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Macro perspective
Mt.Gox crashes the price of cryptocurrencies again, a $9 billion compensation plan is about to start, but the selling pressure may be overestimated
The Mt. Gox trustee announced that it will begin to repay BTC and BCH in July this year, involving crypto assets worth up to $9 billion. Judging from the decentralized compensation method, the distribution of compensation bitcoins, and the statements of large creditors, although Mt. Gox may put some pressure on the market, its selling pressure may be overestimated by the market.
A look at 5 “national-level” Bitcoin whales: holding over 510,000 BTC, with the United States and Germany shipping out
This article takes stock of the Bitcoin holdings and recent trends of five countries, which hold more than 518,000 BTC, accounting for more than 2.4% of the total Bitcoin, most of which come from law enforcement actions. In terms of profit, except for the United States, which has sold more than 190,000 Bitcoins, and Germany, which has transferred 20% of its holdings, the rest have not yet made large-scale sales.
BTC and ETH fluctuate at high levels, why do altcoins "turn bearish"?
The continued dilution of supply from token unlocking, selling pressure from venture capital funds, lack of new capital inflows, and seasonal trends have all led to a sharp drop in altcoin prices.
Opinion: What will happen to the crypto market next? BTC and ETH’s dominance will increase
The impact of ETH spot ETF may be exaggerated.
10 charts review the crypto market in the first half of 2024
This article reviews the basic trends and technical trends of the crypto market in the first half of 2024 through 10 charts.
Talking about the investment methodology of blockchain projects from the perspective of the business model of the currency circle
The performance of the copycat market that is lower than expected has caused many people to have industry concerns. In a complex environment and at different stages of industry development, it is inevitable that investment difficulties will increase, but the fundamental problem lies in finding a business model for the long-term sustainable development of the project.
Bitcoin Ecosystem
Messari explains CKB: native Bitcoin L2 architecture and RGB++ asset issuance protocol
Nervos Network expands on Bitcoin’s core technology, powering Bitcoin Layer 2 (L2) with a scalable layer of blockchain.
The rise of Bitcoin: new opportunities to increase liquidity
Entrepreneurs have not stopped moving forward, and they continue to explore new solutions and application scenarios. With the advancement of technology, the liquidity of Bitcoin is gradually improving. GeekCartel aims to lead everyone to understand the development and technical principles of these projects by sorting out some Bitcoin liquidity solutions, and observe the latest developments from a more comprehensive perspective, helping users to better utilize Bitcoin assets and explore more application scenarios.
Exclusive interview with Babylon: Raised $96 million in three years, focusing on improving Bitcoin security pledge
The Bitcoin staking protocol launched by Babylon can transform native Bitcoin into a staking asset for any PoS system, releasing the $1.5 trillion value of 21 million BTC.
Interpreting World3: A decentralized AI autonomous world on Bitcoin
World3 is a decentralized autonomous AI world that uses the Bitcoin mainnet as the asset control layer of digital objects and CKB as the DA layer and smart contract layer of digital objects, achieving seamless integration between Bitcoin and other Turing-complete blockchains.
For more related content, please check out the special topic: "Beyond Digital Gold: BRC-20 and Inscriptions, Opening a New Chapter for Bitcoin"
Blast Launches Airdrop
Airdrop is coming soon, take a look at Blast's token economic model
On June 26, 2024, Blast announced the token economics. The total supply of BLAST is 100 billion, 50% of which will be airdropped to the community, with an initial airdrop of 17 billion.
$BLAST is about to airdrop, how much are your points and coins worth?
If Blast had the same FDV as Arbitrum, the token price would be $0.083.
Big investors were backstabbed, and retail investors praised it. It is difficult to judge Blast's airdrop.
The harsher the curse, the higher the traffic. Is the big one really coming?
No more installation, Blast wants to be the "Apple system" of L2
On the surface, it is Stake Layer2, but in reality it wants to build a full-stack chain.
Seize the opportunity
A quick look at the 7 projects shortlisted for the ETHGlobal StarkHack finals
Take a closer look at some of the “potential” projects built on Starknet over the past two weeks.
0 cost airdrop, coin issuance at the end of June, Pixelverse Telegram game PixelTap babysitting guide
Pixelverse, which recently raised $5.5 million, released a Tap-to-Earn battle game called PixelTap on the Ton chain. It will issue tokens at the end of June and raise $5 million in financing, with zero cost to participate!
From PVP to PPP, Jupiter founder wants to promote PPP-type mutual aid community to innovate token culture
If everyone cannibalizes each other instead of nurturing each other, soon there will be no one left to eat. One of the most important things in this cycle is to shift crypto from a PVP mindset to a PPP mindset.
7 emerging trends in the cryptocurrency industry
Interest rate cuts began, Ethereum spot ETF was approved, Bitcoin spot ETF capital inflows increased, Stripe launched stablecoin payments... Just like an army positioning itself before a decisive battle, major cryptocurrency companies and TradFi are preparing for the coming bull market.
The number of gamers in the ecosystem has exceeded one million. Here are the 13 games currently promoted by Immutable
Among the hundreds of games in the Immutable ecosystem, more than a dozen games related to its "main mission" are clearly the focus of the current layout. In this article, PANews will take stock of these games.
TVL exceeds 800 million US dollars, setting a new record. How to use premium accounts to interact with Scroll?
Covers the basic situation of Scroll, the latest points activities and costs, and interactive opportunities for head protocols.
Colosseum, the accelerator officially endorsed by Solana: Raised $60 million, which early-stage projects did it support?
By combining online hackathons, accelerators and funds, Colosseum aims to promote the development, application and growth of early technologies in the Solana ecosystem.
Web3
Nipple fun or software war? TON ecosystem game Hamster Kombat becomes popular in Iran and attracts criticism from politicians
Hamster Kombat, which is popular in Iran, has become the target of public criticism and received unanimous negative reviews from the country's politicians, experts and scholars.
A detailed explanation of Solana’s latest Blink feature: Its launch sparked a heated discussion in the community, is it a killer application or just a fancy trick?
Once the Blink function was announced, it was called the most Web3 application, which may open a bridge between the Web2 and Web3 worlds. Can the Blink function really take on the heavy responsibility? Or is it just another fancy little plug-in?
VanEck Digital Asset Research Director: Why did we apply for Solana spot ETF?
By enabling thousands of transactions per second at minimal fees and using advanced security mechanisms that combine Proof of History and Proof of Stake, we believe Solana is a powerful and accessible blockchain software. The VanEck Solana Trust is an ETF that will issue common shares of interest that are expected to be listed and traded on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., pending issuance notification.
The Japanese version of "MicroStrategy" continued to increase its BTC holdings, and its stock price rose 3.6 times. Metaplanet was once a well-known economy hotel brand.
After Metaplanet transformed and invested in Bitcoin, it quickly boosted market sentiment. After a long period of slump, the company's stock price ushered in a strong growth of up to 360% in two months. This trend is similar to the upward trend of MicroStrategy's stock price after investing in Bitcoin.
The founder of PC giant Dell becomes a Bitcoin "new bull"? He sent out several optimistic tweets and supported BTC payments as early as 10 years ago
Although Dell and Michael Dell have not yet publicly entered the crypto field in a big way, their high-profile statements also highlight the increasing mainstream attention surrounding Bitcoin, and their public optimism about Bitcoin may also imply that they are already quietly allocating crypto assets.
An article to review Vitalik's favorite projects
For us ordinary users, it is enough to just remember that Vitalik’s various researches on Ethereum often contain the possibility of leading new hot spots, and be able to keenly smell the main battlefield of future financial struggles that may be hidden therein.
Technical
Messari: How can modular L1 Particle Network tell a good “universal” chain abstract narrative?
With modular Layer1, Particle Network provides three functions: universal accounts, universal liquidity, and universal Gas to achieve chain abstraction and simplify user interactions between different blockchains.
Interpreting ERC7527: A new decentralized pricing model
In fact, any protocol can obtain the selling price it pushes within ERC7527, which means that developers only need to write an ERC7615 acceptance interface to obtain the pricing of an asset and further complete other operations.
What is so special about MegaETH, the new L1 project with a luxurious financing lineup?
The first fully Ethereum-compatible “live blockchain”, designed to achieve 100,000 TPS.
Dialogue with Scroll’s Zhang Ye: A hard-core interpretation of zkEVM, Scroll, and its future
When we first started the project, basically no one else was working on zkEVM. We were the first team to explore how to make zkEVM possible.
Key Information
Hunan Hanshou Public Security Bureau reminds STFIL Protocol’s pledge and lending users to promptly cooperate and report the situation
Musk: Tonight is a victory for memes
Biden administration rehires its former cryptocurrency adviser Carole House
Bloomberg: The crypto winter of "altcoins" has arrived ahead of schedule, unlocking incentives for some investors to exit
People's Daily Overseas Edition published an article titled "Tree Chart: A World-Class Public Chain Built by Tsinghua's "Yao Class" Team"
Insider: US SEC may approve Ethereum spot ETF as early as July 4
Fed Governor Bowman: If the decline in inflation stagnates or reverses, he is still willing to support rate hikes
Binance reveals it has banned 297 Megadrop witch accounts
Pump.fun competitor Moonshot has seen more than 7,000 Solana Meme Coins created since its launch yesterday
Polymarket: There is a 41% chance that Trump will mention cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin in the first US presidential debate
Worldcoin and Alchemy Partner to Support World Chain Infrastructure
