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DeFi, Airdrops, and Crypto real time alpha notifications 🔔
AlphaPacked Round-Up: Last 24hs in Crypto
1. 🪂 AltLayer $ALT token and airdrop launching January 25th.
2. 🔜 Ethereum Dencun upgrade launches on Goerli testnet.
3. 📉 VanEck to delist Bitcoin ETF.
4. ⚖️ Coinbase and SEC clash in court.
5. 📱 Solana Mobile Chapter 2 unveiled.
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AlphaPacked Round-Up: Last 24hs in Crypto
1. 📈 BlackRock CEO eyes Ethereum ETF.
2. 📝 Circle files for US IPO.
3. 🗡 Near Foundation to cut staff.
4. 🐻 Berachain Artio Testnet is live.
5. 🪂 Orbiter Finance confirms token.
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AlphaPacked Round-Up: Last 24hs in Crypto
1. 🧵 Gary Gensler posts crypto advice thread on X.
2. 📝 Bitcoin ETF issuers submit S-1 final amendments.
3. 💸 Satoshi Nakamoto receives ~$1.2M in Bitcoin.
4. 🪂 Manta airdrop for Celestia stakers.
5. 🔓 Aptos $APT token unlock worth ~$224.6M.
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🚨🪂 Manta first airdrop just launched, 50,000,000 $MANTA
Now, you can check your wallets’ eligibility via 🔗 https://airdrop.manta.network
Who is eligible?
• Airdrop Rewards: 30,000,000 $MANTA (3% of total supply) is allocated for airdrop rewards to supporters and users in the Manta ecosystem on both Manta Atlantic and Manta Pacific. See image for specific criteria
• Airdrop Bonus Rewards — The Great Treasure Hunt: 20,000,000 $MANTA (2% of total supply) will be allocated as bonus rewards that can be obtained by supporters and users in the Manta ecosystem. More information about the Great Treasure Hunt, including how to obtain your piece of the Airdrop Bonus Rewards, are detailed below.
🔗 Full details: https://mantanetwork.medium.com/into-the-blue-the-official-manta-airdrop-59dc9f938575
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Remember you can still farm the $MANTA airdrop by depositing ETH or USDC (Blast-style) in Manta Pacific via the "New Paradigm" campaign.
Here's a permanent link to bridge: 🔗 https://newparadigm.manta.network/?inviteCode=QWN3S
( Whitelist code needed. You can use QWN3S )
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If you are unfamiliar with MANTA, there are 3 opportunities currently. Check this thread for full details and mechanics:
https://twitter.com/OlimpioCrypto/status/1741246635785462232
AlphaPacked Round-Up: Last 24hs in Crypto
1. 🗺 Vitalik releases updated Ethereum roadmap.
2. ⚖️ SEC Bitcoin ETF decision this week.
3. 🪂 ZKFair airdrop claim is live.
4. 👾 Orbit Chain exploited for $81.5M.
5. 🔓 Sui 34.62M token unlock on Jan 02.
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AlphaPacked Round-Up: Last 24hs in Crypto
1. ⛓ OKX to delist numerous privacy tokens.
2. ⚖️ US judges rule against Terraform Labs and Do Kwon.
3. ⛏ Celsius Network's second bankruptcy plan approved.
4. 📉 Donald Trump allegedly sells ~$2.4M of Ethereum.
5. 🔓 dYdX $DYDX 33.33M token unlock worth ~$106M.
Read time: ⏰ 6 minutes
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AlphaPacked Round-Up: Last 24hs in Crypto
1. 🥊 Coinbase calls out US Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
2. ⚖️ SEC admits to inaccurate statements in court case.
3. 🕊 ZachXBT temporarily deactivates Twitter account.
4. ⚡️ Akron Energy raises $110M in private funding.
5. 🔓 Optimism $OP 24.16M token unlock worth ~$79.97M.
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AlphaPacked Round-Up: Last 24hs in Crypto
1. 🐪 US Court approves forfeiture of 69K Bitcoin from Silk Road case.
2. ❄️ Three Arrow Capital founders' $1B in assets frozen.
3. 📅 Tim Beiko outlines Ethereum Dencun upgrade schedule.
4. 📉 Ark Invest sells another $24M worth of Coinbase shares.
5. 👾 Chromium-based browsers receive security updates.
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🪂 Two new airdrops this week: $FRAME and $ZKF.
If you:
• Traded any NFT on Ethereum
• Traded in Polygon zkEVM chain
• Interacted with any of these ZK chains: zkSync, Scroll, ZKSpace, Linea
Then you might be eligible. Details and check below 👇
https://twitter.com/OlimpioCrypto/status/1737823888501874789
Cosmos Staking Tutorial 🪂
Both Celestia $TIA & Namada $NAM airdropped tokens to Cosmos stakers.
More Cosmos-based projects like Berachain, Hyperlane, Dymension, and more may do the same.
Revisiting previous airdrops, tutorial, and a bonus portfolio dashboard at the end!👇
🧵
https://x.com/earndrop_io/status/1737158155086540914?s=20
AlphaPacked Round-Up: Last 24hs in Crypto
1. ⏳ FTX files reorganization plan to end bankruptcy.
2. ⚖️ Coinbase files lawsuit against the SEC.
3. 🪂 EigenLayer increasing restaking caps today.
4. 🕊 EU Commission investigating X & threatens sanctions.
5. 🖼 NFT Trader & Flooring Protocol exploited for ~$4M+ worth of NFTs.
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Similar to Celestia:
• Avail from Polygon, and
• EigenDA from EigenLayer
INCENTIVIZED testnet in Avail has already started. Incentivized = token rewards?
TIME SENSITIVE: EigenLayer is increasing restaking caps today!
Information 👇
https://x.com/OlimpioCrypto/status/1736768322983915566?s=20
AlphaPacked Round-Up: Last 24hs in Crypto
1. 👾 Ledger GitHub exploit leads to $520K+ losses.
2. 🛑 Arbitrum halts as sequencer goes offline.
3. ☠️ SafeMoon files for bankruptcy.
4. ⛔️ SEC denies Coinbase petition for transparent rules.
5. 📈 JP Morgan predicts Ethereum will outperform Bitcoin.
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Scroll NFT is Live
If you followed this 1 month ago and deployed a smart contract in Scroll, the "Origins NFT" is now available to be minted.
Here's the link to mint: https://scroll.io/developer-nft/mint
Below a Scroll 📜, Taiko🥁, & Kakarot 🥕 thread from August, in case you missed it 👇
https://twitter.com/OlimpioCrypto/status/1696529527965691940
Airdrop Rumour: Opal 🪂
Like Yearn on steroids, Opal Defi is a new protocol where users can access farming strategies on stablecoins and ETH derivatives.
Early stage, no website yet 👀
They recently went public and released several hints suggesting a potential airdrop 👇
https://twitter.com/earndrop_io/status/1735295306953118149
AlphaPacked Round-Up: Last 24hs in Crypto
1. 📉 Celsius, FTX, & Alameda dump their crypto.
2. ⚖️ JPMorgan: < 50% chance of Ethereum ETF approval.
3. 🚀 Taiko Katla Testnet launches.
4. 🔱 $MANTA tokenomics released.
5. 🪂 Jupiter $JUP airdrop date confirmed.
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AlphaPacked Round-Up: Last 24hs in Crypto
1. 📈 SEC approves Bitcoin ETFs.
2. ⛽️ Vitalik supports idea of increasing gas limit.
3. 🔼 Starknet v0.13.0 upgrade proposal passes.
4. 🪂 Xai $XAI airdrop is live.
5. 👾 SEC X account compromised.
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AlphaPacked Round-Up: Last 24hs in Crypto
1. 🐣 Logan Paul announces $2.3M buyback program.
2. 📈 Nasdaq updated filings hint at Bitcoin ETF approval.
3. 💰 Celsius to unstake $466M Ethereum.
4. 🪂 Manta airdrop #1 is live.
5. 🗡 CertiK's X account temporarily compromised.
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AlphaPacked Round-Up: Last 24hs in Crypto
1. 📉 Bitcoin slips and ~$500M liquidated amid Matrixport report.
2. ⛏ Satoshi mined the first Bitcoin on this day 15 years ago.
3. 🚧 UniSat to split BRC-20 token standard despite pushback.
4. 🪂 Dymension $DYM genesis airdrop is live.
5. 💰 Michael Saylor sells MicroStrategy stock options.
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Currently, there are 3 opportunities on Manta (ETH L2 with Celestia DA)
1. 🪂 Airdrop: Deposit ETH, farm NFTs to get $MANTA airdrop
2. 💰 RFV: ETH trading at 10% discount in Manta because of 70-day lock when bridging
3. 🏞️ NFT: airdrop NFTs possibly at a discount
How it works:
https://twitter.com/OlimpioCrypto/status/1741246635785462232
AlphaPacked Round-Up: Last 24hs in Crypto
💰 MicroStrategy acquires an additional 14620 Bitcoin.
💸 Mt Gox creditors start receiving repayments.
🪂 Loopring airdrops Taiko Alpha-3 Testnet Contributor NFT.
🗓 Namada airdrop extended until Jan 12th.
💵 Russia & Iran ditch the US Dollar.
Read time: ⏰ 5 minutes
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Celestia & Namada rewarded developers with $TIA & $NAM tokens in their respective airdrops. 👷🪂
If you are not a developer and feeling FOMO, you can change that and start learning.
Who knows, projects may also start rewarding students with airdrops in the future. 👇
https://x.com/earndrop_io/status/1738304022530936937?s=20
FUD for Ethereum? ⚡️
Some projects to stake $ETH, potentially getting an airdrop. 2024 is speculated to be a big airdrop year.
Blast, EigenLayer, Morpho, Kelp, MEV, Diva, EtherFi, Swell — they will all have a token.
Let's counter ETH FUD with an alpha Airdrop ETH thread 🧵
https://twitter.com/OlimpioCrypto/status/1737850125802934430
AlphaPacked Round-Up: Last 24hs in Crypto
1. 📜 China plans strategic Web3 & blockchain document.
2. ⚖️ Do Kwon successfully appeals extradition.
3. 📉 Celsius sells $243M worth of Ethereum.
4. 🪂 Frame launches airdrop.
5. 🔓 CertiK reveals OKX iOS app vulnerability.
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Starknet $STRK is closer. UPDATE YOUR ARGENT X WALLETS (how-to) 🚨
This Thursday (Dec 21st), Starknet's feeder gateway will deprecate making progress towards decentralization.
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https://x.com/OlimpioCrypto/status/1737137094651195562?s=20
How to prepare: EigenLayer opens up deposits in 1 hour 🧙♂️
Current TVL: 112,000 ETH (76K stETH, 17K rETH, and 19K cbETH)
New LSTs to be added: osETH, swETH, oETH, EthX, WBETH, AnkrETH
Max cap per individual LST: 200K
Max cap global (all LSTs deposits combined): 500K
There's plenty of room to deposit when they open. Last time gas spiked, and after a few hs there was still capacity, so it could be a good idea to monitor TVL in real-time and avoid frenzy.
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https://x.com/OlimpioCrypto/status/1736795800712192356?s=20
Earndrop Packed 🪂: This Week in Airdrops
• Anything to claim?
• Airdrops coming soon?
• Airdrop strategies for the week 👇
https://x.com/earndrop_io/status/1735787966566478081?s=20
Arbitrum stopped producing blocks 1.5 hours ago.
A tweet from Arbitrum 28mins ago acknowledges that there's an issue with sequencer and they are on it.
Status updates on status-arbitrum-io
https://twitter.com/OlimpioCrypto/status/1735707099282211258
Namada Airdropped $NAM to 28,042 past Gitcoin Donors 🪂
If you donated in GG rounds 12, 13, 14, 15, and 17 using ZK technology, you might be eligible.
Like $TIA, you must submit your account for the Genesis event to get $NAM.
Cosmos and Osmosis stakers also eligible.
🔗 Check your wallet on their claim website:
https://twitter.com/OlimpioCrypto/status/1735428609865650652
Sushi CTO tweets:
🚨🚨🚨 RED ALERT 🚨🚨🚨:
Do not interact with ANY dApps until further notice. It appears that a commonly used web3 connector has been compromised which allows for injection of malicious code affecting numerous dApps.
Banteg tweets:
🚨 ledger library confirmed compromised and replaced with a drainer. wait out interacting with any dapps till things become clearer.
Don't interact with anything until it's confirmed to be resolved