Chung Daily Note - 2025/7/17
$ETH 3400!!
💡@infinex Yaprun S1 Week 9 brings weekly leaderboards, in-app scoring, and Telegram access for all active yappers
Top 5 Mindshare on @arbusai
1. @base - 4.42%
2. @grok - 3.57%
3. @KaitoAI - 1.77%
4. @AbstractChain - 1.77%
5. @baseapp - 1.55%
Some highlights from today's note
🔸@BlackRock applies to add staking to its Ethereum ETF
🔸Nasdaq proposes allowing staking for iShares Ethereum Trust
🔸@Calderaxyz $ERA airdrop claim is live
Read More Below 👇
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📰 News
• BlackRock applies to add staking to its Ethereum ETF
• Nasdaq proposes allowing staking for iShares Ethereum Trust
• $BMNR BitMine Immersion now holds ~$1B in Ethereum
• U.S. Marshals disclose government holds just 28,988 BTC ($3.4B), far less than the estimated ~200,000 BTC
• Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, to launch crypto custody
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📖 Good Reads
• @toffee248 - State of the Market, Genesis Tokens, and What's Ahead for Arbus
• @chilla_ct - The Myth of the Billion-Dollar Idea
• @redphonecrypto - Base App: Crypto’s Fintech Breakthrough for the Masses
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🎉 New Protocols
• @ZaifferProtocol
• @hydromancerxyz
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💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @Kun_sight (Blockchain Service) - $TBD Series A
• @Spiko_finance (CeFi) - 22m Series A led by @IndexVentures
• @w3arew3 (Blockchain Infrastructure) - 7m Seed led by Blockchange Ventures
• @xmtp_ (Blockchain Service) - 20m Series B led by @a16zcrypto @usv @FactionVC
• @footballdotfun (GameFi) - 2m led by @6thManVentures
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💵 Airdrops
• @Calderaxyz $ERA airdrop claim is live
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💡Videos & Podcasts
• @KevinWSHPod - The Biggest Ethereum Shift is Coming & the huge PENGU comeback! - Pudgy Penguin CEO | E130
• @_choppingblock - Pump, Perps, and Policy: Crypto’s Multi-Front Bull Market
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😇 Opportunity
@Lombard_Finance dominates BTC liquid staking, with holdings up 32% to 21.1K in Q1
That's all!
