Selected News Highlights
1. a16z Regulatory Head: Supports lawsuit against the IRS regarding 'DeFi Broker' rules
2. Musk claims that the 26-year-old former OpenAI researcher 'does not appear to be a suicide', relevant meme coins briefly surged over 280%
3. Bio Protocol co-founder: BIO airdrop for URO and RIF holders may take into account time weight and holding weight
4. Federal Reserve Mouthpiece: The Federal Reserve is trying to assess the new government's impact on the economy and inflation
5. Solana co-founder Stephen Akridge is being sued by his ex-wife, accused of stealing 'millions of dollars' in SOL staking profits
Articles & Threads
1. (Breaking the Game and Rebuilding: A Panorama of the Crypto World in 2025)
Zeke, YBB Capital Research
Starting from the inscription craze, marking the end of the first crypto president's election victory, 2024 is about to come to a close. This year, Crypto has experienced an extremely unusual 'bull market', with altcoins performing poorly, Meme taking precedence, and eventually everything converging back to BTC. Overall, despite some lows and dissatisfaction, Crypto is indeed moving towards a more positive direction. In the upcoming year of 2025, we also have many directions worth paying attention to, and in this article, we will briefly look ahead to next year in conjunction with recent views.
2. (a16z Crypto Year-End Special: From Stablecoins to AI Agents, 8 Investment Experts Analyze Industry Trends)
Deep Tide TechFlow
a16z crypto recently released a year-end special program, divided into two parts. The first episode invited Sam Broner, Maggie Hsu, Daren Matsuoka, Joachim Neu, and Chris Lyons to discuss stablecoins, the crypto App Store, the current state of industry projects, the development of infrastructure, and the outlook for 2025. The second episode featured guests Carra Wu, Eddy Lazzarin, and Karma, who delved into the hot topic of AI Agents, including the intersection of AI and crypto, how we can effectively distinguish between humans and robots in the context of increasing AI prevalence, and discussions on decentralized, truly autonomous chatbots and how artificial intelligence (AI) can integrate with cryptocurrencies, especially the concept of decentralized autonomous chatbots, emphasizing the potential autonomy and commercial freedom that AI may achieve in the future.
24H Hot Projects (‼️High Rug Risk‼️)
Daily new project or community focus updates, filtered and ranked by the number of followers and growth of X Alpha accounts
Data source: getmoni.io
BlockBeats Note: The following are all early projects with relatively few followers, Rug and contract risks are extremely high, participation should be cautious, not investment advice
1. Tsotchke Corporation (@tsotchkecoin)
Leading the thermodynamic revolution in quantum artificial intelligence computing + hardware.
2. Slinky | Compression Suite (@Slinky_Sol)
Slinky represents a breakthrough in Solana token technology, achieving true large-scale distribution using ZK compression.
3. neur (@neur_sh)
Intelligent co-pilot on the Solana chain.
Market data
Daily overall market fund heat (reflected by funding rates) and token unlocks
Data source: Coinglass, TokenUnlocks
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