RaaS #513: Monad Claim Portal Next Week!

BNB Faces Liquidations, EF Announces Kohaku: GM Web3!

PayPay Invests in Binance Japan, Yu Hu’s New Interview Out, and Moar!

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Rain processed $146M in September transfer volume, driven by $95M on Ethereum and a significant share in USDC deposits (not additive). Now the top stablecoin card issuer, it powers Visa-compatible cards for ether.fi, OfframpXYZ, and Kolo.

Street Foundation is exploring tokenization for OpenDroids, a robotics firm with live products and billion-dollar contracts. Using ERC-S, it proposes synthetic equity, futarchy-based governance, and crypto-native capital markets for private companies.

BNB memecoins like GIGGLE, SZN, and ASTERINU have crashed by 74% to 88% in 72 hours, with clear signs of insider trading. One wallet now holds 25% of GIGGLE’s supply and funneled $900K to CEXs.

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To farm Lighter points, focus on overlooked markets (alts, dog coins) and profitable trades; volume and Sharpe ratio don’t count. You now need 50+ points to deposit 25%. A 500K drop and formula update are coming.

JPMorgan expects Solana spot ETFs to be approved soon but projects only $1.5B in year-one inflows, 1/7th of Ethereum’s, citing weak investor demand, falling on-chain activity, and memecoin dominance. REX Osprey’s early ETF has seen just $350M since July.

I support whatever Alpeh is planning! (Frieren PFP does half the work)

Kohaku, developed by Nico and Vitalik under the Ethereum Foundation, is a wallet SDK and browser extension focused on privacy and security. It minimizes third-party dependencies, enabling private, secure Web3 transactions.

PayPay’s 40% stake in Binance Japan marks a major push to merge cashless payments with crypto. Users can now buy and withdraw crypto via PayPay Money, bringing Web3 closer to Japan’s 70M+ mobile-first users.

Turtle is launching its Genesis Airdrop to reward LPs, partners, and contributors who helped route $5B+ in liquidity. TURTLE will power governance and align future growth. 70% is claimable at TGE, with the rest vesting over 12 weeks.

The BNB ecosystem saw a sharp collapse, triggered by a BNBHOLDER liquidity event. Automated selling cascaded across BSC tokens, with Plasma and Aster tanking. Liquidity dried up, exits became tough, and 75% of CT premium users are now underwater on longs.

Crypto is becoming fintech, and fintech is going crypto. At the core is a convergence: crypto rails, fintech UX, and AI automation forming a new financial OS. From EtherFi to Stripe, the shift is clear: programmable money, verifiable agents, global scale.

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Grass now splits points into two types: Uptime Points (for staying connected) and Network Points (for actual bandwidth usage). A daily pool of 1M Network Points is distributed based on demand, stability, and past activity. New dashboard now live.

Many Nigerians chase status symbols, cars, houses, designer clothes, believing more money brings lasting happiness. But real wealth lies in spending intentionally, avoiding comparison, and using money as a tool for peace, not performance. Contentment beats constant upgrade.

Top Gainers: POMATO, RAIL, COAI, SQD, ZEC.

The Ethereum Foundation has launched a 47-member privacy cluster to expand its focus on privacy, ahead of releasing its new privacy-centric wallet SDK, Kohaku, at EFDevcon. This move follows growing community pressure and rising interest in privacy coins like Zcash.

HyperEVM reshaped Hyperliquid into a builder ecosystem with $3B+ TVL. Next: tighter UX between HyperCore/EVM via HIP-3, unlocking coin margin perps & protocol-native markets.

Blocmates dropped an in-depth interview with Yu Hu from Kaito. Topics include a candid reflection on Kaito’s 2025 highs and lows, the Yaps campaign (including ironies and misconceptions), and deeper commentary on CT dynamics, bias, mindshare, and what it really means to have smart followers.

That’s all for today!