1.a16z: Stablecoin Guide Stablecoins may be the first "killer app" of cryptocurrencies. In our report "Crypto Industry Status Report" to be released at the end of 2024, we pointed out that as the expansion and upgrade have greatly reduced costs, stablecoins have achieved product-market fit. In March this year, its trading volume reached a historical peak of US$1.82 trillion. But stablecoin activity is extremely poorly correlated with crypto market cycles — even during periods of volume volatility, its non-speculative organic use continues to expand.
Click to read2. What would happen to the crypto industry if Trump fired Powell?
A certain pattern has emerged in recent months: U.S. President Donald Trump will take some action that is objectively harmful to the U.S. economy, and the market will collapse. Seeing this, Trump turned to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and asked him to lower the federal funds rate — the interest rate at which the Fed lends money to banks. Powell, with a firm gaze, would say: "No."Click to read
3. What cryptocurrencies did Trump's WLFI project invest in? Did it make money?
World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a cryptocurrency company related to the family of US President Donald Trump, debuted at the end of last year and caused a sensation. WLFI was launched on the eve of the presidential inauguration and caused a sensation. Observers accused the project of preempting important cryptocurrency-related events such as the White House Crypto Summit and causing conflicts of interest. Click to read
4. Why can't every Web3 project escape DEX? A five-year development history tells you the answer
It seems to be always online - no downtime, no censorship, no running away, but it has also been on the edge for a long time: the interface is complex, liquidity is insufficient, and there is no story. It is neither the center of KOL topics nor the first choice for hot projects to settle in. When DeFi broke out, it was a "substitute" for CEX. After the bear market returned, it became the "old legacy of the DeFi era" with the main features of "security and self-custody" - as if DEX had already lost its presence when the industry paid more attention to new narratives such as public chains, AI, RWA, and inscriptions. Click to read
5. How does RWA break the 700 trillion real estate dilemma?
According to Deloitte, by 2035, tokenized real estate could account for 10% of the global market and be worth more than $4 trillion, with the industry growing at an annual rate of 27%. The following is a guest post and opinion piece by Abdul Rafay Gadit, co-founder of ZIGChain. Click to read