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Macroscopic Perspective
The final rules for 'DeFi Brokers' from the IRS are strongly opposed by the crypto industry; how likely is it that the Trump administration will withdraw them?
Insiders in the crypto industry point out that in practical applications, it is users who facilitate transactions, while the IRS incorrectly defines DeFi service providers as brokers, forcing the collection of user information, which will trigger significant privacy infringement issues and exceed the IRS's legal authority.
With the New Year approaching, will three major catalysts drive a strong market rebound in January?
Trump's inauguration as the new president, FTX's debt repayment, and historical data trends showing a general rise during the Lunar New Year.
Retail investors and venture capital: Finding fair play in Web3.
The limitations of Fair Launch and what new alternatives exist?
What impact will the European MiCA legislation have on the market?
Will the adoption rate of cryptocurrencies in Europe increase by 2025? How will MiCA affect businesses and investors?
2024 Summary and 2025 Outlook
As 2025 approaches, let's see how crypto VCs view market evolution and potential opportunities.
Standing at the starting point of 2025, PANews invited over a dozen top VCs to share their observations and thoughts on the crypto industry. They reviewed the highlights of the past year, analyzed current market opportunities and challenges, and made predictions about future trends.
Reviewing the performance of 22 mainstream public chains in 2024: half of the data declined, Hyperliquid ranked first in multiple data points.
From the data perspective, which public chains have truly risen in 2024? Which public chains' decline may not actually be underestimated but a real decline?
Key investment themes to watch in the crypto space in 2025: DeFi and AI.
AI and DeFi will be the two core narratives for next year.
Annual performance of crypto narratives: AI and Meme surged over 20 times, L2 fell 20.7% to the bottom.
CoinGecko analyzed this year's cryptocurrency narrative themes, revealing significant differences in annual returns across different themes, ranging from -20.7% to +2,939.8%.
Year-end special Space review: Outlook on Bitcoin's future and macro trends.
PANews invited ABCDE investment research partners Lao Bai, Mask Network founder Suji Yan, dForce founder Ming Dao, and HashKey Capital investment research director Jeffrey Hu to discuss the future development trends of the crypto market.
Year-end special Space review: Outlook on Ethereum and altcoin markets.
In this issue of PANews interviews, we invited Chainfeed founder Pan Zhixiong, Nothing Research partner Todd, Gate Group Chief Business Officer Kevin Lee, and independent researcher NingNing to collectively look forward to the future potential of the Ethereum and altcoin markets.
For more insights on the 2024 summary and 2025 outlook, please visit the topic (Bull Market Fantasy: 2024 Annual Summary and 2025 New Year Outlook).
AI and Meme
Interpreting the development status of ai16z and Virtuals: occupying over half of the AI Agent market share, both face the challenge of ecological centralization.
In this wave of AI Agent hype, ai16z and Virtuals Protocol are undoubtedly the two strongest representative projects, with their ecosystems attracting various capital to actively seek profits.
The market value of AI Agents far exceeds that during DeFi Summer; will it replicate a DeFi-like market trend?
The AI Agent craze is capturing the vast majority of on-chain liquidity, and discussions about crypto AI being in a cycle similar to DeFi Summer are increasing. This article from PANews will compare the market development scale of crypto AI with DeFi and explore the similarities and differences between these two fields.
Horizontal comparison of four major AI agent frameworks: adoption status, strengths and weaknesses, token growth potential.
In the future, the billion-dollar track is already in competition among seed players.
A comprehensive analysis of the Bittensor ecosystem: the power game for the AI iron throne.
Bittensor is a decentralized AI infrastructure used by AI developers to build and deploy machine learning models or other AI-related developments.
PANews's account【MEME Daily】will select daily hot memes to help readers understand the situation in the track; click here to view.
Seizing Opportunities
The next Ethena? Resolv stablecoin protocol airdrop guide.
Resolv is a Delta-neutral stablecoin protocol focused on tokenizing market-neutral investment portfolios.
Lazy person's money-making secret: buy 10 BNB at the beginning of the year, use compound interest on Binance, how much can you earn by the end of the year?
Are there ways to profit without 'grinding', gambling, or risking your heart? Some smart money is targeting Binance's Launchpool or Megadrop activities to achieve compound interest.
Countdown to mainnet launch! A look at the 22 ecological projects soon to join Abstract Chain.
This article from PANews reviews 22 crypto projects that have garnered significant market attention, primarily focusing on NFT projects while also covering gaming, DeFi, Launchpad, and AI.
In conversation with trader Amanda: How to formulate an investment strategy to outperform BTC in a bull market?
Various exit strategies suggest that regular selling might actually perform the best.
Overview of MegaETH ecosystem: What projects does MegaMafia cover?
Currently, MegaMafia covers 13 projects, along with 15 projects that are based on MegaETH or plan to integrate MegaETH but are not yet part of MegaMafia.
Things about Web3
Missing out on a big opportunity due to a moment's hesitation, a review of the blood and tears history of missing BIO.
When a track is still very early, don't hesitate; dive in first and then become a friend of time.
COW surged after launching on Binance, is it just because of the Trump family?
Behind CowSwap, Safe and Gnosis's full suite are the true 'experts'.
What is Kekius Maximus, which resembles Pepe, after Musk changed his name and avatar?
Musk's new meme darling.
Magic Eden after the token launch: Opportunities and challenges in the multi-chain NFT market.
Magic Eden is a leading multi-chain NFT marketplace, dominating the Solana and Bitcoin ecosystems, but facing strong competition from Blur and OpenSea in the Ethereum ecosystem. Despite its outstanding revenue and market share, the price of the token $ME has fluctuated significantly since its issuance, with insufficient market confidence. Future token unlocks may exacerbate sell pressure. The platform needs to break through the Ethereum market bottleneck, optimize its economic model, and promote ecological innovation to consolidate its industry position and achieve long-term growth potential.
Key Information
The clean energy usage rate in Bitcoin mining has exceeded 50%, and the market is looking forward to Musk fulfilling Tesla's Bitcoin payment promise.
Founder of 1confirmation: ETH will eventually rise to $10,000.
Delay in the release of Uniswap V4 version, with the official announcement of 'coming soon' in 2025.
CZ retweeted the view of 'optimistic about the performance of altcoins in Q1 2025, with a minimum target price of BNB at $1,314.'
Switzerland plans to incorporate Bitcoin into its constitutional framework and has initiated a referendum review process.
Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan: Promoting blockchain-based cross-border trade digital currency settlement.
Polkadot's 2025 roadmap released: shortening the DOT unlock waiting time and promoting DOT to become a universal fee token.
MicroStrategy: Approximately $6.88 billion in shares are still available for issuance and sale.
Japan's Financial Services Agency plans to change the classification of cryptocurrencies from 'payment tools' to 'financial assets'.
Syria proposes to legalize Bitcoin to promote economic recovery.
Messari releases six major predictions for 2025: Hyperliquid's stellar performance may have ended, and ETH's performance will outperform SOL.
Foreign media: Morgan Stanley's E-Trade is exploring cryptocurrency trading.
