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In-depth | He Yi, from a rural girl to the richest woman in the cryptocurrency circle, the woman behind Binance’s 700 billion business empire
This article reviews in detail the development and entrepreneurial journey of Binance co-founder He Yi. The content is rich and the article is long. I hope you can read it patiently and experience Yi Jie's extraordinary life with Bu Ai. * The video version can be watched on the YT channel "Wang Buai's Encryption Classroom". Welcome to follow and like~ Not long ago, a letter of appeal written to the US federal court attracted much attention. I believe everyone knows it later: In November 2023, Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, received a "huge fine" of US$4.3 billion from the U.S. Department of Justice. Its founder CZ Zhao Changpeng was sentenced to 4 months in prison and subsequently resigned as CEO.
The spookiest news this week isn't about any protocol shutting down in the crypto space, but rather the "Fed's mouthpiece" saying that discussions about rate cuts are nearly over and they're now seriously considering rate hikes. Before, everyone was guessing when rates would drop, but now it's flipped. If the rate hike narrative truly returns, the pressure on risk assets won't just be a simple pullback; it will be a complete recalibration of all the bullish pricing from the past few months.
This week, the prediction market is a bit tricky. On one hand, Congress is keeping an eye on Polymarket for insider trading, while on the other hand, the World Cup is just around the corner, and Asian traffic is gearing up. The biggest fear in this game isn't regulation; it's when a bunch of low-win-rate bets suddenly flood in when liquidity is thin. The traffic might come in strong, but if the odds pool can’t keep up, it could be more dangerous for retail traders.
Today, May 22, marks the 16th anniversary of Bitcoin Pizza Day. Back then, 10,000 BTC got you two pizzas, and now that stash could buy you a Gulfstream G650. But don't treat this as a joke; the real kicker is that almost nobody has truly held a full position over the years. The market hasn't changed; what has changed is people's tolerance for time.
Trump's cancellation of the AI executive order seems like a move to ease regulations, but underneath it all, concerns about US-China competition are overshadowing any safety considerations. In the short term, this is a bit of a free pass for computing power and chip supply chains, but the long-term risk is that if industry safety standards fall short, a black swan event could hit harder and faster than anyone expects. This week, the sentiment around AI stocks in the US is getting a bit overheated, and such a sudden policy shift can easily leave a hidden scar on those inflated valuations.
CoinGecko dropped a perpetual contract report, and the monthly trading volume plummeted by 34%. This isn't just a minor pullback; it's a serious tide pulling out. This says more than just a price drop; exchanges relying on fees are starting to feel the pinch. On the flip side, the on-chain perpetual contracts are still gaining ground. Funds aren't leaving the market; they're just relocating. In this round of reshuffling, where the trading volume flows will determine survival more than the price.
Wall Street is starting to grab GPU futures, but the crypto space has already been trading this on-chain for a while. This wave of traditional capital coming in is like a lift for the market; it looks lively, but don't forget about those tokens that boast hashing power and GPU sharing—most have a circulating supply as thin as paper. They pump quickly, but once liquidity dries up, the crash can be harsher than with miner coins. Betting on narratives is fine, but don’t take liquidity for granted.
Alibaba just launched Qwen3.7-Max with an API, and Baidu is clearly pushing a subscription model to grab long-term loyalty from developers. But right now, the domestic AI model API price war is hitting hard; just having better parameters won’t cut it. The real game is about whose ecosystem toolchain is smoother and who has more stable inference costs and latency. For retail traders, this might just be a news flash, but if you look at the migration costs for developers across platforms, it's clear that after this round of model iterations, it's not the models that will fall behind, but the ones lagging in their supporting infrastructure.
Glassnode just dropped a report saying that nearly $500 billion worth of Bitcoin might be exposed to quantum computing attack risks, a figure that's significantly higher than previous estimates. This isn't something people usually chat about, but every time we hit a crypto winter, the first thing that gets brought up is whether the foundational security assumptions still hold up. Right now, discussions about upgrading signature algorithms are still in the conceptual phase, but the real kicker is that once quantum computing makes a tangible breakthrough, the migration window could be a lot shorter than everyone thinks.
Another L2 quietly shut down this week; Zero Network announced its cessation of operations, with the polite wording of 'terminating services,' but the reality is they just couldn't afford to keep going. The recent wave of protocol shutdowns has been much quieter than the earlier one this year, with hardly any discussions—it's like the market has become desensitized to this kind of news, which is the real issue. L2s have gone from an arms race to elimination rounds in no time, and for projects that aren't generating cash flow, shutting down could happen overnight.
Lately, the whole industry has been scrambling for storage hardware. AI inference is chewing through HBM and SSD capacity like never before, and the shortage is the worst it's been in 15 years. This storage crunch is different from past cycles; it's not just a market fluctuation, it's a real physical capacity bottleneck. The supply chain can't keep up with the demand from Agentic AI's inference needs. Trading narratives around storage on the secondary market and on-chain is fine, but when we hit that bottleneck phase, whoever's chip production gets delayed will have their story cut short.
The founder of Manus suddenly flipped the table, refusing to be absorbed by Meta, and instead looking to raise $1 billion to go public in Hong Kong. This isn't just a simple clash of egos; it's more about an increasing number of AI teams doing the math: being a plug-in for a US stock giant is less appealing than securing independent pricing power on the Hong Kong market. The old script of tech mergers might become less common, which could slowly bleed the ecosystem of the giants.
This week’s 13F report is out, and the big players' positions are starting to look like they’re watching each other closely. One side is stacking up while the other is building short positions, and this isn't just a consensus split; it's clear they’re waiting for the other to break first. Retail traders trying to ride the trend in this kind of market might end up getting caught in the crossfire. Next week’s market volatility could be more intense than the earnings reports themselves.
Mark Cuban's recent decision to liquidate his Bitcoin holdings doesn't seem like just a profit-taking move; it feels more like a realization that the hedging narrative isn't working in practice. In the past, whenever geopolitical tensions rose, the call was to buy BTC for safety, but during the recent Iranian crisis, BTC and the US stock market moved in tandem, failing to display its independent safe-haven qualities. The real issue isn't about who is selling; it's that once this mindset spreads, many institutional investors will reevaluate their positions, and the selling pressure won't just be a short-term event.
HYPE's FDV just surpassed Solana, ranking it among mainstream assets, but that number is completely inflated. The gap between circulating supply and total supply is still significant, and the early unlock selling pressure hasn't fully released. A high FDV doesn't mean stability; in fact, it suggests that once the locked portion hits the unlock cycle, the sell-off depth could be much deeper than expected. What really matters isn't the ranking, but how much of that FDV can actually be sold in the market.
This week, the Fed's direction turned out to be even more hawkish than expected; it's no longer just about pausing rate cuts. Internally, there's even serious discussion about the possibility of rate hikes. Once the news broke, the first to feel the pressure were definitely the risk assets with the most inflated valuations, especially those sectors that rely on low rates to tell their story but haven't yet generated cash flow. The next focus isn't on whether to raise rates or not, but rather how long it will take for the market to fully purge those rate cut fantasies priced in earlier.
Ethereum's current state really feels like it's hitting a mid-life crisis. When Hoffman's sell-off news dropped, the market didn't panic; it just felt like, 'Oh, another one bites the dust.' The old guard is left with Tom Lee and his buddy holding the fort, but the ETFs are still bleeding out, and L2 is spreading liquidity thinner. Meanwhile, Solana keeps stealing the spotlight. At this stage, it's not about the tech narrative; it's about whose financial confidence crumbles first. In the short run, halting ETF outflows is more crucial than any upgrades. If this week's net inflow data doesn't turn positive, the ETH/BTC ratio might take another dip.
The White House suddenly shelved the AI executive order signing, which was supposed to have several big tech CEOs in attendance today, but it all fell through. The internal divisions run deep, and they haven't even provided a new date. This delay acts as a short-term emotional support for the secondary AI concepts, and trading can still happen during this vacuum period. However, the longer the regulators drag their feet, the tougher the standards that eventually come out, and when that happens, it won't just be a couple of coins getting hammered. In this kind of uncertainty, anyone jumping in needs to be ready for a sharp turn.
Recently, over a dozen native protocols have popped up in the Hyperliquid ecosystem. It looks lively, but most of the underlying liquidation and price feeds are still tied to the same L1. If the parent chain gets a bit congested or faces extreme market conditions, these new protocols could easily get stuck in a loop, leaving no room for liquidation windows. Early projects, let’s be real, haven’t even gone through proper audits, let alone stress tests. Just because the TVL is skyrocketing doesn’t mean they can handle the heat. If you’re putting money in at this stage, be prepared for a total wipeout.