📉 BTC’s implied volatility fell to Oct 2023 lows; Crypto.com celebrated its 9th anniversary
NFT & Gaming — 🎮 Pudgy Penguins is launching a Web3 game, Pengu Clash; Otherside announced the upcoming shooter game, Bathroom Blitz
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 📈 The weekly unique users of Ethereum-based stablecoins surpassed 750,000; REX-Osprey Solana and Staking ETF is set to launch today
📈 Bitcoin’s long-term holder supply increased by a record 800,000 BTC over the past 30 days; Crypto.com Custody Trust Company has US$120 million crime and specie insurance coverage for digital assets
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 📈 The weekly trading volume of tokenised gold hit record highs; EigenLayer unveiled EigenCloud to enhance trust and verifiability for apps
📈 ETH held in strategic reserves reached nearly 1% of circulating supply; Crypto.com Exchange will accept BlackRock’s BUIDL as trading collateral
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 📈 The DeFi lending TVL reached a record of US$56 billion; the US Senate passed the GENIUS Act to regulate stablecoins
🚀 ETH open interest on exchanges hit an all-time high of $21.8 billion on 10 June; Walmart and Amazon are reportedly planning to issue stablecoins
NFT & Gaming — 🚀 Loaded Lions: Mane City Season 3 - Fractured Fate launched; Yuga Labs sold the Moonbirds NFT collection IP
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 📈 X and Polymarket partnered to launch a market tracking tool; Circle upsized its IPO to US$1.05 billion
🚀 1-year trading volume across crypto CEXes reached $80 trillion; JP Morgan plans to offer clients the option to use crypto ETFs as collateral for loans
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 📈 Hyperliquid’s trading volume grew by 32% MoM; Tether launched gold-backed stable XAUt0 on TON
📈 Stablecoin transactions reached US$94 billion from Jan 2023 to Feb 2025; Canary Capital submits S-1 for first spot CRO ETF in the US
NFT & Gaming — 💎 Loaded Lions: Mane City introduced the Land Combos feature; FIFA selected Avalanche to build its L1 chain for its NFTs platform
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 📈 Solana’s weekly DEX trading volume rebounded by 34%; FIFA teamed up with Avalanche to launch its Layer-1 blockchain
🚀 BTC futures open interest on exchanges hit an all-time high above US$80 billion on 23 May; Crypto.com secured a MiFID licence to expand investment service in Europe
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 🤝 Crypto.com and Canary Capital launched the Canary CRO Trust; JPMorgan settled a tokenised US Treasury fund on-chain with Ondo Finance and Chainlink
🚀 Global crypto owners reached 700 million in April; Crypto.com obtained the restricted dealer registration in Canada
NFT & Gaming — 💰 Loaded Lions: Mane City Season 3 started with an initial US$20,000 prize pool; Doodles launched its ecosystem token, DOOD
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 🤝 Dubai and Crypto.com partner on crypto payments for government services; ETH rose over 20% after the Pectra upgrade
🚀 Ethereum surged 21% on 8 May after the Pectra upgrade, its biggest daily gain since May 2021; 21Shares launched a CRO ETP in Europe
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 🚀 21Shares launched a Cronos ETP in Europe; Polygon took the lead in the number of USDC active addresses by chain
📈 Global corporate bitcoin holdings increased by around 80,000 BTC in April; Selected merchants at the Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix will utilise Crypto.com Pay for payments
NFT & Gaming — 🌟 Loaded Lions set a new Guinness World Record; ‘Crypto.com Land - Fractured Fate’ sold out in minutes
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 📈 Ethereum Layer-2s weekly engagement reached a new high; Helium partnered with US telecommunications giant AT&T
📉 Bitcoin supply on centralized exchanges reached a 3-year low; Crypto.com signed a binding agreement with Trump Media to support Truth.Fi-branded ETFs
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 📈 Solana’s stablecoin market cap reached a record of US$12.8 billion; Raydium released its own token launch tool, LaunchLab
📈 Bitcoin’s price increased 33% since the 2024 halving; the first staking-enabled spot Solana ETFs launched in Canada
NFT & Gaming — 🆕 Loaded Lion: Mane City introduced Season 3; Cronos and ChainGPT partnered to power scalable AI and NFT solutions
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 🖋️US President Trump repealed crypto regulations on DeFi activities; PumpSwap’s trading volume surged by 37%
📈 Pax Gold and Tether Gold exceeded $1.5 billion in combined TVL for the first time; US SEC approved options trading for multiple spot Ether ETFs
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 🚀 EigenLayer's mainnet Slashing feature is set to launch; PayPal offers SOL and LINK
₿ Bitcoin showed initial signs of resilience after Trump’s tariffs announcement; Crypto.com partners with Sony Electronics Singapore for USDC payments in Sony Store Online
NFT & Gaming — 📈 Loaded Lions’s LION token surpassed $2B FDV and is available for DeFi Staking; NFT marketplace X2Y2 is closing
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 📈 Ethereum's income from L2 blob fees reached its lowest level; Fidelity is creating its own stablecoin
📈 USDC’s supply reached a record high above $60 billion; Crypto.com partners with Trump Media & Technology Group for ETFs issuance
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 📈 Stablecoin active addresses surged 53%; pump.fun launched its own DEX while Radium responded with its own launchpad
💰 Tether was the 7th largest buyer of US treasuries in 2024; Crypto.com secured its Virtual Asset Service Provider registration in Argentina
NFT & Gaming - 🦁 Loaded Lions is offering UEFA Champions League Quarter-Final tickets; Canary Capital filed to list an ETF holding PENGU
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 🚀 Tokenised treasuries reached a record market cap of US$4.6B; The Ethereum Foundation launched the Hoodi testnet
📉 BTC and ETH futures open interest on exchanges saw a 30% and 48% drop since their peaks, respectively; Crypto.com received a limited license to offer derivatives in the UAE
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 🚀 Ethereum's Pectra upgrade successfully deployed on the Sepolia testnet; Pump.fun saw a significant drop in token launches
🖊️ Trump signed an Executive Order for a US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve; Cronos proposed to reissue 70 billion CRO for a Cronos Strategic Reserve
NFT & Gaming - 🦁 Loaded Lions’s LION went live and was the top gainer on CoinGecko; Trump-owned company DTTM Operations filed a trademark for a metaverse and NFT marketplace
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 🚀 Cronos pioneers seamless crypto-to-debit transfers; Virtuals Protocol saw a 95% drop in trading volume
📈 Bitcoin dominance reached a 4-year high of 62%; Trump announced a strategic crypto reserve with BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, and ADA
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 🧪 Pump.fun is reportedly testing its own AMM. The SEC approved the first yield-bearing stablecoin, YLDS
📉 ETH reserves on crypto exchanges hit a 9-year low; Brazil approved the first spot XRP ETF
NFT & Gaming - 🦁 Loaded Lions will launch its LION token on 27 Feb; Yuga Labs sold its IP rights of the Meebits NFTs
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 📉 Transactions on the Bitcoin network dropped to a 1-year low. The Ethereum Foundation allocated 45,000 ETH to DeFi protocols
📈 BTC’s realised price (average acquisition price) reached an all-time high of $43,000; State of Wisconsin Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Investment disclosed their BTC ETF holdings
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 📈 Polymarket recorded a new high of 462.6k active users in Jan despite volume dip; Holesky and Sepolia testnets are scheduled to fork in Feb and Mar for Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade
📈 ETH’s supply is now higher than before the Merge upgrade; US SEC acknowledged Grayscale Solana Trust’s 19b-4 filing and is seeking public comments
NFT & Gaming - 🦁 Loaded Lions unveiled additional eligible groups for its upcoming airdrop; Pudgy Penguins announced a partnership with LINE Friends IP minini
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 📈 Real-world assets surpassed US$17B in value; Uniswap launched v4 with hooks
₿ Utah could be the first US state to potentially establish a bitcoin reserve; Crypto.com received its MiCA licence and launched Crypto.com Custody services internationally
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 📈 Solana stablecoins’ supply rose by 121%, reaching a record of US$10.4B; Ethereum Co-founder Vitalik Buterin unveiled a new scaling roadmap
₿ Bitcoin reached an all-time high above $109,000 with a trading volume spike on 20 Jan; Crypto.com launched the Crypto.com Exchange in the US
NFT & Gaming - 🚀 Trump released his fifth batch of digital trading cards on Bitcoin; Loaded Lions announced the upcoming launch of its official $LION token
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 📈TRUMP’s trading volume on Solana DEXes and Moonshot reached US$36.4B; Ethereum developers schedule the Pectra upgrade for March
₿ BTC’s monthly average correlation with Nasdaq 100 reached its highest point since Sept 2022; Crypto.com received an in-principle approval for its MiCA license
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 📈Solana’s daily DEX trading volume beat Ethereum’s by 84%; Sony launched its L2 blockchain, Soneium
₿ US-based entities hold 65% more BTC reserves than non-US entities; Crypto.com launched stocks and ETFs trading in the US
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 📈 Weekly active addresses on L2s were 5x higher than on Ethereum; Ethena plans to launch iUSDe in February
📈 US spot BTC and ETH ETFs saw a $35 billion and $2.7 billion net inflow in 2024, respectively; Crypto.com signed an MoU with Dubai Islamic Bank
NFT & Gaming - 📈NFT market saw a 6-month high in sales volume; Pudgy Penguins launched its PENGU token
DeFi & L1L2 Weekly — 📈 DEX trading volume reached a record high of US$436 billion in December; Hyperliquid launched native staking.
