DapDap Weekly Market Alpha #44: Navigating the Ethereum Ecosystem

Top Highlights

  1. @animecoin: $ANIME launch in January 2025 and TGE on Hyperliquid

  2. @0xKawz: Soneium Mainnet and faces backlash over alleged blacklisting memecoins on launch day

  3. @usualmoney: PSA on USD0++ issue and activates fee switch

  4. @Backpack: Acquired FTX EU and its MiFID II License

  5. @tier10k: DOJ cleared to sell $6.5B in Silk Road seized Bitcoin

  6. @ethena_labs: Reveals plan to become “Crypto Neobank”

  7. @NickSzabo4: Bitcoin legend joins Bitcoin startup-JAN3 as Chief Scientist

  8. @ASvanevik TLDR about Nansen Points

Ecosystem News

Arbitrum

  1. @arbitrum: Now working with South Korea's Lotte Group for a metaverse platform

  2. @ai16zdao: ElizaOS is now live on Arbitrum

  3. @stacy_muur: The landscape of AI on Arbitrum

  4. @aisweatshop: $DEFAI is now live on Arbitrum

  5. @synthetix_io: Shutting down services on Arbitrum to focus on Base

Base

  1. @base: New bio on X

  2. @jessepollak: Going bald to celebrate Base hitting $10B TVL

  3. @CoWSwap: CoW AMM is now live on Base

Mantle

  1. @funnymoneyHQ: Introducing funny.monney, a Mantle-First Launchpad

  2. @MetaCeneGame: Switching chain from Rangers to Mantle

  3. @Omega_Infra: Now live on Mantle Network

Mode

  1. @JRossTreacher: Mode 2025 - Full Stack DeFAI

  2. @chirperai: Introducing chirper.build, launching on Mode Network and Vana, powered by Velodrome

  3. @modenetwork: Epoch 6 Rewards are ready to claim

Hyperliquid

  1. @Hyperliquidx stakers to receive $ANIME from @Azuki

  2. @TimeswapLabs: Timeswap ($TIME) community round on 17th Jan, launch on Hyperliquid Spot

  3. @chameleon_jeff: 2024 Recap and 2025 onward

  4. @HyperliquidX: 2024 Highlights

  5. @routerprotocol: Single-step deposits to Hyperliquid is Live

  6. @rebootgg_: Bought $GG ticker for $520,875

  7. @HyroOnHL: NFT minting details

Berachain

  1. @FjordFoundry: $OVL Overlay sold out on Fjord Foundry in 30s

  2. Ooga Booga: Berachain’s liquidity aggregator raised $1.50M in a Strategic funding round led by Primal Capital

  3. @pendle_fi Pendle Berachain Market

  4. @berachain: Announces RFC Broposals selected projects

  5. @SmokeyTheBera: Confirmed testnet airdrop

  6. @CIAN_protocol: Introducing CIAN, the first cross-chain yield optimization layer

  7. @Mozaic_Fi: Rebranding to Haiku 🐻⛓

  8. @0xberatown: berachain for dummies #7 (Triangle Allignement)

Monad

  1. @perpltrade: Introduces Perp, 1st Monad's native pricing engine

  2. @0xplay_network: Monanimal Mayhem is now live on Monad

ZKsync

  1. @ZKsyncIgnite: Season 1 is Live

  2. @RipioApp: LaChain is now joining ZKsync ’s Elastic Network

  3. @Zyfi_org: Introduces new AI Agent, ZyfAI

AI Agents

  1. @aicceleratedao launch drama & influencers dumping

  2. @ai160kg: Announces the Release of Open-Sauce Swarm Technology: Eating Our Way Out of the Singularity

  3. @HoloworldAI: Holoworld Set to Launch a Launchpool

  4. @Danielesesta introduces AUTOMATE on @heyanonai

  5. @ARCAgents: Strategic partnership with Eliza Labs to advance AI agent innovation

  6. @Ronin_Network x @virtuals_io: Introducing the 1st AI Agents on Ronin - Jaihoz

  7. @ReadyGamer_AI: Introducing ReadyGamer, a joint venture between Virtuals Protocol and Sovrun

  8. @griffaindotcom: The 1st AI Agents on Backpack

  9. @binance: Listing of $AIXBT, $CGPT and $COOKIE

  10. @Rewkang: Pure Tokenized Alpha - @aixbt_agent ($aixbt)

Good Reads

  1. @poopmandefi: DeFai ecosystem mapping

  2. @vaneck_us: VanEck Crypto Monthly Recap for December 2024

  3. @burstingbagel: About ThorFi situation

Fundraisings

  1. @ZKcandyHQ: Layer 2 gaming blockchain raised $4M in a seed funding round from Wemix, Animoca Ventures, The Spartan Group and more

  2. @JAN3com: Bitcoin infrastructure company raised $5M in a seed funding round led by Fulgur Ventures

  3. @NakamotoGames: Decentralized play-to-earn gaming platform raised $10M in a funding round led by Make It Capital

  4. Superseed: Ethereum L2 blockchain raised $4.47M in a Public sale

  5. 0G Labs: Modular AI chain raised $32.24M in a Node sale

  6. @Rena_labs: Verifiable AI platform raised $3.30M in a Pre-seed funding round led by Paper Ventures

  7. @SoSoValueCrypto: Financial research platform raised $15M in a Series A funding round led by HongShan

New Product Updates

  1. @AbstraUniverse: Free to mint on Abstract chain

  2. @Euphoria_fi: Euphoria, a derivatives platform with "tap trading...built for the TikTok generation", to launch on MegaETH

  3. @vertex_protocol: Vertex’s DEX is now live on Sonic

  4. @nubit_org: Introduces Goldinals - The Unified Protocol for Bitcoin Assets

  5. @THORChain: ThorFi Savers and Lending programs paused for 12 months

New Chains

  1. @0xCapx: Capx Chain Incentivised Testnet is live

  2. @PhalaNetwork x @SuccinctLabs: Launches a first OP Succinct Layer 2 on Ethereum

  3. @kava_chain becoming a DeAI blockchain

New Token Launches

  1. @JamboTechnology: Introduces $J

  2. @derivexyz: $DRV TGE - 15.01.25

  3. @bubblemaps: Announces airdrop for active users

  4. @portalsFDN: Introduces $PORTALS - the official token powering the Portals network

  5. @avalonfinance_: Introduces $AVL

  6. @Hive_Intel: $HINT TGE

  7. @SonicSVM: $SONIC TGE

  8. @XterioGames: $XTER TGE

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