Headline Snapshot Venture dollars surged to $9.6 billion, the second-highest quarterly total on record—yet only 306 deals were publicly disclosed, the fewest since mid-2023. Capital is concentrating in fewer, larger bets; the median Series A hit $17.6 million, its loftiest mark in two years, while the median seed round jumped to $6.6 million, signaling renewed confidence in early-stage teams.Infrastructure Reigns, Consumer Flickers Infrastructure sub-sectors—cryptocurrency protocols, mining &...

Headline Snapshot Venture dollars surged to $9.6 billion, the second-highest quarterly total on record—yet only 306 deals were publicly disclosed, the fewest since mid-2023. Capital is concentrating in fewer, larger bets; the median Series A hit $17.6 million, its loftiest mark in two years, while the median seed round jumped to $6.6 million, signaling renewed confidence in early-stage teams.Infrastructure Reigns, Consumer Flickers Infrastructure sub-sectors—cryptocurrency protocols, mining &...

The Numbers Don’t Lie July has been a revelation. NFT market capitalisation surged 94 %, brushing $7 billion—its loftiest level since early 2025. Weekly trading volume leapt 51 % to $136 million, making this the strongest month since February. Average sale prices jumped 40 % in just seven days to $146, yet the number of sales only edged up 7 %. Translation: buyers are chasing higher-ticket items, not flipping en masse. Blue-Chip Fever Returns The rally is top-heavy. Profile-picture (PFP) coll...

The Numbers Don’t Lie July has been a revelation. NFT market capitalisation surged 94 %, brushing $7 billion—its loftiest level since early 2025. Weekly trading volume leapt 51 % to $136 million, making this the strongest month since February. Average sale prices jumped 40 % in just seven days to $146, yet the number of sales only edged up 7 %. Translation: buyers are chasing higher-ticket items, not flipping en masse. Blue-Chip Fever Returns The rally is top-heavy. Profile-picture (PFP) coll...

A potential U.S. government shutdown could delay the release of critical employment data, impacting Bitcoin traders' predictions about Federal Reserve interest rate cuts and amplifying short-term market volatility.Key PointsData Delays and Market Uncertainty: A shutdown would postpone key economic reports like employment data, forcing traders to navigate without crucial indicators for Fed policy direction.Mixed Historical Impact: Past shutdowns show varied effects on Bitcoin—a 14% price incre...

A potential U.S. government shutdown could delay the release of critical employment data, impacting Bitcoin traders' predictions about Federal Reserve interest rate cuts and amplifying short-term market volatility.Key PointsData Delays and Market Uncertainty: A shutdown would postpone key economic reports like employment data, forcing traders to navigate without crucial indicators for Fed policy direction.Mixed Historical Impact: Past shutdowns show varied effects on Bitcoin—a 14% price incre...

From Legitimacy to Architecture Institutions have stopped asking whether bitcoin is legitimate. With spot-ETF assets now above $50 billion and corporates issuing convertible bonds tied to bitcoin, the debate has shifted: How does bitcoin fit into the global financial stack? The emerging answer is bitcoinization—the financialization of bitcoin itself.Volatility as a Feature, Not a Bug Traditional finance still reflexively labels bitcoin “too volatile.” Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) begs to...

From Legitimacy to Architecture Institutions have stopped asking whether bitcoin is legitimate. With spot-ETF assets now above $50 billion and corporates issuing convertible bonds tied to bitcoin, the debate has shifted: How does bitcoin fit into the global financial stack? The emerging answer is bitcoinization—the financialization of bitcoin itself.Volatility as a Feature, Not a Bug Traditional finance still reflexively labels bitcoin “too volatile.” Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) begs to...

Ethereum’s 2025 rally mirrors Bitcoin’s 2024 institutional boom—but with 3X the upside potential. From $1,385 to $4,788 (+245% QoQ), ETH’s surge is fueled by corporate treasuries and ETFs, now holding 8.3% of circulating supply (vs. 3% in Q1). Here’s why this is just the beginning.1. Institutional Gold Rush: The New ETH Accumulation GameCorporate Treasuries:BitMine leads with 1.3M ETH ($5.2B), aiming to control 5% of total supply (600K ETH/year).70+ public companies now hold 3.7M ETH ($15B), ...

Ethereum’s 2025 rally mirrors Bitcoin’s 2024 institutional boom—but with 3X the upside potential. From $1,385 to $4,788 (+245% QoQ), ETH’s surge is fueled by corporate treasuries and ETFs, now holding 8.3% of circulating supply (vs. 3% in Q1). Here’s why this is just the beginning.1. Institutional Gold Rush: The New ETH Accumulation GameCorporate Treasuries:BitMine leads with 1.3M ETH ($5.2B), aiming to control 5% of total supply (600K ETH/year).70+ public companies now hold 3.7M ETH ($15B), ...

LayerFi (Layered Finance) is the inevitable choice for the maturation of on-chain finance. It employs a layered architecture to provide a centralized user experience while maintaining decentralized trust. Core Points * The essence of finance is balancing efficiency and trust. Traditional finance suffers from high friction costs due to excessive intermediaries, while blockchain replaces intermediaries with algorithms. However, pure DeFi faces challenges like poor user experience and high techn...

LayerFi (Layered Finance) is the inevitable choice for the maturation of on-chain finance. It employs a layered architecture to provide a centralized user experience while maintaining decentralized trust. Core Points * The essence of finance is balancing efficiency and trust. Traditional finance suffers from high friction costs due to excessive intermediaries, while blockchain replaces intermediaries with algorithms. However, pure DeFi faces challenges like poor user experience and high techn...

The AI field is currently dominated by a few large tech companies, posing risks of centralization and opaque policies, while purely open-source models face sustainability challenges. The Sentient project proposes building a decentralized Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) ecosystem to address these issues through the following core components:GRID (Global Research & Intelligence Directory): An open collaborative network aggregating models, agents, and tools contributed by developers worldw...

The AI field is currently dominated by a few large tech companies, posing risks of centralization and opaque policies, while purely open-source models face sustainability challenges. The Sentient project proposes building a decentralized Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) ecosystem to address these issues through the following core components:GRID (Global Research & Intelligence Directory): An open collaborative network aggregating models, agents, and tools contributed by developers worldw...

Executive Summary • Three Flavors of Stability: fiat-collateralized, crypto-collateralized, and algorithmic stablecoins. • Market Size: Global stablecoins now command a $260.7 billion market cap—about 1 % of U.S. 2024 nominal GDP—serving 170 million users across 80+ countries. • Regulatory Tipping Point: 2025 laws in the U.S., Hong Kong, and elsewhere mark the end of the “Wild West” and the start of a high-stakes contest over monetary sovereignty. • Strategic Stakes: Stablecoins sit at the ne...

Executive Summary • Three Flavors of Stability: fiat-collateralized, crypto-collateralized, and algorithmic stablecoins. • Market Size: Global stablecoins now command a $260.7 billion market cap—about 1 % of U.S. 2024 nominal GDP—serving 170 million users across 80+ countries. • Regulatory Tipping Point: 2025 laws in the U.S., Hong Kong, and elsewhere mark the end of the “Wild West” and the start of a high-stakes contest over monetary sovereignty. • Strategic Stakes: Stablecoins sit at the ne...

The Trump-Backed Buzz World Liberty Financial (WLFI)—the crypto project personally endorsed by the Trump family—goes live on Sept 1, 2025. Pre-launch OTC desks are already quoting $0.319, a 20× pop from the seed round at $0.015. With 250 billion WLFI tokens sold and $550 million raised, the question is simple: will WLFI repeat the meme-coin moonshot or mark a “top-tick” moment?What Exactly Is WLFI? WLFI is pitched as a hybrid stable-coin issuer + DeFi hub:USD1 – a dollar-pegged stablecoin 1:1...

The Trump-Backed Buzz World Liberty Financial (WLFI)—the crypto project personally endorsed by the Trump family—goes live on Sept 1, 2025. Pre-launch OTC desks are already quoting $0.319, a 20× pop from the seed round at $0.015. With 250 billion WLFI tokens sold and $550 million raised, the question is simple: will WLFI repeat the meme-coin moonshot or mark a “top-tick” moment?What Exactly Is WLFI? WLFI is pitched as a hybrid stable-coin issuer + DeFi hub:USD1 – a dollar-pegged stablecoin 1:1...

Linea, a zkEVM Layer 2 network developed by ConsenSys, is set to undergo its Token Generation Event (TGE) on September 10, 2025, issuing 72 billion LINEA tokens. Here’s a breakdown of the key information:Token Distribution & Airdrop: 10% of tokens allocated for airdrops, with ~500,000 eligible addresses based on LXP and LXP-L points. Airdropped tokens have no lock-up period, and the claim window is 90 days.Token Utility: Primarily for ecosystem incentives (e.g., DeFi liquidity rewards) and pu...

Linea, a zkEVM Layer 2 network developed by ConsenSys, is set to undergo its Token Generation Event (TGE) on September 10, 2025, issuing 72 billion LINEA tokens. Here’s a breakdown of the key information:Token Distribution & Airdrop: 10% of tokens allocated for airdrops, with ~500,000 eligible addresses based on LXP and LXP-L points. Airdropped tokens have no lock-up period, and the claim window is 90 days.Token Utility: Primarily for ecosystem incentives (e.g., DeFi liquidity rewards) and pu...