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As the possibility of the Federal Reserve starting to cut interest rates in September increases, market liquidity will significantly improve, and funds will continue to flow into the Bitcoin market. This wave of capital influx is bound to drive up the price of Bitcoin and attract the attention of more investors.
When the price of Bitcoin rises, it will trigger the "love the house and love the dog" effect - investors will have a strong interest in various projects and applications in the Bitcoin ecosystem. It can be foreseen that this virtuous cycle of improved liquidity and rising Bitcoin prices will lay a solid foundation for the prosperity of the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Original author: Yali Bfun  

Original source: twitter

Note: This article comes from @0xbfun Twitter, and Mars Finance compiled it as follows:

I have recently been sorting out all the projects in the BTC ecosystem and found that there are too many and too complicated projects. Fortunately, we are not doing research, so we don’t need to study all the projects; we are here to make money.

, focusing on projects that have participation points and can make money. I roughly divided them into several categories: mainnet online projects; high-potential unlaunched projects; and knowledge popularization projects to be observed.

Today we will first study the projects that have been launched on the mainnet:

Merlin @MerlinLayer2 ZK-Rollup; supports modularization; inscriptions; rune asset support, fully embraces the BTC ecosystem. The community foundation is strong. The mainnet upgrade was recently completed, gas dropped significantly, and the AA wallet is smoother to use. Next, we need to focus on the launch of the POS mechanism and the launch of Merlin Phantom. The price of $Merl has rebounded from the bottom by more than double. There are still 25% of the short-term market liquidity chips that have not been unlocked. After unlocking another 12.5% ​​on the 19th of this month, the impact of the remaining unlocking will be very small.

Original title: The Modular Watchlist for 2024 - 35 Modular Protocols You Should Know

Original author: THOR

Original source: onchaintimes

Compiled by: Vernacular Blockchain

What exactly does modular currency mean? Why are there hundreds of new “modular” protocols on the market now?

Modularity has been a hot topic this year, and the launch of Celestia and TIAToken last year kicked off the trend. It’s more than just a buzzword, however, as modular infrastructure components can solve blockchain’s scaling bottlenecks by moving certain components into specialized infrastructure.

The horn of the bull market has sounded, and 2024 is coming. Which tracks and projects do we need to pay attention to? Listed below are 10 representatives of trends and projects worth watching over the next year. Before zk Rollup2022, the debate in the Rollup field mainly focused on which technology has more advantages, Optimistic or zk Rollup. However, with the reduction of L2 costs after EIP-4844 and the launch of some large-scale projects, the previously quiet L2 war is expected to break out in full force again. The key lies in how L2 is able to structure its ecosystem. Focus on projects: zkSync, StarknetRollup middleware EIP-4844 After the cost of Rollup is reduced, the popularity of Rollup will really begin. This track includes the following subdivisions: Rollup as a Service Shared Sorting Rollup SDK Around several mainstream Rollup projects, there will be hundreds to thousands of AppRollups. Projects to focus on: Gelato Network, AltLayer, Espresso Systems Interoperability As the number of blockchains continues to increase, the need for cross-chain infrastructure will grow exponentially. But they still have some problems: High costs Hacking incidents Synthetic asset liquidity Dispersion Although existing cross-chain bridges have various problems, newly released cross-chain solutions are expected to achieve breakthroughs. Projects to focus on: LayerZero, Wormhole parallelization EVM parallelization The advantages of EVM are: faster block time, higher TPS, low fee. This technology has been verified through the inscription stress test and will have a strong appeal to DApp developers. Projects to focus on: Sei Network, Neon, Monad Data Availability The data availability layer is critical to the scalability, security, and efficiency of blockchain networks. Its features and benefits are: Improved scalability Transparency and easy verification Compatible with L2 solutions Reduced costs As the core of the modular narrative, the DA layer will be adopted by numerous projects. Items to watch: Celestia, Avail, EigenLayer Bitcoin Ecosystem Bitcoin Spot ETF is likely to be launched in the first quarter of 2024. Additionally, the Bitcoin ecosystem will remain a key area of ​​focus in 2024 as Inscription (BRC-20) develops. And efforts to unlock Bitcoin’s $830 billion in liquidity will continue. Projects to watch: Stack, Babylon Decentralized machine learning Artificial intelligence will continue to play a central role in the narrative of 2024, and artificial intelligence computing power will become one of the mainstream fields.As artificial intelligence continues to develop, the market is expected to increasingly turn its attention to data mining, a fundamental aspect of artificial intelligence technology. Focus on projects: gensyn, Bittensor Decentralized Social Most SocialFi has not yet gained a large user base. Nonetheless, the friend.tech story is a compelling example of the limitless potential of user-driven social networks. Projects to follow: friend.tech, Lens Protocol, Farcaster Distributed Validator Technology DVT allows multiple nodes to act as an Ethereum PoS validator, thereby improving security and decentralization. As Vitalik Buterin warned, major staking service providers currently face centralization issues. The takeaway here is that LSD will continue to be a high-growth industry in the coming years, and interest in DVT will naturally be fueled in the process. Projects to focus on: ssv network, Obol Network, diva Ethereum re-staking "Re-staking" refers to the reuse of pledged Ethereum or other cryptocurrencies on nodes that serve as validators for various protocols. A key point to note here is EigenLayer's potential revenue. Ethereum staking annual interest rate (~5%) + Eigenlayer re-staking rewards (~10%) + LRT protocol token issuance (~10%) = potential annual interest rate When Ethereum enters a bull market, people may pay more attention to the re-staking protocol potential.

Author: Spike @ Contributor of PermaDAO

Reviewer: Lemon @ Contributor of PermaDAO

Compared with Machiavelli's activeness, it seems inappropriate to emphasize the anarchist tendencies of DAO, because no matter what the name of the organization is, there will be written or unwritten management regulations, forming legal and habitual leaders or active groups.

However, anarchism itself is not directly equivalent to the absence of governance, but rather hopes to achieve an "anarchic" order under the premise of eliminating the center of power.

We can summarize the current characteristics of DAO: