1. Messari: Overview of Annual Protocols and Figures in the Cryptocurrency Industry for 2024
To celebrate a brilliant year in the cryptocurrency field, we launched the first annual Messari Awards. In this section, we highlight some of the best protocols and figures in their respective categories based on their contributions to cryptocurrency in 2024. All results were voted on by the Messari team. Click to read
2. DeSci: Immortality Technology and the Future of the Galaxy
Research on the long-term trajectory of human civilization often places the future of humanity under several scenarios. Philosopher Nick Bostrom summarizes these four scenarios as extinction, periodic collapse, stagnation, and post-humanity. Recently, a cross-disciplinary research team formally categorized these trajectories into four major types: status quo, disaster, technological change, and astronomical. Historian David Christian, in his work (Future Stories), labels our imagined future global scenarios as collapse, contraction, sustainability, and growth. Click to read
3. Opportunities for Profit from BNB Restaking
A prominent phenomenon in the current market is the severe differentiation of user groups — some are participating in first-level new offerings, some are chasing trends in the secondary market, some are all-in on AI Agents, some are playing Layer 1s other than SOL and ETH, and some are searching for mining opportunities. However, it must be mentioned that while mining in a bull market may not be as exciting as trading, the returns are still quite considerable, such as the $M3M3 LP pool on Solana and Pendle's $USD0 pool. Click to read
4. What Does the Emergence of 'AI Agent' Mean?
After deep communication with several project teams, I found that many leaders are still unaware of what the emergence of 'AI Agent' means. I’ll share my understanding in a post: Click to read
5. Partner Manager of Pantera: Eight Predictions for the Cryptocurrency Field in 2025
Every year, bulls and bears leverage short-term case studies to predict whether cryptocurrency will face an apocalypse or exponential growth. Each year, neither of these dimensions proves to be correct.
Some notable events this year: Ethereum's Dencun upgrade; elections, cryptocurrency ETFs, Wyoming's DUNA, the wBTC controversy, Robinhood's Wells notice, Hyperliquid's nearly $2 billion airdrop, Bitcoin reaching $100,000, and SEC Chairman Gary Gensler's resignation announcement in January. Click to read
