Chung Daily Note - 2025/4/18
Happy Friday! The weekend is near! Finish strong and celebrate your progress! 🚀
💡@Mantle_Official Global Head of Strategy, Tim Chen (@tx0zz), shares a 2-minute video outlining what drives Mantle to bring on-chain banking and more in the coming months
Some highlights from today's note
🔸Trump says talks with China are going well
🔸Trump is studying whether he can fire fed chair Powell, says White House
🔸@LayerZero_Core (Blockchain Infrastructure) - 55m investment from @a16zcrypto
Read More Below 👇
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📰 News
• Trump says talks with China are going well
• Trump is studying whether he can fire fed chair Powell, says White House
• Canary files Staked $TRX ETF
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📖 Good Reads
• @Citrini7 - A Tale of Two Tariffs
• @AlexanderGrieve - The Key Neutrality of Baselayer Markets
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🎉 New Protocols
• @BambiLands
• @o1_exchange
• @VertigoDex
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💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @LayerZero_Core (Blockchain Infrastructure) - 55m investment from @a16zcrypto
• @EdgexAI (Blockchain Infrastructure) - $TBD Strategic investment from @RyzeLabs
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💵 Airdrops
• @Airdrop_Adv - @linera_io Testnet Babbage
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💡 Videos & Podcasts
• @0xSteadyLads - Is This The End of Steady Lads?
• @thebellcurvepod - Beyond the Hype: Crypto’s Next Phase | Roundup
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😇 Opportunity
@Lombard_Finance LBTC transforms idle Bitcoin into a secure, yield-generating asset for DeFi, powered by Babylon and backed by @polychain and leading investors. With the LBTC SDK, platforms can easily integrate liquid BTC staking and tap into the $4B+ yield market.
That's all!
