I have my first call with @rektdiomedes after dming with him for 2 years. I plan to talk about crypto, nietzsche and bodybuilding (in that order) What else should I ask him about?

MIP-018 Buy Backs discussion is open. With revenue reaching $15M ARR, Maple proposes raising $SYRUP buybacks from 20% to 25% for increased staking rewards. Voting opens Friday, July 25.

the first and most important thing you're going to want to do when this inevitably occurs is to have all of your assets on a public ledger so that everybody knows exactly how much money you have and where to find it

The Daily Degen - Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 Rotations, Airdrops, Loans, Liquids, Macro, Videos, + New Projects! Shout-out to mentioned projects and tickers: $SPK, $ZORA, $BTC, $REKT, $ETH, $GP, $S, $PENGU, $MOBY, $ANI, $NEWT, $CHEX, $SOL, $HYPE, @sigmadotmoney, @useRevlo, @psdnai, @Casedotfun And shout-out to brilliant accounts mentioned with >10k followers (make sure to give them a follow!): - @mattdotfi (massive defi + airdrop alfa) - @keccakDollar (daily brypto gigabrainage) And please RT/etc to support! Link in next tweet 👇

Maple went from $44M to $3.2B in AUM. That’s 7,208% growth. Not in 10 years, only since early 2024. What’s behind this insane rise of @maplefinance? Wider collateral options, SyrupUSDC, institutional-grade yield, and more. 🧵

If things go as I think they're gonna go over the next 2-3 years we're going to arrive at a place where a whole lot of people who've fallen down a few rungs economically have a large amount of resentment towards the proverbial 'cryptobros' who they are going to think 'lucked out' into substantial wealth...

gm fam

Breaking news from yesterday and thoughts - JPMorgan Chase is considering allowing customers to borrow against their crypto holdings as early as next year - Western Union CEO told Bloomberg they’re exploring ways to integrate stablecoins into its digital wallet infrastructure - $410 Billion PNC Bank partnered with Coinbase to offer crypto access to customers and provide banking support to Coinbase. - Solana surpassed $100billion market cap - Pantera backed @TheEtherMachine raised $1.5B to use 400k ETH to offer institutions direct, regulatory compliant access to ETH defi yield - Coinbase launched nano Bitcoin and Ethereum prep futures for US traders - SVM L1 @FogoChain launch public testnet, raised $8M in January. Dubbed the Hyperliquid of Solana as they aim to deliver 40millisec block speed etc - $9M raised in seed AI Trust layer @Mira_Network to take Kaito snapshot, they allocated 0.5% supply to Kaito top LB - Aave DAO has approved a proposal allowing the Kraken backed Ink chain, to launch a white label version of Aave V3 (use Aave v3 tech but branding and control, Ink’s)

The Daily Degen - Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025 Debates, W's, Perps, Airdrops, Macro, Videos, + New Projects! Shout-out to mentioned projects and tickers: $BTC, $ETH, $CORN, $ANI, $SHX, $SPK, $RIZE, $STRIKE, $SOL, $ALEO, $MIU, $HYPE, @hypercircleapp And shout-out to brilliant accounts mentioned with >10k followers (make sure to give them a follow!): - @QuotableCrypto (massive daily wisdom-curation) - @_dexuai (massive daily stats + alfa) And please RT/etc to support! Link in next tweet 👇

some people asking why $MNT is up 38% on the week, some thoughts: - UR app, MI4 index, ecosystem built for actual use - “blockchain for banking” hits both tradfi + defi - top 4 treasury in crypto (btc + eth heavy) mucho runway - integrations and utility rolling out: Bybit megadrop + rewards station live dc: linn holds MNT + sponsor of the newsletter