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Macro perspective
Are listed Bitcoin mining companies a good investment target? The top 10 companies have mined more than 20,000 BTC this year. Transformation and integration after halving will bring new changes
The total market value of the top ten US listed mining companies exceeds US$24.6 billion, and they have mined more than 21,000 bitcoins in total. As the profit margin has been greatly compressed after the Bitcoin halving, these companies have come up with countermeasures, and the competition among mining companies for computing power expansion, business transformation and mergers has already begun.
10x Research: Altcoins are in a bear market, with 115 tokens down an average of 50% from their highs this year
Token unlocking and unfavorable liquidity indicators are the main triggers for this altcoin crash.
Viewpoint: After the “618” discounts, where will the crypto market go?
The market will go sideways or down until late Q3/Q4.
Is crypto over? 618 in the cryptocurrency market? What are the main issues in this round of market?
Before talking about this round of market conditions, let us review the rules of the previous bull market and the A-share bull market.
List of 1,000 Bitcoin spot ETF buyers revealed: total investment exceeds $11.5 billion, with hedge funds accounting for the majority
Who are the buyers of BTC ETF in Q1? (Full list of investors included!)
Arthur Hayes: Japan's selling of U.S. debt may force the Federal Reserve to print money, which will bring a new round of bull market to the crypto market
If the Federal Reserve prints money on a large scale to buy back the U.S. bonds sold by Japan, it will bring a new round of U.S. dollar liquidity to the cryptocurrency market.
Bitcoin Ecosystem
Runes see a "small bull run" amid crypto market volatility, and the Meme "zoo" market attracts attention
Recently, the cryptocurrency market as a whole has shown a turbulent and generally falling trend. Despite this, the Runes of the Bitcoin ecosystem have remained active during this wave of decline, forming a meme "small bull market" dominated by animal themes.
Bitlayer Research Report: The First Bitcoin Layer 2 Based on BitVM
Bitlayer is the first Bitcoin Layer 2 network security equivalent project based on the BitVM solution. It aims to provide security equivalent to Bitcoin and support Turing completeness, that is, it can execute any possible calculation or program.
OP_CAT: The missing piece of BTC Layer2?
If the proposal to re-enable OP_CAT is approved, it could be implemented within six months to a year, depending on community consensus and the results of the testing phase.
Bitcoin Ecosystem Milestone: Zulu Implements ZKP Verification Using Bitcoin Script
An important milestone in the recent Bitcoin ecosystem, Zulu announced the first zk-SNARK verification (ZKP) using Bitcoin Script, which means that the Bitcoin network can verify layer2. This is the real layer2, which will inherit the security of the Bitcoin network.
For more related content, please check out the special topic: "Beyond Digital Gold: BRC-20 and Inscriptions, Opening a New Chapter for Bitcoin"
LayerZero airdrop ends
Coming online soon, what is the reasonable price of LayerZero (ZRO)?
What will be the price of ZRO when it goes online? Will the airdrop allocation increase? How to make a trading plan?
Airdrops turned into fundraising activities? LayerZero is really good at it
Layerzero is the first to pay money to get ZRO, but it will definitely not be the last in the future.
Forced donations, witch hunting, LayerZero airdrop drama ends, on-chain data drops by 90%
During this wave of witch hunting, LayerZero attracted a lot of attention, but it did not seem to bring much benefit to the on-chain activity.
LayerZero airdrop ends, is this the last chapter of the get-rich-quick story?
LayerZero airdropped, but it seems that it didn't airdrop. Is it necessary to claim it tonight?
Seize the opportunity
After zkSync, here are 10 potential airdrops this year
The airdrop benefits of top projects are declining, while the benefits of second- and third-tier projects are becoming more prominent.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step: a comprehensive review of new and unique projects in the Base ecosystem
This is the best era for Base and a great opportunity for Onchain builders.
AO token economics model released, how to obtain AO tokens with maximum efficiency?
The acquisition of AO depends on the amount of funds and the type of token assets held. What we have to do is to find a way to maximize the capital efficiency of obtaining AO tokens with a limited amount of funds.
Make money with your own DNA? A quick look at Pantera’s latest DeSci investment project GenomesDAO
From an investment perspective, GenomesDAO has a usable product, revenue to earn, a potential narrative, and developer persistence.
Sonic received $12 million in financing to build the first Solana L2 for gaming
Solana's atomic SVM Layer2 Sonic announced the completion of a $12 million Series A financing round, led by Bitkraft, with participation from Galaxy Interactive, Big Brain Holdings, Matt Sorg (Solana founding team), Nom (Bonk) and other institutions and individuals.
9 hot events and airdrop opportunities you need to pay attention to this week
The second phase of Eigenlayer Season 1 EIGEN airdrop will go live in the coming days.
Exclusive interview with Astar founder: Blowing the horn of Japan's Web3, "Sony Chain" is about to usher in a major update
Recently, when Astar Network founder Sota Watanabe came to China, PANews met with him and conducted an exclusive interview. During the conversation, Sota shared his personal experience and the development history of the Astar project. He also revealed some details about the recent developments of the "Sony Chain" that the outside world is concerned about.
Web3
Solana's largest sandwich attacker "grabbed" $30 million in 2 months, earning $570,000 a day and causing public outrage
In the two months of record, arsc has made a total profit of 209,500 SOL, an average daily profit of 3,800 SOL, and an average daily income of about $570,000. This income capacity even exceeds that of the recently popular MEME coin issuance platform Pump.fun.
Trump-themed MEME coin DJT is a drama: the issuer "explodes" and has a history of fraud, and the token has fallen by more than 60% in a day
Recently, the MEME coin DJT became popular due to rumors of being the "purest Trump concept coin", but then it went through many twists and turns, and eventually the mysterious trader Martin Shkreli was forced to reveal his identity in the bounty event.
The first Bitcoin theft: A crypto OG lost 25,000 Bitcoins due to a secret key leak
Allinvain's biggest mistake was that he kept the key unencrypted on his computer.
Opinion: Vitalik is wrong, the crypto space really needs a "stupid" Memecoin
Celebrities embracing Memecoin may provide the right boost to crypto that could improve infrastructure in the long run.
The transaction volume of Layer3 gaming public chain Xai has soared by 60 times, and the latest activity has set off a wave of enthusiasm
Xai performed well in the first week after launching the "Xai Vanguard: Genesis" campaign. Is its initial success a formal rise or just a flash in the pan?
A quick look at Tether’s new platform Alloy: a new synthetic dollar platform powered by XAU₮
The open platform "Alloy by Tether" launched by Tether, the world's largest stablecoin issuer, allows the creation of different bound assets backed by Tether Gold, aiming to provide users with a reliable and versatile digital currency for daily use and asset management.
Topped the Steam charts, Notcoin-like game Banana exploded in popularity
No one would have a problem with making money by clicking.
Do you take the profit before reporting the vulnerability? Crypto security unicorn CertiK and exchange Kraken openly quarrel
Last night, cryptocurrency exchange Kraken and blockchain security firm CertiK had a public standoff on social media over a series of serious security vulnerabilities.
Technical
In-depth interpretation of Optopia: Intent-Centric Layer2 implementation with AI Agent addition
Optopia, which recently launched its mainnet, may be able to bring the market the latest engineering practice reference for the combination of AI Agent and Intent-Centric driven by economic incentives.
From concept to reality: How does Espresso achieve L2 expansion through shared sorting?
As an indispensable component of blockchain networks, transaction sorting has become an increasingly serious problem in the Layer 2 (L2) field. Today we will take a look at the solution to this problem - how the shared sorting protocol Espresso can achieve decentralized sorting and optimize blockchain transactions.
The new technological storm predicted by Vitalik: The rise of FHE reshapes the crypto world
As the holy grail of cryptography, FHE can enable third parties to perform any number of calculations and operations on encrypted data without decrypting it through its unique algorithm, providing new possibilities for privacy computing.
From theory to practice: Can Based Rollup realize the L1 sorting-driven Rollup solution?
Based Rollup is a new solution to achieve Rollup expansion through L1 sorting. This article deeply explores the historical background, design advantages and disadvantages of this technology, as well as its practical application at this stage.
Key Information
Binance CEO: Bitcoin is expected to exceed $80,000 by the end of this year, and the crypto industry will be even better next year
Fed's Barkin: Scenario of one rate cut and then keeping rates unchanged may be plausible
A user listed evidence of Zksync's "rat trading", claiming that these "rat trading" addresses obtained nearly 50 million ZK tokens
Consensys: Ethereum has withstood the test of the US SEC, and the SEC will not accuse the sale of Ethereum of securities trading
Andrew Kang: It is expected that the approval of the spot Ethereum ETF will be delayed by 1-2 quarters
Trump: If elected, he will immediately replace Biden economics with MAGA economics
Arthur Hayes predicts that Aptos will surpass Solana to become the second largest L1 in the next three years
Bitcoin Miner Reserves Fall to 14-Year Low
Musk's X platform payment plan does not include cryptocurrency for now
Insider: US CFTC is investigating Jump Crypto
Jupiter Alliance releases draft J4J plan, proposing to reduce total JUP supply by 30%
Binance to List ZKsync (ZK) and Launch ZK Token Distribution Plan
