📣 Weekly Crypto Updates: What’s New?
Here are the key events from the cryptocurrency world over the past few days:
1️⃣ Grayscale Launches Trusts for Optimism and Lido DAO
Grayscale announced the Optimism Trust Fund and Lido DAO Trust Fund, providing investors access to the Optimism and Lido DAO ecosystems.
2️⃣ Base Ecosystem Records $1 Billion Net Inflow in a Month, TVL Reaches $14.2 Billion
The majority of the inflows come from Ethereum (87%) and Arbitrum (4%, equally split between ETH and stablecoins).
3️⃣ Electric Capital: Solana – Leader in New Crypto Developers
In 2024, Solana attracted 7,625 new developers, an increase of 83% year-over-year. For the first time, it surpassed Ethereum with 6,244 developers.
4️⃣ HashKey Chain Launches Atlas Grant Program with $50 Million
A program to support Web3 developers, focusing on tokenizing real assets, stablecoins, PayFi, and BTCFi.
5️⃣ Filecoin Presents Strategy for 2025
Filecoin plans to:
🟡 Improve network quality;
🟡 Support AI initiatives;
🟡 Develop data storage tools;
🟡 Find profitable models for storage providers.
6️⃣ Binance Removes Inscription Market, Prepares New One for 2025
Binance is closing the Inscription market, so buying or selling assets there is no longer possible.
7️⃣ Nature Highlights Decentralized Science Project ResearchHub
ResearchHub will be organized based on a scientific journal and promises to reward reviewers with ResearchCoin (RSC) tokens, approximately $150 per review.
8️⃣ Raydium Surpasses Uniswap, Achieves $12.46 Billion in November Trading
In November, Raydium's trading volume exceeded Uniswap's by about 30%, reaching $12.46 billion, with 65% of the total volume coming from meme coin trading.
9️⃣ Azuki Appoints Actor Stephen Fung as Creative Partner
Hong Kong actor Stephen Fung became a creative partner for Azuki, strengthening the brand's presence in Asia.
1️⃣0️⃣ Binance Launches New Token Pool for Vana (VANA)
Vana (VANA) trading began on December 16, 2024.
VANA is an EVM-compatible L1 blockchain focused on managing user data.
😎 Summary
It was a busy week: from the launch of trusts and tokens to the growth of Solana developers and Filecoin strategies 🔥
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Here are the key events from the cryptocurrency world over the past few days:
1️⃣ Grayscale Launches Trusts for Optimism and Lido DAO
Grayscale announced the Optimism Trust Fund and Lido DAO Trust Fund, providing investors access to the Optimism and Lido DAO ecosystems.
2️⃣ Base Ecosystem Records $1 Billion Net Inflow in a Month, TVL Reaches $14.2 Billion
The majority of the inflows come from Ethereum (87%) and Arbitrum (4%, equally split between ETH and stablecoins).
3️⃣ Electric Capital: Solana – Leader in New Crypto Developers
In 2024, Solana attracted 7,625 new developers, an increase of 83% year-over-year. For the first time, it surpassed Ethereum with 6,244 developers.
However, Ethereum remains the largest ecosystem thanks to Layer 2 networks: Base, Optimism, Arbitrum.
4️⃣ HashKey Chain Launches Atlas Grant Program with $50 Million
A program to support Web3 developers, focusing on tokenizing real assets, stablecoins, PayFi, and BTCFi.
5️⃣ Filecoin Presents Strategy for 2025
Filecoin plans to:
🟡 Improve network quality;
🟡 Support AI initiatives;
🟡 Develop data storage tools;
🟡 Find profitable models for storage providers.
6️⃣ Binance Removes Inscription Market, Prepares New One for 2025
Binance is closing the Inscription market, so buying or selling assets there is no longer possible.
However, a new platform supporting BRC-20 tokens will be launched in February 2025.
7️⃣ Nature Highlights Decentralized Science Project ResearchHub
ResearchHub will be organized based on a scientific journal and promises to reward reviewers with ResearchCoin (RSC) tokens, approximately $150 per review.
8️⃣ Raydium Surpasses Uniswap, Achieves $12.46 Billion in November Trading
In November, Raydium's trading volume exceeded Uniswap's by about 30%, reaching $12.46 billion, with 65% of the total volume coming from meme coin trading.
9️⃣ Azuki Appoints Actor Stephen Fung as Creative Partner
Hong Kong actor Stephen Fung became a creative partner for Azuki, strengthening the brand's presence in Asia.
1️⃣0️⃣ Binance Launches New Token Pool for Vana (VANA)
Vana (VANA) trading began on December 16, 2024.
VANA is an EVM-compatible L1 blockchain focused on managing user data.
Previously, Vana introduced its tokenomics. The total supply is 120 million VANA tokens, of which 66.9% are allocated to the ecosystem and community.
😎 Summary
It was a busy week: from the launch of trusts and tokens to the growth of Solana developers and Filecoin strategies 🔥
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