This week, @Uniswap did $2.5B in volume on @arbitrum, versus just $32M on @Optimism.
Arbitrum has completely pulled ahead in real DeFi adoption and activity.
Crazy to think these two were once neck and neck.

Stablecoins quietly became the biggest payments story in crypto.
@a16zcrypto says stablecoins did $46T in transfer volume over the last year: 3x Visa, and closing in on ACH.
Here's a summary of their State of Crypto 2025: Stablecoin edition 🧵
1. From Trading Tool to Global Payment Rail
- Initially designed for speculative crypto trades
- Now: transfer $1 globally in under a second for less than a cent, almost anywhere
- Stablecoins have evolved from niche infrastructure to essential financial plumbing
2. Explosive Growth in Transaction Volume
- $46 trillion in total stablecoin transaction vol

Just noticed @idOS_network popped up on @coingecko
Manifesting a cook on this one, we have to break the curse on failed TGEs.
Can we get $IDOS for Christmas?

I've seen @hypersurfaceX on my timeline multiple times, so I decided to dive deeper into it.
Hypersurface basically allows you to earn yield on your assets through covered calls. Here's how it works ↓
1. Pick an asset you hold, let's go with $ETH
2. Choose an expiry date (ex, next week)
3. Selected a strike price you would be comfortable selling at (ex, $3,600)
4. Enter the amount
The moment you hit confirm, $USDT instantly hits your wallet. No waiting until expiry, the premium is paid upfront. Then the $ETH I used gets locked safely in the smart contract until expiry.
- $ETH < below strike: Y

Algo keeps winning

More than two weeks since $MON mainnet launch.
Here's the current state of @monad ↓
- $216M TVL
- $400M stablecoin mcap
- 4K chain fees (24h)
- $80K app fees (24h)
- $63M DEX volume (24h)
- 66K active addresses (24h)
- Live TPS: ~20
- Block times: ~400ms
$MON is ~5% above the TGE price, holding above $2.6B FDV.
Let's be honest, are these good or bad stats for a brand-new L1 in 2025?

The $XPL playbook:
> come up with a good product idea
> do a public sale
> airdrop everyone $10k
> get listed on all extracting CEXs and give up a large supply %
> dump to zero
> record chain outflows
> tweet 'trillions' once in a while

So I only need to achieve a 1% ROI per month to outperform the S&P 500?

Stupid question
Why is $LUNC up 130% in the last week?

Robinhood has now tokenized 1,000+ stocks on @arbitrum.
Everything is moving onchain. It’s happening faster than anyone expected.