Is the launch of BABYLON a boost or a maintenance of VC's dignity?
Babylon @babylonlabs_io is a Layer 1 blockchain project that aims to bring the security of Bitcoin to the PoS blockchain world. The goal is to make Bitcoin a trusted security assurance on PoS chains.
Babylon was founded in 2022 by Stanford University professors David Tse and Dr. Fisher Yu. The team includes experts in consensus protocols and engineers specializing in Layer-1, as well as industry leaders like Sunny Aggarwal, co-founder of Osmosis, and Sreeram Kannan, founder of EigenLayer, serving as advisors. They aim to solve the problems of Bitcoin's inability to support smart contracts and its poor scalability, while also protecting PoS chains from long-range attacks.
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Transformation of the Middle East 'State-Owned Enterprise'
This month, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance @binance, announced a $2 billion investment from the Middle Eastern Abu Dhabi investment firm MGX @mgx_ai, marking a significant investment.
For Binance, this is the first time it has accepted institutional investment since its inception, and it is also the largest single investment in the history of the cryptocurrency industry, fully paid in stablecoins, setting a new industry record. This investment has far-reaching implications for both Binance and the Middle Eastern parties involved, resembling a meticulously planned power game that hides enormous wealth codes.
The transformation of DeFi ecology and oracle: the rise of RedStone
In the past five or six years, the DeFi ecosystem has experienced rapid development.
From the initial decentralized exchanges and lending agreements to today's complex businesses covering liquidity pledge, leveraged products, derivatives, etc., DeFi has become an important part of the blockchain field. Behind this, the role of oracles is becoming increasingly prominent.
1. The rise of DeFi and the importance of oracles
The early DeFi ecosystem was mainly centered around decentralized exchanges and lending protocols, such as MakerDAO @SkyEcosystem, Uniswap @Uniswap, Compound @compoundfinance, and Aave.
Holding a Compass in the Crypto Market - Goldman Sachs
Against the backdrop of global economic instability and tightening monetary policy, Bitcoin's safe-haven properties have become increasingly prominent.
Whether it is the inflow of institutional funds or the change in the government's attitude towards cryptocurrencies, it suggests that Bitcoin is gradually moving from a fringe asset to the mainstream investment field.
The current market turmoil may be the best time to enter Bitcoin, the digital gold. Bitcoin is standing at a crossroads. Crisis, crisis, but there are opportunities in crisis.
It is like institutions and retail investors, who seem to live in different worlds, and their perceptions of the current market are completely opposite. Why is there such a big contrast between institutions and retail investors? Institutional investors are very optimistic about cryptocurrencies, and they have been buying them since the beginning of this year.
TGE is imminent - 'Second brush' Story white paper
Sometimes when we publish works on the Internet, we often face several dilemmas. Valuable content may be used by platforms, spread secondarily, or even taken by AI companies for model training, but the original authors either know very little or find it difficult to receive fair compensation.
The transaction threshold is particularly high. If one wants to authorize or sell IP, it often requires negotiating through intermediaries or platform parties and signing cumbersome contracts, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Modern creation often requires a large amount of external resources and multi-party collaboration. The existing system's transaction process is inefficient and lacks flexible management of multi-party rights.
Historically, the development of financial markets has been closely linked to the creation of credit. In the past, financial activities were limited to small communities, but this changed dramatically during the colonial era with the advent of fractional reserve systems and joint-stock companies.
In the 17th century, institutions such as the Swedish central bank and the Bank of England adopted fractional reserve systems. By holding only a small fraction of deposits as reserves while using the rest for loans and investments, they facilitated credit creation and stimulated economic growth. This innovation played a crucial role in establishing Britain as a global financial power at that time.
Recently, the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek @deepseek_ai has garnered significant attention, from its launch to its performance rivaling GPT, showcasing the strength of the Chinese team in the AI world.
The journey of DeepSeek began with the release of DeepSeek Coder in November 2023, an open-source model designed specifically for coding tasks. This was followed by DeepSeek LLM, a 67B parameter model aimed at competing with other large language models. DeepSeek-V2, launched in May 2024, drew attention for its strong performance and low cost, triggering a price war in the Chinese AI model market. This disruptive pricing strategy forced other major Chinese tech giants like ByteDance, Tencent, Baidu, and Alibaba to lower their AI model prices to remain competitive.
Playing on the chain - getting a hundred times the profit
In 2025, we want to be the "Emperor of the Chain". Recently, the traffic on the chain has exploded, and the Trump narrative has emerged. Meme coins have become the biggest dark horse in this round of bull market! However, the operation on the chain is difficult. Today, I will make a tutorial on how to use GMGN to play meme coins (no Guangzi)
GMGN is a website that combines Meme coin data dashboard and trading tools. On-chain transactions are activities and transactions conducted directly on the blockchain, independent of centralized exchanges such as Binance and OKX. Usually, only the token address (CA) is needed to buy. Paste a string of letters like "FUAfBo2j·······NucisEHqnNebaRxM1P" in the GMGN search box to find this token.
The Most Important Infrastructure for AI Agents - Nillion
The development of narratives is similar to that of novels, with plots having lows and highs, certainly accompanied by various controversies, just like there are some who question whether the AI x Crypto trend is just riding the coattails of the rapidly growing AI industry without substantial use cases.
However, in terms of data and popularity, this trend is surpassing memes and is also creating tangible applications. Infrastructure like TAO, which promotes decentralized AI, is on the rise, along with decentralized GPU markets that are crucial for AI computation.
Currently, AI agents are excelling in market analysis, trade execution, and social media user interactions. However, to achieve greater scalability, agents need access to a broader range of information. For instance, to act on behalf of individuals by understanding their preferences, hobbies, and values, agents must handle data related to personal privacy. Even for non-personalized applications, agents need access to sensitive data that is typically difficult to obtain, in order to permeate various aspects of life.
The Second Half of AI—Welcoming the Cambrian Explosion
"Humanity is what it is because it uses tools."
From an evolutionary perspective, the development of living organisms is mainly achieved through two methods: unit enhancement and organizational enhancement. These two enhancement methods complement each other, enabling life to possess more diverse and complex forms of expression. Just like an Agent—we hope it is an intelligent entity capable of independent thought and interaction with its environment in any system.
The success or failure of Agents will be key in determining whether this GPT revolution is a new generation of industrial revolution.
The term Agent originates from the Latin word Agere, meaning 'to do.' In the context of LLM, an Agent can be understood as a type of entity capable of autonomous understanding, planning decisions, and executing complex tasks.
Three million years ago, at the beginning of the Paleolithic period, Homo sapiens made the earliest stone tools, which they then used to hunt animals and cut meat for burning. Twenty thousand years ago, at the beginning of the Middle Stone Age, in addition to the more diverse stone tools made by humans to capture prey, stone carvings and stone ornaments began to appear to meet the spiritual needs of users. Fourteen thousand years ago, in the Neolithic Age, represented by polished stone tools, humans learned to sow plant fruits and raise wild animals in captivity, thus giving rise to farming and animal husbandry, which is known as the "first agricultural revolution."
With the development of artificial intelligence, future AI should not only be powerful and ubiquitous but also fundamentally fair, just, easily accessible, and simple to use. It goes without saying that in the future, AI has already become a universal tool for improving lives and enhancing efficiency.
Sahara AI @SaharaLabsAI — a decentralized AI blockchain platform supporting an open, transparent, secure, and inclusive AI ecosystem. At the core of Sahara AI is the concept of 'AI assets,' which defines the ownership and management protocols for private AI resources.
Stablecoins are a stable store of value and a key entry point for various on-chain activities. Today, stablecoins have entered the real world, demonstrating financial efficiency that surpasses traditional banking systems in retail payments, B2B transactions, international remittances, and more.
In emerging markets such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America, the application value of stablecoins is gradually becoming apparent. Their high financial inclusivity enables residents of third-world countries to effectively offset high inflation caused by government instability. Moreover, stablecoins can also participate in global financial activities, gaining access to cutting-edge virtual services such as online education, entertainment, cloud computing, and AI products.
I must admit, when I first came across Hyperliquid @HyperliquidX, I was skeptical. I thought of projects like dYdX, which rapidly expanded their user base through airdrops, but lost momentum over time. I started to think Hyperliquid would be the same, with users leaving after receiving their rewards. But Hyperliquid taught me a hard lesson. Even after the incentive program ended, Hyperliquid's popularity continued to soar. Its community transitioned from being incentive-driven to genuinely supporting the product. The moniker 'on-chain Binance'—it is becoming a reality.
This year, there has been a growing interest in tokenized real-world assets (RWA), especially from institutional investors. Well-known financial institutions such as Citigroup, Boston Consulting Group and Standard Chartered Bank have all released predictions that the tokenized RWA market could reach trillions of dollars in the near future. BlackRock has launched a tokenized treasury fund in partnership with Securitize. PayPal successfully introduced the stablecoin issued in cooperation with Paxos to the Solana network at the end of May. Recently, Stripe acquired the stablecoin infrastructure company Bridge for $1.1 billion.
Tokenized risk assets are not a new concept in the blockchain industry. Risk assets cover a wide range of tangible assets (real estate, etc.) and financial assets (stocks and bonds). Tokenization brings many benefits, such as improved capital efficiency and accessibility, agile infrastructure, automation through smart contracts, and enhanced regulatory compliance and transparency.
Reform is the greatest productivity, from Musk "switching" to Trump in the general election to proposing a team structure with an IQ of 200 working 80 hours a week with no pay.
In the end, the knife of cost reduction and efficiency improvement will be slashed at those institutions that have united to fleece the American people. Last week, when the Starship was launched, Trump went to the scene to support it, which also had a connotation. Since Musk supported Trump's election, Musk has frequently received investigations from various California governments and environmental organizations.
For example, will the recovery of the Starship have any impact on sharks in the sea? If not, then check the whales. If the launch is OK, then check whether the recovery will affect the hearing of seals. Musk's response is also extremely straight. He asked SpaceX employees to tie a seal with headphones when the Starship was launched, and finally used data to prove that the launch would not have a fatal impact on the seal.
Finding the On-Chain Golden Dog from Three Perspectives
Recent hot topics have revolved around various themes of memes, which can be termed the 'memecoin super cycle.' The impact of memecoins extends far beyond merely capturing the imagination of cryptocurrency enthusiasts. However, this success is also accompanied by skepticism. Many believe that memecoins are merely for speculation, characterized by high volatility and seemingly lacking intrinsic value.
In cryptocurrency, the value of a token generally consists of three main components: Store of value: Like gold or bitcoin, tokens can serve as a hedge against inflation, maintaining purchasing power over time. This is the most basic yet challenging form of value, as it requires broad trust and consensus among users.
The violent market finally gave investors who had been struggling in the past a chance to feel proud. Since the dust settled on the US presidential election, the market FOMO sentiment has become increasingly strong, and the BTC daily chart has achieved 7 consecutive increases, which is quite rare.
BTC broke through $70,000 from the bottom range of $67,000. On November 13, it broke through $80,000 again. After the integer barriers were continuously broken through, BTC passed five levels and exceeded $90,000, reaching a high of $93,265.
Ethereum, which was once the subject of crazy FUD, also followed Bitcoin and achieved 7 consecutive daily increases, from the bottom of $2,400 to nearly $3,400, and the highest to $3,387. The market value of Ethereum rose to about $400.07 billion, surpassing Procter & Gamble and ranking 32nd in the global asset market value. After SOL broke through $212, its market value once exceeded $100 billion.