Crypto Market Recap 2023: Narratives and News 🚀
This year has been filled with positive news and strong narratives for the crypto market. It began with a positive sentiment and witnessed growth, along with important events and developments. Let's explore the main narratives that unfolded in 2023!
Key topics covered in our recap:
🔹 Airdrops: The biggest opportunity of the year?
🔹 Bitcoin ETF: The trigger for the bull run
🔹 AI Tokens: A breakthrough in technology?
🔹 Blockchains Craze: How developers shifted to working on blockchains
🔹 Ordinals, BRC-20, and memecoins
🔹 SocialFi: A key to bridging users from web2 to web3?
🔹 Justice for crypto
Additionally, we have made three predictions for the upcoming year. Follow the link below to learn more!
👉https://cryptorank.io/insights/reports/crypto-market-recap-2023-narratives-and-news
📈Market Overview
Bitcoin price trades below $42K. The top-10 cryptos are traded in red zone:
Avalanche -4.83%
Ethereum -1.07%
Solana +2.84%
Market capitalization: $1.72T (-0.94%)
The BTC dominance: 47.69% (-0.14%)
Fear & Greed Index: 68 (Greed)
👉 Top Gainers
Taki (TAKI) +104%
Honeyland (HXD) +86.2%
Kryptonite (SEILOR) +74.9%
👉 Today's Token Unlocks
Beta Finance (BETA): $5.64M
Optimism (OP): $3.89M
Mina Protocol (MINA): $1.68M
👉 Recent Funding Round
CESS $8M Series A round with participation from DWF Labs and Web3 Foundation
BRC20.com seed round led by UTXO Management
LeverFi funding round backed by Yield Ventures
BTC Futures
Aggregated Volume — $46.9B
Aggregated Open Interest — $11.8B
👉 Derivatives Market Analytics
Top 10 IEOs of 2023 by Current ROI
GameSwift 42.7x
Sui 27.6x
Chamcha 17.6x
Open Campus 14.6x
SPACE ID 12.8x
Arkham 12.5x
MetaElfLand 12.5x
Inspect 12.1x
T2T2 9x
Staika 8.5x
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Top 15 Blockchains by the Number of Unique Addresses
BNB Chain - 409M
Polygon - 391M
Ethereum- 253M
TRON- 203M
Fantom- 162M
Optimism - 88.2M
Near Protocol - 73.7M
Base - 58.5M
Algorand - 35.3M
Aptos - 19.1M
Avalanche - 15.9M
Arbitrum - 15.6M
Celo - 11.2M
Sui - 9.39M
zkSync Era - 6.4M
👉 https://cryptorank.io/categories/chain
The Latest Breaking News 📣
— Curve DAO agrees to $44m compensation for July hack victims
— Japan seeks to exempt companies from tax on unrealized crypto gains
— Mt. Gox creditors are receiving repayments
— NY financial regulator approves Paxos expansion to Solana
— Arbitrum Integrates NEAR DA for developers building Ethereum rollups
👉 https://cryptorank.io/news
Top 10 Gainers of the Week 📈
$MOVR +408%
$XOR +324%
$ELA +277%
$BAKE +200%
$INDEX +162%
$MPLX +144%
$NEON +127%
$WIF +93%
$METIS +91%
$RAY +88%
👉 https://cryptorank.io/performance
📈Market Overview
Bitcoin price trades above $43K. The top-10 cryptos are traded in red zone:
BNB -0.99%
Solana -0.71%
Bitcoin -0.65%
Market capitalization: $1.75T (-0.13%)
The BTC dominance: 48.54% (-0.52%)
Fear & Greed Index: 73 (Greed)
👉 Top Gainers
SORA (XOR) +125%
Kadena (KDA) +56.1%
Alchemix (ALCX) +36.3%
👉 Today's Token Unlocks
H2O DAO (H2O): $4.88M
Optimism (OP): $3.75M
Tenet (TENET): $2.9M
👉 Recent Funding Round
Medallion $13.7M Series A round led by DragonFly Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners
Tres Finance $11M Series A round with participation from Faction and New Form Capital
Addressable $6M funding round led by Bitkraft Ventures
BTC Futures
Aggregated Volume — $31.7B
Aggregated Open Interest — $12.3B
👉 Derivatives Market Analytics
Top 7 Token Unlocks of the Upcoming Week
The following tokens with the largest unlock amount will be unlocked next week:
Immutable - $84.23M
Axelar - $36.35M
dYdX - $20.09M
GateToken - $10.65M
Flow - $10.55M
Open Campus - $7.28M
Yield Guild Games - $5.23M
👉 https://cryptorank.io/token-unlock
The Latest Breaking News 📣
— ARK Invest Coinbase shares sale takes December total close to $200M
— Ethereum targets January for first testnet deployment of next big Upgrade, 'Dencun'
— Coinbase approved as virtual asset services provider in France
— Solana nears $100 as meme coin frenzy continues to drive rally
— Argentina’s new government gives early nod to bitcoin, says crypto can be used in contracts
👉 https://cryptorank.io/news
Manta New Paradigm – a killer of Blast?
A week ago, Manta Network launched a new campaign, directly competing with Blast to capture users' attention.
In today's article, we will delve into the project's features, rewards, and, of course, share the invitation codes!
Read full text:
👉https://cryptorank.io/insights/analytics/manta-new-paradigm-a-killer-of-blast
Bitcoin and Mining Stocks Monthly Performance
During the past 30 days, most mining stocks have outperformed Bitcoin. Bitcoin rally has positively affected future returns of mining companies.
👉 https://cryptorank.io/price/bitcoin
📈Market Overview
Bitcoin price trades above $43K. The top-10 cryptos are traded in green zone:
Solana +8.34%
Cardano +6.42%
BNB +3.33%
Market capitalization: $1.76T (+3.23%)
The BTC dominance: 47.79% (+0.79%)
Fear & Greed Index: 73 (Greed)
👉 Top Gainers
VinuChain (VC) +131.5%
DIMO (DIMO) +99.3%
Bounce (AUCTION) +43.1%
👉 Today's Token Unlocks
Optimism (OP): $2.35M
Aurora (AURORA): $1.25M
Blur (BLUR): $1.10M
👉 Recent Funding Round
Tap Protocol $4.2M funding round led by Sora Ventures
Voi Network seed round with participation from Arrington XRP Capital
GoDID funding round led by NGC Ventures
BTC Futures
Aggregated Volume — $50.1B
Aggregated Open Interest — $11.7B
👉 Derivatives Market Analytics
Top 10 Gainers of the Week 📈
$MOBILE +689%
$RATS +428.7%
$CSAS +412.1%
$MAP +230.6%
$PICA +174.4%
$CTC +124.7%
$HOPR +116%
$ICP +106.7%
$CORGAI +105.7%
$DIMO +93.4%
👉 https://cryptorank.io/performance
Top 7 Token Unlocks of the Upcoming Week
The following tokens with the largest unlock amount will be unlocked next week:
Avalanche - $402.09M
XPLA - $24.15M
Mintlayer - $10.07M
GameSwift - $9.01M
Bonfida - $8.52M
Ribbon Finance - $7.55M
Hatom - $5.59M
👉 https://cryptorank.io/token-unlock
💰 Promising Projects Backed By Major VCs
Discovering promising projects ahead of the curve can reap significant rewards like exclusive airdrops. Let's explore the projects where top-tier funds have invested, but tokens are yet to launch.
🔹 Paradigm
Blast ($20M funding): L2 solution with native yield
Friendtech: SocialFi Dapp
StarkNet ($282.5M funding): Layer 2 employing unique ZKSTARK technology
Wildcard ($46M funding): Web3 MOBA game
🔹 a16z crypto
Soundxyz ($25M funding): Decentralized music platform
zkSync ($458M funding): Layer 2 with ZK Proof technologies
Aztec ($119.1M funding): a private ZK-rollup on Ethereum
Story Protocol ($54.3M funding): Protocol for managing intellectual property on the blockchain
🔹 Polychain Capital
Nocturne ($6M funding): Protocol enabling private, composable accounts on Ethereum
Polyhedra ($25M funding): Operator of a decentralized identity platform for web3 infrastructure
Manta Network ($28.8M funding): Privacy-preservation protocol for DeFi
nill; Foundation ($22M funding): Technologies for secure data storage in insecure environments
🔹 Binance Labs
AltLayer ($7.2M funding): Rollup-as-a-service solution for dApps scalability
Sleek ($5M funding): Blockchain-based social media platform
Kinza: Security-first lending protocol on BNBCHAIN
Tabi ($11M funding): Multi-chain NFT publishing and trading platform
🔹 Coinbase Ventures
Wormhole ($225M funding): cross-chain messaging protocol
EigenLayer ($64.5M funding): Platform leveraging Ethereum security through restaking
Zerion ($22.5M funding): wallet managing investments across 14 chains
Bungee ($12.8M funding): Bridge aggregator built on SocketLL
🔹 Multicoin Capital
Farcaster ($30M funding): Decentralized protocol for social networks
LayerZero ($263M funding): Omnichain interoperability protocol for cross-chain applications
Drift Protocol ($3.8M funding): On-chain, cross-margined perpetual futures on Solana
Marginfi ($3M funding): Decentralized margin protocol for Solana trading
Don't miss these early-stage projects!
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Top 7 Token Unlocks of the Upcoming Week
The following tokens with the largest unlock amount will be unlocked next week:
dYdX - $102.13M
Sui - $54.23M
Near Protocol - $33.97M
Merit Circle - $13.99M
Biconomy - $11.12M
Hooked Protocol - $8.04M
Solend - $7.15M
👉 https://cryptorank.io/token-unlock
Top Gainers of 2023 🔥
Discover the best performing projects of the year.
👉https://cryptorank.io/performance
zkLink Has Launched Alpha Mainnet
zkLink has announced the launch of Alpha Mainnet. This marks a significant milestone in DeFi, offering the crypto community access to multi-rollup Layer 3 environment.
zkSync, Polygon zkEVM, Linea and Scroll have been successfully integrated into zkLink Nexus Alpha Mainnet.
👉https://blog.zk.link/get-your-hand-in-the-sand-with-zklinks-latest-alpha-mainnet-playground-3f0ed414654e
Top 10 IDOs of 2023 by Current ROI
ChainGPT 16.2x
Inspect 13.4x
Lybra 12.3x
Games For A Living 10.5x
SpartaDEX 8.5x
Propbase 8x
Penpie 7.9x
Carbon 7.8x
GoGoPool 7.8x
Artyfact 7.4x
👉https://cryptorank.io/ico
Top 15 Projects by 30D TVL Growth on Solana
Kamino +824%
BlazeStake +561%
Drift +226%
Streamflow +222%
marginfi +218%
Raydium +178%
Meteora +173%
Orca +172%
Marinade +144%
SPL Governance +118%
Sanctum +111%
JPool +110%
Dual Finance +104%
Jito +98%
Saber +92%
👉 https://cryptorank.io/price/solana
Crypto News Weekly Recap #183 📣
— BlackRock, Nasdaq, SEC met regarding Bitcoin ETF
— Solana reaches new Year-To-Date high
— ARK Invest Coinbase shares sale takes December total close to $200M
— Ethereum targets January for first testnet deployment of next big Upgrade, 'Dencun'
— Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital to buy new mining sites for $179M
— Galaxy Digital to buy more crypto bankruptcy assets after FTX deal
— EigenLayer deposits surpass $900 million amid increased LST caps
— BVI court freezes Three Arrows Capital founders’ $1 billion in assets
👉 https://cryptorank.io/news
📈Market Overview
Bitcoin price trades around $44K. The top-10 cryptos are traded in red zone:
Solana +18.7%
Avalanche +4.62%
Cardano +1.58%
Market capitalization: $1.75T (+1.07%)
The BTC dominance: 48.79% (-0.94%)
Fear & Greed Index: 71 (Greed)
👉 Top Gainers
Quickswap (OLD) (QUICK) +218%
Moonriver (MOVR) +163%
Acala Network (ACA) +64.6%
👉 Today's Token Unlocks
GameSwift (GSWIFT): $7.80M
Ribbon Finance (RBN): $6.90M
Radiant Capital (RDNT): $4.59M
👉 Recent Funding Round
Medallion $13.7M Series A round led by DragonFly Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners
Tres Finance $11M Series A round with participation from Faction and New Form Capital
Addressable $6M funding round led by Bitkraft Ventures
BTC Futures
Aggregated Volume — $21.9B
Aggregated Open Interest — $12.2B
👉 Derivatives Market Analytics
Projects with the Highest Number of Users on Major L1 and L2 Сhains 🤓
Discover the most popular dApps on layer 1 and layer 2 blockchains in the last 30 days.
👉 https://cryptorank.io/tags/dapp
📈Market Overview
Bitcoin price trades around $44K. The top-10 cryptos are traded in green zone:
Solana +9.99%
Cardano +5.07%
BNB +4.45%
Market capitalization: $1.81T (+1.45%)
The BTC dominance: 47.56% (-0.95%)
Fear & Greed Index: 74 (Greed)
👉 Top Gainers
Dypius (DYP) +103%
Raydium (RAY) +68.3%
MANTRA (OM) +36.4%
👉 Today's Token Unlocks
SPACE ID (ID): $5.74M
Shiba Saga (SHIA): $3.95M
Optimism (OP): $2.77M
👉 Recent Funding Round
Medallion $13.7M Series A round led by DragonFly Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners
Tres Finance $11M Series A round with participation from Faction and New Form Capital
web3mine $6M Seed round led by 1kx
BTC Futures
Aggregated Volume — $54.3B
Aggregated Open Interest — $12.6B
👉 Derivatives Market Analytics
Top 10 Liquid Staking Projects by 7D TVL Growth
Aftermath leads, followed by Socean and StakeWise.
👉 https://cryptorank.io/tags/liquid-staking
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Crypto News Weekly Recap #182 📣
— Google updates crypto ads policy amid January spot bitcoin ETF anticipation
— BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF now Invites participation from Wall Street Banks
— SEC denies Coinbase petition for new crypto rulemaking
— Worldcoin integrates with Shopify, Mercado Libre, Minecraft, Reddit and Telegram
— $BONK hitting 1.5B market capitalization drives $SOL memecoins frenzy
— Ark Invest sold $59M worth of Coinbase shares, $15M of GBTC last week
— Arbitrum sequencer was temporarily outage due to the Inscription minting event
— Turkey’s banking giants go big on crypto as legislation looms
👉 https://cryptorank.io/news
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📈Market Overview
Bitcoin price trades below $43K. The top-10 cryptos are traded in red zone:
Cardano -4.83%
Solana -2.61%
BNB -1.48%
Market capitalization: $1.75T (-0.85%)
The BTC dominance: 47.35% (-0.15%)
Fear & Greed Index: 67 (Greed)
👉 Top Gainers
Comsats (csas) +166%
Vita Inu (VINU) +107%
Antimatter (MATTER) +66.4%
👉 Today's Token Unlocks
Uniswap (UNI): $51.28M
ZTX (ZTX): $7.91M
Domi Online (DOMI): $4.26M
👉 Recent Funding Round
Farcana $10M Seed round with participation from Animoca Brands and Merit Circle
Lolli $8M Series B round led by Bitkraft Ventures
Blocksmith Angel round with participation from MZ Web3 Fund and SAKURA UNITED PLATFORM
BTC Futures
Aggregated Volume — $30.6B
Aggregated Open Interest — $11.4B
👉 Derivatives Market Analytics
Total Value Locked on Cardano Hits ATH
Due to the recent market upturn, the total value locked (TVL) on Cardano has reached a new all-time high. It is worth noting that the number of staked ADA coins continued to grow even during the bear market, which has caused the recent spike in TVL.
👉 https://cryptorank.io/price/cardano