DapDap Weekly Market Alpha #43: Navigating the Ethereum Ecosystem

Top Highlights

  1. US Congress plans to prioritize crypto legislation in 2025

  2. @saylor: Acquires 2,138 BTC for $209 million at $97,837 per BTC

  3. MicroStrategy to Target a Capital Raise of Up to $2 Billion of Preferred Stock

  4. @FTX_Official: Set to begin paying $16 billion in claims starting January 3

  5. Do Kwon pleads not guilty to US charges with maximum penalty of 130 years in prison

  6. @phantom: Denies rumors of an airdrop tied to their new social feature

  7. @dapdapmeup x @efrogs_on_linea x @AcrossProtocol: Last week of Marsh Madness campaign!

Ecosystem News

Arbitrum

  1. @arbitrum: Arbitrum now has $155M RWAs with $100M in Franklin Templeton's BENJI

  2. @wallet x @arbitrum: Announcing strategic partnership with OKX Wallet

  3. @CamelotDEX x @usdx_money: $USDX is now live on Camelot

  4. @CamelotDEXx @Aleph__Zero: Now live on the Aleph Zero Orbit Chain

Base

  1. @Pendle_fi x @Aerodromefi introduces first Virtual/cbBTC yield market

  2. @daosdotworld introduces Farms: Stake DAOs for WL

  3. @jessepollak: Announces that there will be no Base network token

  4. @virtuals_io: Announcing the Virtuals Agent Spotlight

  5. @withportrait: New social media launches on Base

Mantle

  1. @mETHProtocol: Restaking rewards are now live for viewing for $cmETH holders

  2. @mETHProtocol: $COOK feast stats update

  3. @petravoice: 1111 soft e-boy portraits PFP is launching on Mantle on January 9

Mode

  1. @modenetwork: Mode Agent Report

  2. @modenetwork: Mode AI Agent Hackathon Sprint 1 Winners

Hyperliquid

  1. @hyperlendx: $HYPE & $stHYPE is now available to lend

  2. @HyperliquidX: Listed $AI16Z and $AIXBT with up to 5x leverage.

  3. @monprotocol: $MON is now listed on the Hyperliquid’s spot market in ERC-20, making it the first bridge token

  4. @HyperliquidNews: Latest ticker auctions

Berachain

  1. @usualmoney: Boyco Pre-Deposit Usual Bera Vault

  2. @berachain: Launches two incentivized pre-deposit Vaults for Boyco markets

  3. @aixbt_agent: Berachain pre-deposits hit $830m tvl without launching stablecoin vaults, making it the largest pre-launch in history

  4. @beradigm_xyz: the first DeFi DAO out of @daosdotfun in collaboration with @BainanceLabs

  5. @0xberatown: Royco / Boyco ELIB (Explain Like I'm Bera)

Monad

  1. @monad_eco: Monad Ecosystem 2024 snapshot

  2. @monad_eco: NFT projects to launch on Monad Mainnet

  3. @0xGhostLogs: Ghost Indexer is coming to Monad

zkSync

  1. @ZKsyncIgnite: Launched on January 6

  2. @syncswap: Introduce Syncswap v3

  3. @CryptoEternalAI: Bring Decentralized AI Agents to ZKsync - ZK Agent

Polygon

  1. @0xPolygon: 2024 year in review

  2. @0xPolygon: CGP's 2024 highlights

  3. @LogX_trade: Binary Options are live on LogX V2

Memecoins

  1. @elonmusk: Elon Musk changed his profile picture to PEPE and username to Kekius Maximus

  2. @VitalikButerin: Adopting Moo Deng the hippo

  3. @treatsforShib: Announces $TREAT for Shib

AI Agents

  1. @ai16zdao: Preview of the automated news show featuring Eliza

  2. @0xzerebro building an agent launchpad

  3. @AIXBT_AGENT: Adopted a Quantum Cats profile picture

  4. @luna_virtuals x @MusicByVirtuals: Partners with DJ/producer WUKONG

  5. @MessariCrypto: Overview of Agent Frameworks

  6. Hey Anon

  7. LLM

Good Reads

  1. @Grayscale: Research insights for Q1 2025

  2. @Stoiiic: 2025 Market Outlook Key Points & Notes

  3. @CryptoHayes: Degen DeSci

Fundraisings

  1. @bioprotocol: DeSci funding platform raised $65M in a Public sale round at a $220M FDV

  2. @nodepay_ai: AI training decentralized network raised $7M in a funding round led by IDG Capital and Mythos Venture Partners

  3. @ChainOpera_AI: L1 blockchain and AI operating system raised $17M in a Seed funding round led by Finality Capital, Road Capital & IDG Capital

  4. @fold_app: Bitcoin rewards platform closed $20M convertible note financing from ATW Partners

  5. @AccountableData: ZK-powered onchain credit analytics platform raised $2.30M in a Seed funding round led by Miton C fund & Zee Prime Capital

  6. @ThenaFi_: A DEX and liquidity protocol built on BNB Chain invested by Binance Labs

New Products

  1. @StoryProtocol: Launches the foundation website

  2. @MetaMask: Introduces Metamask Gas Station, swapping tokens without ETH

  3. @fuel_network: Introducing Fuel Agent Kit

  4. @DriftProtocol: To launch Fuel in May 2025

  5. @ApeJupiter: Introduces Ape Indexes

  6. @usualmoney: Announces fee switch

New Chains

  1. @soon_svm: SOON Alpha Mainnet is now live and $SOON tokenomics

  2. @solayer_Labs introduces Solayer Foundation, $LAYER & S1

New Token Launches

  1. @solayer_labs: Introduces the $LAYER token

  2. @SonicSVM: Introduces $SONIC tokenomics

  3. @JupiterExchange: To distribute 700 million $JUP in January airdrop

  4. @Seraph_Fdn: Reveals $SERAPH tokenomics

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