With the development and maturation of zk virtual machines, supporting Turing-complete execution of arbitrary smart contracts has become possible. The potential of zkRollup will be truly unleashed, realizing its vision of breaking the blockchain trilemma.

This event, known as “halving,” has garnered attention due to its potential implications for the price dynamics of Bitcoin. Proponents argue that the reduction in the rate of new supply entering the market should theoretically drive up prices, given constant or increasing demand. However, skeptics question the extent to which halving events truly impact the price of BTC, pointing to the complexities of market dynamics and the role of various external factors.

Masa utilizes decentralized data and computational resources to innovate token incentive mechanisms, enhancing data privacy protection and economic returns, and creating a new landscape for the decentralized data market.

In the blockchain field, a series of competitive decentralized data availability (DA) projects have emerged, including Celestia, EigenLayer, Avail DA, and NEAR DA. These projects aim to enhance blockchain scalability, data availability, and performance by employing different technologies and approaches. This article compares and analyzes these DA projects, discussing their technical characteristics and competitive advantages in the market.

Lithium Finance is a dual-quote asset pricing protocol primarily designed for clients with valuation needs for illiquid and private assets. The protocol incentivizes more participants to provide quotes through economic tokens and reputation points while preventing malicious behavior through staking and encryption. The team has experienced some delays in development progress. Founded for over three years, the team has launched a beta version on Polygon. Currently, there is limited market demand for illiquid asset pricing, and the development of the track presents considerable uncertainty.

Skeb stands as Japan's largest platform dedicated to the creator economy, boasting over 2 million users. In 2022, Skeb started rolling out its platform token, $SKEB, which aims to transcend the limitations of individual commission-based interactions and foster a more expansive ecosystem.

The Boba Network (BOBA), developed and maintained by Enya Labs, is a Layer 2 solution that supports multi-chain, rapid bridging, and hybrid computing.

The restaking protocol offers new solutions to many issues and is an important narrative within the liquidity staking derivative track. The following article briefly discusses ‘restaking’, as well as some underlying implementations and security risks.

The essence of a truly sustainable decentralized community is to embed a fair asset distribution plan that is both motivating and sustainable in the community structure.

BounceBit is a project built within the Bitcoin ecosystem, aiming to generate staking rewards for BTC by creating the BounceBit Chain. Its core is the BTC re-staking mechanism, allowing users to convert BTC to BBTC and stake it on the platform to earn rewards. The project adopts a dual-token system, including governance token BB and BBTC pegged to the value of Bitcoin. BounceBit also integrates DeFi and CeFi, providing liquidity management and cross-chain operations, supporting asset transfers between different blockchains. Additionally, it employs the Proof of Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism and introduces the LSD (Liquidity Staking Derivatives) mechanism, allowing users to maintain liquidity while staking assets. BounceBit has gained support from notable investors such as Binance Labs.

Railgun is a privacy system built directly for blockchain, currently supporting Ethereum, BNB Chain, Polygon, and Arbitrum. It primarily utilizes zero-knowledge proofs to anonymize transactions in smart contracts and DeFi applications. Railgun provides only on-chain smart contract logic, thus eliminating the need for L2 validators and vulnerable cross-chain bridges to achieve privacy. The article discusses the Railgun privacy system’s mechanisms, tokens, governance, rewards, and the V3 upgrade, offering comprehensive information to readers.

This article discusses various crimes in the cryptocurrency world, ranging from scams to money laundering, to ransomware and computer hijacking, helping users understand and avoid various scams.

NEOPIN is a DeFi protocol owned by South Korean gaming company Neowiz that combines the strengths of CeFi and DeFi and operates within a compliance framework. It became a regulated DeFi service provider by being selected for the Abu Dhabi Investment Office's Innovation Program, which is working with the government to develop a DeFi regulatory framework.NEOPIN supports the Klaytn and Finschia networks, and could become a DeFi example of the blockchain merger concept. It offers RWA-based DeFi products and expects its token $NPT to increase significantly in price by the end of Q1 2025.NEOPIN Wallet offers a comprehensive blockchain ecosystem and user experience, proactively embracing regulation and driving the development of compliant RWA products.

The article introduces the Meson Network, a decentralized bandwidth market on Web3 that aggregates idle bandwidth resources through mining to meet users' needs for rapid information flow access. The Meson Network's three main products include GatewayX, GaGaNode, and IPCola. These products integrate idle bandwidth from both commercial and personal devices, provide dedicated gateway connections, and support various application fields. The Meson Network is particularly significant in the AI sector, as it provides the necessary bandwidth and IP resources for AI model training. Additionally, the Meson Network is involved in decentralized storage and public blockchain services, having established partnerships with multiple blockchain projects and cloud service providers. The article also discusses the Meson Network's team background, financing situation, and token model.

This article provides a detailed introduction to Theta Network, a decentralized video transmission network built using blockchain technology. Theta aims to solve the "last mile" problem in video streaming services by incentivizing users to share bandwidth and computing resources to improve video transmission efficiency. Theta has two native tokens: THETA and TFUEL, used for network governance and transaction fees, respectively. The article also explores Theta's core mechanisms, including its consensus mechanism, resource sharing incentives, decentralized edge network, and smart contract platform. It specifically mentions the launch of Theta EdgeCloud, a decentralized software platform that provides GPU processing capability for AI and video tasks. Theta Network was founded in 2018 by Mitch Liu and Jieyi Long and has received support from investors, including Samsung.