There seem to be a standstill in the recent crypto market as investors patiently awaits the bull run. However, I can clearly point out that there are numerous ways to explore crypto projects especially before they get listed on exchanges. It's something I intentionally explored like taking part in token presales, airdrops, Pre-Market trading as well as Launchpool and Launchpad events on crypto exchanges.

I'm amazed at the different user centric and frictionless lending protocols available that's helping to onboard the masses into the DeFi space.

Imagine ZeroLend that's currently trending is a lending protocol within the zkSync ecosystem, their poist for transparent and secure borrowing and lending of digital assets makes for my amazement how blockchain is alternating traditional finance. It makes me think about the Future of blockchain. Will BlockChain ever replace traditional banks?

According to recent stats, the boxing industry is worth billions in US dollars and has a global community of 50 million so i wasn't supriced to see RTF joining the web3 community. So while I was on the news page, I came across Ready To Fight, a social media platform designed for the global boxing community.

My curiosity is, what percentage of the boxing community are already into crypto and what percentage can this bold step by the founder Oleksandr Usyk actually appeal to? I have to add though, RTF has backing from boxing legends like Mike Tyson, an athlete who has influence well beyond the boxing sphere.

Do you guys have an idea of similar projects? and how much did their communities adopt them?

Quote from: AvatarSiri on April 20, 2024, 02:16:11 PM

Hey mates, just a quick one. Now that Bitcoin halving is completed, I'm looking to accumulate some defi token. I've got ftm, inj and recently wormhole. Anyone else you think I should add, share the DEFI projects you're monitoring..

And also, What's the possibility of DeFi dominating the market in this run?

You can refer to the DeFi List on Coinmarketcap to see the top tokens in DeFi. In addition to native tokens like AVAX, ICP, FTM, some really attractive DeFi tokens that I am interested in are: LINK (oracle), DAI (stablecoin), UNI (DEX), MKR (Lending), LDO (LSD), AAVE, ENA.

I hope they will have strong growth in the near future as the DeFi summer returns and attracts new capital to the market thanks to extremely attractive APRs.

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Quote from: electronicash on April 11, 2024, 09:38:04 PM

its good to be edited once and then their wallet just need to be public because people will keep watching it, maybe sends some signals whenever there is activity going on in their wallets.

if there really is the need for transparency, the community i think will need a new regulatory board to review and audit. SEC is just too corrupt to make these auditing.
the first exchange to check i think is BGB, a fast rising one. it outrank exchanges that have been round for years. its suspicious.

Actually Bitget has been in the news for so many good reasons lately and if they can continue with that moment, they could be the next household name crypto exchange like Binance

Quote from: Best on April 14, 2024, 03:53:25 PM

What I mean by this terms are; Launchpad, launchpool, Poolx and even pre-market trading.

We won't deny the fact any coin that is listed under Launhpool and Launpads comes with massive gains. I have seen massive gains from Bitget Launchpads and traders picking interest from their PoolX because of their success story in their Launchpads

Whether it would be launchpad, or launchpool, or whatever it is, there's only one fact about them.
Whales will prevail.

Those who have lots of BNB or BGB token are the ones that will get the most out of these new projects and when the perfect time comes, they will dump it on the investor's faces. Well, I also joined launchpads on Binance and I would say that it's kind of rewarding because it's like you holding BNB which can appreciate in price but at the same time, getting some free tokens through this feature. 2 birds in 1 stone I guess. That is if you are comfortable in storing money in Centralized Exchanges or you are an avid supporter of either Binance or Bitget.

Quote from: Best on April 14, 2024, 03:53:25 PM

What about Pre-market? I know Kucoin do offer this and it has never gone wrong in anyway. Where traders got to trade a new coin with each other before it gets listed.

It's the first time I heard this term. Good that OP shared it here. Like what the post above said, it's kind of gambling because you will not know the actual price of it until it gets listed. Some might bought it for 2$ but when it gets listed, it's priced at $0.50 which is a huge loss for them already.

I know in this forum, majority of us trade on CEX while others trade on DEX, and I can see there's DEX vs CEX debate as well, but let's keep that aside and I ask you something, have you seen the recent growth of some CEXs? These numbers don't lie if you look at it. 
So most of us know that Binance is the top1 one and only has been growing since, and also they recently had a good increase in Q1 spot trading volume growth according to cryptorank, reference here: twitter.com/CryptoRank_io/status/1776233217311338824

Looking at this report, even though I was surprised to see that other CEXs like Bitget, Bitmart, Bybit and others took lead as they experience rapid expansion. Binance could have easily totally taken the top spot in this report, but I guess it makes sense, that it's just failing to regulate in some regions and these other CEXs are listing tons of new tokens all the time. Since that means more choices and a much bigger market for everyone. Super helpful for projects that have been around for a while but haven't snagged a Binance listing yet.
So now I wonder what else things that drive them to have a good report this year?

As you may agree or not, CEXs generally have much higher trading volumes than DEX and that makes it for users to buy and sell on the CEX rather than on DEX.