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TLDR CRYPTO 2025-02-17

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01MARKETS & BUSINESS

JAVIER MILEI BACKTRACKS ON $4.4B MEMECOIN AFTER 'INSIDERS' POCKET $87M

In a now-deleted tweet, president of Argentina Javier Milei endorsed the LIBRA memecoin, a private project dedicated to encouraging the growth of the Argentine economy. The token reached a $4.4 billion market cap before crashing 95%. Onchain data analysis revealed alleged insider trading activity through manipulated liquidity pools and block 0 purchases, with “insiders” reportedly extracting $87 million as retail investors poured $1.1 billion into the token through nearly 75,000 buy orders. The incident's fallout caused a contagion effect in the broader memecoin market, with the TRUMP token falling by $500 million within 30 minutes of Libra's collapse.

coindesk.com2 min read

ABU DHABI'S SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND DISCLOSES $463M BITCOIN ETF HOLDINGS

Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund has disclosed $436 million in Bitcoin ETF holdings, highlighting a global trend of institutional investment in cryptocurrency. This move aligns with other nations, like Norway and Singapore, embracing Bitcoin ETFs, while speculation grows about the U.S. following suit under President Trump's pro-crypto stance.

links.tldrnewsletter.com2 min read

02INNOVATION & LAUNCHES

PUMP.FUN DOUBLES DOWN ON MEMECOIN CRAZE BY STARTING MOBILE APP AS NEW TOKEN LAUNCH HITS RECORD

Memecoin launchpad Pump.fun has announced a new mobile app allowing users to create Solana-based tokens easier than ever, despite facing a recent class-action lawsuit over securities law violations. CoinGecko COO Bobby Ong reports that there were 600,000 token launches in January, a 12-fold increase from the previous year, and attributes this surge to platforms like Pump.fun. The proliferation of new tokens has raised concerns about market fragmentation, with Ong warning that the increasing dispersion of liquidity and trader attention could prevent significant price movements typical of previous market cycles.

coindesk.com2 min read

BNB CHAIN'S $4.4M MEME LIQUIDITY SUPPORT PROGRAM

BNB Chain is launching a $4.4M Meme Liquidity Support Program to boost top-performing memecoins on BSC by adding permanent liquidity to their pools. With daily and weekly rewards based on market cap, price increase, and trading volume, this initiative aims to strengthen the memecoin ecosystem and drive sustained growth.

threadreaderapp.com2 min read

03GUIDES & TUTORIALS

EVALUATING A TOKEN SALE: A PRACTICAL GUIDE

This guide to evaluating token sales breaks down the assessment into four areas: product analysis, team expertise, tokenomics, and community metrics. The methodology assigns scores from 0-5 to each criteria, and uses Kinto's upcoming launch as an example. According to the framework, projects below 3.5 warrant cautious investment, while scores above 4.0 indicate strong potential. Only 30% of January's token sales achieved positive ROI.

x.com10 min read

LIMITATIONS OF SCALING BLOCKCHAINS AND WHICH VMS ARE THEORETICALLY THE FASTEST

The Sonic (formerly Fantom) team discovered that database optimization yielded an 800% performance increase, while parallel transaction execution only provided a 30% improvement even under perfect theoretical conditions. The findings challenge common assumptions about blockchain scaling, revealing that single high-throughput servers (like Solana and Megaeth) can achieve superior performance compared to multi-server consensus systems. Sonic deliberately optimizes for mesh networks to facilitate intercommunicating programs, and the research concludes by suggesting that traditional performance assumptions about blockchain scaling methods may need reassessment.

x.com3 min read

04MISCELLANEOUS

REASONS TO HAVE HIGHER L1 GAS LIMITS EVEN IN AN L2-HEAVY ETHEREUM

This article explores why increasing Ethereum's L1 gas limits remains valuable, even in a rollup-centric future. It highlights key benefits like improved censorship resistance, cheaper cross-L2 transfers, mass exit security, and efficient keystore operations, suggesting that a 10x L1 scaling would enhance Ethereum's overall usability and resilience.

x.com12 min read

A VISUAL GUIDE TO SEQUENCING MECHANISMS

This article breaks down the different sequencing mechanisms in blockchain, explaining how transactions are ordered and how value accrues to different actors. It explores traditional, centralized, and application-specific sequencing models, highlighting the growing trend toward app-specific solutions.

threadreaderapp.com4 min read