0/ NFT interest at new highs, while volume remains stagnant.
Today’s Delphi Daily, we cover a wide range of topics from @opensea’s volume to $BTC ’s MVRV giving hope.
Plus, all of the recent stars joining the @boredapeYC
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1/ Worldwide Google searches for “NFT” hit new highs in November even as @OpenSea’s volumes remain relatively stagnant.
The continued rise in search interest suggests NFTs are far from dead and may even be an early indication that another wave of activity is on the horizon.
2/ Profile Pictures (PFP) NFTs have soared the past week as BAYC gained traction from some big stars purchasing and promoting their new apes.
@BoredApeYC (BAYC) was the highlight in the past week as @JimmyFallon, @PostMalone and NBA all-star @RubyGobert27 showed off their apes.
3/ MVRV, which measures the ratio between $BTC’s market cap and realized cap, is a far cry from prior highs, including BTC’s local price top in late Q1 early Q2 2021.
Prior BTC cycle tops saw much higher peak MVRV levels, which indicates BTC still has more room to run.
4/ The dollar has been rallying versus most major currencies since June’s FOMC meeting, hitting a 16-month high on Tuesday.
The Citi U.S. Economic Surprise Index is trending higher after spending nearly four months in negative territory.
In today’s Delphi Daily, we examined DEX aggregator wars, the fee race to the bottom, and DeFi revenue.
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1/ In Sept. 2020, @MetaMask announced its native swapping feature that gets quotes from multiple DEX aggregators.
Metamask levies a 0.875% fee on each swap which resulted in over $200M in revenue over the last 11 months.
2/ Let’s compare @MetaMask’s revenue to that of two of the top DEXes on Ethereum: @SushiSwap and @CurveFinance. Sushiswap has made just under $70M YTD, while Curve sits around $12M.
Now consider this: Metamask’s customer acquisition cost (CAC) is a big, fat zero.
In today’s Delphi Daily, we analyzed recent price retracements, @avalancheavax’s momentum, and @MetaMask’s usage.
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1/ $BTC had a great run up through the first half of Nov, setting a new high near $69,000, but two major retracements of ~10% in the past week alone has investors and traders back on edge.
Leveraged traders were victims of liquidations as prices dropped and markets deleveraged.
2/ As euphoria hit amid new ATHs for $BTC and $ETH, funding rates ranged upward as traders’ appetite for leverage soared.
However, as markets retraced, funding rates reset back near neutral levels.
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