Ian's Intel #28
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Airdrop Alpha
1. Ian’s Intel 🪂 Mega Points & Airdrop Farming List
2. Rabby announces Rabby Points, every EVM address has been dropped some initial points (CODE: IANSINTEL)
3. INIT Capital on Mantle Network launches Money Market & Point System
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4. Drift Protocol (on Solana) announces points program — driftprotocol
5. Magic Eden announces Rewards program — magiceden
6. Tensor announces snapshot and new feature
Tensor announces snapshot of staked Tensorian NFTs for future airdrops — 0xrwu
Tensor Trade adds Price Lock feature, allowing traders to ‘long’ or ‘short’ NFTs. Locks will earn a significant portion of points — tensor_hq
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7. AltLayer (ALT) eligibility and claim site now live — alt_layer
8. Jupiter founder announces WEN — Link
9. NotCoin confirm token launch soon — thenotcoin
DeFi
Coinbase will add support for ONDO with the Experimental label
Hyperliquid introduces subaccounts
Immutable (IMX) and Endless Clouds partner to launch games in 2024
Aevo announces migration to Celestia DA for its L2
Coinbase adds Aerodrome Finance (AERO) and Velodrome Finance (VELO) to their Roadmap
Binance hot wallet on Ronin network sees surge in RON tokens. Listing soon? 👀 — Layergg
Sydney Sweeney on $milk
Bitcoin ETF
Grayscale transferred 19,2858 BTC (~785M) to Coinbase on 22-Jan-24
Grayscale sent 17,142 BTC (~$663M) to Coinbase on 23-Jan-24
Grayscale’s GBTC outflows today were ‘only’ $425m*
Grayscale sent 12,213 BTC (~$487M) to Coinbase on 25-Jan-24
Arkham says they have identified on-chain addresses for four of the Bitcoin ETFs: Blackrock, Fidelity, Bitwise, and Franklin Templeton
Bitcoin ETF trading volume shy of $19M in the first 7 days
Bitcoin ETFs saw a combined -$158M outflow on day 9
Legal & Regulations
Terraform Labs files for Voluntary Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Terraform Labs lists both assets and liabilities in the range of $100m to $500m
Rugs & Exploits
PSA: CoinTelegraph, WalletConnect, Token Terminal, and De.Fi all appear to be sending out phishing emails to users
Reads & Tools
Blockcrunch: Is Liquid Restaking 2024's Biggest Crypto Narrative?
2024 Crypto Startup Ideas — alliancedao
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