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Ethereum Spot ETF
Grayscale report: Ethereum spot ETF has little room for growth after approval, Solana may seize market share
Given the high initial valuation, there may be limited room for further ETH price gains compared to a Bitcoin ETF launching in January 2024.
The latest trends in US crypto regulation and market opportunities from the SEC’s approval of eight Ethereum ETFs
This article will briefly introduce the process before and after the SEC approved the Ethereum ETF, and analyze the latest trends and market opportunities in US crypto regulation.
Ethereum ETF is about to be launched. What impact will it have on Layer2?
ETF issuers need to wait until their S-1 registration statement becomes effective before they can begin trading.
After the Ethereum ETF is approved: Will there be a “copycat dance” under the compliance stick?
How do you view the changes in the industry after the Ethereum ETF is approved? Let me first state the conclusion: In my opinion, the market will usher in a relatively long "copycat" season, and the bull run is just in time, but the process will not be so beautiful.
For more relevant content, please check out the timeline special topic: "Shocking Reversal! Full Record of Ethereum Spot ETF Approval"
Meme is back
99.99% of them return to zero, but what are the characteristics of the few successful Memecoins?
The reasons for the popularity of memes are inseparable from but not limited to the following five factors: cultural foundation, simplicity and recognizability, entertainment and humor, low threshold for secondary creation, and promotion by super influencers and key figures.
When the Kardashians got involved in MEME: a dramatic conflict between fame and retail investors
It is difficult to judge whether the story is true or not. The only thing that is certain is that it is always the retail investors who are confused behind the story and do not get any profit.
Pump.fun adds live streaming function. Will the Meme carnival enter a new era of live streaming sales?
In this carnival of leeks, live streaming is just late, but it will definitely not be absent.
Memecoin is in its golden age. Will it repeat the mistakes of NFT or become the mainstream narrative?
This article provides a brief comparative analysis of Meme Coin and NFT for readers’ reference.
What is the value of Meme? Exploring the financial and social attributes of Meme
Meme tokens emerge with every market cycle. A group of people rally around a meme and temporarily drive up the price of an asset (from a day to a few months). This has become a popular market strategy in the cryptocurrency space, covering everything from the blockchain layer to the application layer, because it not only drives up the price, but also draws attention to the ecosystem. Some projects, such as Avalanche, have even gone a step further and created dedicated meme token funds.
Macro perspective
The era of "picking up money" is over, and it will become increasingly difficult for retail investors to make money through crypto assets such as Bitcoin
Do retail investors still have a chance in the crypto market?
If mad cow disease comes, how can we secure our profits?
"Failure to prepare is preparation to fail."
Undervalued Hong Kong Crypto ETFs: The Appearance and Undercurrent Behind the Data
There is an inverted trend between trading volume and scale. The various stakeholders are refining the processes and clearing bottlenecks. Two months later may be the critical node for increasing volume.
Crypto Market Forecast 2024-2029: Innovation, Regulation and Market Development
In the next five years, the cryptocurrency industry will usher in opportunities brought by mainstream adoption and institutional participation, but will also face new challenges from multiple aspects such as regulation, technology, and application.
Bitcoin Ecosystem
Taking Runes as an example, we analyze the optimal mechanism of the asset proxy (etching) model on Bitcoin
It has been a month since the BTC halving, and it has also been a month since the long-awaited Runes protocol was launched. During this period, more than a dozen proxy trading platforms and trading markets have emerged. On the day of the halving, even a single Runes asset would cost more than $100.
How does the RGB protocol expand the BTC native ecosystem?
This article will take a deep dive into where the RGB protocol comes in, which promises to open up a whole new realm of possibilities in the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Can’t tell the difference? A complete guide to BTC address types
Last year's inscription craze and this year's Runes have made many people unclear about the types of BTC addresses and very confused. Today we will use eight questions to help you understand clearly.
A brief analysis of the AVM white paper: A Turing-complete virtual machine that allows BTC to implement a dynamic "state machine"?
Simply put: it is a method of simulating the Bitcoin virtual machine to enable the originally "stateless" Bitcoin main network to be equipped with a smart contract system, and then it can complete the status recording and processing capabilities of more complex assets other than BTC assets, similar to Turing complete smart contracts.
Interpreting Bool Network: A truly decentralized Bitcoin cross-chain bridge?
Since the emergence of various cross-chain bridges, the various hacker attacks that followed have almost never stopped. The theft of 620 million US dollars from Axie's official cross-chain bridge in 2022 shocked the world. Countless people began to think about how to solve the security and trustlessness of cross-chain bridges, but to this day, there are still many unresolved issues in this field.
Casey is a guest in the Chinese community: Runes project should focus more on fun and build the best "casino"
Runes and Ordinals are fun ways to speculate, but nothing really compares to Bitcoin.
For more related content, please check out the special topic: "Beyond Digital Gold: BRC-20 and Inscriptions, Opening a New Chapter for Bitcoin"
Seize the opportunity
Fantom is about to launch a new chain Sonic. Can coin swap + MEME activate the ecosystem?
From the performance narrative surrounding the introduction of Sonic parallel EVM and the processing speed of 2000TPS in March to today’s MEME season and new token plans, Fantom’s determination to revive has been revealed.
Copycat investment methodology: abandon emotion-driven and develop a "theme" strategy
Successful investors typically prioritize investment themes based on in-depth research and analysis rather than engaging in short-term speculation.
TON "fission" moment: Pushing Mini APP, capturing future traffic entrances from trends
LBank will review the current progress of the TON ecosystem based on TON’s historical process, growth factors, and data comparisons with other public chains, so that more users can have a deep understanding of the “fission” moments on TON.
More than 33 million frames have been rendered. What other catalysts are there for the Render Network that leads the Solana+AI narrative?
Render plays a major role in various narratives such as AI and DePIN. RNDR has grown 300% in the past year.
This week’s featured interactive projects: Avalon, dappOS, Aligned Layer
High financing, zero cost, easy to participate, and potential airdrops.
Web3
Trump was convicted of a felony, and related meme coins plummeted by more than 30%
$69,000 is a critical level for BTC.
Coinlist "tears up" VC coins: the listed FDV is 13 times more expensive than the private placement, and users are certainly unwilling to take over
At present, the crypto market is full of high FDV. Although exchanges have made adjustments to their listing strategies to deal with community disputes, it is ultimately a "symptom-solving" approach. While the logic of high valuations of projects urgently needs to be reconstructed, MEME has dominated the trading list, and even FOMO phenomena such as institutions, celebrities and politicians have entered the market.
The biggest witch hunt in history comes to an end: LayerZero's anti-witch campaign stages a prisoner's dilemma
On May 30, LayerZero’s weeks-long witch cleansing campaign officially came to an end. Although witch detection has become a routine part of airdrops for major projects, LayerZero’s fancy anti-witch campaign staged a crypto version of the “prisoner’s dilemma.”
Being "ostracized" by the Base community, user data has dropped sharply, and Friend.tech faces multiple challenges
Friend.tech is caught in a dilemma as it is losing a large number of users on the one hand and is being besieged by competitors and "excluded" by the Base ecosystem on the other.
A look at the price performance of 11 airdropped tokens after they were launched this year
JTO, ENA and JUP performed outstandingly, increasing by 149%, 73% and 51% respectively.
ENS business growth dilemma brings opportunity: V2 upgrade and migration to L2 are launched to accelerate the expansion of domain name services
Every time Vitalik makes a call, the price of ENS goes up. But in fact, ENS is facing the dilemma of user and revenue growth. With the launch of ENS V2, perhaps the "most successful non-financial application" in Vitalik's eyes will get more attention.
Finally the refund announcement came, but is there something fishy about ZKasino’s “promise” to return the funds?
In short, despite ZKasino’s insistence that it is operating legally, legal issues, investor skepticism, and the recent refund announcement have left many questions unanswered.
After five years of silence, Mt.Gox address saw its first large transfer. What is the impact on the market?
Depending on the final implementation plan of the compensation trustee, the market will face varying degrees of selling pressure, but it will be digested over a long period of time.
Solana votes to prioritize 100% of fees to validators, community controversy highlights governance issues
Where there are interests, there are conflicts, and where there are conflicts, there are rivers and lakes. Behind the seemingly calm proposal passed by the Solana validator community, there is an open and covert struggle for interests.
zkSync developers launched a trademark battle over "ZK" and were jointly boycotted by multiple crypto leaders
Recently, zkSync developer Matter Labs has sparked protests from many projects after submitting the "ZK trademark application", including Polyhedra Network, Polygon, StarkWare and other projects, which have jointly boycotted.
Technical
Initia: A full-chain Rollup ecosystem for Web3
Can it become the "Apple system" in the blockchain field?
A look at the increasingly mature FHE track: current status of the ecosystem and potential opportunities
As FHE technology matures, the FHE ecosystem holds unlimited potential and opportunities, which deserve our continued in-depth exploration and development.
In-depth analysis of two ZK vulnerabilities
In a previous article, we discussed advanced formal verification of zero-knowledge proofs: how to verify a ZK instruction. By formally verifying each zkWasm instruction, we are able to fully verify the technical security and correctness of the entire zkWasm circuit.
The neglected area of modularity: aggregation, settlement and execution layers
Different parts of the modular stack have not received the same level of attention and innovation. While many projects have previously innovated on the data availability (DA) and ordering layers, only recently have the execution and settlement layers received attention as part of the modular stack.
Key Information
President Biden’s re-election campaign has begun reaching out to key cryptocurrency industry figures
JPMorgan Chase expects US SEC will not approve other crypto ETFs after spot Ethereum ETF
Insider: Musk gave Trump advice on cryptocurrency
Trump Asked If Bitcoin Could Help Solve $35 Trillion U.S. National Debt
Apple reportedly reaches agreement with OpenAI to bring ChatGPT to iOS 18
Analysis: US PCE inflation data will be released tomorrow night, Bitcoin price faces the risk of correction
BlackRock submits revised S-1 filing for Ethereum ETF, disclosing information related to seed fund
Trump: If re-elected president, I would 'very seriously consider' pardoning Julian Assange
In the past 45 days, more than 190,000 BTC have been transferred across Merlin Chain, with a total value of US$12.9 billion, and have flowed into more than 10 public chains to provide liquidity.
Arweave AO plans to issue its AO token, token economics will be released on June 13
Singapore’s DBS Bank says it is not an Ethereum whale, Nansen suspects it may be holding Ethereum funds on behalf of users