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Hyperliquid Launches Unprecedented $HYPE Airdrop
🎉 Hyperliquid's HYPE Airdrop Revolutionizes DeFi Standards
Massive and Transparent Airdrop: Today, Hyperliquid distributed 31% of its HYPE token supply in a major airdrop. Notably, the project achieved this with no venture capital funding, reinforcing its commitment to fairness. Crypto analyst Abhi urged, “Study Hyperliquid to understand how airdrops should be done.”
Explosive Market Growth: HYPE’s value soared, reaching a ~$2 billion market cap. Hyperliquid’s next steps include boosting decentralization by adding external validators to its four-internal-validator network, promoting security and community governance.
Exciting Upcoming Projects: Hyperliquid plans to launch HyperEVM, integrating Ethereum compatibility to its blockchain. With over 35 projects already interested, this innovation promises a thriving DeFi ecosystem driven by user-focused development. Read More.
️ On today's Top Picks:
- 🤖 Freysa AI agent outwitted for $47k in crypto.
- ⛔ Coinbase to NOT support Celo's Layer 2 migration.
- ✅ Linea Surge campaign officially ends.
- 🔓 Sui $SUI token unlock worth ~$224m on DEC 01st.
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Crypto News
• ⭐️ Freysa AI agent outwitted by human player for $47k in crypto.
• Ethereum Co-Founder Jeffrey Wilcke transfers ~$72m of Ethereum $ETH to Kraken.
• Ripple $XRP surpasses Binance's $BNB in market cap; now the 5th largest cryptocurrency.
• ⭐️ Coinbase to not support Celo's $CELO Layer 2 migration; Celo community criticizes decision.
• Celsius to distribute $127m to creditors in second bankruptcy payout.
• Coinbase to stop $USDC rewards for users in the European Economic Area on December 1st.
• Japan FSA warns five crypto exchanges for providing trading services to Japanese users without permission.
• Taiwan FSC to enact new crypto AML rules on November 30th.
Alpha
• Turtle Club Airdrop Strategy by Earndrop.
• Weekly Airdrop Updates by Earndrop.
• ⭐️ Linea Surge campaign officially ended on November 25th.
• Kinto launches Black Friday Daimyo & Danna NFT badges.
• DeBank launches Zircuit $ZRC Airdrop Hunter Web3 Badge.
• Crypto December Calendar by LayerGG.
• ICYMI PumpBTC launches on Turtle Club; earn a 25% boost in PumpBTC Points.
• ICYMI ethOS launches Black Friday 10% off discount for dGEN1.
Airdrops
• ⭐️ Hyperliquid launches Genesis Event $HYPE airdrop.
• Solv Protocol teases $SOLV TGE with "Loading" post on X.
• Jupiter to revise $JUP airdrop plan after proposal fails to reach 70% supermajority.
• Bluefin launches $BLUE airdrop eligibilty & allocation checker.
• ICYMI Weekly Airdrop Updates by Earndrop.
• ICYMI AI & DePin Airdrop Strategy by Earndrop.
• ICYMI Movement launches $MOVE MoveDrop; register by December 2nd.
Finance News
• Russia President Vladimir Putin signs law classifying crypto as property & exempt from VAT.
• Metaplanet to raise up to $62m through stock issuance to buy more Bitcoin.
• MARA Holdings $MARA buys $68m of Bitcoin; now holds $3.4b worth.
• ASML $ASML & other chip-related companies rally due to possible ease in US restrictions.
Security and Exploits
• 1.2b Gifto $GFT minted & then deposited to exchanges following Binance's delisting announcement.
• XT Crypto Exchange exploited for ~$1.7m; withdrawals temporarily suspended but have since resumed.
• T-Mobile detects network intrusion attempts; no sensitive data was accessed.
• ICYMI Uniswap launches $15.5m Bug Bounty for Uniswap v4.
Token Unlocks
• Cardano $ADA / ~$18m / NOV 26th
• EigenLayer $EIGEN / ~$5m / NOV 26th
• Ethena $ENA / ~$10m / NOV 27th
• Yield Guild Games $YGG / ~$10m / NOV 27th
• Immutable $IMX / ~$48m / NOV 29th
• Optimism $OP / ~$75m / NOV 30th
• 1inch $1INCH / ~$42m / NOV 30th
⭐️• Sui $SUI / ~$224m / DEC 01st
• ZetaChain $ZETA / ~$44m / DEC 01st
• Cardano $ADA / ~$20m / DEC 01st
• dYdX $DYDX / ~$14m / DEC 01st
• EigenLayer $EIGEN / ~$5m / DEC 03rd
Sourced from Tokenomist
Funding
• USDX raises $45m in funding.
• U2U Network raises $13.8m in funding.
• Moongate raises $5.2m in funding.
• Bleap raises $2.3m in Pre-Seed funding led by Ethereal Ventures.
• Pulse raises $400k in Community funding via Echo.
• Girin Labs raises $300k in funding from Girin Labs.
• Astherus raises an undisclosed amount in Seed funding from Binance Labs.
• OpenDelta raises an undisclosed amount in funding.
• PinGo raises an undisclosed amount in funding from UFLY Labs.
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PROTOCOL | ASSETS | APY |
---|---|---|
Avantis (Base) | USDC | 154.75% |
Indigo (Cardano) | IUSD | 57.81% |
Vesper (Ethereum) | FRAX | 46.51% |
Notional V3 (Ethereum) | NUSDC | 45.83% |
Merkle Trade (Aptos) | ZUSDC | 44.88% |
StakeDAO (Ethereum) | MIMDAIUSDC | 33.05% |
Uniswap V3 (Arbitrum) | USDCUSDT | 30.80% |
Ethena (Ethereum) | SUSDE | 28.20% |
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That’s it for today’s edition! See you soon.
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