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A sleeper in the perps category
The headline in crypto today is Lighter's LIT token finally going live, marking a key moment in the ongoing battle for perps market share. In today's coverage, we break down one of the most overlooked beneficiaries of perps growth (Pendle via Boros), and take a closer look at the evolving dynamics within the Solana liquid-staking landscape. Indices Markets kicked off the final week of the year on a softer note.
Ethereum's Fusaka upgrade lands today
Today markets leaned decisively risk-on, with crypto leading the move while traditional assets stayed muted. Ethereum's Fusaka upgrade arrived with PeerDAS, BPO hard forks, and the under-discussed EIP-7918, which together may finally restore deflationary pressure on ETH. On the thematic front, Sui is making an aggressive full-stack push into robotics, positioning onchain coordination, settlement and telemetry as critical primitives for a coming wave of real-world machines.
New chains, old problems
As the holiday week wraps up, the spotlight has shifted to fundamental valuation concerns. Monad's mainnet launch, L1/L2 valuation debates, and new details around Berachain's refund terms are driving most of the conversation. We also cover this week's top reads and the key takeaways from Monday's 0xResearch livestream to keep you plugged in.
Monad ships mainnet, while markets rebound
Markets bounced as December rate-cut odds swung back above 80%, lifting BTC, equities and gold. Monad launched mainnet yesterday, but MON's day-one listing on Solana and Hyperliquid was arguably the bigger story. Finally, we dive into Galaxy's investment case, with GLXY allowing investors to express a bullish crypto view while also getting exposure to AI compute infrastructure demand. Indices Markets bounced on Monday as odds swung back toward a potential December rate cut.
Ika could redefine trustless cross-chain DeFi
While crypto markets cooled this week under renewed macro pressure, Ika launched a multi-party computation design that enables trustless cross-chain signatures. With less than 1% of BTC currently productive in DeFi, Ika's design could unlock tens of billions in dormant liquidity. ETFs continue to show outflows, though there are signs this may be ending. Indices Markets turned sharply risk-off, with nearly all crypto sectors in the red while traditional assets held steady.
Gold declined but still outperformed BTC last week
Gold continued to fall but still outperformed BTC last week. Macro conditions softened following the Fed's less dovish-than-expected tone, which saw most crypto segments fall (with AI the notable exception). Today we dive into recent ETF flow divergences, with SOL positive while BTC and ETH are seeing outflows, and the Solana DEX aggregator landscape shift as Titan and DFlow take share from Jupiter.
đȘ Bitcoinâs arrow of time
Measuring time in new ways makes us think about time in new ways, too. When Galileo first noticed that pendulums swung in exact increments, no matter their length, time was still measured by the position of the sun, roosters crowing and the daily tasks that needed completing. After Christiaan Huygens used Galileoâs insight to build the first pendulum clock in 1656, however, time became more precisely measured â a series of uniform ticks instead of our irregular lived experience.
The megawatt trade: Are bitcoin miners just getting started?
Hi all, happy Wednesday. Markets are treading water as traders balance fading momentum with solid structural support. BTC holds near $108K, ETF inflows have softened and positioning looks cautious but orderly. Meanwhile, after years of neglect, BTC mines are having their time in the spotlight. Indices Equity markets traded mostly sideways this week as risk assets consolidated following recent strength. The S&P 500 (+0.3%) and Nasdaq 100 (+0.4%) held modest gains, while Gold (-0.2%) stayed rangebound.
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