Chung Daily Note - 2025/4/21
Happy Monday! New week, new opportunities! Start strong and make it count! 💪✨
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Some highlights from today's note
🔸@MicroStrategy buys 6,556 Bitcoin for $555.8M between April 14–20, at an average price of $84,785
🔸@circle, @BitGo, and other crypto firms plan to apply for bank charters or licenses
🔸@hyperlane pre-claim users can start claiming $HYPER from April 22, 12:00 UTC to May 22, 13:00 UTC
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📰 News
• MicroStrategy buys 6,556 Bitcoin for $555.8M between April 14–20, at an average price of $84,785
• @Metaplanet_JP adds 330 more Bitcoin, worth $28 million, to their balance sheet
• Circle, BitGo, and other crypto firms plan to apply for bank charters or licenses
• Singapore Exchange to list $BTC perpetual futures
• @GSR_io leads $100M investment into Upexi to back its Solana-based treasury strategy
• Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered plan to expand crypto operations in the U.S
• @MANTRA_Chain announces 300M $OM token burn
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📖 Good Reads
• @ahboyash - Next-gen EVM chains battle: @megaeth_labs vs @monad_xyz
• @Stopthefire01 - @infinex_app $67.7M-backed DeFi super app by the Synthetix founder
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🎉 New Protocols
• @megabnb_labs
• @Maneki_DeFi
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💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @SolvProtocol (DeFi) - $TBD Strategic investment from @UFLY_Labs
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💵 Airdrops
• @zora airdrop is set for April 23, 2025
• @hyperlane pre-claim users can start claiming $HYPER from April 22, 12:00 UTC to May 22, 13:00 UTC
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💡 Videos & Podcasts
• @therollupco - We Asked Nick White About The Future of @celestia $TIA
• @BanklessHQ - Ethereum’s Strategic Pivot: The Plan it Needs to Win
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😇 Opportunity
@defidotapp streamlines DeFi access across EVM & Solana with gasless swaps, native account abstraction, and new OKX Wallet integration. Intuitive even in volatile markets. 150M swap volume in 24h. Season 1 points live—airdrop likely
That's all!
