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⚡In Today’s Edition
Guide to the $100M Sonic Airdrop
Solana narratives & projects mega report
HBO claims to have Satoshi’s identity
Best stablecoin farms in October
📖 Recommended Reads
⚡Step-by-step guide to the upcoming Sonic airdrop
Everything you need to know - and yes, it’s free to participate
⚡Higher High: Bitcoin metrics are moving up
Glassnode’s Week Onchain newsletter delivers insights
Four Pillars dives into Solana narratives, notable projects, and an Apple comparison
⚡Visa announces tokenized asset platform
VTAP is designed to bring fiat onchain
Documentary coming this week claims to have Satoshi’s identity
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Top farms and tokens to pay attention to
How to use trending DeFi dapps
Dynamo DeFi videos are designed to give you the tools & knowledge to find the next big thing in crypto before it goes mainstream.
🔢Onchain Analysis
Aave Leads DeFi Resurgence
Aave TVL crossed above $12B, adding over $1B during the month of September. TVL is up nearly 4x since the beginning of 2023.
Aave has hundreds of lending markets across 13 chains, with over $18B in supplied assets and nearly $200B of volume in the last 30 days.
Notable markets:
During what was a quiet summer for most tokens, the AAVE token doubled in value since July.
Aave continues its journey as one of the most successful DeFi stories thus far.
🚜Farm of the Week
Earn Yield & Qualify for an Airdrop using Anzen’s USDz
Anzen’s USDz is an RWA-backed stablecoin currently available on Base and Ethereum mainnet. Anzen is the fastest growing stablecoin on Base.
How it Works
First, go to app.anzen.finance and use my invite code YO8Y1Z.
Go to the Zap page and convert to USDz from 20+ available networks and tokens.
To earn yield on your USDz and z-points (Anzen’s airdrop points program), head over to Aerodrome and supply liquidity to the USDz/USDC pool, currently earning ~20% from trading fees.
The Best Stablecoin Farms for October
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🛠️Tool Spotlight
Use Airdrops.io to Track Upcoming Airdrops
Airdrops.io is a comprehensive resource of the latest airdrops, potential upcoming airdrops, and airdrops for holders & stakers.
They’ve created a dashboard that sources new airdrops, measures popularity, and even tells you what action to take to potentially qualify.
Click on any protocol to get more details and step-by-step instructions on how to participate.
You can also filter upcoming potential airdrops by chain.
More helpful DeFi Tools: The Dynamo DeFi Crypto Tools List
📅Key Events This Week
Macro Events
📊 EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook - October 8th
📊 Fed Meeting Minutes - October 9th
📊 September CPI Inflation data - October 10th
📊 Initial Jobless Claims data - October 10th
📊 18 Fed Speaker events this week
Token Unlocks
🔓TokenUnlocks: Track token unlocks and make better investment decisions. Use my code DDNM5 for 5% off Pro Plans.
🔓IMX (0.87%) - October 6th
🔓GMT (3.25%) - October 7th
🔓HFT (2.99%) - October 7th
🔓EIGEN (5.32%) - October 8th
🔓ENS (2.83%) - October 8th
🔓TNSR (4.78%) - October 8th
🔓XAI (6.2%) - October 9th
🔓FLR (3.61%) - October 9th
🔓 BIG TIME (60.5%) - October 9th
🔓OP (0.64%) - October 10th
🔓APT (2.25%) - October 11th
🔓IO (2.22%) - October 11th
Launches & Updates
Note that these launches are mostly unvetted by the Dynamo DeFi team and this isn’t an endorsement of any of them.
🚀 Blast Royale loot-to-airdrop starts - October 7th (Source)
🚀 Starnova launch on Solana - October 8th (Source)
🚀 Solidus AI marketplace launch - October 9th (Source)
🚀 pumpfun fork hopfun launches on Sui - October 9th (Source)
🚀 Nakamoto hardfork - October 9th (Source)
🚀 $PEPPER airdrop snapshot for $CHZ stakers - October 10th (Source)
⚡Favorite Resources
If you want to dive deeper, here are some of my favorite resources:
🛠️ The Dynamo DeFi Crypto Tools List: A comprehensive list of 100+ crypto tools to help with portfolio tracking, analytics, airdrops and more.
🚀 RocketX: The 1-stop-shop to get the best rates for on-chain & cross-chain swaps.
🛡️ Ledger: The smartest way to secure your crypto. Buy & sell crypto with full control over your assets.
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Until next time,
Dynamo DeFi
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