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Quick Take TON’s gaming lead said “around 20%” of Telegram’s 950 million global users were actively playing games. Thanks in large part to gaming, in roughly one year, the number of accounts on the TON network rose from approximately 4 million to 128 million.
Quick Take U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF flows, stablecoins all-time high supply, Solana leading a DeFi fee resurgence, the rise and fall of SocialFi and Polymarket betting soaring ahead of the U.S. election were among the most notable data trends of the year.
Quick Take 2025 tokenomics trends include ICO resurgence, shorter vesting, and AI-driven launches, according to a panel at The Block’s Emergence conference in Prague. Misaligned token distribution harms stability. Flexibility in token design is crucial for fostering growth and community engagement.
XRP trading volume in South Korea surpasses Bitcoin and Ethereum on major exchanges. UpBit sees XRP accounting for 13.67% of its total volume, leading Bitcoin and Ethereum. The surge in XRP volumes comes amid heightened market speculation due to political developments.
Elon Musk’s rebranding as Kekius Maximus sparks a memecoin frenzy on X. KEKIUS memecoin surged over 500% after Musk’s playful name change. Musk’s blend of memes, gaming, and crypto fuels curiosity and market speculation.
XRP stays within the $2-$3 range, showing stability amid broader market volatility. Increased trading volume highlights continued investor interest in XRP despite price dip. Technical indicators like RSI and MACD suggest potential further declines for XRP.
Solana dominates stablecoin transfers with $10.5T, leveraging speed and low fees. Ethereum and Tron secure top spots, showcasing strength in DeFi and efficiency. Emerging chains like Base and Arbitrum highlight growing Layer-2 adoption trends.
- 15:16The Ethereum L1 block Gas limit has been increased to 36MVitalik Buterin retweeted a technical update showing that Ethereum L1 has completed the dynamic adjustment of the block Gas limit, increasing it from 30M to 36M. This adjustment was driven by validator consensus, and currently, 49.5% of validators have adopted the new parameters. This upgrade increases the transaction processing capacity of the L1 network by 20%, and is expected to reduce transaction costs by 10% to 30%.
- 14:53Kaiyuan Macro: Rising inflation expectations cause the Federal Reserve to pause further easingThe median expectation for annual inflation in the United States has risen to its highest level since November 2023, wrote Ruben Gagalac Abegs, assistant economist at Capital Economics. "This adds another reason for the Federal Reserve to remain cautious and pause the easing cycle for a while." Higher inflation expectations are not the only inflation headwind currently faced by the Fed. Wage growth in January continued to exceed expectations, which could push up inflation in the service sector. Economists expect that Fed officials will keep interest rates unchanged at their policy meeting on March 18-19, and may even extend the pause in rate cuts until their June meeting.
- 14:42PlanB: The bull market will still last for 9 monthsOn February 8th, renowned analyst PlanB, who has 2 million followers on X, posted a chart indicating that upon backtesting historical data, all Bitcoin profits occurred during the red periods in the chart (6 months before and 18 months after halving), while all losses happened during the blue periods. We are currently in a red period, and the bull market will continue for another 9 months (from February to October).