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Tokenization and demand for real economics make DeFi lending, spot and yield tokens extremely appealing on risk-reward. This unrivaled trend will grow DeFi value 50x or more over multiple years, and fast. The altcoin bear market is forcing better token structures: Ethena, Uniswap and Aave are improving unit economics, Chainlink to some extent. Battle-tested Pendle and Morpho, with efficient businesses and institutional ties, will re-rate hard. A DeFi Summer return is nearly certain. x.comÂ
Injective faces no large early-investor unlock that could add selling pressure over the long term. All of its token supply is already circulating, with market cap equal to fully diluted value; that makes holding it a healthier long-term proposition than RWA layer-1 tokens with an unlock cliff. x.com x.comÂ
NEAR can never be money, so any monetary or privacy premium ascribed to the token will flow to permissionless neutral protocols like Zcash and, to a lesser degree, Monero. NEAR's freezing of funds from the Bitget hack was the right business decision, but it shows that programmability creates governance surface area that is antithetical to money. The NEAR chain made about $150k in 30 days, Intents $1.7M and perps $61k, an insane multiple for something that isn't money. x.com x.com x.comÂ
Uniswap has a real chance at new all-time highs this year as its fundamentals keep improving. Fees rose 129% over 30 days and revenue 165%, and revenue outgrowing fees means the UNI burn mechanism's expanding pool coverage is compounding, not just volume. x.comÂ
ether.fi is moving to own its entire neobank stack by launching its own stablecoin on Ethena's white-label platform, the right goal for a neobank. Per Ethena, ether.fi holds over $300 million of stablecoin deposits, its Cash card has reached nearly $1 billion of cumulative spend and more than 100,000 active cards, and owning the stack lets the best stablecoin neobanks earn from idle deposit balances. The outlook for the ETHFI token stays maximally bullish. x.com x.comÂ
NEAR's tokenomics could tighten further. A new governance proposal would cut annual issuance from 2.5% to 1.6% over two years, a further 36% reduction after inflation was already halved from 5% in 2025. Fewer new tokens alongside growing network revenue can only be bullish for NEAR. x.comÂ
Live CME futures let institutions price Uniswap's DeFi liquidity and fee narrative with regulated hedging. Standard 10,000-UNI and Micro 1,000-UNI cash-settled contracts began trading October 19 after the rumor-driven selloff. Asset managers and market makers can now hedge or run basis trades; deeper secondary liquidity is a multi-month possibility, not guaranteed buying on launch day, and risk-off markets can still overwhelm the event. x.comÂ
Ether.fi is evolving from a crypto card app into a real neobank, which could send the ETHFI token back toward past highs. The latest update adds new funding methods, stock trading and Aave-integrated loans against accounts, and restarts buybacks at $1.3M a month. At a 400M FDV and fully unlocked with no supply overhang, it compares with LIT at 2B-plus with similar buybacks. Returning to the $5-7 range would mean 10-15x, or roughly 4-6B FDV, which looks very possible. x.comÂ
Uniswap's protocol fees now have a specified path to UNI burns: fees flow into TokenJar and UNI is burned through Firepit to release those assets. Its multichain liquidity and $79.47B in 30-day DEX volume favor a larger 60% long-term weight versus AERO, despite a higher roughly 35.8x annualized revenue multiple. Further fee capture across chains and v4 pools could add growth, but protocol revenue is not net holder returns. x.comÂ
NEAR Intents activity and fees keep accelerating alongside NEAR's price. September intent volume reached a new monthly high of $4.07B, while fees surpassed $7.7M and reached $55M since inception; NEAR rose 156% over the same period. x.comÂ