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2026/4/30 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡$MEGA perps are live on @DecibelTradewith up to 3x leverage
📰 News
• Fed votes 8–4 to hold rates at 3.5%–3.75%
• Meta partners with Stripe to launch stablecoin payouts for creators
👍 Good Reads
• @claudeai - Opus 4.7 Claude Code hackathon
• @freddy_0x - What I want from a neobank
🔔 New Protocols
• @TrenchToday01
• @novadotmarkets
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @multisig (Infrastructure) - 18m Strategic led by @SolanaVentures
• @Blockworks (Analytics Platform) - $TBD Extended Series A led by @paraficapital @recvcx
• @fence_finance (Payments) - 20m Series A led by @galaxyhq
💵 Airdrops
• @megaeth claim is live
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @naval - On Vibe Coding
• @leviathan_news - The Full Stack @katana
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2026/4/28 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@hibachi_xyz regular season ends April 30 with 51.5M points in circulation
📰 News
• Trump administration is set to unveil a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve plan soon
• Sen. Cynthia Lummis says crypto market structure legislation could pass in May
• Colombia’s largest pension fund invests in Bitcoin via BlackRock’s IBIT
• Jack Dorsey’s Block Inc. added 114 Bitcoin in Q1, bringing its treasury to 8,997 BTC and total holdings to 28,355 BTC
• Polymarket plans to bring its main exchange to the U.S., pending CFTC approval
👍 Good Reads
• @a16zcrypto - The new stack for global finance: Stablecoins edition
• @Solofunk - The Hitchhiker's Guide to Onchain Credit
🔔 New Protocols
• @papercliping
• @isometricfi
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @liquidtrading (Exchange) - 18m Series A led by @neo @leftlanecap
💵 Airdrops
• Binance announces the $CHIP HODLer airdrop with @USDai_Official
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @milesdeutscher - This Interview Made My Next Crypto Buys Obvious [Haseeb]
• @therollupco - Cathie Wood: We Are Still In The Early Days Of Digital Assets
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2026/4/26 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@DecibelTrade launches a vault with 49+ graded pokemon cards worth $30K+, with weekly drops starting now
📰 News
• Trump says he has an “obligation” to support the crypto industry
• Sen. Cynthia Lummis says crypto market structure legislation now has bipartisan support in Congress
• Michael Saylor hints at buying more Bitcoin
• Metaplanet issues $50M in zero-interest bonds to buy more Bitcoin
• Ethereum Foundation sold 10,000 Ethereum to BitMine at ~$2,387 per ETH in an OTC deal
• Vietnam plans to launch its first regulated crypto market in Q2 2026 with a 5-year pilot for approved exchanges
• DOJ set to drop criminal probe into Fed Chair Powell
• DOJ arrested a U.S. special forces soldier for using classified intel to make over $400K betting on Maduro’s removal
• $344M USDT frozen on Tron by Tether linked to Iran
👍 Good Reads
• @HannoLustig - U.S. Treasury Investors' Massive Bet on AI
• @lishali88 - Notes From 8 Years as a Founder in Generative AI
🔔 New Protocols
• @JoyrideExchange
• @mnstr
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @ILITY_xyz (Blockchain) - 2m Strategic
• @ClusterProtocol (AI) - 5m led by @daofive
• @3f_xyz (DeFi) - 4m Seed led by @Maven11Capital
• @robinmarketsxyz (DeFi) - 475K Angel Round led by @fabric_vc and @animocabrands
💵 Airdrops
• @fluentxyz airdrop claim
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @KillaXBT - I will not go against history. The lower high. $BTC
• @rasmr_eth - A 9 Figure Investor's Guide to Life.. (Flood Interview)
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2026/4/22 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@base will upgrade with Azul on May 13, improving security, performance, and developer experience
📰 News
• Trump is extending the ceasefire with Iran until it submits a unified proposal and talks are concluded
• Iran has no plans to negotiate with the U.S. for now
• Russia advances a crypto bill allowing its use in foreign trade settlements
• Polymarket will launch 24/7 perpetual futures trading across crypto, equities, and commodities
• Kalshi plans to launch crypto perpetual futures trading
• Justin Sun sued World Liberty Financial for freezing his tokens and stripping his governance rights
👍 Good Reads
• @Smol_AI - Apr 21 AI Twitter Recap
• @0xkioto - $CARDS: $37M in Profit, $13M Market Cap. Do the Math
🔔 New Protocols
• @benchdotgames
• @FliteGrid
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @BetHog (GameFi) - 10m Series A led by @Rockaway_X and @willventures
💵 Airdrops
• @pharos_network has revealed its tokenomics and airdrop details
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @notthreadguy - An Unfiltered Conversation with Cobie
• @a16z - Marc Andreessen’s Media Theory of The Internet Age
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2026/4/20 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@renaissxyz is set to launch its One Piece Infinite Gacha soon!
📰 News
• Strategy adds 34,164 BTC at ~$74.4K, totaling ~$2.54B
• BitMine buys $235M ETH
• Coinbase launches USDC loans in the UK backed by BTC, ETH, cbETH
👍 Good Reads
• @KM_crypto1 - Why DeFi keeps getting hacked and here’re the red flags you’re missing?
• @CatfishFishy - Dozens freeze OFT bridges after rsETH exploit
🔔 New Protocols
• @asimovinc
• @3f_xyz
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @KAIO_xyz (RWA) - 8m Strategic
💵 Airdrops
• @billions_ntwk airdrop registration
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @viktoroddy - 18-min tutorial on building animated, award-winning sites with Claude Design + Opus 4.7
• @jvisserlabs - All Time Highs Built On A Compute Shortage
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2026/4/16 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@tether backs @DriftProtocol $150M recovery plan, supporting relaunch and expanding USDT on Solana
📰 News
• Lebanon and Israel agree to a 10-day ceasefire
• Charles Schwab to launch spot BTC and ETH trading for retail in the coming weeks
• Binance launches in-app chat, moving closer to a financial super app
👍 Good Reads
• @BitMEXResearch - Avoiding An Unnecessary Quantum Freeze
• @au_xbt - MMs manipulating scam coins like $RAVE and $SIREN (1)
🔔 New Protocols
• @instinct_xyz
• @yieldcompass
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @navaai (Blockchain Service) - 8.3m Seed led by @polychain and @archetypevc
• @brix_money (DeFi) - 5.5m
💵 Airdrops
• @USDai_Official TGE is going live on April 21, 2026
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @a16z - Why Claude Feels Different (And What That Means for AI)
• @KevinWSHPod - Why Buying a House Is the Worst Investment You Can Make - Bitwise Advisor
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2026/4/14 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@StratiumX Week 9 points distributed to $HYPE stakers via the vault, to be converted into $USDH
📰 News
• US PPI rises to 4%, below expectations
• Sen. Thom Tillis to release draft this week resolving Clarity Act stablecoin yield dispute
• ClearBank Europe secures MiCA approval, becoming the first Dutch bank to offer regulated stablecoin services
• Goldman Sachs ($3.5T AUM) files for a Bitcoin premium income ETF
• Tether launches Tether Wallet, a self-custodial wallet supporting USDT, USAT, XAUT, and Bitcoin
👍 Good Reads
• @Black_Nagh - DeFi’s dirty secret in 2026 builders vs buyback machines most are just exit liquidity
• @EricCLFung - Nicolas le Jeune: How a Google Executive Built a $50Mil TCG Company in 18 Months
🔔 New Protocols
• @offstage_x
• @CasterMarkets
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @pumpcade (Blockchain Service) - 5m Seed
• @Payward (CeFi) - 200m investment from Deutsche Borse
• @paxoslabs (Infrastructure) - 12m led by @blockchaincap
• @totalistrading (Prediction Markets) - 500k investment from @ycombinator
💵 Airdrops
• @krakenpro launches @inkonchain Points as Season 1 begins
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @KevinWSHPod - Building the Next Phase of Digital Finance | Chief Strategy Officer at Plasma | DROPS E34
• @virtualbacon - Bitcoin at $75K. Bull Market or Bear Rally?
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2026/4/12 📈 go touch some grass :)
Today's Newsletter
💡@claudeai introduces an advisor strategy combining Opus with Sonnet or Haiku for near-Opus performance at lower cost
📰 News
• U.S. CPI hits 3.3% YoY (vs. 3.4% est.), core CPI at 2.6% YoY (vs. 2.7% est.)
• Iran rejects U.S. terms after failed Pakistan talks, vowing to continue its defense by all means
• Donald Trump says the U.S. Navy would begin blockading all ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz
• Michael Saylor hints at buying more Bitcoin
• Bhutan moves another $18M in Bitcoin as tracked holdings decline
• Hong Kong grants its first stablecoin licenses to HSBC and Anchorpoint under the HKMA framework
• Japan approves bill to recognize cryptocurrency as a financial asset
• Binance launches pre-IPO token trading for private companies
👍 Good Reads
• @gothburz - Inside World Liberty Financial
• @0xDepressionn - GTA 6 will create more millionaires than crypto did in 2021
🔔 New Protocols
• @EnshrinedDEX
• @TaurusFinance_
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @enhanced_defi (DeFi) - 1m Pre-Seed
• @officialcaex (CeFi) - $TBD Strategic investment from @okx_ventures @HashKey_Capital
💵 Airdrops
• @GeniusTerminal offers either a 70% penalty for instant claim or full tokens with a 1-year cliff vesting
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @Bankless - Will Anthropic's "Mythos" Exploit Crypto Before Quantum Does?
• @theallinpod - Anthropic’s $30B Ramp, Mythos Doomsday, OpenClaw Ankled, Iran War Ceasefire, Israel's Influence
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2026/4/8 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@DefiLlama LlamaAI now free for a limited time!
📰 News
• Trump says he’s considering a joint venture with Iran for Hormuz tolls
• Iran reportedly to require ships passing Hormuz to pay tolls in Bitcoin
• Tanker traffic in Hormuz halted after Israeli strikes on Lebanon
• $6.1T UBS joins Swiss banks to test a regulated CHF stablecoin
• Fox News to add Kalshi prediction market odds
👍 Good Reads
• @KSimback - @NousResearch Hermes Ecosystem Map
• @wmt_ventures - What are crypto builders actually building right now?
🔔 New Protocols
• @SplashOS
• @saidinfra
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @libeara_ (CeFi) - $TBD led by @GSR_io
• @giggles_app (Blockchain Service) - 1.2m Pre-Seed led by @1kxnetwork
💵 Airdrops
• @0xmercle $MERCI airdrop
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @a16z - Why Balaji Srinivasan Thinks the SaaS Apocalypse Is Overhyped
• @Unchained_pod - Why the SEC’s Crypto Task Force Prioritizes Small Builders
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2026/4/5 📈 Happy Easter!
Today's Newsletter
💡CZ to release “Freedom of Money” next week with e-book preorders already live
📰 News
• U.S. unemployment falls to 4.3%, beating expectations
• Block revives a Bitcoin faucet under Jack Dorsey, relaunching April 6
• Metaplanet adds 5,075 BTC, bringing total to 40,177 BTC and ranking third among public companies
• Charles Schwab plans to offer Bitcoin and Ethereum trading for its users soon
• Iran demands ships pay transit fees in crypto or yuan to pass the Strait of Hormuz
• Tether is nearing a funding round at a $500B valuation
• Drift says the $285M theft was a six month infiltration likely tied to a North Korean hacking group
👍 Good Reads
• @VitalikButerin - My self-sovereign / local / private / secure LLM setup, April 2026
• @jermywkh - Crypto Venture Investing is Dead
🔔 New Protocols
• @pumpcade
• @tradeparagon
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @predictdotfun (DeFi) - $TBD Strategic investment from @yzilabs and Susquehanna Crypto
• @PixieChess (GameFi) - 5.2m Seed led by @paradigm
• @pumpcade (Blockchain Service) - 1m Pre-Seed led by @Pumpfun
• @diamante_io (Chain) - 1.5m Strategic led by Khofiz Shakhidi
• @KulipaXYZ (Blockchain Service) - 6.2m Seed led by @1kxnetwork and @FlourishVC
💵 Airdrops
• 32.6M @SonicLabs $S remains unclaimed and may be burned on Oct 15, 2026
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @theallinpod - SpaceX IPO, Iran War Fallout, Quantum Bitcoin Hack, The Space Opportunity
• @coinage_media - Franklin Templeton Buys Crypto Spinoff in Tokenization Push
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2026/3/31 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@binance to launch a prediction market in its wallet via @predictdotfun
📰 News
• Trump says the U.S. won’t stay in Iran much longer
• U.S. Labor Department proposes opening the $10T 401(k) market to crypto
• David Bailey’s Nakamoto sells $20M BTC at $70,422, below $118,171 avg cost
• U.S. senators introduce the “Mined in America” bill to boost Bitcoin mining and formalize Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
👍 Good Reads
• @Melt_Dem - Capital Markets Maximalism
• @lavanyaai - If an Agent Has Never Heard of You, You Don't Exist
🔔 New Protocols
• @InventMoneyApp
• @JoinTODEY
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @OmenX_Official (DeFi) - $TBD Seed
• @AroNetwork (Blockchain Service) - 5m Strategic led by @nolimithodl
• @ValinorDigital (CeFi) - 25m Seed led by @CastleIslandVC
💵 Airdrops
• @edgeX_exchange is live
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @Bankless - We Need To Figure This Out Now... Or We're In Trouble (Oil, Markets, Crypto)
• @jvisserlabs - The End of TACO PTSD: Markets Are Finally Facing The Inflation Reality
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2026/3/29 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@renaissxyz Easter SBT Revive #2: Sign up, connect X, follow @whatsyourrefs, submit proof by Mar 31 (UTC+8)
📰 News
• Crypto czar David Sacks leaves post for broader White House tech role amid legislative challenges
• Trump expects the U.S. to lead the global crypto space
• Trump’s signature will appear on U.S. dollar bills, replacing the Treasurer’s for the first time
• OKX delays U.S. IPO, prioritizes long-term returns and global liquidity
• Intercontinental Exchange announces a $600M investment in Polymarket
👍 Good Reads
• @StratiumX - The Night Every Oil Market Closed And Hyperliquid Didn't
• @bykahlil - Lessons from six months in agentic payments
• @levie - The capability overhang in AI
🔔 New Protocols
• @TrySweepFinance
• @binaryloops
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @megapot (GameFi) - 5m Pre-Seed led by @dragonfly_xyz
• @tazapay (Blockchain Service) - 36m Extended Series B led by @circle
• @Verse_Eight (GameFi) - 5m Seed
💵 Airdrops
• @GeniusTerminal total community allocation is 21%, split evenly across three seasons (7% each)
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @theallinpod - Anthropic's Generational Run, OpenAI Panics, AI Moats, Meta Loses Major Lawsuits
• @theempirepod - It's Still a Bull Market, But Not The One You Wanted
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2026/3/25 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@KASTxyz launches Pengu Card, a Visa-powered crypto card usable at 150M+ merchants worldwide
📰 News
• U.S. working to set up Iran talks in Pakistan this weekend
• Franklin Templeton launches tokenized ETFs trading 24/7 in crypto wallets
• Binance launches public beta of AI Pro, an AI trading assistant that analyzes markets and executes strategies
• Binance issued market maker rules requiring full disclosure, banning profit guarantees, and warning of swift action against violators
👍 Good Reads
• @ZeMariaMacedo - What I Learned from Two Weeks Inside China's AI Ecosystem
• @genekmkz - DEFI 3.0? Study on Renaiss Protocol
🔔 New Protocols
• @SporeMesh
• @goo_economy
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @KairosSwap (DeFi) - 2.4m Seed led by @6thManVentures
• @eunice_ai1 (Blockchain Service) - 8m Pre-Seed + Seed
• @EurekaBuilder (Blockchain Infrastructure) - 6.7m Seed led by @ColliderVC @sparkcapital
• @tori_finance (DeFi) - $TBD Seed led by @Delphi_Ventures
💵 Airdrops
• @PerleLabs airdrop claim
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @Cryptocito - The $300 Trillion Tokenization Race, and Why Almost Everyone Is Losing
• @Blockworks - Digital Asset Summit 2026: New York | Main Stage | Day 1
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2026/3/23 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@hibachi_xyz Week 22 ended with 1M points distributed to 2.6K traders; total supply now 46.5M (+2.2% WoW)
📰 News
• Nasdaq aims to integrate crypto into Wall Street’s market infrastructure
• Strategy bought 1,031 BTC for $76.6M at ~$74,326 per BTC
• Michael Saylor’s Strategy unveils $42B plan to buy more Bitcoin
• Boyaa Interactive seeks $70M crypto buy approval, holds 4,092 BTC
• Lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to ban sports betting on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi
👍 Good Reads
• @chris__lu - YC W26 Batch Analysis
• @abcampbell - War for the Dollar
🔔 New Protocols
• @PlayBabylon
• @NewsworthyCLI
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @OriginsNetwork_ (Chain) - 8m
• @letsCatapult (DeFi) - $TBD investment from @KuCoinVentures
💵 Airdrops
• @Backpack allocation checker
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @theallinpod - Four CEOs on the Future of AI: CoreWeave, Perplexity, Mistral, and IREN
• @KevinWSHPod - Crypto Billionaire Invests in Rewriting Children's DNA - Coinbase CEO
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2026/3/19 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@tempo is live, enabling instant, low-fee global payments and programmatic machine transactions via the Machine Payments Protocol
📰 News
• SEC Chair Paul Atkins says the agency is creating a crypto framework to provide certainty
• North Carolina has proposed a bill to create a state Bitcoin reserve
👍 Good Reads
• @sytaylor - The Intention Layer
• @hooeem - I want to become a Claude architect (full course)
🔔 New Protocols
• @mpp
• @andromeda_ai
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @avax (Chain) - $TBD investment from @animocabrands
💵 Airdrops
• @PerleLabs airdrop registration
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @theallinpod - Jensen Huang: Nvidia's Future, Physical AI, Rise of the Agent, Inference Explosion, AI PR Crisis
• @patfscott - The DeFi Thesis in 2026: Why I'm Long Onchain Finance
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2026/4/29 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@megaeth launches a Season 1 terminal with weekly point rewards, boosters, and NFT-driven farming strategies
📰 News
• Warsh’s Fed nomination has enough committee votes to advance
• Hong Kong warns of fake tokens posing as HSBC’s stablecoin
👍 Good Reads
• @BarterDeFi - The Idle Liquidity Paradox
• @ShahRathin - What I Learnt From 199 Pitches at the YC W26 Demo Day
🔔 New Protocols
• @MegaCorpHQ
• @caspius_ai
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @belo_app (Wallet) - 14m Series A led by @tether
• @NUVAFinance (DeFi) - 5.2m Seed led by Morgan Creek Digital
💵 Airdrops
• @TreehouseFi Season 2 Airdrop
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @virtualbacon - Huge Macro Events Week, Will Bitcoin's Pump Continue?
• @Lightspeedpodhq - LPing Is Trading: Rethinking DeFi Strategies | Dann & Miir
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2026/4/27 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@renaissxyz RenaCrypt Pack restocks Apr 28 (2PM UTC+8) with 20+ new Legendaries, $2.5K+ top pull, and an SBT unlock
📰 News
• Strategy bought 3,273 BTC for ~$255M at ~$77,906 per BTC
• Western Union to launch a stablecoin next month, with a global “Stable Card” planned
• Tether launches MDK, an open-source layer for the Bitcoin mining ecosystem
👍 Good Reads
• @dl_research - The State of RWAFi Q1 2026 Report
• @HypeDojo - Hyperliquid Trading Tools
🔔 New Protocols
• @MojoAI_HQ
• @opalbotgg
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @FourPillarsFP (Analytics Platform) - $TBD Series A led by @PanteraCapital
• @Voranofficial (AI) - 3m Seed
💵 Airdrops
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🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @theallinpod - SpaceX-Cursor Deal, SaaS Debt Bomb, New Apple CEO, SPLC Indictment, Colon Cancer Spike
• @Bankless - AI Is Destroying Every Moat Except Bitcoin | Jordi Visser
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2026/4/23 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@megaeth $MEGA TGE is set for April 30, 2026
📰 News
• US Admiral Paparo says the U.S. is running a Bitcoin node
• Tesla confirms it didn’t sell any Bitcoin in Q1 2026, still holding 11,509 BTC worth ~$900M
• If FTX hadn’t liquidated, its portfolio could be worth ~$114B today, led by Anthropic, SpaceX, and Solana gains
👍 Good Reads
• @goodalexander - The New AI Model, Qwen 3.6-27B Is a Giant White Pill
• @tulipking - The Art of Exit Liquidity
🔔 New Protocols
• @hitdotone
• @CoreAutoAI
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @RealGoOfficial (GameFi) - 3.5m
💵 Airdrops
• @pharos_network airdrop checker
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @0xSteadyLads - The Lads Are Back! Top Signal?
• @KevinWSHPod - ByBit Founder: I Survived the Biggest Crypto Hack and Still Had My Best Year | E168
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2026/4/21 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@hibachi_xyz is now supported on @SigmaEngineIO with 0 builder fees, with a Sigma vault launching soon
📰 News
• SEC Chair Paul Atkins says regulation-by-enforcement on crypto has ended
• Kevin Warsh says digital assets are now part of the US financial system
• JSCC partners with Mizuho and Nomura to test blockchain-based government bonds
👍 Good Reads
• @a16zcrypto - The missing infrastructure for AI agents: 5 ways blockchains can help
• @chingtsengtw - The Four Quadrants of Web3 Companies
🔔 New Protocols
• @EitherwayAI
• @AbliterateAI
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @hataglobal (Exchange) - 8m Series A led by @Bybit_Official
💵 Airdrops
• @USDai_Official $CHIP is live
• @OpenGradient $OPG airdrop claim
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @KevinWSHPod - The Original Digital Finance Vision Is Dead | Core DAO | DROPS E35
• @Unchained_pod - Is Canton a Real Blockchain? Yuval Rooz, Alex Gluchowski & Haseeb Qureshi Debate
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2026/4/19 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@predictdotfun and @fourdotmemezh bring memecoins to prediction markets on @BNBCHAIN
📰 News
• Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz again after the US maintains its blockade
• India settles Iranian oil payments in yuan, not USD
• Michael Saylor hints at more Bitcoin buying
• Tether buys 951 BTC, bringing holdings to 97,141 BTC
• Singapore Gulf Bank launches a stablecoin mint/redeem service for 1:1 USD–USDC on Solana
• Circle sued over $230M Drift hack, USDC freeze failure
• @KelpDAO exploited for $280m+
👍 Good Reads
• @DWFVentures - Will Agents take over DeFi?
• @gate_ventures - On-Chain TCG
🔔 New Protocols
• @peptai_
• @tenorxyz
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @slashapp (Blockchain Service) - 100m Series C led by @RibbitCapital @khoslaventures @GoodwaterCap
• @kiedexapp (DeFi) - 3.5m Seed led by @MarqelCapital
• @Mindra_AI (Infrastructure) - $TBD Strategic
💵 Airdrops
• @fluentxyz airdrop check eligibility
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @theallinpod - OpenAI's Identity Crisis, Datacenter Wars, Market Up on Iran News, Mamdani's First Tax, Swalwell Out
• @_choppingblock - Quantum vs. Market, USDC vs. USDT & WLFI vs. Justin Sun
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2026/4/15 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@hibachi_xyz FLP is live with a 266% APR market-neutral strategy by @KappaLab_io, earning from performance, fees, and points
📰 News
• X introduces cashtags for stocks and crypto
👍 Good Reads
• @whoisetimfon - The Dark Horse of Prediction Markets
• @zorkary - Crypto Hiring insights
🔔 New Protocols
• @JurassicFi
• @ethrex_client
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @ClawIntelli (Blockchain Service) - 3m Seed
💵 Airdrops
• @solsticefi airdrop registration
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @a16z - Ben Horowitz on AI Anxiety, Big Tech Transitions & The Future of Startups
• @Bankless - Up or Down from Here? Bears vs. Bulls
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2026/4/13 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@renaissxyz hits $8M total volume, with $4M in the last 30 days (+300%), building on-chain TCG on @BNBCHAIN
📰 News
• Trump weighs limited Iran strikes after talks collapse
• US begins blockade of ships in the Strait of Hormuz
• SEC says some DeFi UIs don’t need broker-dealer registration
• Strategy bought 13,927 BTC for ~$1B at ~$71,902
• Tom Lee’s BitMine buys 71,524 ETH worth $157M
• Attacker exploits Polkadot-based Hyperbridge, mints 1B bridged DOT, gains $237K
👍 Good Reads
• @GLC_Research - J@chameleon_jeff the Rise of Hyperliquid
• @castle_labs - From Neobanks to Onchain Banks
🔔 New Protocols
• @carte_gg
• @AstariaTrade
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @shareinternet (Blockchain Service) - $TBD Seed led by @greenfield_cap
💵 Airdrops
• @GeniusTerminal airdrop claim
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @jvisserlabs - Ceasefire, Inflation, Mythos and a Scarcity vs Abundance Moonshot
• @_choppingblock - Bitcoin vs. Quantum: FUD or Autoimmune Disease?
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2026/4/9 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@solana is now live on the @MetaMask Card in the US, allowing users to spend USDC anywhere Mastercard is accepted
📰 News
• SEC Chair Paul Atkins urges Congress to pass crypto market structure legislation
👍 Good Reads
• @EMostaque - I Did the Math on OpenAI’s Industrial Policy (None of it Adds Up)
• @ourcryptotalk - Crypto Has a New King. Its Name is Hyperliquid
🔔 New Protocols
• @anyway_sh
• @Records_Network
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @pharos_network (Chain) - 44m Series A
• @SplyceFi (DeFi) - $TBD Strategic
• @Nanovita_Labs (Blockchain Service) - $TBD Pre-Series A
💵 Airdrops
• @JupiterExchange ASR Rewards for Q1 2026
• @ofc_the_club airdrop claim
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @virtualbacon - The Ceasefire Nobody Expected. Is the Correction Over?
• @KevinWSHPod - Woman Are Better than Men at Investing! - Bitget CEO | E166
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2026/4/6 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@KASTxyz Founders Card 2.0 offers a limited edition design, lifetime premium with no fees, and VIP perks, with orders closing April 11
📰 News
• Iran rejects ceasefire via Pakistan, pushing for a permanent end to the war
• Trump says Tuesday deadline is final, calls Iran proposal a big step but not enough
• Strategy buys 4,871 BTC for ~$329.9M at ~$67,718 per BTC
• Circle says its upcoming Layer 1 Arc will launch with quantum resistant cryptography
• Polymarket to launch a 1:1 USDC backed collateral token
👍 Good Reads
• @citrini - Strait of Hormuz: A Citrini Field Trip
• @sytaylor - Agentic Commerce is Dead: Invisible Commerce Will Replace it
🔔 New Protocols
• @LanaAI
• @metamorphiclabs
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @Nanovita_Labs (Blockchain Service) - $TBD Series A investment from @K24Ventures
• @gosatsapp (Blockchain Service) - 5m Series A led by Konvoy Ventures
💵 Airdrops
• @ofc_the_club FanPass airdrop
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @_choppingblock - Ethereum’s Cypherpunk vs Enterprise Chains
• @Bankless - Nic Carter: Bitcoin Has 3 Years to Survive the Quantum Threat
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2026/4/1 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@hibachi_xyz Top 200 earners get GAV deposits with ~30% APR, 69% core yield, and Hibachi points
📰 News
• Trump says the Iran mission could be completed in two to three weeks
• Iran says the strait won’t reopen due to Trump’s “absurd” actions
• Franklin Templeton launches a new crypto division after acquiring 250 Digital
• SpaceX has confidentially filed for an IPO
• New Hampshire’s Bitcoin-backed municipal bond receives a Ba2 rating from Moody’s, marking a public finance first
• SBI’s B2C2 selects Solana as its primary stablecoin network for institutions
• OpenAI raises a record $122B at an $852B valuation with $30B+ ARR and $7B monthly burn, covering about 18 months in the race to AGI
• DOJ indicts 10 from Gotbit, Vortex, Antier, and Contrarian for wash trading, with three extradited from Singapore
👍 Good Reads
• @RuneCrypto_ - the trenches are dead, they need a Roaring Kitty
• @ruima - 100 Hours Inside Kimi
🔔 New Protocols
• @icme_xyz
• @TeamOratomic
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @openfx_ (CeFi) - 94m Series A
• @bettermoney_co (Blockchain Infrastructure) - 10m led by @a16zcrypto
• @Uniblock (Blockchain Infrastructure) - 5.2m
• @rtp (Blockchain Service) - 8m Seed led by @NEA
💵 Airdrops
• @USDai_Official airdrop claim
• @opensea Wave 6 ends the Waves program, with treasure chests and optional fee refunds (wallet-based) available from April 2
• @alignedlayer $ALIGN Tokenomics Update
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @Vault__Summit 2026 live in Cannes
• @coinage_media - Why Markets May Be Mispricing $3 Trillion Stablecoin Fight
• @therollupco - Why Our $300B Asset Manager Is Dead Set on Tokenization - Baillie Gifford Tokenization Lead
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2026/3/30 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@renaissxyz Plaza Awards Night will be an exciting live session on Mar 31, 8PM (UTC+8) covering awards, features, and what’s next
📰 News
• Trump says indirect talks are progressing well and a deal could come fairly quickly
• Crypto Fear & Greed Index has stayed in fear for 70+ days, now at 8 (extreme fear)
👍 Good Reads
• @darkmarketio - crypto is dead. long live blockchain
• @zaddycoin - Dashboards are Dead: The SaaS to AI-Agent CLI Pipeline
🔔 New Protocols
• @rhoda_ai_
• @askjuneai
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @MidasRWA (DeFi) - 50m Series A led by @RRE @creandum
💵 Airdrops
• @BasedOneX is live
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @ycombinator - François Chollet: Why Scaling Alone Isn’t Enough for AGI
• @Bankless - 3 Megatrends Every Investor Needs to Know (with Jeff Park)
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2026/3/26 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@hibachi_xyz Vaults live: GAV by @GrowiFinance offers 69% APY, access via points
📰 News
• SEC Chair Paul Atkins says a tokenization innovation exemption could arrive in the next few weeks
• Fannie Mae will accept crypto-backed mortgages, a first for US housing finance
• Thailand’s DV8 Pcl plans to buy 10,000 Bitcoin by 2028, including 1,000 BTC this year
• MARA sells 15,133 BTC for $1.1B to fund convertible note repurchase
• Binance to list Tether Gold (XAUt)
• Nvidia sued over $1B in alleged hidden crypto mining GPU sales
👍 Good Reads
• @gakonst - Scaling MPP to Billions of Payments Per Second
• @ethereumfndn - Ethereum unveils an open hub for over 8 years of post-quantum security work with roadmap
🔔 New Protocols
• @Inframarkets
• @RiverFND
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @StartaleGroup (Blockchain Infrastructure) - 50m Series A investment from @sbigroup
• @payy_link (Chain) - 6m Seed led by @FirstMarkCap
• @OfficialXFX (Blockchain Infrastructure) - 17m Series A led by @CastleIslandVC
💵 Airdrops
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🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @Celo - One-Year Anniversary Celebration
• @Unchained_pod - Is DeFi's Risk Infrastructure Actually Broken? w/ Omer Goldberg | Uneasy Money
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2026/3/24 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@AnthropicAI deploys computers for @claudeai, allowing autonomous control of apps and browsers
📰 News
• NYSE partners with Securitize to build 24/7 tokenized securities platform
• BitMine bought 65,341 ETH (~$2.12K each) last week
• Tether hires Big Four firm for first full audit
• Iran is reportedly charging ships up to $2 million to secure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz
• Balancer Labs to shut down and transition to a DAO-led model due to legal risks and unsustainable revenue
👍 Good Reads
• @nj_dawn - x402 + OWS = Agentic Payments
• @Snapcrackle - Tether Is Not a Stablecoin Company (Deep Dive)
🔔 New Protocols
• @tori_finance
• @parlay_protocol (@twindoges)
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @TakeAPeakAI (Blockchain Service) - 2m Seed
💵 Airdrops
• @NetworkNoya airdrop registration
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @virtualbacon - Why Everyone Is Talking About Bittensor Right Now
• @Bankless - Why Ethereum May Survive What Breaks Bitcoin
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2026/3/22 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@renaissxyz Superliquid Beta 2.0 launches next week, trade, list, and bid to earn points with improved pricing and higher rewards
📰 News
• Senators strike deal with White House to settle stablecoin yield dispute with banks
• Markets now price a 50% chance of a US rate hike by December
• @saylor signals plans to buy more Bitcoin
• Morgan Stanley files S-1 for a spot Bitcoin ETF, ticker MSBT
👍 Good Reads
• @blknoiz06 - The next billion-dollar opportunity
• @balajis - Zeihan is wrong, China is strong
🔔 New Protocols
• @reactorworld
• @purintaxyz
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @Kalshi (CeFi) - 1b Series E led by Coatue Management
💵 Airdrops
• @edgeX_exchange airdrop terms page
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @EricJorgenson - 3.5-hour conversation with naval
• @therollupco - Evan Cheng on Why Sui Will Outlast Every L1
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2026/3/18 📈
Today's Newsletter
💡@xStocksFi xPoints are live rewarding DeFi activity across xStocks including holding lending and liquidity with more features coming
📰 News
• The Fed holds rates steady
• US Feb PPI beats estimates: +0.7% MoM, +3.4% YoY; Core +0.5% MoM, +3.9% YoY
• SEC & CFTC confirm most crypto assets aren’t securities
• SEC approves Nasdaq rule change for tokenized securities trading
• Moody’s launches a token integration engine to bring credit analysis onchain, starting with Canton
• Kraken halts multibillion-dollar IPO amid tough market conditions
• S&P Dow Jones licenses the S&P 500 to @tradexyz for perpetuals on Hyperliquid
👍 Good Reads
• @mikeahorton - Robotics $25T by 2050? No, Physical AI will be 10x Bigger
• @0xBobdbldr - Alliance DAO ALL16 demo day
🔔 New Protocols
• @TradeOnStrat
• @agent0lab
💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @lendasat (DeFi) - $TBD Pre-Seed
💵 Airdrops
• @katana $KAT is live
🖥 Videos & Podcasts
• @a16z - Inside the New Media Team with Marc Andreessen & Ben Horowitz
• @Wajahat - War Is Here. This Is Exactly What I'm Buying And Selling
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