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DeFi
Our Most Read Stories This Week: Manta Soars, Solana Ecosystem Report, JUP Airdrop, Dapp Users
The Defiant's most read stories for the week of Jan 29.

Research & Opinion
The Greatest Distraction and Value Destroyer Ever
Keep up with crypto with The Defiant founder Camila Russo blending essential news and key updates with her own personal insights on this episode.

NFTs & Web3
Bitcoin Stamps Seek To Improve On Ordinals
While being four times more expensive to mint than Ordinals, SRC-20 tokens live on Bitcoin’s UTXO set, making them unprunable.

DeFi
Universal Liquidity Protocol Pike Finance Goes Live
In beta, the protocol allows users to natively deposit collateral on one chain while borrowing funds on another.

DeFi
Jupiter’s Launchpad Mechanism Riles Up Crypto Community
Solana-based DEX Jupiter airdropped $700M worth of JUP tokens to early adopters this week.

DeFi
Active Dapp Users Tags Multi-Year High: DappRadar
Strong activity on web3 games and socialfi platforms drives increasing on-chain activity.

DeFi
Liquid Restaking Protocol Puffer Finance Attracts Nearly $200M On First Day
Puffer already ranks as the third-largest LRT protocol.

DeFi
Stride Launches Liquid Staking Token For Celestia
Cosmos-based liquid staking protocol will airdrop $18M worth of STRIDE tokens over five months to early adopters of stTIA.

DeFi
Polygon Labs Cuts 60 Team Members and Spins-Off Two Units
Founder Sandeep Nailwal said move was necessary to take company back to its "underdog" roots.

DeFi
Real-World Asset Firm Superstate Launches First Fund Tokenizing U.S. Treasuries
Robert Leshner's new venture wants to modernize investment funds.





