Key Market Intelligence on February 20th, How Much Did You Miss?
Featured News
1.QCP Capital: Option Market Data Shows Bullish Skew, Market Possibly Primed for Next Leg Up
2.Kaito AI Unveils Tokenomics Model, Allocates 10% to Initial Community and Ecosystem Claimants
3.Sonic Ecosystem DeFi Token SHADOW Surges 281.8% in the Past 7 Days, Currently Priced at $149.3
5.Musk: Grok 3 Now Open to Everyone for Free for a Limited Time
Trending Topics
Source: Overheard on CT (tg: @overheardonct), Kaito
KAITO: Discussions today around KAITO are mainly focused on its upcoming Token Generation Event (TGE) scheduled for February 20, with high hopes for its listing on major exchanges such as Binance, OKX, and Bithumb. An estimated 24% of the total supply will be in circulation at launch, with airdrops planned for yappers and NFT holders. Speculations on the token's initial valuation vary widely.
MONAD: Discussions today around MONAD are primarily centered on the release of the Monad testnet, which has generated significant excitement and participation in the crypto community. Key highlights include the introduction of various applications and integrations on the testnet, such as Fantasy Top, Universal, and Chainlink, as well as partnerships with projects like LayerZero and Orderly being announced. The testnet's performance, high throughput, and low latency potential have been praised, with many users eager to explore its capabilities.
PAIN: The cryptocurrency $PAIN became a hot topic due to its volatility at launch, reaching a market cap of 22 billion dollars at one point but crashing 92% in minutes. The launch was plagued by sniper bots and fake token scams, but the team managed to refund 80% of the presale funds, while key figure Harold accidentally locked his tokens for 20 years.
Featured Articles
1. "Ethereum Announces New Framework Open Intents Framework, Why L2 Still Talks About Scalability?"
0xFacai, BlockBeats
Obviously, EF's new framework aims to further promote liquidity integration and fee reduction among its L2 ecosystem. In recent months, discussions about "L2 benefiting L1 capability" have been very frequent. Due to ETH's continued weak price performance, there is growing dissatisfaction in the market about the economic structure of the Ethereum ecosystem, with many believing that L2, as an important part of the ecosystem, cannot capture value from ETH itself.
Vitalik Buterin
On the evening of February 19, invited by FSL's Chief Revenue Officer Mable Jiang, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin conducted a special flash text AMA in the "Flash Interview Circle" in the Tako App. The interview had collected anonymous questions from the community in advance, aiming to address the community's concerns and confusion about the future development of Ethereum.
Biggest Gainers & Losers
Token volatility on February 20, filtered and ranked by trading volume
Top Gainer
1. $IP

2. $SUNDOG

3.$SHADOW

Top Loser
1.$BROCCOLI

2.$VINE

3.$SHELL

On-Chain Data
Recent 7-Day On-Chain Fund Flow

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