Conceptually, alpha is used to assess the excess returns of an investing strategy relative to industry standards. Alpha is constantly pursued by capital market participants but is very uncommon and difficult to reproduce consistently.
In a week drenched in Extreme Fear, a clutch of AI-powered agents, privacy plays, and DeFi protocols lit up the charts with triple- and double-digit moves that reminded everyone: narratives still hit different.
Market snapshot: Bitcoin is trading at $67,661 (up ~1.84% on the week) with dominance hovering around 58%, while total crypto market cap sits near $2.35T after a modest rebound. The Fear & Greed Index is stuck at 12 (Extreme Fear)…
🔍 What is Merkl?
Merkl is a specialized decentralized platform developed by Angle Labs designed to revolutionize how incentives are distributed in the DeFi ecosystem. Unlike traditional yield farming where rewards are often distributed indiscriminately, Merkl uses an off-chain engine to calculate precise rewards for Liquidity Providers (LPs) based on their specific contributions (such as providing concentrated liquidity within active price…
What is SolvBTC?
SolvBTC is the flagship yield-bearing Bitcoin asset from Solv Protocol. It acts as a decentralized Bitcoin reserve and yield aggregator, designed to solve the “idle BTC” problem. Instead of letting Bitcoin sit dormant, SolvBTC integrates it into the DeFi ecosystem.
The protocol issues SolvBTC.LST, a Liquid Staking Token that represents your share in diversified, automated yield strategies. By utilizing delta-neutral trad…
Happy Friday, folks. If your portfolio looks like a crime scene today, you’re in good company. As of today, January 30, 2026, the market has decided to test our collective blood pressure. Bitcoin (BTC) has taken a sharp 7% tumble this week, currently hovering around $82,459, with its dominance sitting heavy at 58.6%. The total market cap has retracted to roughly $2.85 trillion as institutional fatigue sets in, evidenced by nearly $818 million i…
The crypto market is feeling the chill on January 20, 2026, with Bitcoin dipping around $90,000–$91,000 (down ~2-3% in the last 24 hours and giving back recent gains amid global risk-off moves), dominance holding firm near 59-60%, and total market cap sliding to roughly $3.07T–$3.21T (down 2-3% this week). The Fear & Greed Index sits at 32-42 in solid fear territory, fueled by Japan’s bond market chaos spilling over, tariff threats, and mac…
