1. The crypto market experienced a roller coaster-like fluctuation before and after the Korean martial law storm
On the evening of December 3, South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol announced the implementation of "emergency martial law" across the country. This decree caused panic selling in the Korean crypto market. For a time, local Bitcoin fell below $70,000, and many blue-chip altcoins fell by more than 30%. FUD sentiment spread to the global crypto market. Click to read
2. The next stop for AI Agents: the transition from intelligent agents to economies
The combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain (Web3) is becoming an important trend, especially in the application of AI agents. AI agents achieve autonomous operation in blockchains by perceiving, learning, and executing tasks, giving them the potential to gradually transform from tools of economic activities into independent economic entities. However, there is still controversy as to whether current AI agents should focus on AI development at the application layer rather than the infrastructure layer. Click to read
3. Messari: Polymarket’s resilience after the US election
Polymarket is one of the darlings of the cryptocurrency space in 2024. It initially attracted attention with a unique value proposition, offering users the ability to profit from predictions in a variety of markets – a product that was previously primarily associated with sports betting. This differentiator enables users to access and profit from predictions in a variety of markets such as entertainment, business, and science. Click to read
4. Technical Analysis Stacks: How to catch the express train of BTC growth through "economic binding"?
Back in 2017, when Bitcoin was still in the midst of a dispute between conservatives and innovators, the conservatives firmly believed that the functions should be simplified and only focused on being a reserve asset, while the innovators believed that BTC needed to expand more application scenarios to support smart contract functions to cope with the competition from new chains such as Ethereum. Obviously, Stacks chose the latter, which was somewhat "alternative" in the environment at the time. But many years later, the Ordinals protocol triggered a wave of BTC on-chain asset issuance, BTC layer2 network expansion, and other extensions and developments around the BTC ecosystem, all of which confirmed that Stacks' choice that year was extremely strategic. Click to read
5. Turning point? Grayscale applies to convert Solana Trust into a spot ETF
Grayscale Investments has taken another step toward expanding its presence in the digital asset market by filing an application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to convert its Grayscale Solana Trust into an ETF. If approved, the ETF will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker GSOL, providing investors with direct exposure to Solana (SOL), one of the fastest-growing blockchain platforms in the Crypto ecosystem. Click to read
