Mando Minutes

Things I’m looking at today…

Crypto

• Huobi FUD as stablecoins + TVL leave exchange, Huobi denies issues

• Curve hacker fails to return rest of funds ($18m out of $72m)

• MakerDAO now offering 8% on $DAI deposits (not to US users)

• BASE TVL now >$100m

• Long-term Bitcoin holders hold the most ever

• Bitcoin volatility lowest in 3 years

Macro & General

• US CPI (Thursday): 3.3% exp, would be first rise since June 2022

• Nuclear fusion breakthrough repeated by US scientists

• LK99 superconductivity shown again by Chinese scientists

• Niger closes airspace after France + US backed coalition ultimatum expires

• US Regional banks still borrowing $900bn from government

NFTs & Low-Cap

• $BITCOIN rises above $100m, $SOLANA, $ETHEREUM, $CHAINLINK follow on similar narrative

• $YGG rises 265% in a week, suspicion of market-maker manipulation

• $TOSHI rises 60% in a week, main memecoin still on BASE

• $RLB rises 60% in a week, announcements expected this week

• Blur NFT farmers down $200m in 5 months

• FBI issues warning on NFT scams after prominent hacks

• Jack Butcher x Pudgy Penguin collab teased

• Utility Wen teams up with El Salvador gov to link coffee company with NFTs

• Red Bull Velocity Pass NFT sells out, does 3x

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