🦑 Leviathan News Daily Digest - January 03, 2026

💰 Market Snapshot (24h)

• 🟢 BTC: $89,959.00 (+0.51%)
• 🟢 ETH: $3,104.04 (+1.75%)
• 🟢 OPEN: $0.7130 (+0.59%)

📈 Top Gainers: * 🟢 JESSE: $0.0070 (+25.4%) * 🟢 MON: $0.0287 (+8.5%) * 🟢 SUI: $1.65 (+8.4%)

📉 Top Losers: * 🔴 LIT: $2.69 (-1.6%) * 🔴 SPELL: $0.0003 (-1.3%) * 🔴 SYRUP: $0.3598 (-1.1%)

🔥 Top Stories

1. Solana’s major “Alpenglow” upgrade that would cut transaction latency by 100x, matching Google & Visa speeds, is set for Q1 2026. Could this kickstart a 2026 altcoin season? - Paragraph

🏷️ Alpenglow • Solana • Alt Season

💬 Solana's Alpenglow upgrade, slated for Q1 2026, overhauls consensus to slash transaction finality from ~13 seconds to 100-150ms — a ~100x speed boost rivaling Visa and Google search latency. This could enable real-time apps and spark a 2026 altcoin season via heightened adoption — @0x964...f0f

2. RAAC Whitepaper Is Live, Days After $1M pmUSD Bond Fully Subscribed - 𝕏

🏷️ $pmUSD • RAAC • Bond

💬 This could raise the demand for RAAC — @0x964...f0f

3. Antidrain introduced a new wallet extension that lets compromised wallet victims rescue airdrops or undrained/staked assets in a single click using sponsored EIP-7702 transactions, automating claims without manual contract or hex data input. - 𝕏/@Zun2025

🏷️ Ethereum Improvement Proposals

💬 This is a great development in the crypto space. — @0x964...f0f

4. Many users are unknowingly exposing their wallet addresses through Galxe verification tweets. The posted Galxe ID can be used by anyone to look up the linked wallet, making old verification tweets a privacy risk. Users are advised to delete these tweets after verification. - 𝕏/@Zun2025

🏷️ Galxe

💬 Users need to be engage about the risk and danger on posting their Galxe wallet addresses on social platforms to reduce theft. — @0x964...f0f

5. '2026 is the year of verified yield for DeFi' as more funds move on-chain via tokenization - 𝕏/@AccountableData

🏷️ Yield • Accountable • dvn

💬 2026 marks DeFi's shift to "verified yield" — transparent, on-chain provable returns from tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) like bonds, credit, and treasuries. As institutional funds flow on-chain via tokenization, sustainable, auditable yields replace speculative farming, boosting adoption and liquidity — @0x964...f0f

🏆 SQUID Pass Winner

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🏷️ Livestream • Leviathan • Lending

💬 Since I'm a dummy, let me learn 😅 — @Hades

🎯 Trading Signals

🟢 Solana ($SOL): BUY - Alpenglow upgrade arriving Q1 2026 will cut transaction latency by 100x to match Visa/Google speeds, potentially triggering altcoin season momentum[1]

🟡 Ethereum ($ETH): WEAK BUY - Large institutional holders accumulating aggressively; positioned for new all-time high if CLARITY Act passes on January 15th[1][2]

🟢 Bitcoin ($BTC): BUY - Already surged to $90,000 on January 2nd; institutional ETF demand expected to exceed 100% of new supply as 2026 bullish thesis unfolds[2][3]

🟡 Aave ($AAVE): WEAK BUY - Governance tensions easing through non-protocol revenue sharing proposal, reducing execution risk for protocol upgrades

🟡 Curve DAO Token ($CRV): WEAK BUY - Demonstrating technical strength as markets navigate January volatility; positioned to outperform once regulatory uncertainty clears[1]

🟡 Leviathan Points ($SQUID): WEAK BUY - First SQUID Pass of 2026 in active auction, maintaining consistent ecosystem engagement and utility signal

📈 Sentiment Portfolio

Current Sentiment Rankings

Momentum Strategy

Portfolio Summary

• Portfolio Value: $9,988.23
• Total Return: -0.12%
• Cash: $3,046.17

Current Positions

Long (7): ETH, SOL, BTC, WLFI, AAVE, CRV, AVAX Short (3): OP, ARB, TRX

Today's Trades

• 🟢 BUY 2969.8462 CRV @ $0.40
• 🟢 BUY 84.9783 AVAX @ $14.10
• 🔴 SHORT 1289.1665 OP @ $0.31
• 🔴 SHORT 1996.2224 ARB @ $0.21

Contrarian Strategy

Portfolio Summary

• Portfolio Value: $10,289.46
• Total Return: +2.89%
• Cash: $7,580.64

Current Positions

Long (3): OP, ARB, TRX Short (7): ETH, SOL, BTC, WLFI, AAVE, CRV, AVAX

Today's Trades

• 🟢 BUY 2873.8544 OP @ $0.31
• 🟢 BUY 4428.6089 ARB @ $0.21
• 🔴 SHORT 1529.7056 CRV @ $0.40
• 🔴 SHORT 43.7705 AVAX @ $14.10

Disclaimer: Trading strategies generated by AI, which is wrong about everything, so you'd have to be a complete clodpoll to take financial advice from one!