Weekly Highlights丨WLFI opened high and closed low; local hotspots appeared on the Solana chain; entering "Red September," the crypto market continues to fluctuate.

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Macroeconomic Perspective

Ethereum Leads, Bitcoin Stagnates? In-depth Analysis of Mid-Signal in the 2025 Crypto Bull Market

Has the bull run ended? What stage is the market really in?

Interest Rate Cut Cycle and Liquidity Shift: How to Position Risk Assets for the "Roaring Twenties"?

The next few years will be astonishing for the stock market and other risk assets, but I also believe this will lead to the largest wealth disparity in history.

Bitcoin's "Red September": Why Are Seasonal Factors So Important?

Bitcoin's "red month" is approaching. With another September near, is a price drop inevitable? Let's look at some historical reasons why the ninth month has performed poorly for Bitcoin.

Comparison of BNB and SOL Reserve Companies: Are Asia and Wall Street Taking Sides?

The DAT field has various levels and forms, just like traditional companies, where different models can coexist.

IOSG Analyzes Policy Shifts and Market Changes: An Analysis of the U.S. Cryptocurrency Regulatory Framework

U.S. policy is a major lever shaping market structure and capital access, which in turn has a decisive impact on Bitcoin prices.

Mastering the Dollar: Arthur Hayes' In-depth Analysis of How Stablecoins Will Disrupt the World

Like the serial killer in "The Silence of the Lambs," Scott "Buffalo Bill" Bessent is preparing to reshape the Euro-Dollar banking system and control foreign non-dollar deposits.

Interviews for 11 Candidates for Federal Reserve Chair Begin Today: Who Would Be Most Beneficial for the Crypto Market?

With more and more actions taking place, the market is shrouded in uncertainty about who will become the next Federal Reserve Chair.

AI and Meme

The New On-Chain Favorites After the MEME "Fever" Cools: What Are the Rising ICM, CCM, and PM?

After the MEME market cooled down, ICM, CCM, and PM are becoming the new focal points for on-chain funds and narratives.

From Bitcoin to Machine Economy: How is OpenMind Building an Intelligent Machine Economy?

OpenMind's open-source, sovereign stack turns these constraints into advantages: allowing developers to source globally, verify origins on-chain, and coordinate economic activities across borders.

With Investments from PayPal and Samsung, How is Kite AI Building Blockchain Infrastructure for the AI Agency Economy?

Now, traditional giants are competing to seize the opportunity to make AI agents the next mainstream user interface, extending their reach into blockchain and cryptocurrency. Earlier this month, Kite announced it had completed $18 million in financing, bringing its total funding to $33 million.

Can Practicing Speaking Skills Also Earn You Airdrops? A Detailed Explanation of the AI Voice Input Project Poseidon Led by a16z

"The AI industry is facing a bottleneck of 'data exhaustion,' and this is the core issue Poseidon aims to solve."

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Seizing Opportunities

WLFI Launching Soon! A Preview of 23 Ecological Concept Projects from DeFi to MEME

WLFI is set to launch tonight, having secured initial support from multiple mainstream exchanges, and the pre-market price has recently rebounded from its lows. This article from PANews reviews 23 related concept projects, focusing on the two major tracks of DeFi and MEME, with WLFI executives personally overseeing the DAT company.

New Airdrop Opportunities: The Top Ten Potential Protocols Worth Exploring in 2025

As market noise decreases, airdrop rewards are less likely to be overly diluted as they were before.

Underestimated TGE, Subscription Funds Exceed $200 Million: How Much Imagination Space Does Creditlink Have?

Creditlink is building a new generation of AI-driven on-chain credit and reputation infrastructure, aiming to bring true identity and trust to the Web3 world.

High-Performance Public Chain "Newcomer" Somnia: A Technical Dark Horse or Marketing Bubble Backed by Giants?

On September 2, the L1 Somnia, claiming to have a million TPS, announced its mainnet launch and stated it completed 10 billion transactions on the testnet. Behind the project is the British unicorn company Improbable, along with indirect backing from top capital like SoftBank and a16z.

Zero Fees + 500x Leverage: Analyzing Avantis, the Largest Derivatives Exchange on Base

Since Avantis launched on the mainnet in February 2024, it has become the largest derivatives exchange on Base and the biggest DEX in the RWA trading and market-making space.

Web3 Matters

PA Infographic | A Visual Guide to Key Web3 Events to Watch in September

September is busy for the crypto industry: the new SEC director takes office, the Federal Reserve meets, non-farm payroll and CPI data are released, and multiple projects like ENS, SEI, and Layerzero unlock. Market volatility risks need to be monitored.

Cherish Life, Stay Away from WLFI

WLFI is essentially a 2.0 version of TRUMP, a highly centralized Meme coin that is useless except for making huge profits and has zero innovation.

Alpenglow Upgrade Passed! Solana Undergoes Major Reconstruction, Comprehensive Changes in Consensus, Economy, and Security Models

Through the Alpenglow upgrade, the Solana network has reduced the block finality time from 13 seconds to 150 milliseconds, reshaping the consensus mechanism and affecting the economic model, which could fundamentally change the MEV ecosystem.

Is Jack Ma Getting Involved? Yunfeng Financial Invests $44 Million in ETH, Partnering with Ant Group to Lay Out RWA

Entering Ethereum and joining the E Guardians, is Jack Ma's Web3 layout just beginning?

Ondo Knocks on a New Door: Is Stock Tokenization "Old Wine in New Bottles" or the Next Revolution in Financial Markets?

Stock tokenization depicts a future where traditional finance and the digital world are deeply integrated.

The Battle of Platform Tokens Among Five Major Exchanges: Who Will Top This Round?

From the perspective of the usage scenarios of platform tokens, the leading exchanges share the same direction: integrating multiple business lines, empowering platform tokens, and achieving artificial deflation through methods such as token burning to boost token prices, further activating their own blockchain ecosystems.

Mysterious Whale TechnoRevenant: A Controversial On-Chain Trader Accumulating $300 Million in Two Weeks Amid Market Manipulation Allegations

TechnoRevenant's frenzied "Print Money" activities on-chain continue, showcasing once again how this mysterious trader can easily manipulate a market with weak liquidity.

DAT Flywheel Stalls: Regulatory Scrutiny Intensifies, Crypto Treasury Stories No Longer Work

Nasdaq has intensified its scrutiny of publicly listed companies holding cryptocurrencies, putting pressure on DAT's stock price and premium rate. The tightening of regulations may exacerbate market fragmentation, putting survival pressure on marginal tokens.

Stripe and Paradigm Join Forces to Enter the Stablecoin Space, Officially Launching the Dedicated Chain Tempo with Built-in Compliance and Privacy Features

The long-rumored new stablecoin public chain Tempo has officially unveiled its features.

Malaysian Chinese: The Shadow Army in the Crypto World

Spanning across cycles, this shadow army has been doing its own thing in the industry.