PANews January 2026 Column Article Popularity Ranking TOP 10 (hereinafter referred to as "Popularity List") has been released today. We conducted a comprehensive evaluation of all column articles on the PANews platform in January based on content quality and article readership, creating this month's popularity list.

New Authors This Month

Several "newly joined" authors performed exceptionally well this month, among them 137Labs and CoolFish, both of whom had two articles make it to the popularity list, showcasing their strong content capabilities and market insights.

• 137Labs secured 1st and 4th place with in-depth analyses of stablecoins and regulatory bills.

• CoolFish achieved 5th and 10th place through unique narratives and in-depth investigations of industry figures.

Column Article Popularity List TOP 5

PANews has created related posters for the top five popular articles this month to recognize these in-depth, high-quality contents.

No.1 137Labs (Newly Joined)

• 137Labs focuses on uncovering real market demands, helping users seize investment opportunities in the Web3 space. They select projects with growth potential through in-depth research and provide clear and understandable information support.
• “USD1: Price Volatility and Stablecoin Mechanism Analysis Under High-Yield Incentives” On January 23, after Binance launched a 30-day annualized investment activity for USD1 with about 20% yield, the market reacted enthusiastically, leading to a significant amount of funds switching from USDT and USDC to USD1, causing a premium in USD1's spot price and raising concerns about decoupling. The 20% annualized yield for this activity is supported by a budget of about $40 million/month from World Liberty Financial (WLFI). 137Labs believes that the price volatility of USD1 is more due to supply and demand changes triggered by high incentives rather than issues with the stablecoin mechanism. After the activity ends, USD1 will still maintain its fully collateralized and transparent redemption characteristics.

No.2 Biteye

• Biteye is a blockchain research institution and community focused on L1/L2, DeFi, NFT, and Web3.
• “Understanding the Tokenization of US Stocks: Why Are Crypto People Turning to US Stocks While Wall Street Goes the Other Way?” The tokenization of US stocks is becoming an important trend in the integration of the crypto industry with traditional finance, transforming US stock assets into programmable digital assets through blockchain, enabling 24/7 trading, fractional investment, and DeFi interoperability. Platforms like Ondo Finance and xStocks have launched tokenized US stock products under a compliance framework, supporting multi-chain trading and DeFi functionalities. Despite facing challenges such as high compliance costs and price decoupling, US stock tokenization is seen as a key step in the reconstruction of the financial system. This trend is expected to deepen further in 2026.

No.3 JiaYi

• JiaYi is a well-known strategist and investor in the crypto industry, co-founder of Salus and GeekCartel. She was previously the Chief Marketing Officer at Poloniex and Head of Business Development and Events at Binance. She focuses on narrative building, marketing strategies, and growth hacking.
• “Breaking Down Binance, Sahara, and Sign: How Top Projects Solve the 'Attention Cycle' and 'Liquidity' Dilemma?” In 2025, project teams shifted from pursuing "prosperous" DAUs to pragmatic goals such as trading volume and TVL. Users are more concerned about the safety of their principal and the certainty of returns, while project teams focus on obtaining real liquidity and users through market activities. Wallets have become important ecological entry points, such as Binance integrating project discovery features through Binance Wallet to enhance liquidity and user trading behavior. However, after TGE, market attention quickly shifts, and post-TGE operations are underestimated, with a lack of community culture and spiritual symbols, leading to a disconnect between KOLs and retail investors, and the value of KOC (core community users) being overlooked.

No.4 137Labs (Newly Joined)

• 137Labs focuses on uncovering real market demands, helping users seize investment opportunities in the Web3 space. They select projects with growth potential through in-depth research and provide clear and understandable information support.
• “From Consensus to Tear: The Crypto Route Struggle Behind the Delay of the CLARITY Act” The “Digital Asset Market Clarity Act” (CLARITY Act), originally scheduled for review on January 15, was urgently postponed at a critical stage in the Senate Banking Committee, with the time window extended to the end of January or later. This bill is seen as the most systematic legislation for the crypto market structure in the US in a decade, but it is currently fraught with controversy.

No.5 CoolFish (Newly Joined)

• CoolFish is a MEME trench soldier who enjoys uncovering and sharing interesting and valuable content.
• “Three CZs, Three Different Stories” The three "CZs" — Binance founder Zhao Changpeng, Manus COO CZ Chen, and Chen Zhi, the recently deported boss of the Prince Group, showcase three distinctly different life trajectories amid the wave of globalization. Among them, Chen Zhi became wealthy through transnational fraud and was arrested in 2026, symbolizing the end of a gray era; Zhao Changpeng rose to prominence with Binance's innovations, compromising with regulators in 2023 to maintain the industry's position; CZ Chen, on the other hand, achieved success through career transitions in the AI wave, facing geopolitical risks after Meta acquired Manus.

No.6 Primitive Ventures

• Primitive Ventures is a multi-strategy proprietary investment firm dedicated to promoting innovation in the decentralized economy with a crypto-punk spirit, focusing on investments and derivatives in cutting-edge alternative assets.
• “Primitive Ventures: Who Is Paying for the Bull Market?” Despite Bitcoin prices reaching new highs in 2025, the overall atmosphere in the cryptocurrency market is "stagnant." Cryptocurrencies need to develop into new civilizational tools with practical utility, rather than merely relying on price narratives as assets.

No.7 Tiger Research

• Tiger Research is a leading Web3 consulting, research, and investment company established in 2021 and headquartered in Seoul. It is dedicated to helping global Web3 projects and enterprises understand and enter the complex Asian market, providing market research, business development (GTM), and project management services.
• “How Do 99% of Non-Profitable Web3 Projects Survive?” In the Web3 market, exiting early with inflated valuations is easier than establishing a sustainable business model. The "survival" of 99% of projects is fundamentally based on a systemic flaw that relies on investor losses rather than corporate profits, with the ultimate cost borne by investors.

No.8 Movemaker

• Movemaker is the first official community organization authorized by the Aptos Foundation and jointly initiated by Ankaa and BlockBooster, focusing on promoting the construction and development of the Aptos ecosystem in the Chinese-speaking region. It aims to create a diverse, open, and prosperous Aptos ecosystem by connecting developers, users, capital, and numerous ecological partners.
• “Interpreting Figure Q3: Why Is It Undoubtedly the First Stock in RWA?” The success of Figure is not solely derived from the crypto concept but rather from effectively addressing the core pain points of inefficiency and high costs in the back office of traditional finance through blockchain technology.

No.9 WolfDAO

• WolfDAO is a community focused on blockchain research, with members from fields such as funds, investment research, and Dapp applications. It collaborates with several universities and research institutes in Hong Kong and mainland China, closely monitoring industry market dynamics, trend pioneers, and popular tracks and project research.
• “Goodbye to "Storytelling" for Funding: What Kind of Projects Can Survive Beyond 2026” In 2025, the number of crypto VC transactions plummeted by 60%, with investments concentrated in mid to late stages, and institutional funds accounting for 75%, primarily flowing into blue-chip assets like BTC and ETH. VCs are gradually abandoning "scattergun" investments, focusing instead on projects that can prove their self-sustaining capabilities in the seed round, requiring high user retention rates, capital efficiency, and AI integration capabilities.

No.10 CoolFish (Newly Joined)

• CoolFish is a MEME trench soldier who enjoys uncovering and sharing interesting and valuable content.
• ““A Steel Coin Falling from the Sky Is All His” — Uncovering the Crimes and Twilight of Cambodia's "Prince" Chen Zhi” Chen Zhi, the boss of the Cambodian Prince Group, was recently arrested and has been deported back to China for investigation, leading to the collapse of his criminal empire built on forced labor and fraud.

Conclusion

Congratulations to the authors of the above 10 popular articles, and thanks to all column authors; your support makes PANews even more exciting. The crypto market generally declined in January, with high attention on precious metals and Vibe Coding. We hope everyone can continue to record the upcoming stories with us:

• If you have deep thoughts on the market, industry, or crypto tracks, or if you excel at writing about trending events, emerging projects, in-depth research reports, and track observations, please do not hesitate to contact us. PANews will recommend high-quality content to the homepage, and even promote it through pinning, APP pushes, banners, and community dissemination; outstanding authors will also be featured on the homepage.

• The February dual rankings will be announced around March 5, 2026, and we look forward to seeing more new faces.

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