Another Day, Another Dip

Another Day, Another Dip

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OVERVIEW

Another Day, Another Dip

Before we dive in, here’s today’s crypto market heatmap:

Source: Santiment

And here’s a look at crypto’s total market cap chart:

Source: TradingView

NEWS IN THREE SENTENCES
Crypto News 📰

🏈 LEVR Bet Brings Leveraged Sports Wagers to Avalanche

It’s combining the fun of sports betting with 5x leverage, letting you shift positions mid-game. With Avalanche’s dirt-cheap fees post-9000 upgrade, they can handle sudden surges for NFL playoffs and such. Testnet is live now with free credits—because nothing says “decentralized gambling” like practice bets for leaderboard clout. Avalanche blog.

🔓 Ledger Co-Founder Freed After Shocking Kidnapping

David Balland and his wife were abducted from their home, with kidnappers demanding a steep crypto ransom. French authorities swooped in, rescued them, and hush-hush details remain scarce. Meanwhile, rumors that Ledger’s other co-founder was also kidnapped have been debunked—apparently once is more than enough drama for hardware wallet founders. Cryptopotato.

💸 Pump.fun Shatters Record: $15.5M In Single-Day Fees

The meme-coin powerhouse on Solana celebrated its anniversary by racking up over $15 million in developer fees—yes, in a single day. Vine Coin mania apparently helped push that number over the edge. A US law firm might sue on behalf of unlucky degens, but if you’re not scared of a few lawsuits, Pump.fun might still be your playground. TheBlock.

🔎 Brave Search Rerank: Because One-Size-Fits-All Rankings Kinda Suck

They’re letting you “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” entire domains so you don’t keep seeing that site you hate. It’s local to you, no spooky personal data vacuuming—just pure algorithmic mutiny. Goggles aren’t gone; Rerank is the simpler cousin letting everyone boost or bury sites at will. Brave blog.

🏅 Algorand’s New Staking Rewards

After the big ‘Algorand 4.0’ upgrade, block proposers get 10 ALGO plus half the TX fees—no lockups, no slashing. They’re calling it an “inclusive” approach to staking, which basically means you can stake from a pool, run your own node, or do DeFi staking if you want. The chain wants more secure blocks and fewer reasons to ditch ALGO for the next shiny L1. Algorand blog.

🏦 Morgan Creek CEO: “XRP, ADA May Join U.S. Reserve”

Mark Yusko suggests the Trump administration might add these altcoins alongside Bitcoin in a potential national crypto stash. He’s praising XRP as a “bridge currency” and Cardano for its fancy proof-of-stake flair. Bitcoin maxis aren’t amused. ZyCrypto.

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NEWS IN THREE SENTENCES
Metaverse, NFT, & Gaming News 🎮️

🃏 WEMIX PLAY Original NFT & Gaming Platform Upgrades

WEMIX is kicking off 2025 with a fresh batch of NFT collectibles that go beyond pretty pictures—they’re also your ticket to special in-game goodies, token perks, and all sorts of events. “Original NFT” cards come in five decks (W, E, M, I, X) and six rarities, so you can hoard them like Pokémon while unlocking exclusive events or even higher-tier NFTs. WEMIX blog.

⛰️ Mirandus: Return to Narrows Landing

Gala’s flagship fantasy MMORPG is revamping Narrows Landing with better visuals, scarier goblins, and an extended crafting system—now you can whip up new weapons, armor, and healing items. If you have a Mirandus Exemplar NFT, you can dive into early access starting January 30. The devs also added better terrain textures, UI improvements, and a day/night cycle that’s actually in sync for everyone. Gala Games blog.

👀 REVENGE Joins Immutable

The ex-Far Cry and Fortnite devs at Everreach Labs are cooking a co-op PvE shooter where spectators don’t just watch—they troll you with map hazards or help with upgrades. It’s powered by Immutable zkEVM for real asset ownership of your in-game gear. Pre-alpha hits in Q1 2025—because we can’t just passively watch games anymore. Immutable blog.

🤖 Saga x ElizaOS: AI Agents Launch Their Own Blockchains

AI can now spin up entire L1s on Saga so they don’t fight for block space with the rest of us peasants. Think of it as chainlets dedicated to advanced AI shenanigans—swarm intelligence, generative gaming, you name it. If your chatbot wants its own planet, now it can have one. Saga blog.

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NEWS IN THREE SENTENCES
DeFi, DEX, and Lending Protocol News 🏦

🌐 Injective Fuels The RWA Boom

They launched a real-world assets module that’s hooking up stablecoins like Agora’s AUSD and treasury tokens like Ondo’s USDY. Even BlackRock’s “BUIDL Fund” hopped on for a tokenized index. With $35B in RWA and climbing, Injective thinks 2025 might see a trillion-dollar on-chain migration. Ambitious, sure—but the hype is real. Injective Protocol blog.

🏗️ LTO Network Goes RWA-Crazy

They’ve got a Universal Wallet, Ownables tech, and big plans to push RWA tokenization in 2025. Solana bridge, EQTY platform, fancy music and video Ownables, plus a marketplace—everyone loves a marketplace these days. Also, you might see Michael Jordan memorabilia or a Rolex turned into fractional tokens. Because why not? LTO Network blog.

🌐 Multichain Expansion: Base & Solana

Virtuals Protocol is letting builders spawn agents on Base or Solana, with initial liquidity on Uniswap or Meteora. Solana’s side is hopinh to launch next month, so $VIRTUAL / $SOL pools could appear once LayerZero sorts the final details. Virtuals Protocol blog.

🤫 Secret Network’s AI SDK Preview

They’ve teamed up with NVIDIA Confidential Computing to keep your AI chats hush-hush in secure enclaves. Now devs can spin up “Agents” that can’t leak your data, even if they tried. It’s all about that perfect balance of “Hello, user,” and “Shhh, it’s top secret.” Secret Network blog.

♻️ Zilliqa’s PoS Pivot

They’re ditching their proof-of-work selection for a full-blown PoS approach in Zilliqa 2.0, promising less energy use and faster finality. Validators and delegators get to stake ZIL, earn rewards, and skip the usual big hardware rig nonsense. If you’re all about that sweet yield and a greener chain, you’ll want to watch them roll it out in the near future. Zilliqa blog.

♻️ Bancor’s Arb Fast Lane: Liquidity & Arbs on Sei

Bancor integrated a fancy arbitrage bot across every chain hosting Carbon DeFi, and it’s been busy racking up tens of thousands of transactions a month on Sei, even climbing into the top gas spenders. By leveling prices between AMMs (like an aggregator on steroids), it keeps the ecosystem’s tokens stable and trading volumes healthy. Bancor blog.

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