Orderly becomes the first protocol to unite EVM and Solana traders within a single orderbook — link

Nike-owned NFT wearables startup RTFKT is winding down — link | tl;dr

Sonic Labs says its Layer 1 blockchain will 'go public' soon after taking a snapshot for the S token airdrop — link | tl;dr

The NFT secondary market saw a modest rebound in November — link

Ethena partners with onchain derivatives protocol Derive, secures 5% of DRV token supply for sENA holders — link | tl;dr

Pantera Capital raises $20m to back Telegram-linked blockchain TON — link

Safe rolls out 'Safenet' to unify liquidity and user interactions across blockchains — link | tl;dr

Union Labs, a connector of blockchains, raises $12M in Series A round — link | tl;dr

Metaverse/Gaming category showed the best basket performance with 89.78% returns in November — link

Crypto-AI startup GAIB raises $5 million in pre-seed funding — link | tl;dr

Grayscale files for Solana ETF with NYSE — filing

Since 2018, $447M has been invested in Bitcoin L2s, with 2024 alone accounting for 39% of this funding. Sidechains and rollups have emerged as the leaders — link

The supply of USDT on the TON blockchain increased from 100m in May 2024 to 1.2b in December — link

Circle-backed Layer 1 Xion launches mainnet and gamified token airdrop mechanism — link | tl;dr

Adidas and Stepn move from NFTs to physical products with planned sneaker drop this month — link | tl;dr

WikiLeaks turns to Bitcoin blockchain to protect Assange's Afghan War Logs — link | tl;dr

Story Protocol-based AI startup Sekai raises $3 million in seed round led by Hashed — link | tl;dr

Monthly L2 volume on the Uniswap Protocol reached new all-time high — link

Cosmos-based Noble first to launch custom stablecoin using cryptodollar infrastructure startup M^0 — link | tl;dr