LIVE NOW - ETH is Money If We Choose It To Be | Ansgar & Caspar

ethereum Researchers adietrich and casparschwa
join us at the Bankless Summit to present the dangers of the ETH staking yield and how we can course-correct Ethereum’s monetary policy. Rejecting staking yield & embracing the burn

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro
2:02 Staking as the Poisoned Fruit
23:10 Reject the Poison & Embrace the Burn
26:10 Questions

Daily Memecoin Recap - November 15

We got a decent amount of $10m + runners, but lots of pvp today

Mascot Meta
$lester -> hit $197m , litecoin mascot
$phil -> hit $23 .4m, binance mascot
$cupsey -> hit $21 .5m, pumpdotfun mascot
$clark -> hit $10m , coinbase mascot
$chatty -> hit $9 .1m, ChatGPTapp mascot
$bibi -> hit $2 .6m, tweet from 2018 of binance tweeting a coin/mascot
$blocky -> hit $2 .5m, okx mascot
$poly -> hit $2m , 0xPolygon mascot
- Litecoin started the mascot meta
- A bunch of companies are now coming up with their own mascots

Phantom Deployed A Coin?
#kendrook -> hit $7 .5m
- Someone did research going through a video made by phantom founder BChillman

Bitcoin Mascots
$bitcat -> hit $90m , Bitcoin mascot, greg16676935420 replied
$alpaca -> hit $14 .2m, old bitcoin mascot from 2011
$bitdog -> hit $6 .8m, $bitcat beta
#bitrhino -> hit $4m

Hasbulla Joins Memes
$barsik -> hit $103m , Hasbulla's cat
- hasbulla_main, continues to push his coin

Elon's New Podcast
$ @doge -> hit $37m , DOGE, Elon tweeted
#dogecast -> hit $33m
- Dogecast is a new podcast featuring VivekGRamaswamy and elonmusk

Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul
$tyson -> hit $5 .5m
$fight -> hit $4 .6m
#mikeass -> hit $3 .5m, MikeTyson goes viral after pantless in an interview

NYC Dog Mayor
$bert -> hit $185m , crashed to $12m (currently at $70m )
$simon -> hit $25m , Simon beat Bert to become the mayor for the next 2 years

Moo Deng Wants A Billion
#moodeng -> $282m to $703m (2.5x)

Animals
#charlie -> hit $15m
$bella -> hit $6 .1m, dog meme
$vibe -> hit $4m , vibe cat, OG meme, has been done multiple times
$nibsy -> hit $1 .3m, cat meme

Pnut Betas
#cheyenne -> hit $41m , first animal in $pnut 's freedom farm
#babypnut -> hit $23m
#pepnut -> hit $3 .5m, $pepe + $pnut
$tunp -> hit $1 .7m, pnut backwards

Artificial Intelligence
$goat -> hit $1 .2b, ATH
#zerebro -> hit $265m
$ava -> hit $90m , AI agent for storytelling, good tech
$rex -> hit $41m , moonshotdotcc launch, $800k + in LP Rewards
$aika -> hit $19 .6m

More Cooks
$maneki -> hit $130m , idrawline pushing
$arie -> hit $19m
$maxx -> hit $7 .4m
#malicious -> hit $5 .3m

How much are you up/down this week?

Daily Memecoin Recap - November 13

Two days in a row where we get pump fun coins over $1b

Monkey Stolen By Police
$jorgie -> $7m to $18m (2.6x)

Free Shayne Coplan
$🦅 -> $41m
- shayne_coplan CEO of polymarket

- elonmusk replied to a tweet and supports the movement

PNUT TO BILLIONS
$pnut -> $900m to $2 .4b (2.7x), second pumpdotfun
coin to $1b
$OPK -> $48m , peanut beta based on an image as a Star Wars character
$betch -> $12 .8m, another peanut deriv
$sugar -> $6 .7m, a squirrel following the animal and squirrel meta from PNUT's attention
$thumb -> $5m , peanut's best friend
#babypnut -> $4 .58m
$jill -> $1 .8m, peanut's girlfriend
$bambam -> $1 .1m, peanut's brother according to the peanut IG page
#babyfred -> $668k
$bop -> $317k , book of peanut
- $PNUT becomes the fastest memecoin to a billion market cap

First PNUT Dev Coin
$vermin -> $7k to $532k (76x), claims to be the first token deployed by the $PNUT dev -> CTO’d

Elon Meta
$banana -> $16m to $60m (3.8x), continues to cook as the SpaceX meme gains attention and volume
$sink -> $287k to $4m (14x)
$vivek -> $4m , from the announcement that he will be the head of D.O.G.E
#babydoge -> $691k , a deriv of the Department of Government Efficiency

High Volume
$luce -> $116m to $310m (2.7x), the cult growsas people speculate an upcoming binance
listing
$ban -> $102m to $255m (2.5x)
$if -> $267k to $3 .2m (12x)

Animal Memes Continue To Cook
$bert -> $1 .7m to $56m (33x), the Pomeranian capitalizing on the animal meta
#petunia -> $5 .5m to $30m (5.4x), viral asf
$shrub -> $4 .6m to $21m (4.5x), Elon’s hedgehog
$solito -> $68k to $1 .4m (20.6x)
$maya -> $12m
$teddy -> $4m
#cricket -> $2 .8m
$odin -> $2m

Artificial Intelligence
$act -> $518m to $884m (1.7x)
#shoggoth -> $29m to $94m (3.24x)
$ret -> $158k to $2 .39m (15.1x), token launched by an AI-powered robot dog
$obot -> $20 .2m, oxyz
AI CEO requested to have her own memecoin
$upg -> $3 .1m
$spence -> $2 .8m
$actiii -> $718k , $ACT beta
$circe -> $525k
$acta -> $342k

More Cooks
$cedar -> $218k to $10 .4m (47.7x), CTO
$merlin -> $5k to $2 .6m (520x), miracle goldfish in the animal meta
#USÐ -> $1m , united states doge
$boggle -> $2 .7m
$hoj -> $1 .4m
$chief -> $1 .2m
$void -> $701k
#pnut2 .0 -> $450k

Amazing volume, multiple metas emerging

This pic is me after I collect the best AI memes

Daily Memecoin Recap - November 12

Great volume, multiple metas are running

Next Harambe
$eyare -> hit $3m
- Gorilla unexpectedly passed away during a move within the gorilla enclosure
- She was just 2 years old

Goat Is The First Pump Fun To $1B
$goat -> $438m to $1b (2.3x)
- First coin to 1 billion market cap launched on pumpdotfun
(many more to come)

Elon Musk D.O.G.E.
$doge -> $142m to $423m (3x), good team on $eth
$doge -> $1 .3m to $51m (39.2x)
$vivook -> $40k to $431k (10.8x), pumped after Vivek announced working with Elon on D.O.G.E
#mechazilla -> hit $692k , SpaceX mascot
- Elon Musk will be working with Vivek Ramaswamy on the "Department Of Government Efficiency"

McDonald's New Mascot
$•ᴗ• -> hit $1m
- Based on a McDonalds tweet

Peanut's World
$pnut -> $397m to $892m (2.2x), continues to pump after binance
listing and as elonmusk
tweets about it
$fred -> $19m to $45m (2.4x)
$peanut -> $4 .1m to $10m (2.4x), $pnut derivative
$actp -> hit $6m , $act + $pnut

Animal Meta
$bongo -> $28m to $72m (2.6x)
$sad -> $296k to $2 .3m (7.8x)
$maya -> $8 .4k to $1 .7m (202.4x), CTO sent this high
$jorgie -> hit $4 .2m, a monkey taken by police
$loaf -> hit $715k , spinoff of a dog shaped like a loaf

AI Meta
$bully -> $1 .8m to $12 .8m (7.1x)
$mist -> hit $25m
$banana -> hit $18 .5m, leveraging the “Banana for Scale” meme tied to SpaceX
$djpump -> hit $11m
#synthia -> hit $2 .9m
$sam -> hit $2 .9m
$actiii -> hit $718k , another Act derivative
$circe -> hit $525k
$acta -> hit $342k , spinoff of the AI Act

More Cooks
$rizo -> $790k to $7 .2m (9.1x)
$lapupu -> $79k to $4 .5m (56.9x)
$dtf -> hit $11m
$badcat -> hit $5 .8m
$momo -> hit $5 .5m
#understand -> hit $5 .2m
$aika -> hit $3 .5m
#paperdog -> hit $2 .3m
$blue -> hit $2 .1m
#oracl3 -> hit $1 .8m
$2249 -> hit $1 .2m
$x -> hit $824k
$if -> hit $500k

AI, animals, what's next? 👀

Please do not personally insult or attack people you see me debate with online.

Especially when the topic is politics that isn't how we win heats and minds.

Keep it classy please.

I don’t care who this upsets.

Nigerians shouldn’t be the leaders of political parties in the UK.

Nigerians should be the leaders of political parties in Nigeria.

British people should lead Britain.

Shoot me.

🚨 A new user bet $2 million on Polymarket to support Kamala Harris in her presidential election victory.

He became the top oddsmaker predicting Harris' victory.

As a reminder, another user alone bet a total of $13 million on Trump on Polymarket.

Daily Memecoin Recap - October 23

Hyped Launch Rugs
$shar -> hit $59m
- I apologize for deleting my post. I was reacting out of panic & disbelief, I acknowledge this was a mistake.
- I usually never shill any coins, but truly believed that this was going to be a runner & even top blasted my self
- I was told by very reputable people that this team was legit & that they had 8 figures to inject
- I got fucked. I thought the team was vetted: they showed me a custom trading bot that they were building
- They also showed me a validator where they had committed millions of dollars
- I was led to believe that they were building an entire ecosystem
- Dev sold $3 ,380,000 in 1 clip

Crash Wants A Pump Fun
$pstar -> hit $11 .6m
- CrashiusClay69 says that there should be a pump fun coin that reaches the top 200 coins and that "someone should change that"
- People speculated the pumpstar was his coin based on his coded tweets
- He then tweeted that he won't be the one making a pump fun to reach the top 200 because $sol is full of jeets

First Verifiable AI
$ant -> hit $25m
- Launched through
AnthropicAI's latest Claude feature
- Verifiable proof that it's actually an AI agent that's in charge of the coin (unlike other AI coins)

Goat Keeps Running
$goat -> $145m to $797m (5.5x)
$catgf -> $10 .4m to $21 .6m (2.07x)
$scoop -> hit $31 .4m, "Truth Terminal's First Token"
$exo -> hit $4 .5m, truth terminal's dog
$ygg -> hit $4 .48m,
AndyAyrey tweet
$exo -> hit $4 .15m, truth terminal's cow
$kleros -> hit $1 .4m, AndyAyrey tweet
$tim -> hit $1 .4m, truth terminal's name
-

Artificial Intelligence
#fartcoin -> $29 .4m to $74 .7m (2.5x)
$flavia -> $36m to $73m (2.02x)
$act -> $17m to $50m (2.94x)
$shegen -> $11m to $24m (2.18x)
$zeno -> hit $25 .6m
$flux -> hit $3 .23m
$larpAI -> hit $2 .44m
$clinst -> hit $2m
$snarc -> hit $1 .54m, the first AI (1951)
$babel -> hit $600k
#flavian -> hit $544k

Terminal Of
$fun -> $1 .6m to $5m (3.12x), terminal of fun
$meme -> hit $3 .6m, terminal of memes
$tol -> hit $2 .43m, terminal of life
$tos -> hit $2 .11m, terminal of solana

Bobo Launches on Sol
$bobo -> hit $641k (wormhole)

More Cooks
$wmm -> $4 .57m to $20 .52m (4.49x), weird medieval memes
#memesAI -> $334k to $18 .6m (55.5x), launched 1 week ago, blasted past ATH
$e /acc -> $3 .32m to $18 .5m (5.57x)
$mark -> $3m to $14m (4.6x),

$koto -> $1 .19m to $7 .33m (6.15x)
#realchad -> $365k to $2m (5.48x), NonAI Giga Chad
$xvi -> hit $10m
$the -> hit $8 .57m
$crymne -> hit $6m
$fwogmi -> hit $2 .42m, female $fwog
$156 -> hit $2m
$hello -> hit $1 .88m, "hello, world", software devs will understand
$bop -> hit $1 .65m, cat meme
$gjsm -> hit $1 .6m
$tarot -> hit $1 .6m
$mdao -> hit $1 .45m
#suyasuya -> hit $1m
$888 -> hit $878k , abundance, angel number

🇺🇸 13 days before the US elections:

➡️ Polymarket
Trump: 64.3%
Harris: 35.5%

➡️ New York Times
Harris: 49%
Trump: 48%

What do you think?
Which one do you think is closest to reality?

🇺🇸 The gap continues to widen between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on Polymarket.

Donald Trump 58.1%
Kamala Harris 41.8%

🚨 Nick Szabo overtakes Len Sassaman as Polymarket favorite to reveal Satoshi Nakamoto's identity in HBO documentary.

This comes after the documentary's producer said he confronted who he believes to be Satoshi Nakamoto in person, immediately ruling out Lens Sassaman, who died in 2011.

If you policed being anti-Christian as hard as “antisemitism” or “Islamophobia” so many millions of people would be cancelled or imprisoned.

It’s a fact.

Daily Memecoin Recap - September 30

The market really likes narrative plays at the moment, focus on having conviction

Ansem Shills Giko
$giko -> $2 .64m to $69 .69m (29.4x from the low)
- Pumped 89% in a 1 min candle when blknoiz06 posted about it
- Has been steady climbing for the past week

Aziz Is The Chosen Name!
$aziz -> $238k to $5 .39m (22.65x), "We welcome a female southern white Rhino calf, Aziz!"
- A zoo had a white Rhino calf and had a poll up online to decide its name
- Degens started creating coins with all the different name options
- Today Aziz was announced as the winner for the rhino's name

Moo Deng Whales Push A Coin
$hc -> hit $2 .5m, Hippo Cat
- Some holders in this coin had 6 figs in {#id:419#}

Emoji Meta
#🐕 -> hit $4 .5m, Dog Emoji, trend setter for this meta

Manyu Goes Crazy
$manyu -> $6m to $29m
- New ATH
- Good community forming

Good Volume Plays
$sirius -> $2 .7m to $9 .3m (3.44x), first cat on $btc in 2009
$winter -> hit $3 .23m, winter arc
$quant -> hit $1 .94m, "user8687391766990", good tiktok meme
$s &p500 -> hit $1m , solana and pussy 500
$spinna -> hit $728k , Spinna Da Gorillla

Baby Animals
$alfred -> $92k to $1 .5m (16.3x), Alfred the baby barn owl
$pj -> hit $902k , baby aardvark from the San Diego Zoo
$wsb -> hit $860k , worlds smallest bunny
$aardy -> hit $849k , baby aardvark

Moo Deng Betas
#babydeng -> $1 .29m to $5m (3.87x), baby Moo Deng
$abc -> hit $1 .42m, good art & website
$scm -> hit $410k , Smoking Chicken Moodeng, $scf + {#id:419#}
#goddeng -> hit $360k

More Cooks
$fc -> $177k to $3 .69m, Fish In Condom (20.85x)
#uptober -> hit $3 .5m
#chromerag -> hit $795k
#DanHuang -> hit $718k , viral Chinese dog
#octocat -> hit $480k , github's logo
$seal -> hit $353k
$ikea -> hit $242k , ikea dog
#q4 -> hit $206k , the final quarter

Time to onboard retail so we can bring back organic volume

Did you cook?

Digital asset investment products saw inflows of $1 .2B for the third straight week, driven by expectations of dovish US monetary policy. Solana saw $4 .8M in net outflows, marking its first after 5 weeks of consecutive inflows.

🇨🇳 Former Chinese Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao urges China to rethink its crypto policy at a 2024 economic forum in Beijing.

Zhu noted that the United States has made significant changes, including the approval of Bitcoin spot ETFs.

Chapter Two Rebrands as ‘Solana Seeker’, Unveiling a Range of New Features and Enhancements
140,000 pre-orders later, Solana Mobile’s next generation web3 smartphone emerges from its ‘stealth phase’.

Solana Mobile, the team behind the wildly popular Solana Saga device, has finally unveiled the eagerly awaited Solana Seeker. The next generation web3 smartphone is slated for release in 2025, offering a host of improved features and benefits.

Following the rampant success of the sellout Solana Saga, Solana Mobile stealth-launched the mysterious ‘Chapter Two’. Despite being light on details, Solana Chapter Two was well-received by the wider crypto-community. Solana Mobile’s next generation device has already been pre-ordered over 140,000 times, with recipients eager to get their hands on fresh Solana hardware.

Both the Solana Saga and the Seeker, formerly ‘Chapter Two’ have been embraced by Solana’s mobile development community. Saga owners and Seeker Genesis token holders have been generously rewarded with a litany of airdrops, as well as a vast selection of dApps and features designed exclusively for the Solana Seeker ahead of the device’s launch.

Since its inception, Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko has been one of Solana Mobile’s staunchest advocates. Championing mobile devices and services as a key area of growth for the network, Yakovenko contends that the Seeker will improve on the standards set by the Saga at more accessible prices.

“We founded Solana Mobile with the mission of taking crypto mobile. To achieve that, we needed to make Seeker more accessible, more affordable, and for its hardware and software to be even more deeply integrated for web3. The support from across the Solana community so far has been incredible, and with features like the new Seed Vault Wallet and the updated Solana dApp Store, we think Seeker will be the definitive web3 mobile device when it comes out next year.” - Anatoly Yakovenko, Solana Labs co-founder

What new features can users expect from the Saga’s highly-anticipated successor?

New Phone, New Features
While the full range of improvements and hardware specifications is yet to be announced, Solana Mobile has teased the following features for the upcoming Seeker:

Seed Vault Wallet - The Seeker comes complete with a built-in self-custodial Seed Vault to provide a frictionless web3 mobile experience. Designed exclusively for the Seeker in collaboration with Solflare, the Seed Vault support double-tap transactions and simplified account management.

Solana Mobile dApp Store - Competing directly with the Apple/Google duopoly, the Solana Mobile dApp Store debuts a compelling new rewards tracker and offers enhanced discoverability for DeFi, NFTs, DePIN, Gaming, and Payments applications.

Seeker Genesis Token - A soulbound NFT, the Seeker Genesis Token is a non-transferrable asset that gives holders exclusive access to rewards, content and opportunities throughout Solana’s thriving ecosystem.

Enhanced Hardware - Seeker promises a dramatically improved build quality, boasting a superior camera, extended battery life, a lighter design, and a brighter display than its predecessor.

With 2025 just around the corner, the launch and distribution of Solana Seeker may come sooner than expected. Given the generous incentives and rewards enjoyed by Solana holders, the Solana community awaits the launch of Solana Seeker with bated breath.

Jupiter, a leading decentralized exchange (DEX) on Solana, made a series of major announcements today at Solana Breakpoint 2024, the Solana ecosystem's largest annual conference. These updates include the acquisition of SolanaFM, the second-largest explorer on Solana, and Coinhall, the leading aggregator across Cosmos.

Co-founder Siong delivered a keynote address outlining the ambitious roadmap ahead for Jupiter.

Metropolis API Platform
Building on the foundation of Jupiter's existing APIs (Swap, Tokens, and Price APIs), the Metropolis API Platform makes it easier for developers to integrate with all of Solana's liquidity and build sustainable businesses. Anyone with an internet connection can leverage these APIs to streamline development and create innovative applications on Solana.

Jupiter RFQ
Deepening liquidity on Solana by connecting market makers directly to Jupiter's routing engine. This innovative feature allows market makers who primarily use exchanges like Binance to easily provide liquidity on Solana, ensuring that Jupiter consistently offers the best prices.

Jupiter Perps V2

Perps V2 is a significant upgrade from its predecessor, offering a richer feature set, competitive fees, and unmatched reliability. This new version introduces limit orders, a revamped Doves oracle for enhanced pricing accuracy, and gasless transactions, ensuring a seamless and cost-effective trading experience.

With Perps V2, traders can benefit from the convenience of limit orders, the reliability of the Dove oracle, and the efficiency of gasless transactions, all backed by $600 million in JLP liquidity. This combination makes Solana the most compelling platform for perpetual contracts.

Jupiter Mobile
Jupiter Mobile is poised to revolutionize how people interact with Solana by offering a frictionless and intuitive user experience. It simplifies the onboarding process, making Solana accessible to everyone regardless of their technical expertise. Users can easily connect their existing wallets or use popular payment methods like Apple Pay, Google Pay, or credit cards. Additionally, Jupiter Mobile eliminates the need for complex seed phrases, making it easy for new users to get started.

The platform also offers zero platform fees, ensuring that users can enjoy cost-effective transactions without worrying about hidden charges. With its 1-tap swap feature, users can effortlessly swap tokens with just a single click, streamlining the trading process.

Ape Pro: Taking on Pump.fun
Jupiter is now making moves to capture the meme coin market by taking on the popular Pump.fun, a no-code meme coin creation platform.

Ape Pro, a massive upgrade to the existing Ape platform, is set to make meme coins fun again on Solana. It will offer a powerful, mobile-friendly trading suite that supports social logins and an easy-to-use token creation experience.

Ape Pro stands out from its competitors, such as Pump.fun, by offering lower trading fees, a seamless mobile experience, faster transactions with Google login, and a robust token creation process. With a competitive 0.5% trading fee, Ape Pro provides a cost-effective solution for traders. Its mobile optimization ensures a smooth and efficient experience on the go, while Google login simplifies the onboarding process, eliminating the need for complex seed phrases. Additionally, Ape Mint, a feature within Ape Pro, allows users to easily mint new tokens, lock liquidity for project credibility, and earn perpetual swap fees, creating a sustainable revenue stream and combatting the current PVP model in the meme coin ecosystem.

Acquisitions Signal Growth and Ambition
Jupiter's acquisition of SolanaFM, a critical infrastructure provider for the Solana ecosystem, underscores the company's commitment to strengthening it. This move will enable Jupiter to leverage SolanaFM's world-class data infrastructure to enhance its platform further.

Drift Protocol, a rising star in the Solana DeFi space, has secured a $25 million Series B funding round led by crypto venture firm Multicoin Capital. This significant investment follows Drift's series of strategic moves to capture a larger share of the diverse DeFi derivatives market and will fuel an ambitious expansion of its team.

Drift's recent launch of BET on DRIFT, a prediction market built on Solana ahead of the US elections, has garnered considerable attention. Within just one week of launch, Drift flipped PolyMarket in 24-hour volume on August 28th, 2024, signaling a strong user response and a potential shift in the prediction market landscape.

The platform's rapid growth, with $388 million in total value locked (TVL) and a series of successful product launches, has attracted significant investor interest. While details of the latest funding round remain unclear, it is believed to be a private token sale, given Drift's existing $DRIFT token launched in May 2024.

Multicoin Capital's Managing Partner, Kyle Samani, confirmed the private nature of the funding round in a tweet posted a few days before the official announcement. He expressed strong confidence in Drift's potential: "We have been analyzing DeFi derivatives pretty seriously since 2019-2020, and we believe that Drift Protocol is the best positioned protocol to capture that opportunity. We led multiple private rounds and have been buying on the public market since the token launched in May."

The Drift token $DRIFT has surged by 77% in the past 30 days, currently trading at.73 at press time.

Drift's Journey: From Seed to Series B and Beyond
Drift's journey to this point has been marked by steady growth and strategic fundraising. The platform raised $3 .8 million in a seed round in 2021, followed by a $23 .5 million Series A round in May 2023. This latest funding round brings Drift's total funding to an impressive $52 .5 million, positioning it for further expansion and innovation.

Fueling Growth: Doubling the Team
With this fresh injection of capital, Drift is set to embark on an aggressive growth trajectory. The company plans to double its headcount from 25 to 50 within the next year. This expansion will bolster Drift's capabilities across various fronts, including engineering, product development, marketing, and business development.

With fresh capital and a growing user base, Drift is well-positioned to execute its ambitious roadmap. The platform plans to expand its suite of financial services tools, enhance its cross-margin functionality, and further develop its prediction market offerings.

🚨 Assetera launches the first regulated RWA market in Europe, on the Polygon blockchain.

The initiative is supported by regulation by the Austrian Financial Market Authority and compliance with the MiFID II directive.

https://www.coindesk.com/b...

Telegram has updated its privacy policy to allow the sharing of users' phone numbers and IP addresses with authorities upon receiving valid legal requests, aiming to deter criminal activities on the platform.

This change follows the arrest of Telegram's CEO, Pavel durov, in France, related to allegations of the app's misuse for illegal activities.

Pavel Durov, telegram's CEO, responds to concerns about misuse of the platform’s search function.

He hints that user data may be shared with authorities as part of new moderation policy updates.

💬 "Previous Bitcoin bullruns peaked between October and March, and we expect a major breakout in Q4 2024."

“We expect $5 billion to $8 billion to come back into the crypto space.”

Markus Thielen, manager at 10x Research.

Analysts agree on a range of catalysts fueling Bitcoin's momentum:

🔹️ The Federal Reserve's decision to cut interest rates by 0.50%, which weakened the US dollar.

🔹️ US fiscal debt reaching $35 trillion and increasing by $1 trillion every 100 days.

🔹️ Political developments with Kamala Harris expressing support for digital assets.

🔹️ Bitcoin ETF flows remained positive, with total inflows of $17 billion.

🔹️ The stability of BTC miners after the halving.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOLANA BREAKPOINT DAY TWO

Solana Breakpoint Day One set a rapid pace, with milestone announcements about Firedancer, key product updates from Jupiter, and trillion-dollar asset manager Franklin Templeton disclosing its intention to build a mutual fund on Solana.

Despite the high expectations following a blistering Day One, Day Two kept the momentum alive and delivered plenty of showstopping announcements.

COINBASE TO LAUNCH cbBTC ON SOLANA
Coinbase, one of the industry’s most popular centralized exchanges, announced its intention to deploy its wrapped version of Bitcoin on the Solana network. Since launching on Ethereum and Base just a few weeks earlier, cbBTC has quickly climbed the ranks to become the third-largest wrapped Bitcoin token in the market.

The move is expected to bring more of Bitcoin’s deep liquidity to Solana, where cbBTC can be integrated into various DeFi applications and increase capital efficiency on the network.

FIREDANCER LIVE ON MAINNET FOR NON-VOTE TRANSACTIONS
FireDancer may have stolen the show on Day One, but the Jump Crypto developers weren’t content to stop there. Firedancer’s Research and Development Architect, Phillip Taffet, and Production Engineer Anway De announced that the full Firedancer validator client was now live on the Solana mainnet for non-vote transactions.

But that wasn’t all that the Firedancer team had in store. A live demo also demonstrated the Frankendancer client executing 1.04M transactions per second.

MAGIC EDEN UNVEILS NEW FEATURES
Magic Eden, the blockchain industry’s largest NFT marketplace across all chains in terms of trading revenue, outlined some of its future plans.

Showcasing a more composable cross-chain ecosystem Magic Eden teased new features like the ability to swap fungible assets on one chain for non-fungible assets on a completely different network.

In a move that didn’t surprise anyone, Magic Eden also announced that its upcoming $ME token will be launched on Solana.

deBridge ANNOUNCES TGE
The deBridge ($DBR) token airdrop has been one of the most anticipated TGEs in recent months.

To thunderous applause from a captivated audience, deBridge co-founder Alex Smirnov announced that $DBR is scheduled to go live on the 17th of October.

Smirnov also used his time in the spotlight to share a wealth of new product features coming to the deBridge application, including gasless bridging and the integration of new chains live Bitcoin and Tron.

BONK ETP
One of Solana’s favorite memecoins, BONK made its presence known at Breakpoint. But beyond the BONK boxing ring, BONK core contributor Nom highlighted the prolific growth of the Bonk brand, which has secured impressive partnerships across the Web2 world, like its sponsorship of Borussia Dortmund.

Affirming BONK’s rise from memecoin, to cultural movement, to financial entity, Nom also announced the team’s intention to launch a BONK ETP. The move is believed to be a precursor to an eventual BONK ETF.

SANCTUM ANNOUNCES BIG UPDATES
Sanctum, the Solana DeFi powerhouse bringing greater flexibility to LST (Liquid Staking Tokens), announced several exciting updates.

First, Sanctum co-founder FP Lee introduced ‘Creator Coins’, a novel spin on LSTs that provides new tools for individuals, communities, and businesses to build, grow, and monetize their audiences.

Lee also announced the upcoming launch of a Sanctum card. Conceived in collaboration with BasedApp and Jupiter, the Cloud Card is expected to facilitate real-world payments using Solana-based crypto assets.

Finally, the Sanctum founder also shared that the platform’s polarizing incentives campaign, Wonderland, would be making its return soon with a second season of rewards.

The bulls are in charge as markets pump 🐂📈

But can J Pow really stick that Goldilocks landing to secure that full-on bull market?

What you should know 👇

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Bulls appear to be firmly in control as the market prices in the “Goldilocks” landing scenario following Wednesday's major rate cut announcement.

What’s the Scoop?

✂️ Fed Cuts: Wednesday, America’s Federal Reserve announced a 50 bps (0.5%) decrease to its benchmark short-term policy rate in the central bank’s first instance of monetary easing during the post-Covid era.

📊 Volatile Regime: While markets initially rallied on confirmation of the telegraphed Fed cuts, they gave back the gains headed into the U.S. close and finished out that first day red. Although the bullish impulse from Fed cuts didn’t transpire until after the close, the broad market S&P 500 opened 1.5% higher today, the index’s strongest overnight gain since 2022 and its largest gap up opening to new all-time highs in at least 35 years.

🌼 Achieving Goldilocks: High interest rates were tough on the economy, but they were seen as necessary to control the big inflation that hit in 2022. Now that inflation has slowed down a lot in recent months, the Fed can start easing up on its monetary policies. Despite some softening in the labor market, numbers aren't pointing to imminent disaster, and global central bankers remain supremely confident they can keep unemployment from rising too much without causing more inflation through carefully calculated interest rate cuts.

📢 Bankless Take: The best mix of conditions seems to be coming together, boosting economic optimism and giving the green light for bulls to push markets to new all-time highs. While investors will see tanking inflation data as bullish and shrug off deteriorating labor conditions in the weeks ahead thanks to renewed confidence in the Fed Put, an unexpected turn for the worse will swiftly give way to serious recession concerns.

Analysis by JackInabinet

Jupiter, a leading decentralized exchange (DEX) on Solana, made a series of major announcements today at Solana Breakpoint 2024, the Solana ecosystem's largest annual conference. These updates include the acquisition of SolanaFM, the second-largest explorer on Solana, and Coinhall, the leading aggregator across Cosmos.

Co-founder Siong delivered a keynote address outlining the ambitious roadmap ahead for Jupiter.

METROPOLIS API PLATFORM
Building on the foundation of Jupiter's existing APIs (Swap, Tokens, and Price APIs), the Metropolis API Platform makes it easier for developers to integrate with all of Solana's liquidity and build sustainable businesses. Anyone with an internet connection can leverage these APIs to streamline development and create innovative applications on Solana.

JUPITER RFQ
Deepening liquidity on Solana by connecting market makers directly to Jupiter's routing engine. This innovative feature allows market makers who primarily use exchanges like Binance to easily provide liquidity on Solana, ensuring that Jupiter consistently offers the best prices.

JUPITER PERPS V2
Redefining perpetual contracts on Solana with enhanced features, competitive fees, and unparalleled reliability.

Perps V2 is a significant upgrade from its predecessor, offering a richer feature set, competitive fees, and unmatched reliability. This new version introduces limit orders, a revamped Doves oracle for enhanced pricing accuracy, and gasless transactions, ensuring a seamless and cost-effective trading experience.

With Perps V2, traders can benefit from the convenience of limit orders, the reliability of the Dove oracle, and the efficiency of gasless transactions, all backed by $600 million in JLP liquidity. This combination makes Solana the most compelling platform for perpetual contracts.

JUPITER MOBILE
Jupiter Mobile is poised to revolutionize how people interact with Solana by offering a frictionless and intuitive user experience. It simplifies the onboarding process, making Solana accessible to everyone regardless of their technical expertise. Users can easily connect their existing wallets or use popular payment methods like Apple Pay, Google Pay, or credit cards. Additionally, Jupiter Mobile eliminates the need for complex seed phrases, making it easy for new users to get started.

The platform also offers zero platform fees, ensuring that users can enjoy cost-effective transactions without worrying about hidden charges. With its 1-tap swap feature, users can effortlessly swap tokens with just a single click, streamlining the trading process.

APE PRO: TAKING ON Pump.fun
Jupiter is now making moves to capture the meme coin market by taking on the popular Pump.fun, a no-code meme coin creation platform.

Ape Pro stands out from its competitors, such as Pump.fun, by offering lower trading fees, a seamless mobile experience, faster transactions with Google login, and a robust token creation process. With a competitive 0.5% trading fee, Ape Pro provides a cost-effective solution for traders. Its mobile optimization ensures a smooth and efficient experience on the go, while Google login simplifies the onboarding process, eliminating the need for complex seed phrases. Additionally, Ape Mint, a feature within Ape Pro, allows users to easily mint new tokens, lock liquidity for project credibility, and earn perpetual swap fees, creating a sustainable revenue stream and combatting the current PVP model in the meme coin ecosystem.

Jupiter emphasized the company's dedication to making Solana even more awesome. "Solana is already the best. And we're here to make using Solana even more awesome," he said. "Today's updates signal our strong commitment to building the platform, team, and community needed to drive it forward."

$9 trillion asset manager BlackRock releases a new white paper highlighting the #Bitcoin ETF as a "unique diversifier" against fiscal, monetary, and geopolitical risks.

⚖️ SEC Sues 3 Individuals and 5 Companies for Pig Butchering Scam

These are the SEC's first steps toward this type of crypto scam.

Pig butchering is a type of trust-based investment scam in which fraudsters befriend victims on social media or dating apps, gain their trust, and convince them to invest large amounts of money in fictitious crypto platforms before stealing their funds and disappearing.

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🇨🇦 Canadian Bitcoin miner Cathedra Bitcoin completely changes strategy after seven years of mining BTC.

The company is stopping BTC mining to follow MicroStrategy's strategy: acquiring as much Bitcoin as possible on the open market.

Mining has not delivered enough value to shareholders over the past three years, executives say.

“Meanwhile, other listed companies have adopted an explicit policy of increasing bitcoin per share, including MicroStrategy, and have been rewarded by the stock markets.”

Bitcoin Treasuries data shows that the company currently holds 23 Bitcoin, worth $2 .5 million, making it the 45th largest corporate Bitcoin holder.

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Qcp Reports That Harris Is Gaining Traction In The Debate, While The Market Remains Cautious About Interest Rate Cuts

QCP highlighted that the recent debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris has garnered significant attention this week. With support from Taylor Swift, Harris has seen her chances of winning rise above 50%, according to Polymarket data.

The Head Of Etf Store Has Stated That It Is Unlikely For New Spot Cryptocurrency Etfs To Be Listed Under The Current Administration

Nate Geraci, President of The ETF Store, recently stated on X that beyond political factors, it is difficult to foresee any new spot cryptocurrency ETFs being approved under the current administration.