MetaMask and Robinhood Team Up, Solana Network Suffers an Outage
Market Update
- Crypto markets are rising today, with BTC (+1.45%) trading above $43k and ETH (+2.33%) surpassing $2,350. Dymension, a new layer-1 network focused on providing rollups-as-a-service, processed its first block, marking its mainnet launch. The first phase of the protocol is focused on enhancing economic security, after which the focus will shift to launching RollApps, a way for developers to deploy consensus-free blockchains easily. DYM, Dymension’s native token, has gained 15.3% in early trading, bringing the protocol’s FDV to over $4 billion. U.S. equities are declining despite a retreat in rates and the dollar. The SPY (-0.12%) is holding up better than the QQQ (-0.73%), as many are beginning to call attention to the number of announced layoffs at various technology firms.
- Consensys, the software company behind MetaMask, has partnered with Robinhood to integrate Robinhood Connect with MetaMask. Robinhood Connect is the platform’s fiat on-ramp that connects customers directly to dApps. With the partnership, MetaMask users will be able to leverage Robinhood’s low-cost order engine, and Robinhood users can use MetaMask’s purchase aggregator. Consensys recently conducted a survey, finding that a third of respondents cited the complexity of Web3 technology as a barrier to entering the crypto ecosystem. The partnership should reduce friction for crypto purchasers and offer a self-custodial option for users who prefer, as Robinhood customers can send crypto assets directly to their MetaMask wallets.
- The Solana network suffered a major network outage Tuesday morning. Laine, a Solana validator, stated in an X post, “Solana Mainnet-Beta is experiencing a performance degradation, block progression is currently halted, core engineers & validators are actively investigating.” Core engineers quickly built a patch for validators to upgrade to, which also required a network restart. After almost five hours of downtime and a network restart, Solana was restored at approximately 10 AM EST. Although validators can process blocks, it will take additional time for dApps to restart and be fully functional. SOL fell approximately 3% during the downtime but has since turned positive on the day, rising 0.56%.
Daily Technical Strategy
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Mark L. Newton, CMT
Head of Technical Strategy
For the second time in the last two weeks, ETHBTC has risen to multi-day highs, and appears to be carving out a bottoming process which should lead higher in the weeks to come. Following the initial breakout back in early January, ETHBTC consolidated back lower to test the area of the initial breakout. On 1/30/24 this turned sharply higher but then settled, but is making a similar move today, Tuesday 2/6 which stands to reach the highest levels since late January. The technical setup looks favorable and I expect ETHBTC follows through higher to test and break out above the peaks from last month, which might be possible into late February. While cryptocurrencies could experience some further consolidation in March before bottoming again, it's becoming increasingly more favorable to overweight Ethereum vs. Bitcoin ahead of its own possible spot ETF in the months to come. Daily ETHBTC charts show this recent consolidation as being an appealing risk/reward to buy following the early January breakout.
Daily Important Metrics
All metrics as of February 6, 2024 1:43 PM
All Funding rates are in bps
Crypto Prices
Symbol | Market Cap | Last Price | Daily Change | Year to Date | Relative to BTC YTD |
![]() | $846B | $43,119 | ↑ 0.90% | ↑ 2.09% | |
![]() | $284B | $2,362 | ↑ 2.55% | ↑ 3.79% | ↑ 1.70% |
![]() | $42B | $96.16 | ↑ 0.08% | ↓ -5.47% | ↓ -7.56% |
![]() | $18B | $0.4980 | ↑ 0.93% | ↓ -16% | ↓ -18% |
![]() | $11B | $0.0790 | ↑ 0.13% | ↓ -11% | ↓ -13% |
![]() | $11B | $18.56 | ↓ -3.58% | ↑ 24% | ↑ 22% |
![]() | $9.1B | $6.75 | ↓ -0.32% | ↓ -17% | ↓ -19% |
![]() | $7.7B | $0.7976 | ↑ 1.53% | ↓ -17% | ↓ -19% |
![]() | $2.8B | $2.74 | ↓ -1.25% | ↓ -24% | ↓ -26% |
Exchange Traded Products (ETPs)
Symbol | Premium to Nav | Last Price | Daily Change | Year to Date | Relative to BTC YTD |
GBTC | ↓ -0.70% | $37.25 | ↑ 4.78% | ↑ 1.09% | ↓ -1.01% |
BITW | ↓ -36% | $24.10 | ↑ 3.88% | ↓ -1.87% | ↓ -3.97% |
ETHE | ↓ -14% | $19.73 | ↑ 4.50% | ↑ 1.39% | ↓ -0.71% |
BTCC | ↓ -0.10% | $8.07 | ↑ 3.46% | ↓ -1.34% | ↓ -3.44% |
News
MARKET DATA
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BTC Manager Ordinals surpasses 6k Bitcoins in total fees The total amount of Ordinals commissions paid exceeded 6,000 Bitcoins (BTC). |
DOSE OF DEFI
The Block Solana network restarts after outage that lasted five hours The Layer 1 network Solana restarted after around four hours of halted block progression. |
REGULATION
The Block SEC adopts rule to have stricter oversight over dealers, looping in crypto and DeFi The SEC voted to adopt rules that require market participants who have significant liquidity-providing roles to comply with its laws. |
BTC Manager Janet Yellen calls for Congress to regulate stablecoins, crypto spot markets Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen addressed Congress today, calling for comprehensive legislation to regulate non-securities crypto assets, emphasizing stablecoin... |
GAMING
BTC Manager Epic Games Store to open early access for web3 video game Shrapnel Upcoming web3 shooter game Shrapnel is about to become available for early access on the Epic Games Store marketplace. A Call of Duty-style blockchain video gam... |
PRODUCT UPDATES AND PARTNERSHIPS
BTC Manager Consensys, Robinhood announce MetaMask integration to simplify crypto purchases Consensys, in collaboration with Robinhood, announced the integration of Robinhood Connect with MetaMask. |
GAMING
BTC Manager Epic Games Store to open early access for web3 video game Shrapnel Upcoming web3 shooter game Shrapnel is about to become available for early access on the Epic Games Store marketplace. A Call of Duty-style blockchain video gam... |
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