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Here's another Gecko
#Ramblings
Preview, where we uncover the best-kept
#alphas
of the space 🚀
This week we take a look at
@llamalend
! 🦙
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So what happens when you add move-to-earn to
#Pokemon
GO and Tamagotchi?
🏃🏻♂️🏃🏻♀️🏃🏻👾
Let's find out!
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The US Labor Department announced that the CPI reached its HIGHEST level in May (8.6%) since December 1981.
Fears about growing inflation and an imminent global recession were reaffirmed, rekindled 🔥
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Here's another Gecko
#Ramblings
Preview, where we uncover the best-kept
#alphas
of the space 🚀
This week we take a look at
@SandclockOrg
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Earlier today, $UST lost its peg to the dollar and was sent tumbling down to ~$0.60.
In a bear market already plagued by outrageous dips, this LUNA/UST crisis still took the cake, instigating a flurry of discussions, hot takes, copium, hopium and more.
So what went down? 🧵
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1/⚠️PSA⚠️
Earlier today, the BNB Chain was exploited for over $580M. But how exactly did this happen?
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The crypto market is a sea of red and unfortunately, JPEGs have not been spared from this wave of slaughter 🩸
Welcome to the Museum of Pain 🧵👇🏻
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The LUNA-Terra fallout is catastrophic as billions of dollars have been wiped out. While the dust settles, people are still trying to figure out how widespread the effects will be and their impact on the larger market.
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We've all heard the saying about how the multichain future is already upon us.
Most people think of cross-chain interactions as just transferring tokens from one chain to another.
But there is much more that can be done than just bridging assets!
🧵👇🏻
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Over the years $DOGE has cultivated massive popularity, having catapulted itself up the ranks, and is currently the 10th largest cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalization.
BUT, it has failed to penetrate one of crypto's core sectors: DeFi.
Is that about to change? 👇🏻
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Here's a preview of our Gecko Ramblings! 📢
Move aside play-to-earn and move-to-earn, there's a new fad in town and it's called...wellness-to-earn.
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$UST update as of 13 May 2022, 9.30am UTC+8:
• Price of $UST bounced around $0.40 last night, before plunging straight down to $0.20 in the last hour or so. There is still 11.3B supply of $UST yet to be redeemed.
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0/ In the crypto space, many users are constantly talking about MEVs, a.k.a. Maximal Extractable Value.
But what exactly is MEV, how impactful are they, and how can we protect ourselves from harmful MEVs? 🤔
In collaboration with
@EigenPhi
, let's dive in! 🤿
🧵🧵🧵
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The whole NFT market has been mired in an isolated winter❄️in the past month, with no spillover effects from the (brief) rally in the token market.
But not all is lost in the world of JPEGs… 🐧
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It has been a couple of rough weeks in crypto, with the largest algorithmic stablecoin, Terra USD ( $UST ) falling apart and plummeting from a ~ $18B marketcap to a measly $1.2B within a week.
This has left an impact on the wider stablecoin market. Let's take a look 👇🏻
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It’s OpenSea-son for
#NFT
marketplace, with
@the_x2y2
,
@MagicEden
and even
@LooksRare
joining in on the hunt!
While there were signs that
@opensea
's dominance was already slipping, no one questioned its hold over the top spot...
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The
#PoW
fork of $ETH has been rapidly gaining steam 🚂
How rapid?
Since we last covered in last week's market article, a website and Twitter handle (
@EthereumPoW
) have been put together, with a whitepaper "coming soon" 👀
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It's no secret that bearish sentiments have permeated the crypto community, and unfortunately our beloved JPEGs were not spared from the cataclysmic aftermath of $LUNA and $UST as well...
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$LUNA / $UST update as of 11 May 2022, 7pm UTC+8:
Price of $UST took a massive plunge, hitting $0.22 on
@binance
, and $0.19 on
@FTX_Official
. However, it has since recovered to ~$0.50.
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Update as of 11 May 2022, 2.30pm UTC:
• $UST took another massive plunge at 2pm to a low of $0.55. Appears to be bouncing between $0.55-$0.60
• $LUNA capitulated further, and is now down to $7.90 from our previous update at $16.95 (around -50%)
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Crypto moves fast, extremely fast.
Within a couple of weeks,
@terra_money
has gone from being the decentralized stablecoin of choice, to collapsing in a matter of days, to rising from the ashes as a transformed blockchain ⚱️
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As expected, the days leading up to the rate hike day on July 27 had some noticeable volatility 👀
On July 26, $BTC saw a slight dump from $22k to $21k but $ETH dropped from $1.55k to $1.37k...
So what happened? 🤔
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How did we get to this point? What's going to happen next? What about the
@ethereum
Merge?
We answer all of these questions and more in this article below 👇🏻
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There has been an ongoing meme about the value of governance tokens 🤔
Once seen as revolutionary for the crypto space, and helping kickstart DeFi Summer in 2020, market actors are starting to see a different picture.
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Last week saw the market close pretty much flat, as $BTC and $ETH quickly reversed any gains made earlier in the week.
$BTC continues to trade in the range, while $ETH has settled into oscillating around the $1,800 level. Also, decoupling from the S&P 500 continues...
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Signs of crabbing and decoupling from TradFi continue this week...but in the wrong direction.
After weeks of relentless selling, the S&P500 finally saw a relief rally last week, partially buoyed by
#hopium
that the Fed may slow down or pause tightening measures soon 🙏🏻
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@optimismPBC
grabbed the headlines when $OP airdrop was made claimable last week on 1st June 🚀
Would it, could it, did it live up to its namesake?
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Update as of 11 May 2022, 2.30pm UTC:
• $UST took another massive plunge at 2pm to a low of $0.55. Appears to be bouncing between $0.55-$0.60
• $LUNA capitulated further, and is now down to $7.90 from our previous update at $16.95 (around -50%)
Earlier today, $UST lost its peg to the dollar and was sent tumbling down to ~$0.60.
In a bear market already plagued by outrageous dips, this LUNA/UST crisis still took the cake, instigating a flurry of discussions, hot takes, copium, hopium and more.
So what went down? 🧵
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ICYMI The CoinGecko Podcast with
@dYdX
Growth Lead,
@coreyj_miller
where we go over why dYdX is migrating to
#Cosmos
is out!
A 🧵 on the conversation with Corey Miller 👇🏻
#alphaalert
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Everyone remembers
@PlayCrabada
's insane earnings just a few months ago, but how is
#Avalanche
's biggest game faring these days?
Let's have a look!
🧵👇🏻
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Here's a preview of our latest Gecko Ramblings! 📢
This may or may not be something, but there's a Rick-and-Morty-esque project that's been gathering CT attention on Twitter -
@artgobblers
👀
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So what is Terra 2.0? What happens to Terra Classic now? Can I get a $LUNA airdrop too? What do we think of Terra 2.0 and Terra Classic?
We answer all of these questions and more in the article below!
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Financial markets rallied last week, giving crypto a rare positive week amidst the bear market (we're back to above $1T market cap over the weekend! 🥂)
Meanwhile, crypto lending firms seek bailout to survive...
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Collective rate hike announcements from the Federal Reserve, Bank of England, European Central Bank and the Swiss National Bank sent $ETH and $BTC prices tumbling over the weekend.
$BTC dipped as low as $17,760 over the weekend while $ETH went to $897 before rebounding 💀🩸
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The Curve Wars were ALL the rage up till a few months ago, with many notable projects eager to gain power over the entire
@CurveFinance
ecosystem.
Now, with the bear market in full swing, what remains of this battle? ⚔️
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In this article, we take a look at why the current version of governance tokens has largely failed, and what could possibly be done to fix its design.
To find out more, follow
@GeckoInsights
and click on the link below 👇🏻
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It's been a wild rollercoaster🎢 ride for NFTs last week, with
@BoredApeYC
and
@apecoin
snatching the spotlight as usual, this time with their
@OthersideMeta
land sale that raked in $317 million in ApeCoin 🤯
But it wasn't all sunshine and roses...
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Projects continue to innovate and adapt to the bear market, while
@harmonyprotocol
is the latest victim of yet another major cross-chain exploit.
We take a closer look at the latest developments in
#DeFi
👇🏻
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Here's a preview of our latest Gecko Ramblings! 📢
@ThetanutsFi
a crypto structured product protocol similar to
@ribbonfinance
, recently launched Stronghold, allowing users to earn yields through automated index of options strategies (e.g. covered calls)
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Here's a preview of our latest Gecko Ramblings! 📢
@DcntrlBank
Bank recently unveiled $USN v2.0 - a new and improved version of the
#NEAR
native stablecoin that is designed to better "withstand a bear and thrive in a bull".
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There's a new meta in town! And that's L1 blockchain featuring well... ex-
@Meta
team members.
You must have noticed
@AptosLabs
,
@Mysten_Labs
and
@linera_io
being mentioned quite abit on CT, but what exactly are they?
Let's have a look 👇🏻
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Following its latest acquisition of the domain,
@foldfinance
$FOLD climbed higher to $83.81, just shy of its ATH of $85.58 🚀
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Here's a preview of our latest Gecko Ramblings! 📢
The LBP for
@genopets
in-game token, $KI, is now LIVE and underway!
At time of writing, ~400k out of 20M tokens are still up for sale, with a little over 7 hours left.
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The short-lived bounce has now hit resistance; just before the
#FOMC
meeting which will likely generate some volatility 🌊
What's gonna happen next?
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The crypto market was sent on a 'relief bounce' by the positive announcement released post-FOMC meeting, buoyed by the news of a 50bps rate hike and the start of a quantitative tightening in June.
The bounce however was short-lived...
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The market has turned into a 🦀, but where will it breakout to?
Optimists believe this is a period of consolidation for whales 🐳
Pessimists declare that interests have waned and there is no one left but HOLDlers...
So who's right?
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In this article, we take a deeper look at the after-effects of $UST's collapse, the current state and future plans of
#Optimism
, as well as potential
#airdrops
🪂 to look out for.
Wanna read more? Follow us
@GeckoInsights
and click on the link below!
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Over the past three weeks, we have seen ‘scam’ pumps and dumps, especially on the weekends.
Generally, the market will skew towards one side after the close of the US markets on Friday, before stabilizing on Monday.
So what happened this week? 🤔
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So what else has happened in the
@MetisDAO
ecosystem and more importantly, what's going to happen next?
What are protocols that you should pay attention to? 👀
We cover all these and MORE in the article below
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The blue-chips are back!
This week’s volume leaderboard is dominated once again by the
@yugalabs
collections -
@cryptopunksnfts
,
@BoredApeYC
,
#MAYC
,
@OthersideMeta
.
Meanwhile, no-utility, no-roadmap, free-to-mint NFTs like
@goblintownwtf
and
@pieceofshit_wtf
have been slipping
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Show of hands from those who caught the dip!🙌🏻
The
#crypto
market went on a relief pump after the release of US June CPI (inflation) data - a 40-year record high of 9.1% 🤯
The price movements were in-line with the equities market, which also experienced a pump 🚀
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Here's a preview of our latest Gecko Ramblings! 📢
@AtlendisLabs
, previously JellyFi, is a new undercollateralized lending platform that recently went live.
Some "BB" ratings pools are already live and users can deposit $USDC on
@0xPolygon
to earn yield up to 4.8% APY.
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TL;DR
#Genopets
is a F2P, M2E game that is currently in Whitelist Beta. Think Pokemon Go + Tamagotchi + M2E.
General idea is:
🚶🏻Move > Earn Steps > Convert Steps to Energy > Convert Energy to $KI or XP (to level up Pet)
$KI is the main resource for in-game activities
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Is $SUSHI ever gonna recover from this?
Yay
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Neigh
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As centralized entities begin to falter, with the potential risk of a contagion looming ahead, many have soldiered on to champion the the resilience of
#DeFi
in these trying times...💪🏻
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@CL207
@Pentosh1
@DegenSpartan
What else is happening to $BTC and the crypto market? Why was there a block re-org on the Ethereum Beacon Chain? Why did $ETH dip last week? Was the Great Mining Migration 'fake'?
We answer all of these questions and more in this article below 👇🏻
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A LOT has happened since last month.
For one, the game looks cooler these days. The app features new music, special effects, animation, and a homescreen that now stars both your Genopet AND Habitat🕹️
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Where will the market go from here? What's happening to $BTC and S&P500? Should we worry about
@LidoFinance
's growing dominance?
We answer all of these questions and more in this article below 👇🏻
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Solana turns the light off on its magical NFT run, Goblintown continues to defy its namesake, and is move-to-earn dead?
We take a look at all these and more in our article below 👇🏻
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If you could ask
@justinsuntron
any questions say... next Monday, what would it be? 🤔
Like and comment below!
#ThisIsNotADrill
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0/ In recent years, decentralized storage networks have grown rapidly. 💾
They have become the go-to option for hosting permanent and permissionless data.
We dove into the current state of decentralized storage and here are some key takeaways. 🧵🧵
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Some have criticized Genopets for its complexity but the way we see it, this is merely a product of an (aspiring) full-fledged game.
With this comes learning curves to overcome, curves that are no steeper than the ones you see in existing games like Pokemon Go, Tamagotchi
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Last week, the world rejoiced as the latest inflation data from the US came out to be lower than expected (8.5% vs. 8.7%) 💃🏻🎉🎊
July recorded a 0% increase compared to June, so is this a sign that perhaps inflation has somewhat been abated? 👀
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0/ What happened to Mango Markets 🥭, and what can we learn from it?
In collaboration with
@gauntletnetwork
, a deep-dive into the implications of price manipulation and how protocols can bolster their defenses against future attacks...
👇👇👇
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📢 GECKO RAMBLINGS PREVIEW
Designed to support Synthethix's sUSD, Amphora is a lending market on
#Optimism
where users can deposit their sUSD to borrow the protocol's native stablecoin, $USDA.
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Reddit's Collectible Avatars took the NFT space by storm, but how exactly did they get so popular?🧐
Check out what
@0x5uff3r
dug up on Reddit NFTs! 👇
0/ If you're like me and most of CT, you might have missed the boat on Reddit's collectible avatars.
According to Reddit, over 3M wallets were created just to pick up these NFTs.
But what's so special about them, and why did they suddenly become the talk of the town?
🧵🧵 🧵
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⚠️This is a simplified approach towards ROI calculation, which disregards other benefits that come with owning Genesis variations of Genopets/Habitats, as well as Time Factor, Step <> Energy efficiency...
Genopets ROI Sheet 🔗
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So... what now? Is
@goblintownwtf
and its throngs of copycats still surviving? What is the
@ensdomains
10k club? What about
@solana
NFTs?
We answer all of these questions and MORE in this article below 👇🏻
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The recent controversial
@TornadoCash
sanction and subsequent freezing of Tornado Cash-linked $USDC by
#Circle
have certainly sparked CT into high alert and rampant discussions.
What will this mean for the broader crypto and
#DeFi
ecosystem?
Let's find out 👇🏻
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The team has also been busy making UX and QoL improvements for the players. Gone are the days when you had to Refine Crystals + Repair/Upgrade Habitats painstakingly one-by-one...
Now, you can perform all of these in batches via "Quick Actions" 👇🏻
And it’s live 🚀
As discussed yesterday, Quick Actions are now out on mainframe.
Should be much simpler to manage multiple habitats.
Now back to building.
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0/ Just last week,
@ConsenSys
announced several changes to its policy, which affected one of its most popular products-
@MetaMask
-and people were...unhappy, to say the least 😡
What exactly is all the hoo-ha around MetaMask 🦊, and what can you do to improve your privacy?
👇 👇
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Okay, so lots of cool, new things for the game, but what about some of the old stuff? What about $GENE and $KI?
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What else is happening in the land of $BTC and $ETH? Should you be concerned about the
#PoW
ETH fork? What other things should you look out for in the market?
We answer all these and MORE in this week's article 👇🏻
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In this week's altchain update, we dive into the Horizon Bridge Hack,
@DcntrlBank
's $USN,
@redactedcartel
's Pirex and MORE 👇🏻
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12/ The world of MEV is both complex and intriguing, and this is just a small glimpse into the MEV rabbit hole.
If you're curious to learn more, check out our first joint article with
@EigenPhi
here:
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Here's another Gecko
#Ramblings
Preview, where we uncover the best-kept
#alphas
of the space 🚀
This week we take a look at
@SocketDotTech
's Socketscan! 🌉
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More token sinks for $KI and $GENE are also coming soon with the introduction of Crafting ⚒️
Crafting Recipes -
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Just as before, Genopets still plays and feels like a game - a step towards proper
#gamification
with interesting mechanics that are beyond just the usual
#DeFi
-with-extra-steps Web3 "games".
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Items like Augments aren't just there for your Pet to look pretty though. Like
@AxieInfinity
's body parts, these determine your Pet's stats and moveset in Battle ⚔️ (wen
@genopets
😍)
The rarity of Augments will also likely affect the value of your Pet
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Within the month, both $KI and $GENE have taken quite a tumble, recording dips of -71% and -57% respectively.
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It's important to note also that the game is still in development. There may well be drastic changes to all these and more when the game officially launches, with more players joining in and more features being introduced
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🚨 NEW FEATURE
What's the🌕 potential of your 👜? How much more can it grow?
Baseline it against other coins and find out!
Link:
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The market's still reeling from the spectacular downfall of $LUNA & $UST, with bearish sentiments pervading like a thick miasma of despair.
In these tough times, users can seek solace in
#GameFi
, escaping reality in the sweet joy of games and bountiful rewards
...or can they?
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