Blast's Pre-Launch Takeoff ($)
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Is Blast already taking off before it even launches?
Today's issue ⬇️
- ☀️ Need to Know: Blast Rockets
Blast's TVL can't be stopped. - 📊 Today in Markets: Airdrop Szn
Will a Solana airdrop kickstart the party? - 🗞️ Tactic: Level Up with OpenAI
Can ChatGPT get you more out of crypto? - 🎧 Latest Pod: Flashbots SUAVE
What is Flashbots cooking up?
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- 🚀 Blast rockets. Paradigm-backed, Twitter-maligned Blast is seeing its TVL shoot the moon to $566M TVL even as its VCs publicly criticize its growth tactics.
- 🇺🇸 CZ stuck in USA. CZ was supposed to return to his family in the UAE, but currently, a district judge has stayed that part of his bond release.
- 🌪️ $TORN to be delisted from Binance. Binance already appears to be cozying up to regulators, announcing it's delisting Tornado Cash's native token, which plummeted on the news.
📊 SOL Szn Approaching? Solana’s second-largest project is airdropping 10% of its tokens! Liquid staking protocol Jito officially announced the drop this morning, but Citizens were alerted to the opportunity prior to the November 25th snapshot 🪂
| Prices as of 4pm ET | 24hr | 7d |
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Crypto $1.41T | ↘ 1.5% | ↘ 0.7% |
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BTC $37,137 | ↘ 0.7% | ↘ 1.3% |
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ETH $2,025 | ↘ 1.9% | ↘ 0.3% |
OpenAI's governance drama is primed for an HBO series. Why do people care so much? Because the tech is so important.
Here's how you can use ChatGPT to become an AI-powered crypto explorer.👇
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Flashbots is a powerhouse in the crypto infrastructure world; their latest effort SUAVE, which stands for “Single Unifying Auctions for Value Expression,” is an open-source encrypted mempool for users and wallets. We dig into why this is such a huge deal.
Here's everything you need to know 👇
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