Pluid Weekly Roundup #50
Bitcoin price reaches highest ever yearly close All top 8 ETF launches of 2024 are crypto-related FTX announces distribution claims to start on January 3rd Siqi Chen launches coin after receiving millions in donations for Mira, then “panic sells” half AI Agent aixbt adopts a Quantum Cat Ordinals profile picture Hyperliquid’s $HYPE token staking goes live Berachain initiates pre-deposit vault with Ethena Labs 25.5% of Myriad's $MYR token will be allocated to $RUG and Genesis holders Hyperliquid flips Solana in 24-hour revenue Singapore ranks first in the world in blockchain technology, with overall score of 85.4 Jupiter announces first draft of the Jupuary airdrop ai16z reaches a $2bn market cap The Quantum Cats Treasury buys $1.1M of $AIXBT and gifts aixbt two Quantum Cats Virtuals Protocol hits a new all-time high market cap of $4bn AI coins come close to flipping memecoins and altcoins in search trends aixbt captures more than 65% of AI Agent mindshare An Azuki Elemental NFT sells for 35 ETH Floki to launch European ETP in Q1 2025 Gemesis NFTs trend for days amid OpenSea airdrop speculation Vitalik donates $293k to Thai zoo housing the viral hippo Moo Deng Luca Netz claims their upcoming mobile game will break all crypto gaming records Infinigods partners with Epik Duck Nakamigos releases new game, Rise of the Wolf Rumble Kong League launches P2A campaign Paradise Tycoon to release public beta on iOS soon
Bitcoin price reaches highest ever yearly close All top 8 ETF launches of 2024 are crypto-related FTX announces distribution claims to start on January 3rd Siqi Chen launches coin after receiving millions in donations for Mira, then “panic sells” half AI Agent aixbt adopts a Quantum Cat Ordinals profile picture Hyperliquid’s $HYPE token staking goes live Berachain initiates pre-deposit vault with Ethena Labs 25.5% of Myriad's $MYR token will be allocated to $RUG and Genesis holders Hyperliquid flips Solana in 24-hour revenue Singapore ranks first in the world in blockchain technology, with overall score of 85.4 Jupiter announces first draft of the Jupuary airdrop ai16z reaches a $2bn market cap The Quantum Cats Treasury buys $1.1M of $AIXBT and gifts aixbt two Quantum Cats Virtuals Protocol hits a new all-time high market cap of $4bn AI coins come close to flipping memecoins and altcoins in search trends aixbt captures more than 65% of AI Agent mindshare An Azuki Elemental NFT sells for 35 ETH Floki to launch European ETP in Q1 2025 Gemesis NFTs trend for days amid OpenSea airdrop speculation Vitalik donates $293k to Thai zoo housing the viral hippo Moo Deng Luca Netz claims their upcoming mobile game will break all crypto gaming records Infinigods partners with Epik Duck Nakamigos releases new game, Rise of the Wolf Rumble Kong League launches P2A campaign Paradise Tycoon to release public beta on iOS soon
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Posted on Jan 1, 2025
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