1. Messari: Overview of Annual Agreements and Figures in the Crypto Industry for 2024
To celebrate a remarkable year in the cryptocurrency field, we are launching the first annual Messari Awards. In this section, we highlight some of the best protocols and figures in their respective categories based on contributions to cryptocurrency in 2024. All results are 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, cyclical collapse, stagnation, and post-human. Recently, an interdisciplinary research team formally categorized these trajectories into four major types: status quo, catastrophe, technological transformation, and astronomical. Historian David Christian, in his work (Future Stories), marks our imagined future global scenarios as collapse, contraction, sustainability, and growth. Click to read
3. Profit opportunities from BNB Restaking
There is a very obvious phenomenon in the current market, which is the severe differentiation of user groups - some are participating in primary market offerings, some are chasing trends in the secondary market, some have heavily invested in AI Agents, some are playing Layer 1 outside of SOL and ETH, and some are searching for mining opportunities. It must be mentioned that while mining in a bull market may not be as exciting as trading cryptocurrencies, the returns can still be considerable, such as the $M3M3 LP pool on Solana and the $USD0 pool from Pendle. Click to read
4. What does the emergence of 'AI Agents' mean?
After in-depth discussions with several project teams, I found that many leaders have not yet realized what the emergence of 'AI Agents' means. I'll briefly outline my understanding in a post: Click to read
5. Predictions from Pantera's Managing Partner: Eight Predictions for the Crypto Space in 2025
Every year, bulls and bears use short-term case studies to predict whether cryptocurrencies will face apocalyptic ends or exponential growth. Each year, neither of these dimensions proves to be correct.
Some notable events this year: Ethereum's Dencun upgrade; elections, crypto ETFs, DUNA in Wyoming, the wBTC controversy, Robinhood's Wells notice, Hyperliquid's nearly $2 billion airdrop, Bitcoin reaching $100,000, and SEC Chair Gary Gensler's resignation announcement in January. Click to read
