TODAY'S TOPICS

1) There were two airdrops last night, based on your participation in DeFi: 
BadgerDAO (https://app.badger.finance) $BADGER

Mirror Finance (https://eth.mirror.finance/my) $MIR

2) For those that don't know the plethora of things to be done in DeFi, here are just a few: 

3) Here are some good entry points for these Altcoins. I would say $KSM under $30, but I might be being greedy. 

4) Nice Thread about DeFi SuperNetworks

5) Messari has a new Terminal Dashboard: 

https://messari.io

6) Q&A Article from the Avalanche Team:

https://medium.com/avalabs/state-of-avalanche-telegram-ama-with-the-ava-labs-team-on-december-3-2020-196848a50ad5

7) Polkadot had a conference yesterday and they continue to build!

http://chainb.com/?P=Cont&id=28029

% of Parachains by Type:

Invested Capital by Polkdadot Project:

Some current statistics on the Polkadot Ecosystem:

MAINSTREAM CRYPTO NEWS

Regulators have their eyes on Stablecoins. 

https://www.coindesk.com/stablecoin-regulation-wars-stable-act

Ripple may burn millions of XRP tokens simply so they don't experience a price drop in XRP. This sounds like a stock-buyback to me. 

https://www.coindesk.com/ripple-cto-says-majority-vote-would-force-the-burning-of-billions-in-xrp

OMG Network (formerly OmiseGo) has been acquired: 

https://cryptonews.com/news/omg-rallies-as-omg-network-sold-to-a-new-owner-8519.htm

Great article on "Crypto Tech in 2021". Themes were: Scalability, Privacy, Usability, Design. 

https://cryptonews.com/exclusives/crypto-tech-in-2021-focus-on-scalability-privacy-and-usabili-8453.htm

And of course, on Fridays, people shill other people on Twitter. 

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