Alpha and Summary. February 1, 2024
Defi
IOST to announce Blockchain as a service solution later this year
Cartesi $1M ecosystem grants
Swell introduces $rswETH
rswETH live on Maverick
Kelp rsETH and Stader ETHx live on Maverick
Renzo ezETH LRT live on Pendle
Conic V2 is live
Coinbase will List #Zeta
Things to expect from EigenDA
ZKX live on Starknet
Movement labs introduces M2, altvm (move) zk L2
Blast L2 fork Op code and license it
Hydro mainnet is live. Inj LSD
Airdrop
Manta AirDrop to Quickswap Community
Mode points System live. Mode is a defi Modular L2 built on Op stack
JUP inspires Meteora Points. Meteora is Sol defi liquidity hub
Aevo Launch farming program, no points
Etherfi to distribute 3M Eigen points to new users who staked ETH from 31 Jan 18:00 UTC to 10 Feb 18:00 UTC
State of the Market
At first it seemed like an exploit on Ripple’s chain
But then, it’s Ripple Chief Executives Wallet.
Chris Larsen's personal wallet was hacked, resulting in a loss of $112.5 million worth of XRP.
Good! Rate stays unchanged
FTX looking to pay customers and not relaunch as not enough buyers
Tether nets $2.85B profit in Q4 with $5.4B in excess reserves
Saudi joins BRICs