Any successful blockchain must create a flywheel effect as follows: Economic progress (such as TVL, price, revenue, transaction volume, etc.) must bring attention and visibility to the chain, thereby: Enabling new applications to receive funding, new developers to learn the relevant technologies, and new users to leverage what we have built to improve their lives. This will inevitably lead to: Innovation, as well as improvements in infrastructure and applications to enhance efficiency and exp...

This article systematically explores the definition, calculation, pros/cons of REV (Real Economic Value), its relationship with models like FDV/REV and MEV, and combines on-chain data with market trends to help readers build a nuanced, (dialectical) valuation framework—avoiding misjudgments from over-relying on (single metrics).PrefaceThis piece aims to foster learning and critical thinking about REV, enabling a more holistic evaluation of public blockchains. We advocate (inclusive) learning,...

Latest Trends of Uniswap (UNI) Uniswap (UNI) is the governance token of the Uniswap Protocol, primarily used for community voting on the protocol's development direction. Launched in 2020, UNI has a total supply of 1 billion tokens, with a portion distributed to early participants via airdrops. Uniswap employs an automated market maker (AMM) model, enabling users to trade digital assets autonomously and provide liquidity. As one of the flagship tokens in decentralized finance (DeFi), UNI's fu...

"I lost over a million last year," Xiao Su told Foresight News. As a seasoned crypto investor, he bought a significant amount of VC-backed tokens during the last bull market cycle. In 2021, when Bitcoin surged past $67,000 to set a new all-time high, many VC-backed tokens also rose in value, even outperforming Bitcoin. This was where Xiao Su made his first fortune. However, the market is unpredictable. In this cycle, Xiao Su stumbled. Since 2024, several of the VC-backed tokens he heavily inv...

Two pizzas in 2010 are now worth $1.1 billion. Today, Bitcoin’s price has surged past $110,000, setting a new all-time high. On May 22nd, coinciding with the annual "Pizza Day"—a commemorative event spontaneously created by the crypto community—the spotlight once again turned to that history-altering moment 15 years ago: the $1.1 billion pizzas. --- 1. The Starting Point of a Value Enlightenment In 2010, the Bitcoin network was still in its "primitive" stage, with a total computational power ...

Gate commented on the launch: "The introduction of TON-USDT options is a concrete practice of our deep participation in the construction of high-quality public chain ecosystems. We will continue to be committed to providing global users with richer trading tools, more stable trading experiences, and more reliable asset support." Gate Launches TON-USDT Options, Expanding the Derivatives Matrix of High-Quality Public Chains The world-leading cryptocurrency trading platform, Gate, announced that...

I. Layer 2 Technology Revolution: ZKsync Redefines Web3 InfrastructureZKsync’s Technological Breakthrough and Industry Position As a leader in the Ethereum Layer 2 scaling field, ZKsync has achieved a performance leap with a TPS (transactions per second) of over 3000 through its Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZK Rollup) technology, which is 100 times faster than the Ethereum mainnet (approximately 30 TPS). Its core innovation lies in its compatibility with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), addressin...

Binance Alpha: The New King of Crypto Profits Ladies and gentlemen, it seems the times have changed once again. After the tariff disputes, the market has transitioned from a bearish to a bullish cycle. Besides the usual fluctuations in cryptocurrency prices and sporadic project hotspots, there is a new main storyline dominating the daily lives of crypto users: How many points have you earned on Binance Alpha today? According to statistics from X user @btguagua, since the introduction of the p...

Despite New Hampshire's signing of the first state Bitcoin reserve bill in the United States, the fate of many such bills remains uncertain. In multiple states, proposals to invest public funds in this leading cryptocurrency have faced rejection, stalling several state-level Bitcoin reserve initiatives. Among the 50 US states, over half have introduced or are considering legislation related to Bitcoin reserves or digital asset investments. However, the outcomes of many of these bills are stil...

A headline claiming "BlackRock’s IBIT Outpaces World’s Largest Gold Fund in Year-to-Date Inflows" coincided with Bitcoin’s surge back to $100,000 on May 8, seizing market attention. The rise of Bitcoin ETFs, succeeding crypto communities as Wall Street’s primary bitcoin buyers, has propelled the once-fringe asset into mainstream legitimacy—a critical piece of BlackRock’s global financial empire. From IBIT to BUIDL: BlackRock’s Blockchain Blueprint BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager ...