1. Vitalik: The key goal of Ethereum's The Scourge phase

One of the biggest risks facing Ethereum L1 is the centralization of proof of stake due to economic pressures. If there are economies of scale in participating in the core proof of stake mechanism, this will naturally lead to large stakeholders dominating, while smaller stakeholders exit to join large mining pools. This increases the risk of 51% attacks, transaction censorship, and other crises. In addition to centralization risks, there is also the risk of value extraction: a small number of people obtain value that would originally flow to Ethereum users. Click to read

2. A quick overview of the top 10 winning projects at ETHGlobal San Francisco 2024

These 10 projects stood out from 223 projects and are: PumpRoyale, VVLDrizzy, IP Infinity, OmiSwap, HelloACAI, DAOsaster, Chain Waves, BuildBlocks, UniV4Backtester, Betsy. Click to read

3. Sui: A 'unique' public chain

"The reason I chose Sui is that it has a clear development direction, and not all public chains have this point." Several founders of Sui projects mentioned to me. Click to read

4. A list of recent TON projects that have raised funds but have not yet issued tokens

After the turmoil of Telegram founder Durov's arrest, the TVL on the TON chain is gradually stabilizing and recovering. In the fourth quarter, promising protocols such as Blum and PixelSwap will welcome their TGE. Recently, the popularity of Sui has remained high, which has also indirectly brought greater attention to TON, another non-EVM L1 public chain. In the fourth quarter, the TON ecosystem is still in a blue ocean phase, facing little competition and is in a dormant period, perhaps leading to unexpected gains. Click to read

5. The psychology of meme coin frenzy

"The psychology and social processes that form the 'meme coin frenzy' are similar to other forms of frenzy, but in this case, they are driven by financial loss, emotional dependence, and social recognition gained through the cryptocurrency market and online communities. Click to read