Is Solana Airdrop Szn Here?
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gm Bankless Nation,
Is Solana getting ready for a DeFi summer?
Today's issue ⬇️
- ☀️ Need to Know: Dorsey's Bet
Jack bets on BTC mining pools. - 📊 Today in Markets: Abu Dhabi Pump
Why is IOTA on people's minds in 2023? - 🗞️ Analysis: Solana Airdrop Season?
Will dapp airdrops revitalize SOL DeFi? - 📚 Learn: What We're Reading
Our favorite reads of the week.
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- ⛏️ Dorsey's decentralized mining bet. Jack backs a startup building a non-custodial BTC mining pool that pays miners their block rewards directly.
- 🦍 Solana TVL flips AVAX’s. Solana's standout month in DeFi TVL growth has pushed it above competing blockchain Avalanche.
- 💰 Binance drops BUSD. Binance will end support for the BUSD stablecoin on Dec 15 as the CEX buttons up for regulators.
📊 IOTA's Moment? Blockchain developer Iota is launching the first Abu Dhabi-regulated foundation with hopes of accelerating the growth of their technology in the Middle East! IOTA is up nearly 50% on the day, but is this pump one you should ape? Probably not👇
| Prices as of 4pm ET | 24hr | 7d |
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Crypto $1.42T | ↘ 1.0% | ↘ 0.7% |
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BTC $37,748 | ↘ 1.0% | ↗ 0.4% |
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ETH $2,027.32 | ↘ 1.7% | ↘ 2.5% |
Solana apps are starting to fire up the stimulus cannons, shooting out airdrop-qualifying programs aimed to court investor interest. Could these airdrops breathe some life back into Solana's stagnant DeFi ecosystem?
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- 😄 My Techno-Optimism - Vitalik
- ☄️ Ecosystem Impact Vectors - Carl Cervone
- 💜 Guide to Solana for Ethereum Analysts - Andrew Hong
- 💻 Offchain Compute Is All You Need - Emperor + 0xkrane
- 🟦 The Best New Business Model in Crypto - Will Nuelle
- 👨💼 My First Blog as Binance’s CEO - Richard Teng
- 🪄 Zora Is a Magic Machine - Jacob at Zora
- 🙈 Blur Crossed Lines - Dan Robinson
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