This article explores three trending topics—Jito BAM, BRC2.0, and EIP-7999—and offers critical evaluations. Welcome to the Web3 Compass series, where Shisijun provides focused analysis on emerging technologies, protocols, and products in the Web3 space. The catalyst for this series? AI has doubled my efficiency in researching new projects, highlighting that human value increasingly lies in judgment, insight, and creativity. Each installment will break down innovations through three lenses—ind...

Time to claim another "pork rice meal." Last night, official news revealed that Binance Alpha will list Towns (TOWNS) on August 5. Although Towns missed its Q2 TGE, its Binance Alpha listing signals an impending airdrop for early interactive users. Below, Odaily Planet Daily breaks down the Towns project, its tokenomics, airdrop details, OTC prices, and积分 valuation. Towns: The Blockchain Discord Towns is a group chat protocol and application designed for online communities, comprising three c...

Fast, Big… But “Good”? Solana is already fast and already processes enormous volumes. Yet is that truly “enough”? When we examine those transactions, one question keeps surfacing: are they actually creating value? A large share of Solana’s throughput is not organic demand but high-frequency arbitrageurs exploiting millisecond information gaps. These “toxic takers” leverage technical latency advantages to front-run market makers. Just before a maker cancels an order, the toxic taker hikes the ...

When BlackRock chairman Larry Fink wrote, “Every stock, every bond, every fund—every asset class—can be tokenised,” he wasn’t forecasting a distant revolution. He was describing a shift already underway—one that is rewiring how capital is formed, distributed and accessed. The shift has a name: Real-World Asset (RWA) tokenisation. Today, more than USD 24 billion of RWA circulate on public blockchains, spanning yield-bearing Treasuries, private-credit pools, tokenised commodities and real estat...

The stablecoin sector is heading toward a "hundred-coin battle royale." After intense competition, USDT will remain the offshore leader and USDC the regulated leader, but a long tail of mid- to small-cap stablecoins will persist. These fall into two categories:Regulated stablecoins issued by Web2 companiesDecentralized stablecoins built by Web3 projects1. Web2-Issued Stablecoins: Regional Champions Will ThriveBeyond USDC and USDT, localized leaders will emerge—like a Hong Kong dollar-pegged s...

Recently, veteran crypto exchange OKX has reportedly been actively preparing for a U.S. listing, drawing market attention. From its early capital maneuvers via a backdoor listing in Hong Kong to its current pivot toward U.S. markets, this move marks not only a milestone for OKX but also reflects the broader normalization of the crypto industry. As global regulatory frameworks gradually clarify and market enthusiasm for crypto-related stocks surges, the industry is witnessing a new wave of cap...

The Changing Economic Model of the Internet The internet’s economic model is shifting. As the open web gradually devolves into a single search box, a critical question arises: Will AI usher in a more open internet, or will it create a new labyrinth of paywalls? And who will control it—large centralized corporations or a broad base of users? This is where cryptocurrency comes into play. The intersection of AI and crypto has been explored before; in short, blockchain offers a new way to build i...

On June 10, 2025, Ethereum's price surged past $2,827, hitting a 15-week high. Behind this significant price movement, a potential liquidation storm involving $1.8 billion in short positions is brewing. Amid this seemingly coincidental market trend, the trading activities of a mysterious whale have become a key indicator of market sentiment. According to the on-chain tracking platform Lookonchain, an anonymous address executed two precise trades within 44 days:Round One (April 27): Accumulate...

Circle's IPO: The "Normandy Landing" of Cryptocurrency, as Traditional Financial Barriers Collapse Last night, the global capital market witnessed an epic "financial landing battle"—stablecoin giant Circle made a stunning debut on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with an astonishing 168% increase in value, its market value soaring to $18 billion in an instant! This is not only the most sensational IPO of 2025 but also the "Normandy moment" when cryptocurrency launched a full-scale offensive...

The Inside Story of the Coinbase Data Breach: Indian Call Centers and a Teen Hacker Gang Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong speaking at an event in Bangalore, India, in 2022. On May 15, 2025, Coinbase disclosed that tens of thousands of its customers' personal data had been stolen—marking the company's largest security incident in history, with estimated losses reaching up to $400 million. What makes this breach particularly notable is not just its scale but the hackers' method: brib...