DeFiWarhol

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Perp DEXs are the fastest-growing sector in Web3.
They accounted for less than 2% of total crypto perpetual volume in early 2023, but by 2026, that share climbed above 10%, according to @TheBlockCo.
I think one of the biggest reasons is the low barrier to entry.
Perp trading is nowhere near as complicated as options or other TradFi instruments. You deposit USDC or USDT, pick your leverage, choose long or short, and you're in. That's it.
There are also technical improvements like faster execution, cross-margin accounts, deeper liquidity, and better interfaces.
Which is cool and all, but I think
CROSS-4.38%
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Got a new crypto card on my watchlist for testing, it's @JAM_Card_X.
TL;DR: It's a self-custodial all-in-one platform for storing, swapping, and spending your crypto seamlessly through Apple Pay & Google Pay.
Most interesting perks I've found:
- $500K daily transaction limit (far above average)
- Gasless USDT transfers
- Embedded multi-chain swaps
- Embedded P2P platform
Will test it out for a couple of weeks and report back.
It's fully live, so you can also download the app, get your JAM card, and start spending here:
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Should we list this card on
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stETH alone is bigger than all of wrapped Bitcoin.
LidoFinance's TVL is at ~$16.5B TVL, while WBTC (the biggest wrapped BTC product) sits at ~$7.3B.
One liquid staking token on Ethereum outweighs Bitcoin's entire wrapped-DeFi footprint, even though $BTC has a 6x bigger market cap than $ETH .
This means that BTC is underutilized in DeFi, and most of the supply is sitting idle.
Let me break down the reasons for this ↓
1/ The stETH precedent
Before liquid staking, ETH holders had a simple but annoying tradeoff.
Stake ETH and earn yield, or keep it liquid and use it across DeFi.
Once ETH was staked
STETH1.67%
WBTC0.08%
BTC-0.12%
ETH2.16%
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July will be the first month crypto cards cross $1B in top-up volume.
Bookmark this.
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7/ Compare Chains
Put two or more chains next to each other. Compare TVL, fees, activity, protocol counts in one view.
Easier than jumping between separate chain pages hoping all the filters still match.
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8/ Compare Protocols
Same idea, except for apps.
Use this when two protocols are constantly mentioned together and you want to compare TVL, fees, revenue, user metrics instead of reading both pitch decks.
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11/ Yields Watchlist
Same thing for individual yield pools.
Save the pools you care about. Monitor APY, TVL, performance together instead of trying to find the exact USDC market again every few days.
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12/ DefiLlama Sheets
Pull TVL, fees, revenue, yields, stablecoin data, historical series directly into Google Sheets or Excel.
Biggest time-saver here if you regularly build research tables or update the same report every week.
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15/ DeFiLlama Browser Extension
Adds wallet tags and missing token prices inside block explorers. Warns about suspicious domains. Flags likely scam replies on X.
Probably the most practical tool here if you spend half your day opening wallets and random crypto links.
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16/ LlamaSearch
Replaces your new-tab search with a curated crypto-domain search.
Checks a local list of known sites first. Only falls back to Google when it can't find a match.
Simple idea, but removes one very avoidable way to get drained.
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5/ Protocol Directory
Search for a protocol here instead of clicking whatever Google puts first.
DeFiLlama sends you to the listed project website. Lowers the chance of landing on a fake sponsored page or scam.
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6/ Token PnL
Pick a token, start date, end date, optional position size.
Calculates price change across that period.
Quick way to check how a hypothetical buy performed without opening a chart and doing math.
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9/ Token Usage
Search a token.
DeFiLlama shows how much of it sits inside the protocols it tracks.
Quick way to see if a token is actually being used across DeFi.
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10/ DeFi Watchlist
Build a personal list of protocols and chains instead of recreating the same filters every visit.
There are also weekly email updates. Handy if you monitor a specific ecosystem.
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