Current Trends in Bitcoin and DeFi

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------ MARKETS

BTC Price $50-$52k

ETH Price $1500-$1600

TVL in DeFi $40B

DPI $420

NUPL https://studio.glassnode.com/metrics?a=ETH&category=&m=indicators.NetUnrealizedProfitLoss&mAvg=7&mMedian=0&zoom=all 

Bitwise DeFi Index Fund - $32.5m https://www.coindesk.com/bitwise-defi-index-fund-sec-filing-growth 

DeFi Revenue Chart https://www.theblockcrypto.com/data/decentralized-finance/protocol-revenue 

Grayscale Premiums https://twitter.com/rleshner/status/1365679532808806401?s=20 

------ RELEASES

Google Finance 'Crypto' tab https://www.google.com/finance 

zkSync Investing Round https://twitter.com/zksync/status/1366387870735495169?s=20 

Sushi going Multichain https://twitter.com/josephdelong/status/1367226781393166336?s=21 

Alpha On BinanceChain https://blog.alphafinance.io/alpha-homora-embraces-multi-chain-future-starting-with-binance-smart-chain-bsc/ 

MetaMask & Layer 2 https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1367229353046790146?s=20 

Zerion integrating Polychain https://twitter.com/zerion_io/status/1367528734148886528?s=20 

Alchemix Platform - 100M DAI https://twitter.com/scupytrooples/status/1366029422839570432?s=20 

B.Protocol-Compound Integration https://medium.com/b-protocol/b-protocol-compound-integration-is-live-fe026ba7b301 

Kings Of Leon Album NFT https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/kings-of-leon-when-you-see-yourself-album-nft-crypto-1135192/ 

Introducing ‘Gateway’ https://medium.com/compound-finance/gateway-623f6f48d2b6 

------ NEWS

Citigroup Report on Crypto https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/01/bitcoin-btc-is-at-a-tipping-point-citi-says.html 

Paypal To Buy Curv https://www.coindesk.com/paypal-to-buy-crypto-custody-firm-curv-sources 

Paypal & Smart-Contracts? https://twitter.com/mdudas/status/1367525905761984517?s=20 

MicroStrategy Buys BTC - $15m https://decrypt.co/59789/microstrategy-invests-15-million-in-bitcoin-adding-to-4-3-billion-stash 

Furucombo Exploit - $14m https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/96572/defi-building-block-service-furucombo-exploited-for-14m 

Fed Looking At Digital Dollar https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/fed-digital-dollar-jerome-powell-congress-issue-crypto-bitcoin-2021-2-1030114663 

Grimes $5.8 Million NFT Auction https://cointelegraph.com/news/musician-grimes-debut-nft-auction-generates-5-8m-in-20-minutes 

3LAU $11.6M NFT Sale https://thissongissick.com/post/3lau-11-million-nft-auction/ 

Ubisoft Bring NFTs into Games https://twitter.com/bruhagan/status/1366711237632004098?s=20 

NFT Bull Market https://twitter.com/spencernoon/status/1367495101681983490?s=20 

Canada Filing For ETH ETF https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/96813/evolve-funds-eth-etf-filing-canada 

BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes Expected To Surrender https://twitter.com/ppogodin/status/1367189056212398081?s=21 

------ TAKES

Burniske Advice to entrepreneurs https://twitter.com/cburniske/status/1367231116529180672?s=20 

BSC Speedrunning DeFi summer https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1367437987185709062?s=20 

ETH's Moat is EVM https://thedailygwei.substack.com/p/the-evm-is-the-moat-the-daily-gwei 

Full Blocks Maximalist https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1367364003521986561?s=20 

ETH Maxis: Bitcoin is a Worthless Meme Coin https://twitter.com/ashleighschap/status/1366903062091210754?s=20 

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