids in decentralization and security, Meow and the community raised concerns regarding the involvement of BitGlobal, a relatively new and unknown entity in the space.

By transfering ownership of keys, Meow theorized that the “transfer of trust will take a long time” arguing it could be “quite a hard pill for the community to swallow”.

Responding to Meow’s claims, Belshe asserted “BitGo is not asking you to take the same trust that you had in BitGo and just give it to somebody else.”

Hammering his point home, Belshe contended that decentralization remains one of the strongest security measures available. Posing the rhetoric, Belshe asked “Is it more secure to have the two parties, or is it more secure to have BitGo hold two keys?”

THE JUSTIN SUN FACTOR
The announcement of Justin Sun’s involvement in the arrangement has been one of the collaboration’s biggest items of contention. Some long-standing crypto protocols like MakerDAO have argued that Justin Sun’s involvement adds an “unacceptable level of risk” to WBTC, proposing to reduce their WBTC exposure to 0.

Justin Sun’s commentary during the forum was admittedly brief. Downplaying his role and involvement, the controversial figure noted “the protocol, how to mint, how to burn and also the transparency and all the procedures remain the same.”

Adding further clarity, Sun contended “other than some of the keys being moved out of the U.S., I don’t really think there is much difference.”

Beyond assuring listeners that nothing had changed, Sun revealed his vision for the future of WBTC. Positing that “not everything we do is purely to make money” Sun believes the team should focus on expanding WBTC market cap, TVL, and helping the asset establish a presence of more blockchains.

Are we finally going to see a clear drop in $BTC Dominance?

In any case, everything indicates that we are at a high point:
- Resistance on the September 2020 support
- RSI Weekly at 70 at the beginning of August
- Double bearish divergence of RSI over the last weeks
- The ETH/BTC pair which seems to have bottomed out and is rising again

Will we finally have an altseason?
To be continued
#Altseason2024

Nigerian crypto advocate James Utudor is suing government officials, including the president, to challenge digital asset restrictions. The lawsuit aims to restore Nigerians' access to crypto and protect fundamental rights. Nigeria ranks fourth globally in crypto users.

BridgeFinance airdrop checker is now live.

👉Total of 491,000 users eligible for the Airdrop.

👉The top 10% from the points leaderboard will receive 76% of the total airdrop allocation.

👉6% of the total DBR supply is allocated for Season 1 participants.

❌ A user mistakenly pays $90 ,000 in gas fees to transfer $2 ,200 worth of ETH.

In total, 34 ETH were accidentally spent to transfer less than 1 Ether.

Yet, fees on ETH have never been as low as they are right now for almost 5 years.
The transfer should therefore have cost only a few dollars.

An error that is called "fat finger" because it is often a setting problem.

This is not the first time that this type of so-called “fat finger” transaction has happened...

But according to some, it is not always a mistake...indeed, it could also be a sophisticated form of money laundering

💬 Solana spot ETFs are "inevitable" in the US after Brazil approval, according to Matthew Sigel, a VanEck executive.

“Brazil’s approval of a SOL ETF indicates that a U.S. counterpart is not just a possibility – it’s inevitable.”

https://decrypt.co/243964/...

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BITCOIN $BTC
Repeat cycle indicator

➡️ According to this indicator, which replicates the movements of the previous 1458 days and projects them into the future, Bitcoin's parabolic rise could begin at the end of September, if this cycle plays out like the previous one.

👉 Many indicators show that we are entering areas where significant movement is expected soon

📈 To be continued 🔥
#Bitcoin

My Macro take on crypto

#btc on the weekly doesnt look great. We closed lower than the 20 W EMA on the weekly which has consistently signaled the end of bear markets post halving (may 2021 being an exception). However, this is a weak argument imo and I think this cycle more closely resembles last cycle where we had the exception in May 2021 because there is more evidence that this cycle is not yet done.

https://www.tradingview.co.../

Based on cyclical data, where btc is this cycle indicates 2025 to be a key year as the year after halving is usually the best year.

Image below shows historical dates of mid cycle top/bottoms, and cycle tops/bottoms with dates of halving as well. We were at the mid-cycle top earlier this spring - represented by the purple dot in Cycle 4. If historical data suggests any clues on market cycle top, Q4 2025 would be the date.

Furthermore, the average days from previous cycle tops to current cycle tops are 1268 days. A conservative estimate would be a top in Q2 2025, with the possibility of an extension into Q4 2025 if this cycle follows more closely to the last 2 cycles which had 1450 days between cycle tops. More data suggests Q4 2025 cycle top as the last 2 cycles took 1060 days from cycle bottom to cycle peak.

https://www.tradingview.co.../

Some more data that confirms my biases:

- Average Number of days btc spent above 20 W EMA (last 2 cycles) = 802 days
- This cycle so far = 413 Days

- Number of days btc spent above 200 D MA (last 2 cycles) = 787 days
- This cycle so far = 462 Days.

To sum things up: the data suggests we still have about a year of bull market activity lined up. I'd say Q2 2025 cycle top is conservative given the macro environment. The Sahm Rule and other leading indicators of recession has me worried about the 2nd half of 2025. Economic data is almost always lagging and whether we are in a recession today or not, we will not know until 2 quarters from now. That being said, if Sahm Rule holds true and we enter recession in Q4, we won't know until at least Q2.