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Cracks in the Decentralized-AI Bloc: Why Ocean Protocol Walked Away from the ASI Alliance
One-Year Marriage, One-Day Divorce On 9 October 2025 the Ocean Protocol Foundation abruptly resigned from the Artificial Super-intelligence (ASI) Alliance, dissolving the token-merge pact it had signed barely eighteen months earlier with Fetch.ai, SingularityNET and, later, CUDOS. The departure is more than a personnel change: it unwinds roughly 81 % of OCEAN’s circulating supply that had already been converted into FET (now rebranded ASI) and forces the remaining bloc to re-imagine what “dec...
Retail Traders in the 2025 Bull: Hearing the Roar, Never Tasting the Steak
When the Chat Goes Silent “The bull is back, so why are all the Telegram groups dead?” asked user CheesyMac in the Opensky community. “Because everyone’s either in cash or short,” replied Niner. For veterans like Niner, the current run should have been a goldmine. Yet, like many, he admits: “I haven’t made a dime.” Johhny, a full-time trader, echoes the sentiment: “Ever since Trump launched TRUMP, I’ve been bleeding.” They are not outliers. Wagmi Capital partner Mark estimates “90 % of retail...
Why Can’t Buybacks Save DeFi?
The 2025 DeFi Buyback Wave: Leading DeFi protocols spent approximately $800 million on buybacks and dividends in 2025—a 400% increase from early 2024—aiming to boost confidence by emulating public company strategies. Key Project Case Studies:Aave: Conducts weekly buybacks of ~$1 million in AAVE tokens, yet reported negative book profits after the pilot phase.MakerDAO: Uses DAI surplus via its Smart Burn engine to repurchase MKR, but the token price remains at only one-third of its all-time hi...
Cracks in the Decentralized-AI Bloc: Why Ocean Protocol Walked Away from the ASI Alliance
One-Year Marriage, One-Day Divorce On 9 October 2025 the Ocean Protocol Foundation abruptly resigned from the Artificial Super-intelligence (ASI) Alliance, dissolving the token-merge pact it had signed barely eighteen months earlier with Fetch.ai, SingularityNET and, later, CUDOS. The departure is more than a personnel change: it unwinds roughly 81 % of OCEAN’s circulating supply that had already been converted into FET (now rebranded ASI) and forces the remaining bloc to re-imagine what “dec...
Retail Traders in the 2025 Bull: Hearing the Roar, Never Tasting the Steak
When the Chat Goes Silent “The bull is back, so why are all the Telegram groups dead?” asked user CheesyMac in the Opensky community. “Because everyone’s either in cash or short,” replied Niner. For veterans like Niner, the current run should have been a goldmine. Yet, like many, he admits: “I haven’t made a dime.” Johhny, a full-time trader, echoes the sentiment: “Ever since Trump launched TRUMP, I’ve been bleeding.” They are not outliers. Wagmi Capital partner Mark estimates “90 % of retail...
Why Can’t Buybacks Save DeFi?
The 2025 DeFi Buyback Wave: Leading DeFi protocols spent approximately $800 million on buybacks and dividends in 2025—a 400% increase from early 2024—aiming to boost confidence by emulating public company strategies. Key Project Case Studies:Aave: Conducts weekly buybacks of ~$1 million in AAVE tokens, yet reported negative book profits after the pilot phase.MakerDAO: Uses DAI surplus via its Smart Burn engine to repurchase MKR, but the token price remains at only one-third of its all-time hi...
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Recent Updates on Lens Protocol
On April 4th, Lens announced its mainnet launch, marking the initiation of SocialFi. The following day, Lens Chain officially went live. Lens V2 data, originally deployed on Polygon, will be fully migrated to the mainnet, with the migration process supported by ZKsync and Avail DA.
On April 10th, Lens Protocol introduced Developer Program v1, encompassing technical support, GTM guidance, developer incentives, and Lens team office hours. The team has released an early beta version with exclusive access privileges! Interaction process is detailed at the end of the article.
Introduction to Lens Protocol
Lens Protocol is a decentralized, open, and composable Web3 social media protocol built on Polygon. It allows anyone to create non-custodial social media profiles and build new social media applications. As an underlying protocol, it primarily aids developers in constructing Web3-native social media platforms.
The Lens Protocol aims to establish a social media platform in the Web3 world that returns ownership to users and tokenizes their content. User ownership is at the core of the social graph, and the customizability of features is a crucial component of the project.
Key Features of Lens Protocol
Lens Protocol is built from the ground up with modularity in mind, allowing for the addition of new features and fixes while ensuring immutable user-owned content and social relationships:
Profile NFT: Stores various user information (name, bio, avatar, etc.) and is the protocol's foundational and core object, enabling users to control all their content.
Publication: Primarily divided into three types: posts, comments, and mirrors. Posts are the base object, with mirrors and comments providing additional functionalities. Publications are directly posted to the user's Profile NFT.
Collect: Allows users to collect other publications. Creators can monetize their content by allowing their followers to purchase it, resulting in the minting of a Collect NFT.
Lens Protocol Team
Lens-protocol is a project born with a silver spoon, crafted by a team led by Stani Kulechov, the founder of Aave, in early 2022 as a social protocol layer:
Stani Kulechov is the founder and CEO of Aave, a rare serial entrepreneur in the crypto space. Inspired by discussions on the importance of digital identity, he encourages other teams to build diverse social products based on Lens's social graph and functional modules.
Christina Beltramini is the Head of Growth at Avara and Lens Protocol. Reflecting on her journey, she said, "After joining the Lens team two and a half years ago, we began revolutionizing social media." She holds a positive outlook on Lens's launch.
Lens Protocol Funding
Backed by the Aave team, Lens has undergone two significant fundraising rounds and one undisclosed fundraising since its inception in 2022:
December 18, 2024: Lens Protocol completed a $31 million funding round led by Faction.
June 8, 2023: Lens Protocol completed a $15 million seed round led by IDEO CoLab Ventures.
November 4, 2022: Completed an undisclosed funding round with participation from Seed Club Ventures.
Recent Interactions with Lens Protocol
Currently, the Lens ecosystem has amassed over 100 projects across tool development, content creation, social platforms, music, and more, with its scale continuing to expand. The team also released an early beta version with exclusive access privileges in early April:
Lens Test Network: Connect your wallet, add the test blockchain network, and approve interactions in your wallet.
Claim Test Incentives: The general process involves connecting your wallet address and completing a puzzle. Higher puzzle difficulty corresponds to higher test incentives. Remember to activate or claim them after submission.
Set up permissions by following the process.
Bridge ETH Sepolia to Lens Sepolia.
As the final step, use Gmail for the minting process, set your name, and request 2 MATIC.
Conclusion on Lens Protocol
In the long run, the significance of Lens Protocol as a project lies in its paradigm shift in how we design and operate social networks. Its primary goal is to establish a decentralized authentication system where users' identity information belongs to themselves. Emphasizing the return of content ownership to individuals showcases its noble development intentions. The extent to which its future achievements will be realized remains to be seen.
Recent Updates on Lens Protocol
On April 4th, Lens announced its mainnet launch, marking the initiation of SocialFi. The following day, Lens Chain officially went live. Lens V2 data, originally deployed on Polygon, will be fully migrated to the mainnet, with the migration process supported by ZKsync and Avail DA.
On April 10th, Lens Protocol introduced Developer Program v1, encompassing technical support, GTM guidance, developer incentives, and Lens team office hours. The team has released an early beta version with exclusive access privileges! Interaction process is detailed at the end of the article.
Introduction to Lens Protocol
Lens Protocol is a decentralized, open, and composable Web3 social media protocol built on Polygon. It allows anyone to create non-custodial social media profiles and build new social media applications. As an underlying protocol, it primarily aids developers in constructing Web3-native social media platforms.
The Lens Protocol aims to establish a social media platform in the Web3 world that returns ownership to users and tokenizes their content. User ownership is at the core of the social graph, and the customizability of features is a crucial component of the project.
Key Features of Lens Protocol
Lens Protocol is built from the ground up with modularity in mind, allowing for the addition of new features and fixes while ensuring immutable user-owned content and social relationships:
Profile NFT: Stores various user information (name, bio, avatar, etc.) and is the protocol's foundational and core object, enabling users to control all their content.
Publication: Primarily divided into three types: posts, comments, and mirrors. Posts are the base object, with mirrors and comments providing additional functionalities. Publications are directly posted to the user's Profile NFT.
Collect: Allows users to collect other publications. Creators can monetize their content by allowing their followers to purchase it, resulting in the minting of a Collect NFT.
Lens Protocol Team
Lens-protocol is a project born with a silver spoon, crafted by a team led by Stani Kulechov, the founder of Aave, in early 2022 as a social protocol layer:
Stani Kulechov is the founder and CEO of Aave, a rare serial entrepreneur in the crypto space. Inspired by discussions on the importance of digital identity, he encourages other teams to build diverse social products based on Lens's social graph and functional modules.
Christina Beltramini is the Head of Growth at Avara and Lens Protocol. Reflecting on her journey, she said, "After joining the Lens team two and a half years ago, we began revolutionizing social media." She holds a positive outlook on Lens's launch.
Lens Protocol Funding
Backed by the Aave team, Lens has undergone two significant fundraising rounds and one undisclosed fundraising since its inception in 2022:
December 18, 2024: Lens Protocol completed a $31 million funding round led by Faction.
June 8, 2023: Lens Protocol completed a $15 million seed round led by IDEO CoLab Ventures.
November 4, 2022: Completed an undisclosed funding round with participation from Seed Club Ventures.
Recent Interactions with Lens Protocol
Currently, the Lens ecosystem has amassed over 100 projects across tool development, content creation, social platforms, music, and more, with its scale continuing to expand. The team also released an early beta version with exclusive access privileges in early April:
Lens Test Network: Connect your wallet, add the test blockchain network, and approve interactions in your wallet.
Claim Test Incentives: The general process involves connecting your wallet address and completing a puzzle. Higher puzzle difficulty corresponds to higher test incentives. Remember to activate or claim them after submission.
Set up permissions by following the process.
Bridge ETH Sepolia to Lens Sepolia.
As the final step, use Gmail for the minting process, set your name, and request 2 MATIC.
Conclusion on Lens Protocol
In the long run, the significance of Lens Protocol as a project lies in its paradigm shift in how we design and operate social networks. Its primary goal is to establish a decentralized authentication system where users' identity information belongs to themselves. Emphasizing the return of content ownership to individuals showcases its noble development intentions. The extent to which its future achievements will be realized remains to be seen.
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