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Inside Hyperliquid's HIP-3 – Breaking Down Permissionless DEX Boom The HIP-3 update has fundamentally impacted crypto markets. The core team is no longer the gatekeeper – anyone can now launch a trading pair by staking $HYPE, unlocking a new utility for holders to earn protocol fees. Since the update, HIP-3 DEXes has exploded in activity, hitting a record daily volume of $1.79B yesterday (Jan 27). 🔹 Total Cummulative Volume: $27.9B 🔹 Total Trades: 27.3M 🔹 Unique Users: 80K From 24/7 equities (tradeXYZ) to yield-bearing collateral (HyENA), native stablecoin margin (Felix), liquid staking plays (Kinetiq), and pre-IPO perps (Ventuals) – HIP-3 is spawning specialized DEXes for every trading primitive. Hyperliquid's CEO announced that the platform now leads the world in liquidity for both crypto markets and traditional asset futures - a milestone that's propelled HYPE +70% over $34 in 2 days. The permissionless era just started. Invite-only access to HyENA 🔗app.hyena.trade/ref/TOP7ICO @TOP7ICO

MegaETH [MEGA] will launch Mainnet on Feb 9 On Jan 22, MegaETH launched a Global Stress Test targeting 15K–35K TPS and 11B transactions over seven days, with testing involving Stomp GG and Smasher on the frontend while backend load was generated via Kumbaya using ETH transfers and v3-style AMM swaps. ℹ️ MegaETH is a Layer 2 blockchain enhancing Ethereum's scalability with high-speed, low-latency transactions. It raised $20M backed by DragonFly Capital, Robot Ventures, Big Brain Holdings, Folius Ventures and others. Moreover, MegaETH raised $50M in a token sale at $999M FDV. Pre-market on Hyperliquid: 🔘Current price: $0.2 🔘Current FDV: $2B 🔗x.com/megaeth/status/2016511667644064164 @TOP7ICO

Base Ecosystem Map - Tier List Coinbase’s L2 Base has emerged as one of the L2 leaders by TVL, revenue, and DEX volume in 2025 - capturing nearly half of all L2 DeFi activity. 🔹$12.5B total value secured (#2 L2 after Arbitrum) 🔹46%+ of all L2 DeFi TVL (grew from 33% at year start) 🔹$180M net flows in last 30 days – leading all blockchains 🔹10M+ daily transactions 🔹700K daily active addresses 🔹30x revenue growth YoY Base confirmed it’s exploring a token launch. JPMorgan estimates potential $12-34B market cap. “Build, trade, create – and you will be rewarded.” @jessepollak has been dropping hints for months. This list is your $BASE airdrop roadmap. Tier Breakdown: S Tier – Core infrastructure powering the ecosystem Aerodrome (60% of Base DEX volume, $480M TVL), Virtuals (leading AI agent platform), Morpho (grew 1900% YoY to $2B+), Avantis (perps), Zora (content tokenization), Neynar (social), Base App (native super app), Moonwell (lending), Venice (AI), Gauntlet (risk management) A Tier – High-growth consumer & social layer Blackbird (restaurant loyalty), Farcaster (social), Towns (onchain communities), Kaito (AI search), Carv (data layer), Clanker (token launchpad), Giza (AI agents), Limitless (prediction markets), River (stablecoin protocol) B Tier – Emerging protocols with solid fundamentals Syndicate (onchain orgs), Seamless (native lending), Summer.fі (DeFi aggregation), KernelDAO (restaking), Arcadia (yield optimization), B3 (gaming L3), Hydrex C Tier – Early-stage, experimental, niche plays Anzen (RWA), Extrafi (leverage farming), Metopia, Base Colors, and others still finding PMF ⚠️ Not financial advice. Position accordingly. Always #DYOR @TOP7ICO

Ethereum launches standard for AI agent economy - ERC-8004 Davide Crapis, the AI lead at the Ethereum Foundation $ETH, said the network is in a "unique position" to become the platform that settles AI-to-AI interaction. Part of Ethereum's mission is to connect the AI community with decentralized infrastructure. By enabling discovery and portable reputation, ERC-8004 allows AI agents to interact across organizations ensuring credibility travels everywhere ERC-8004 establishes three lightweight smart contract registries, deployable on mainnet or any Layer 2s, as a mechanism to discover and trust AI agents in untrusted settings. 🔗theblock.co/post/387345/ethereum-ai-agentic-economy-mainnet @TOP7ICO

Coinbase added Tria [TRIA] and Zama [ZAMA] to roadmap Previously, Tria announces partnership with Agora to bring earnAUSD to Tria Earn. Meanwhile, Zama announces Pre-TGE Prime Sale on Binance Wallet on Jan 29. Details about listing will be announced soon. Use our referral link to get your 6% cashback for Tria cardhere ℹ️ Tria is a self-custodial neobank and an interoperable payments infrastructure for developers and AI. It raised $12M in a pre-seed funding round backed by Sandeep Nailwal, P2 Ventures, Aptos and others. ℹ️Zama is a homomorphic encryption tools for computing on encrypted data without decryption. It raised $130M in Series A and B rounds from Pantera Capital, Blockchange Ventures, Multicoin Capital and others. Moreover, Zama raised $44M via public auction. Pre-market: 🔘Current ZAMA price: $0.042 🔘Current FDV: $420M @TOP7ICO

PUMP Rises 40% in 2 Days on Buyback Program P​u​m​p​.​f​u​n $PUMP has significantly ramped up its token buyback strategy, with yesterday's purchase reaching $2M worth of $PUMP tokens - representing 120% of daily revenue. This aggressive approach has pushed the total buyback amount to $264M, which now accounts for 21% of the circulating supply. 🔘Current PUMP price: $0.0033 🔘Current FDV: $3.32B @TOP7ICO

USD.АI introduces CHIP token with upcoming ICO & Airdrop in late Q1 USD.АI was bootstrapped by its “Allo Game” in 2025, which incentivised users to mint USDai and sUSDai. The project have $658M in TVL, and $CHIP will be USD.АI DAO’s governance token. Moreover, Allo Game concludes and transitions immediately to the new season, ICO, Airdrop, and subsequent TGE in late Q1 2026. And USD.АI will introduce a new participation mechanism for all Allo holders, as a finale to the first Allo Game. ℹ️ USD.АI is a permissionless lending protocol built to finance AI infrastructure. The protocol enables GPU operators to tokenize their hardware as collateral and access financing instantaneously. It raised $17.4 backed by YZi Labs, Bullish, Framework Ventures, CMT Digital and others. 🔗x.com/USDai_Official/status/2016179515769167970 @TOP7ICO

Crypto payments network Mesh raised $75M in a Series C Round Dragonfly led the round with other investors, including Coinbase Ventures, Paradigm, SBI Investment, Liberty City Ventures, and Moderne Ventures. Mesh aims to plug platforms into consumers' crypto wallets, and it sees almost $10B in monthly volume across its platform, with clients including PayPal, Kalshi Inc., and Revolut. ℹ️ Mesh supports in-app transfers of assets across exchanges and wallets, plus crypto payments and payouts. Previously, it raised $130M in five funding rounds backed by Money Forward, Galaxy, SamsungNext, PayPal Ventures, Paradigm, Consensys, QuantumLight Capital, and others. 🔗meshpay.com/blog/mesh-raises-75m-series-c-at-1b-valuation @TOP7ICO

Top Blockchains by Net Flows in last 30 days Liquidity is fuel for any blockchain. The Net Flows metric (inflows minus outflows) reveals where real user interest and "smart money" are actually moving, looking beyond just inflated TVL numbers. 🔹 Base is the net leader (+$180M). The Coinbase ecosystem continues to vacuum up liquidity ahead of potential $BASE token launch. This is a major signal that real on-chain activity and opportunities for airdrop hunters are concentrated here. 🔹 Hyperliquid $HL has great volumes, with over $3B in turnover. This highlights incredible trader activity, with a solid net inflow of $81M. 🔹 Polygon $POL takes 2nd place, mostly thanks to Polymarket, proving that the "old guard" still has plenty of firepower left 🔹 New players rising. Ink (Kraken's L2 with Nado perp DEX) and Berachain $BERA are also topping the charts, outpacing older L1s, showing that market is hungry for new narratives and ecosystems. ⚠️ NFA. Always #DYOR Source🔗Artemis @TOP7ICO

Tether launches federally regulated stablecoin - USA₮ USA₮ is issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, and is available to institutions and platforms alike. USA₮ has been designed to operate within the GENIUS Act’s new federal stablecoin framework. U.S.-regulated exchanges and banking partners are being lined up to support broad access to USA₮ across the American financial ecosystem. During the first phase of the launch, USA₮ will be available on Bybit, Crypto.cоm, Kraken, OKX, and Moonpay. 🔗tether.io/news/tether-announces-the-launch-of-usat-the-federally-regulated-dollar-backed-stablecoin-made-in-america @TOP7ICO

U.S. Marshals investigate John Daghita's alleged $40M government crypto theft The U.S. Marshals Service is investigating allegations that the son of a federal contractor helping safeguard seized crypto stole more than $40M Blockchain investigator ZachXBT identified the alleged thief as John “Lick” Daghita, son of CMDSS president Dean Daghita, and traced at least $23M in funds to roughly $90M in crypto seized by the government in 2024 and 2025. The case has raised fresh concerns about oversight of U.S. government–held cryptocurrency, after earlier reporting indicated the U.S. Marshals Service may not know precisely how many digital assets it controls. 🔗coindesk.com/business/2026/01/26/u-s-marshals-investigate-claims-that-son-of-government-contractor-stole-usd40-million-of-seized-crypto @TOP7ICO

Zama’s [ZAMA] Pre-TGE Prime Sale on Binance Wallet During Prime Sale Campaign, users can subscribe to an allocation to Zama, within the Binance Wallet. Pre-TGE subscription details • Activity Start: Jan 29, at 8:00 UTC • Subscription cap per user: 3 BNB ℹ️Zama is a homomorphic encryption tools for computing on encrypted data without decryption. It raised $130M in Series A and B rounds from Pantera Capital, Blockchange Ventures, Multicoin Capital and others. Moreover, Zama raised $44M via public auction. Pre-market: 🔘Current price: $0.046 🔘Current FDV: $460M 🔗x.com/BinanceWallet/status/2016119381739393024 Follow us to be on top of crypto: TG | Chat | X