DeFi
Ethereum new upgrade Pectra to go live on testnet on February and March then mainnet soon, Pectra introduces so many EIPs to Ethereum, aimed to improve UX, accounts and scaling.
Sloth and Mammoth holders will be early and eligible to mint Celestia +5-letter IDs before public sale. ENS but on Celestia
There’s currently a Degen tournament points campaign going on another side of Defi
Defi App recently went live, great UX and uses AI leverage trading etc
Slytherin House is competing in the arena!
To participate join my faction- app.defi.app/join/q7QfQQ
Lava genesis NFT collection Lava Foxes will be minting for $7.7 on 20 February, 3,999 supply
Union testnet 9 goes live. Final phase before mainnet
Union flagship NFT collection. Mint to stay positioned for UNION
KERNEL by Kernel DAO is coming too, Kernel DAO will govern these 3 products: rsETH LRT (Kelp), Gain Vaults, and BNB restaking protocol Kernel DAO
SEA is coming finally, there’s currently a bid for pints campaign on Opensea 2.0 similar to Blur’s. Either way, old/new OS interactions will be rewarded
HyperliquidX just enabled native Bitcoin deposits on its L1 thanks to Hyperunit
KAITO is coming, they released whitepaper and unveiled token as they aim to transform web3 info industry
ETH foundation Treasury allocated $120M worth of ETH into lending protocols - Spark, Aave Prime & Core and Compound
Lens chains plans to use Aave GHO stablecoin as native gas
Berachain second airdrop concluded. Stake and LP your BERA for max yields on KodiakFi, Beradrome and soon on HaikuTrade
Kite AI launched its first incentivized testnet phase called Aero. KITE AI is a L1 built on Avalanche, designed to foster decentralized collaboration among AI models, data providers, and developers
Polkadot decentralized treasury has set aside a big reward pool for their top yappers. With rewards distributed at the end of each month for 6 months
Solayer LAYER went live. Their sUSD is now available on 8 chains, powered by MayanFinance and Wormhole
Arbitrum introduced the Bounded Liquidity Delay (BoLD), a dispute mechanism that allows for permissionless validation on its L2 networks.
Ethereum security platform Drosera raised $3.25M in financing led by Greenfield Capital bringing total funding to $4.75M
Virtual expands to Solana
BNB chain released its 2025 Roadmap will focus on reducing transaction latency and processing 100 million transactions daily using AI.
Uniswap announce Unichain, a Superchain L2 designed for DeFi and cross-chain liquidity.
State of the Market
Ripple is teaming up with Unicâmbio to streamline cross-border payments between Portugal and Brazil using Ripple Pay.
Trump-backed World Liberty Financial is creating a strategic token reserve to support Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other leading cryptocurrencies reshaping global finance.
Grayscale files for Cardano ETF with NYSE
MicroStrategy acquired 7,633 BTC, holdings now worth $46B
European Payment Giant, Klarna to integrate crypto
Franklin Templeton with +$1.3T in AUM launches tokenized money market fund on Solana.
Coinbase reported $2.3B in Q4 revenue and $1.3 billion in net income
SEC’s new Crypto Task Force met with Jito Labs and Multicoin Capital to discuss ETP staking.
Abu Dhabi’s Sovereign Wealth Fund bought $436M in Bitcoin ETFs in Q1
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