Key market information gap on December 18, must read! ｜Alpha Morning News

Featured News

1.Ripple stablecoin RLUSD officially launched

2.AI company Anthropic's official account was suspected to be stolen and released an unknown token contract

3.L2 network Fuel airdrop is online, with a total of 10 billion FUEL

4.Hyperliquid's open interest exceeded $4.2 billion the day before, setting a new record

5.BGB briefly broke through $4, setting a new record

Articles & Threads

1.《Detailed explanation of stablecoin chain data: supply exceeds $200 billion, and the number of holding addresses reaches 130 million》

OurNetwork

The crypto field has ushered in an important milestone: the supply of stablecoins has exceeded $200 billion. This means that assets anchored to the US dollar are being widely used in personal and institutional payments, and their application in the field of decentralized finance (DeFi) is also expanding. The rapid adoption of stablecoins could have far-reaching implications for the payments industry and the economy as a whole.

On a micro level, stablecoins have the potential to reduce payment costs to less than a penny; on a macro level, the easy availability of dollars could pose a threat to countries with unstable currencies. While this trend is still developing, if stablecoins have grown from a crypto niche to a major industry over the past five years, they could become even more integrated into our daily lives over the next five years.

2.《Analysis of Ethereum Protocol Technology Upgrade Prospects (2): The Surge

Ebunker

Since October this year, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has published a series of articles on the future possibilities of the Ethereum protocol, covering the six parts of the Ethereum development roadmap: The Merge, The Surge, The Scourge, The Verge, The Purge and The Splurge.

We have previously interpreted the first part of the roadmap (The Merge). This article will continue to interpret the second part of the series, The Surge. In this article, Vitalik focuses on the scalability and long-term development of Ethereum. From this stage of the technical roadmap, we can gain insight into how Ethereum will transform into a protocol that can handle huge demands (TPS reaches 100,000+) while maintaining decentralization and security.

24H Hot Projects (‼️High Rug Risk‼️)

Daily new projects or community attention dynamics, filtered and sorted by X Alpha account follower number and growth

Data source: getmoni.io

BlockBeats Note: The following are all early projects with a small number of followers. Rug and contract risks are extremely high. Please participate with caution. This is not an investment advice

1. Limitus (@LimitusIntel)

Privacy layer Web3 AI agent

2. Category Labs (@category_xyz)

Efficient decentralized system

3.Tim (@uselesstimsol)

Abstract meme on sol

Market data

Daily market overall capital heat (reflected by funding rate) and token unlocking

Data source: Coinglass, TokenUnlocks

Funding Rate

Token Unlock