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Decentralized Capital Markets Research & Articles: www.shoal.gg Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shoalresearch TG link: https://t.me/shoalresearch Website: Shoalresearch.xyz
VanEck Unveils Strategic Investment in DAWN
Decentralized Autonomous Wireless Networks
“We think of DAWN as an "ISP launchpad" with the opportunity to transform the $385 billion internet services market through dramatically better unit economics, proprietary hardware, and token incentivized network effects”
Source: https://x.com/vaneck_us/status/1868654409544351999?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Presto Research: 2024 Crypto Market Review & 2025 Forecasts
An inaugural year-end report reviewing key trends of 2024 and providing forecasts for 2025.👇
Source: https://assets.ctfassets.net/m1hizt3hapq0/NV4eqRdRbwRw82z1jKHKU/b090f2939c40e848c7950163f7c57869/Presto_Research_From_Chaos_To_Clarity.pdf
Ethena Labs Launches USDtb, a New Stablecoin Backed by BlackRock’s BUIDL Fund
in Partnership with Securitize
Source: https://x.com/ethena_labs/status/1868657723799470361
Microstrategy Acquires Another 15,350 BTC for ~$1.5 Billion, Bringing Total Held To 439,000 BTC
Source: https://x.com/saylor/status/1868643218956734876
Sealaunch Presents the Echo Dune Dashboard
Echo (by Cobie), has helped raise $32M across 86 deals, with participation from 4K investors
> Monitor top deals so far, top investors, & more👇
https://dune.com/sealaunch/echoxyz-early-stage-investing-in-startups-and-tokens
Source: https://x.com/sealaunch_/status/1868426423842885653?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
The Bull Case for Hyperliquid
This post highlights the broader market potential for Hyperliquid and the fundamental bull case for the $HYPE token, covering:
> The Exchange opportunity
> The EVM opportunity
> Revenue Breakdown, Valuations & Comparables
> Risks
Source: https://x.com/fmoulin7/status/1868349424646148323?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Chain of Thought: Weekly AI Edge
This edition cover:
> Fartcoin and Griffain soar
> Heurist & KIP Protocol TGE
> Hyperbolic raises another $12M in their Series A funding round
> The CHAOS saga, and more
Source: https://www.chainofthought.xyz/p/weekly-ai-edge-25
Trump's World Liberty Spent 500K USDC to Buy 509,955 ENA 8 hours Ago Via Cow Protocol
World Liberty currently holds:
> 14682 ETH
> 102.9 cbBTC
> 78387 LINK
> 5886 AAVE
Source: intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/worldlibertyfi
How Liquity V2 and its Forks will Take Shape
Source: https://x.com/246_club/status/1867572391704158296?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Bluefin Foundation Launches the $BLUE Token
> Max Supply: 1,000,000,000
> Initial Circulating Supply: 150,385,000
> User Incentives: 32.5%, vested over 5 years
> Investors & team have 3yrs of vesting
Source: https://bluefin.io/foundation/token
December 13th~ Rollup
🐚 Research and Ideation 💡
- Bitcoin Suisse: Crypto Outlook 2025
- Ryan Watkins: Hyperliquid Ranks 4th in L1 Fees Generation
- Tint: Zerebro, the Agent that Bootstrapped Itself to Become an Ethereum Validator
- s4mmyeth: AI Hacker & Jailbreaker Agents to Keep Eyes On
- karl_0x: $SPEC: AI Agents on Hyperliquid
- Shaughnessy119: Crypto x AI predictions for 2025
- gauthamzzz: Why General Purpose L2s Might be a Trap
🐚 Podcast 🎙️
- Raoul Pal: Memetics, Religion & the Power of Humanity in the AI Age
🐚 News 📕
- Riot Platforms Inc Acquires 5,117 BTC For $510M
- MicroStrategy Added To Nasdaq 100 Index
🐚 Project Updates 🔔
- Binance Introduces $VANA on the Launchpool
- Binance Lists VELODROME
- Gate Security Team Denies Hack Rumors
- Farm.Fun on Hyperliquid: A GenAI AI Agent Game
- Cookie Data Swarm APIs: Intelligence Infrastructure API for the Agentic Economy
🐚 Raises 💰
- MegaETH Developer Raises $10M in 3 minutes on Cobie's Echo Platform
gauthamzzz: Why General Purpose L2s Might be a Trap
> “Building on general purpose L2s means you're essentially building someone else's moat”
> “Your success directly translates to their token value, not yours”
Source: https://twitter.com/gauthamzzz/status/1864659097209176065?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Bitcoin Dynamic Cycle & On-Chain Cycle Risk Analysis: Insights into BTC Price & Risk Trends
Source: https://files.bitcoinsuisse.com/assets/pdf/BitcoinSuisse_CryptoOutlook2025.pdf
Altcoin Season Index pointing to outsized altcoin returns in the near-term
Source: https://files.bitcoinsuisse.com/assets/pdf/BitcoinSuisse_CryptoOutlook2025.pdf
Cookie Data Swarm APIs: Intelligence Infrastructure API for the Agentic Economy
“Information is the new currency in the agentic economy, and only agents who tap into largest and most accurate data sources are going to prevail”
The cookie Data Swarm will:
> Serve as a unified intelligence layer
> Track emerging narratives before they trend
> Detect mindshare shifts in community attention
> Understand influence flows between key players
> Process market sentiment as it forms.
Source: https://x.com/cookiedotfun/status/1867268954831695909?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
UK’s Financial Regulator Has issued a Warning Against ‘Retardio’
Source: https://x.com/tier10k/status/1868690902526693587?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Defi0xJeff: Data, Hidden Framework Powering AI Agents
The piece explores the role of data in powering AI agents, highlighting innovative frameworks like Grass Network and Cookie as key players in the AI-driven economy.👇
Source: https://vxtwitter.com/defi0xjeff/status/1868663256472330440?s=12&t=2q9OLMlaobNlHLewOXT4uA
December 15th~ Rollup
🐚 Research and Ideation 💡
- Chain of Thought: Weekly AI Edge
- Defi0xJeff: What Comes After Agent Tokenization?
- fmoulin7: The Bull Case for Hyperliquid
- Sealaunch: Echo Dune Dashboard
Vana Launches Mainnet, Introduces Testnet Rewards and $VANA Staking
> Airdrop Eligibility Checker: datahub.vana.com
Source: https://x.com/withvana/status/1868590962941006128
Defi0xJeff: What Comes After Agent Tokenization?
An analysis of past tokenization trends, how they’ve played out, and what might come next
Source: https://twitter.com/Defi0xJeff/status/1868355574024519689
December 14th~ Rollup
🐚 Research and Ideation 💡
- Token Terminal: Users on Base Have Deposited $4B into Apps on Base
- thedefivillain: Market Cap Tops for Altcoins in 2021
- 246_club: How Liquity V2 and its Forks will Take Shape
- Ostium Labs: 12 Cycle Top Tools & Exit Indicators
🐚 News 📕
- Trump's World Liberty Spent 500K USDC to Buy 509,955 ENA
🐚 Project Updates 🔔
- Bluefin Foundation Launches the $BLUE Token
12 Cycle Top Tools & Exit Indicators
> PI Cycle
> MVRV Z Score
> Mayer Multiple
> Net Unrealized Profit/Loss
> Terminal Price
> 22-Day RSI
> 4-year MA Multiple
> Volatility-Adjusted Power Law Index & Decay Oscillator , and more👇
Source: https://x.com/OstiumLabs/status/1867617695392526399
Market Cap Tops for Altcoins in 2021
> BNB - 110bn
> ADA - 100bn
> DOGE - 95bn
> XRP - 88bn
> SOL - 80bn
> SHIB - 40bn
> UNI - 23bn
> LINK - 21bn👇
Source: https://x.com/thedefivillain/status/1867939866211758583?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Users on Base Have Deposited $4 Billion into Applications on Base
Source: https://x.com/tokenterminal/status/1866559033278144780
MicroStrategy Added To Nasdaq 100 Index
Source: https://x.com/tier10k/status/1867736357549781027
Shaughnessy119: Crypto x AI predictions for 2025
> A 100B parameter useful model is released via decentralized training.
> The Crypto x AI market cap goes from $45B to $250B+ (per Coingecko).
> Most AI agent Influencers (99%), with copy pasta reply functionality, die off
> A popular AI agent is revealed to be a scam with a human writing the tweets.
> Elon wins or takes a significant lead in his lawsuit vs OpenAI, and more👇
Source: https://x.com/shaughnessy119/status/1867675171487986086?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Spectral Labs $SPEC: AI Agents on Hyperliquid
Spectral Labs ($SPEC) is emerging as a leading AI proxy in the crypto market, enabling sentient AI agents to trade futures on Hyperliquid.
> With the recent product announcement, users can permissionlessly deploy sentient AI agents that autonomously compete to trade futures on Hyperliquid.👇
Source: https://x.com/karl_0x/status/1867656502699602153?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
AI Hacker & Jailbreaker Agents to Keep Eyes On
As Hacker AI Agents are capturing attention, this post highlights 3 agents to keep eyes on, and their success so far:
> Mizuki (MC: $34m)
> H4ck Terminal (MC: $5m)
> Jailbreakme (MC: $16m)
Source: https://x.com/s4mmyeth/status/1867667005920117080?s=52&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Zerebro, the Agent that Bootstrapped Itself to Become an Ethereum Validator
This article discuss how Zerebro has successfully earned enough through NFT sales on Polygon to become an Ethereum validator over the past month.
> It has earned more than 32 ETH from these sales so far, surpassing the threshold required to become a validator on Ethereum’s mainnet.
> This piece highlights the potential for agentic validators to generate stable revenue, contribute to blockchain governance, and evolve toward greater autonomy in decentralized ecosystems.
Source: https://mirror.xyz/tint.eth/08_MNp8PwHXkCDjRYAuao8U-7CFY9AbD88zRz4e8NgA