🐸NFT Traders Turn To Flipping Memecoins

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NFT traders appear to be turning their attention to memecoins. A subsidiary of Societe Generale, one of Europe’s largest banks, has launched a euro-pegged digital asset called EUR CoinVertible. And finally, we delve into the surge in volume on the decentralized derivatives exchange Synthetix, as users trade for the chance to earn Optimism tokens.

✍️ In today’s newsletter:

Memecoins push Uniswap’s daily user count to 2021 levels while NFT marketplaces lose active traders
Synthetix volume spikes on OP rewards program
Société Générale launches Euro stablecoin

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Memecoins

NFT Traders Turn To Flipping Memecoins

TLDR The recent launch of the PEPE token sparked a memecoin fever that’s caught the attention of NFT traders. While Uniswap’s user count has surged to 2021 levels, there’s been a massive drop in the number of active NFT traders on marketplaces like OpenSea and Blur this week.

SO WHAT This shift in interest could have an impact on an already depressed NFT market, as more attention and capital flows into the memecoin space.

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DeFi

Synthetix Volume Surges on Optimism Incentive Program

TLDR Synthetix’s trading volume increased significantly after it started distributing Optimism tokens to incentivize trading, resulting in a surge in average 7-day volume and fees. The program will distribute more than 5.3 million OP tokens, worth around $12.8 million, over 20 weeks.

SO WHAT The increase in trading volume on Synthetix could indicate renewed interest in decentralized derivatives exchanges. Governance tokens of perpetuals protocols like SNX and dYdX have outperformed BTC and ETH in the past week.

Stablecoins

Société Générale Launches Euro Stablecoin

TLDR SG-Forge, a subsidiary of Societe Generale, has launched a euro-pegged stablecoin called EUR CoinVertible (EURCV), targeting institutional clients. The stablecoin is backed by cash and liquid securities and aims to offer benefits such as increased speed and transparency of property transfers, minimized settlement, credit, and counterparty risks, and connection with DeFi.

SO WHAT The launch of EURCV by a major financial institution signals a significant effort to embrace blockchain technology, despite the ongoing crypto bear market. SG-Forge sees tokenization as the next big step towards the building of digital capital markets, following the shift from paper-based securities to digital ones in the 1980s.

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