ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the TON Foundation and the EVAA protocol have launched an incentive program for decentralized finance (DeFi) users, allocating 100,000 TON as rewards for users, aimed at expanding opportunities in the DeFi space, enhancing user engagement, and promoting the development of DeFi on TON.

ChainCatcher news, according to the deep report on the Aptos ecosystem released by OurNetwork, this public chain has achieved significant growth in 2024. Data shows that the total value locked (TVL) in Aptos has increased nearly 20 times to reach $1.2 billion, daily active addresses have risen from 70,000 in January to a peak of 1.2 million in November, and monthly active users are close to 9 million. The platform has currently attracted over 330 projects. In the stablecoin sector, Aptos's market capitalization has exceeded $320 million, accounting for more than 25% of the overall TVL, with USDT having completed native integration and USDC set to launch soon.In the DeFi ecosystem, major protocols have all reached new highs. Amnis Finance, as the largest liquid staking protocol on Aptos, has a TVL of $390 million, with the number of independent active wallets skyrocketing from 15,300 to 134,200, a growth of 770%. Echo Bridge has become the third-largest protocol by TVL within three months of its launch, breaking through $250 million in TVL in December by introducing BTC. Kana Labs has nearly 3 million monthly independent active users, and its Paymaster feature has processed over 70 million transactions. Thala has become the first DEX on Aptos to accumulate spot trading volume exceeding $3 billion, with a TVL of $220 million.

ChainCatcher message, RootData released a chart of U.S. DeFi projects on X, stating: "In the past week, U.S. DeFi projects generally declined, but ONDO stood out with a significant increase, which may be related to Trump's crypto project World Liberty purchasing ONDO.Ondo Finance focuses on enhancing the security, efficiency, and accessibility of financial services through institutional-grade on-chain products. The company is also dedicated to incubating protocols that support the tokenization of real-world assets and traditional crypto assets.Additionally, Trump's World Liberty investment is concentrated in several DeFi projects (such as AAVE, LINK, ENA, ONDO), which has sparked optimistic sentiment in the market towards U.S.-based DeFi projects."

ChainCatcher message, South Korean trader Definalist posted on social media, "We have discovered the dirty behavior of insiders suspected of investing in Vana (the wallet that made me buy VANA NFT early).Everyone who may suffer significant losses from the NFT in today's listing announcement on Upbit will be looking forward to our post. Stay tuned."

ChainCatcher news, DeFinance Capital founder Arthur posted on the X platform that, based on the performance of DeFi in the market, it seems to be entering a DeFi super cycle rather than a meme coin super cycle.However, meme ecosystem KOL Murad seems to disagree with this view and responded, "Should we look at the annual return rate?"

According to ChainCatcher news and IntoTheBlock data, as users extensively use WBTC and WETH as collateral to borrow stablecoins, the DeFi lending market is experiencing a new wave of enthusiasm, with lending rates exceeding 10%, and some projects reaching as high as 40%, setting a new high since the 2022 bull market. The largest lending protocol on Ethereum, Aave, saw a net inflow of funds reaching $500 million this week.

ChainCatcher news, BNB Chain today announced the opening of the application for the ninth season of the MVB program, with a commitment to promoting AI innovation in Web3, focusing on AI First. MVB9 aims to attract more projects and developers that integrate AI scenarios to jointly build an AI First BNB Chain. Applications from DeFi, DeSci, gaming, and social sectors, as well as middleware projects, are also welcome, encouraging exploration and innovation that combine with AI scenarios. This includes but is not limited to the following categories:Decentralized applications: Intention based DeFi, AI first Game, DeSoc, AI Agent and Companions, Data labeling, DataDAO.Infrastructure and tools: Identity, MPC Wallet, Social Graph, AgentKit, Agent Hosting, and DevTools. Data-related Privacy Computing and Streaming Indexing, etc.The MVB (Most Valuable Builder) acceleration program is hosted by BNB Chain in collaboration with Binance Labs and CMC Labs, lasting for 4 weeks, aimed at supporting the growth of BNB Chain ecosystem projects. The application deadline for the ninth season of MVB is January 13, 2025, 11:59 PM UTC.In past MVB projects, nearly 60% of the 131 incubated projects from the first seven seasons received investments and support from multiple capital sources, including Binance Labs, with 5 projects currently launched on Binance Launchpool.

ChainCatcher news, the latest data shows that the U.S. November PPI rose more than expected, with a month-on-month increase reaching the largest in seven months, indicating rising inflation. The market expects a 25 basis point rate cut next week, but bets on a pause in rate cuts in January next year.According to 4E monitoring, the market has fully priced in the expectation of a rate cut in December, but the latest data has increased uncertainty about the Fed's rate cut prospects for next year. The three major U.S. stock indexes all fell, with the Dow Jones down 0.53% for six consecutive days, the S&P 500 down 0.54%, and the Nasdaq down 0.66%. Large tech stocks failed to maintain the momentum from earlier this week, with Nvidia down 1.41%, Tesla down 1.57%, and crypto-related stock MSTR down 4.67%, while Coinbase fell 0.27%.The crypto market surged and then retreated. When Trump rang the opening bell at the NYSE, he stated that he would do great things in the cryptocurrency space, briefly pushing Bitcoin above $102,000. However, it later fell back below $100,000 due to the drag from U.S. stocks, causing a collective retreat in the crypto market. The DeFi sector showed strong performance, driven by the Trump family project WLFI purchasing ETH, AAVE, and LINK, leading to a broad rise in DeFi tokens. Currently, WLFI holds approximately $74.9 million worth of cryptocurrencies, with the largest holding being ETH, which the market views as the Trump family's optimistic outlook on Ethereum's potential and an early layout of their crypto strategy.In the forex and commodities sector, the inflation data boosted the dollar index by 0.31%, marking the fifth consecutive day of gains; the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicted a supply surplus next year, offsetting the optimistic sentiment around rate cuts and dragging down U.S. and Brent crude oil prices; the strengthening dollar put pressure on gold, and the strong PPI data further diminished gold's appeal as a safe haven, causing gold to plummet, with the London spot gold price falling by 1.33%.eeee.com is a financial trading platform that supports assets such as cryptocurrencies, stock indices, bulk gold, and forex. Recently, it launched a USDT stablecoin financial product with an annualized return of 5.5%, providing investors with potential hedging options. 4E reminds you to pay attention to market volatility risks and to allocate assets wisely.

ChainCatcher message indicates that, according to SoSoValue data, some encrypted sectors have experienced a slight pullback, while AI Agents and DeFi sectors continue to perform well, with respective increases of 8.54% and 6.10% over 24 hours. Notably, within the AI Agents sector, Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) rose by 31.23%, while Vituals Protocol (VIRTUAL) and ecosystem-related tokens LUNA and GAME continued their high growth from yesterday, increasing by 16.39%, 22.79%, and 18.56% respectively over 24 hours.In the DeFi sector, possibly influenced by the purchase of Trump's crypto project WLFI, Chainlink (LINK) and Aave (AAVE) saw increases of 19.22% and 18.37% respectively. Additionally, Lido DAO (LDO) rose by 17.21%, possibly due to Grayscale launching the Lido DAO Trust Fund.In other sectors, the Layer 1 sector increased by 0.68%, and the GameFi sector increased by 0.26%. The AI and DePIN sectors, which performed well yesterday, experienced a pullback, both declining by -0.61%. The Meme sector saw the largest pullback today, at -1.88%.

ChainCatcher news, according to Arkham tracking data, the Trump family's DeFi project WLFI has just increased its holdings of DeFi tokens worth 50 million dollars, including: 35 million dollars in ETH/WETH; 10 million dollars in cbBTC; 1 million dollars in LINK; 1 million dollars in AAVE, etc.

ChainCatcher news, Solana officially announced on the X platform that it welcomes the DeFi protocol Definitive to join the Solana ecosystem. It is reported that Definitive is a DeFi protocol with multi-pool routing, gasless swaps, and automated TWAP/limit orders.ChainCatcher previously reported, according to The Block, that the DeFi startup Definitive has completed a $4.1 million funding round, led by BlockTower, with participation from Nascent, Coinbase Ventures, CMT Digital, and others. The funds will be used to create an emerging capital market platform that makes it easier for Wall Street to enter DeFi.

ChainCatcher news, DeFi platform Step Finance has acquired the early-stage startup Moose Capital, which specializes in the tokenization of traditional stocks, aiming to allow users to buy and sell shares of companies like Nvidia and Tesla directly on the Solana blockchain.In addition to acquiring Moose Capital's products (which are planned to be renamed Remora Markets), Step Finance has also onboarded the team and regulatory licenses of this startup in preparation for a launch in the first quarter of 2025.Step Finance aims to become the portfolio management tool and analytics hub for Solana users. It also owns the media company SolanaFloor, which focuses on the NFT market, and the global event project Solana Allstars, which is active in over 50 cities.

ChainCatcher According to official news, OKX exchange now supports the search and trading of DEX tokens, becoming one of the first mainstream exchanges to achieve a seamless DEX token trading experience. Users only need to enter the token name or contract address in the OKX exchange search bar to quickly discover and trade over 10 million tokens provided by DEX. Users who already have an OKX Web3 wallet can directly jump to the trading details page, while those who have not yet opened a wallet can create one in just a few steps and complete transactions in real-time, without frequently switching between CEX and DEX platforms.It is reported that this feature is one of OKX's key initiatives to promote the integration of CeFi and DeFi. OKX is committed to providing users with a seamless trading experience that connects on-chain and off-chain, allowing users to discover more opportunities in their exploration.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the DeFi protocol Spicenet has announced the completion of a $3.4 million seed round financing, led by Hack VC and Magnus Capital, with participation from TPC Ventures, Public Works, WAGMI Ventures, DoraHacks, P-OPS Team, The Rollup Ventures, and several angel investors.It is reported that Spicenet is a unified, composable liquidity layer, with its underlying technology being Celestia. The protocol integrates solutions and market makers into a single network and allows for two forms of liquidity from other chains without the need to bridge assets to Spicenet, while its unified margin system enhances capital efficiency. Spicenet is set to launch its private testnet, with final bug fixes currently underway.