Editor's note: This article introduces some features and usage of the Alchemist AI platform, discussing the key role of network effects in the success of digital markets, particularly in the development process of alchemistAIapp (ALCH), where attracting developers and users enables the platform to form a self-reinforcing growth flywheel, while ALCH possesses characteristics of a double-sided market and social network.

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Alchemist AI is a no-code platform that allows users to build software applications simply by providing descriptions. No coding skills are required, enabling anyone (from beginners to experts) to quickly create custom applications, utilities, and games.

KnowHere News: As the digital wave surges, Web3 technology, with its outstanding features such as decentralization, transparency and security, is leading us to stride into an unprecedented digital era. In today's world, governments around the world have shown a positive attitude towards cryptocurrencies and Web3 and have successively introduced relevant compliance and regulatory policies. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the issuance of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and Hong Kong, China issued a (Policy Declaration on the Development of Virtual Assets in Hong Kong). We are welcoming a new wave of opportunities and challenges, and Hong Kong, China is becoming a new crypto-finance and Web3 technology center.

Musk, known as the 'Dogecoin Father,' seems to have recently taken a liking to Pepe the Frog. On December 31 afternoon, he unusually changed his Twitter name from Elon Musk to 'Kekius Maximus' and replaced his profile picture with Pepe, causing the meme coins related to Pepe and 'Kekius Maximus' to surge.

However, as Musk changed the Twitter name back to Elon Musk today (2nd) and replaced the profile picture with his personal photo, related tokens have seen some decline.

Kekius Maximus (KEKIUS)

The $KEKIUS on the Ethereum chain (address: 0x26e550ac11b26f78a04489d5f20f24e3559f7dd9) surged over 3500% in the first two days, reaching as high as $0.4, with a market capitalization surpassing $398 million.

In a bull market, there seem to be countless ways to make money. Some people chase angles with MEME coins, some stay up all night trading contracts, and others work hard to grab airdrops. Besides these methods, is there any way to profit without 'grinding', gambling, or feeling nervous? Some smart money is targeting Binance's Launchpool or Megadrop platform activities to achieve the goal of compound interest. In this article, PANews will review various activities on Binance over the past year and simulate how much profit can be obtained by holding 10 BNB by the end of the year.

You can participate in 28 token launch airdrops throughout the year.

As Ethereum surpassed the $3,400 mark, the ETH/BTC ratio rebounded 2.3% from today’s low to 0.03657, a new high in a week.

Recently, compared with Bitcoin consolidating at a low of $90,000, Ethereum has been more powerful. CoinGecko data shows that Ethereum has broken through $3,400 and is now at $3,410, up 1% in the past 24 hours and 4% in the past 7 days. In contrast, Bitcoin has fallen 1.1% in the past 24 hours, and even fell below $93,000 earlier today, hitting $92,868.96.

ETH/BTC ratio rebounds 2.3%

As Ethereum strengthened, the ETH/BTC ratio rebounded 2.3% from a low of 0.03575 this morning, hitting a high of 0.03657 around 9 o'clock, setting a new high in a week.

As I write this article, I am thinking that it might be simpler to write 'What Not to Expect from AI in 2025' than 'What to Expect'! How do you select 5 areas for a technology that is making progress in almost every field at the same time? To narrow it down and hopefully make it more interesting, I decided to focus on trends that are not directly related to the developments of ChatGPT or its competitors. It is safe to say that these trends will grow, and the applications and the companies behind them will strive to make these applications solutions to all possible problems.

Original Title: (WOO X Research: What Stage Has AI Agent Development Reached? How Will It Progress Next?)

Original Source: WOO X Research

Background: Crypto + AI, Seeking PMF

PMF (Product Market Fit) refers to the degree of product-market match, meaning that products must meet market demands. Before starting a startup, one should confirm the market situation, understand what type of customers to sell to, and grasp the current market environment before developing products.

The concept of PMF applies to entrepreneurs to avoid creating products/services that feel good to them but do not resonate with the market. This concept also applies to the cryptocurrency market; project teams should understand the needs of crypto players to build products, rather than piling up technology that is disconnected from the market.

Author: DWF Capital

A comprehensive understanding of how market makers harvest retail investors throughout the entire process has been exposed as 'collectible-level dry goods'.

Major players are best at manipulating two emotions: greed and fear. They create fear to make people abandon their chips for accumulation, then use people's greed to sell the collected chips. However, major players are not omnipotent creators; they cannot completely ensure the success of their actions, and they need to test market sentiments. For instance, in the accumulation phase, have all the sell orders been fully absorbed? Major players fear that when they think they have absorbed all the sell orders and start to lift prices, new sell orders emerge, causing prices to hit new lows, and the previous shakeout fails - for this, they need to conduct supply testing. What about the distribution phase? Major players fear that when they drag prices back to previous high-demand ranges to start filling their warehouses, market demand hasn't been fully satisfied, and prices continue to rise - for this, they need to conduct demand testing.

Finally, the day when AI Meme no longer dominates the charts.

This morning, it was a carnival day for AI Meme on the Solana chain. At around 2 pm, Musk changed his Twitter avatar to a meme image similar to Pepe the frog, and directly changed his name to Kekius Maximus. What is special is that this is the first time Musk has changed his Twitter name.

Yes, this is the thing.

In addition, Musk has recently been tweeting frequently about Pepe-related concepts. This big move of changing the name + avatar has directly made the Meme market boil. In addition to the $Pepe that has already been listed, the PumpFun Meme on the Solana chain has been even more rampant, and the entire northwest Shanxi has become a mess.

Many people say that this crypto market bull run lacks innovative narratives. In fact, AI is the most innovative and enduring core narrative. By December 2024, the project with the highest return in the entire cryptocurrency market (off-chain) comes from the AI field—Virtuals, with a return of 23,079%.

"The next stop for large models" "Completely changing human lifestyles" "Opening a new era of industrial revolution"... People are not shy in describing the importance of AI Agents. Regarding the current development momentum and future trends of AI Agents, both retail and institutional investors are underprepared. Many people around me did not pay attention before but felt the need to understand after the outbreak. However, the flood of various information in the market is dazzling and brings a lot of confusion. Today, we will completely sort out AI Agents; this research report will help you quickly get educated as an introductory guide to AI Agents (crypto version)!

Look for undervalued opportunities outside the current narrative scope, with teams that move quickly, are good at storytelling, and can build market recognition.

Original title: Agent Ecosystem = The New L1

Original author: 0xJeff, AI investor

Original text compiled by: Ismay, BlockBeats



Do you remember the L2 craze of 2022-2023?

The best strategy at that time was to hoard leading DEXs, top lending markets, Solidly fork projects, LSTs, yield optimizers, and so on. Everyone was chasing token issuance, participating in airdrops, or injecting TVL into L2 platforms like Blast to earn points.

KnowHere Media News: Evan Van Ness, founder of the Week in Ethereum News (WiE), posted on social media: 'Due to a conversation with the leadership of the Ethereum Foundation (EF) earlier this year, I announce that this newsletter will cease operations because the communication indicated they believe continuing the operation (of the Ethereum News Weekly) is not valuable.

In the remaining time of 2024, WiE received very little funding support from the Ethereum Foundation. Although this support was mostly symbolic, the EF leadership's decision to cut this trivial support clearly indicated that WiE would end immediately.

Author: Yogita Khatri, Venture Capital

Translation: Baihua Blockchain

According to data from (The BlockPro)'s funding dashboard, crypto venture capital funding increased by 28% year-on-year in 2024, reaching approximately $13.7 billion. Although significant progress has been made compared to 2023, this wave of growth has not returned to previous peaks, despite the bullish market sentiment this year.

Looking ahead to 2025, top crypto venture capitalists maintain a cautiously optimistic stance. Although most believe that funding levels are unlikely to return to the highs of 2021-2022, there is a clear consensus that startups with strong product-market fit and visible user adoption are most likely to attract capital in the coming year.

Author: Tiger Research

What are the limitations of Fair Launch and what new alternatives are there?

Key Takeaways

The imbalance of investment opportunities between retail investors and venture capital is an ongoing topic of discussion in the cryptocurrency market.

Fair launch platforms aim to provide fair investment opportunities to address this imbalance, but they still face structural limitations.

Innovative approaches such as providing investment opportunities based on on-chain and off-chain data and using transparent fair launch mechanisms under AI agents are gaining attention.

1. Introduction

Source: rsuthar94, Dune Analytics

Author: Nomos Labs

Few have considered that the birth of Meme coins might be a 'cultural experiment' in the crypto world: how much can a joke be worth? How many waves and ripples can a humorous quip create in the financial world? From $DOGE to $SHIB, and then to this year's skyrocketing $Neiro, these seemingly 'nonsensical' coins have repeatedly refreshed people's views on the narrative capability of Meme coins.

In 2024, the Meme coin market remains lively amid uncertainty. It is not just an entertainment symbol in the crypto circle; it has become a playground for speculators and a barometer of market sentiment. However, peeling back the story behind the price surge, we find a familiar yet strange logic driving this revelry: Meme culture, market sentiment, and technological narratives are redefining the value boundaries of Meme coins.

Quick overview

In 2024, venture capital funding in the crypto sector grew by 28% year-on-year, reaching $13.7 billion, but has not yet reached historical peaks.

Top crypto venture capital firms believe that funding in 2025 will mainly flow to startups that demonstrate strong product-market fit.

According to funding data from The Block Pro, crypto venture capital funding in 2024 grew significantly, increasing by 28% year-on-year to approximately $13.7 billion. Although this achievement has improved compared to 2023, and the overall market sentiment this year is relatively optimistic, it has not yet recovered to previous historical highs.

This year, AscendEX rapidly rose to become the preferred venue for users' 'entertainment investment' thanks to its unique Meme coin trading platform.

In 2024, the crypto world is ever-changing, and AscendEX rapidly rose as the preferred venue for users' 'entertainment investment' thanks to its unique Meme coin trading platform. From spot to contracts, from social media to community activities, we worked throughout the year to ensure that users not only enjoy the fun of investing but also experience the charm and explosiveness of Meme coins. Here, punchlines are hotspots, and hotspots are the keys to wealth.

Key Takeaways

The imbalance of investment opportunities between retail investors and venture capital in the cryptocurrency market is an ongoing topic of discussion.

The Fair Launch platform is committed to providing fair investment opportunities to address this imbalance, but it still faces structural limitations.

Innovative approaches such as offering investment opportunities based on on-chain and off-chain data, and transparent fair launch mechanisms using AI agents are gaining attention.

1. Introduction

Source: rsuthar 94, Dune Analytics

Launchpad platforms like Pump.fun and DAOS.Fun are gaining strong momentum in the cryptocurrency market. They have drawn attention due to high trading volumes and active user participation. Unlike traditional ICOs and IEOs, these platforms adopt fair distribution mechanisms—allowing all users to participate freely from the start of token issuance without needing to sell to capital parties in advance. This model has garnered widespread attention by enabling retail investors to participate from the beginning, share value, and benefit from the fair distribution of tokens. This trend highlights the long-standing exclusion of retail investors from quality investment opportunities while raising market expectations for more inclusive investment models.

NEW New Column Introduction

Hi readers, Coinspire is about to launch our new content column—Discover Alpha/5 Minutes to Understand a Project Series.

This is the first article in the new column. In this column, we not only chase current trends but also hope to find undervalued projects that are beyond the current narrative and can tell exciting stories to share with readers.

The heated launch of Ai16z's fundraising platform daos.fun has raised the visibility of Investment DAOs in the past month.

In short, Investment DAO is a decentralized hedge fund managed by humans or AI agents that raises funds, generates returns, and distributes profits back to DAO token holders. It can also be understood as a tool that helps hedge fund managers raise funds. The launchpad is the aggregated market for such DAOs.

Written by: Azuma, Odaily Planet Daily

On December 29, influential trader Eugene Ng Ah Sio in the cryptocurrency community published a forecast and expectations for the first quarter of 2025 on X, predicting that ETH will be the best-performing mainstream token in the next quarter.

Eugene first mentioned three reasons for being bullish on ETH: technical trends; Trump's favor (especially WLF's substantial buying in the Ethereum ecosystem); Base ecosystem development status. He then reiterated that since Trump's election, the inflow of funds into spot Ethereum ETFs has undergone a 180-degree turnaround.