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Macro perspective

Masayoshi Son plans to join hands with stablecoin giant Tether to create a $3 billion crypto joint venture. Has the Bitcoin hoarding strategy entered the 2.0 era?

After investing heavily in AI, "investment madman" Masayoshi Son is also going to bet heavily on the crypto industry. The SoftBank Group he runs may cooperate with Cantor Fitzgerald, a company with close ties to the US government, and jointly establish a crypto joint venture with Tether, the largest stablecoin issuer, with a total scale of up to US$3 billion.

“Crypto Dad” is on the scene. Can the SEC under Paul Atkins reshape the US crypto market?

Atkins' appointment is seen as a "reset moment" for US crypto regulation.

Trump's "talk nonsense", US stocks "scared to death", global capital began to collectively "abandon the United States"

Short US dollar, long gold and Bitcoin.

The crypto market may see a trend reversal, capturing opportunities in altcoins from the short-term funding perspective

Following the trend, more growth in the Crypto market is coming.

From 100,000 to 75,000: The cyclical truth behind the deep correction and the signal of bull market restart​

Bitcoin appears poised to make another upward move, and could reach a new peak in Q3 or early Q4 if there is no further deterioration in traditional markets.

Which city will be the crypto capital? Take a look at the 2025 crypto-friendly city index

The next global financial center will be dominated by cryptocurrency.

AI and Meme

Data review of the changes in TRUMP's major holdings in the past three months, 86.9% of major investors liquidated their positions, and some suffered a floating loss of more than 30 million US dollars

Three months have passed. How are the profits and losses of the big investors now? What new changes have occurred in the distribution of TRUMP chips?

The second half of AI tokens begins? An inventory of emerging potential projects in Crypto AI

In addition to the price of the currency, the return of AI also brought back some new concepts.

The end of the chain sniper? Learn about Virtuals Protocol’s new launch mechanism Genesis in one article

Virtuals Protocol launches a new launch mechanism, Genesis Launch, on Base, aiming to redefine the rules of the game for token distribution.

DARK: From AI Meme to Chip Control Puzzle

AI memecoin is a hot new coin under high control.

auto.fun is online. Will this new Launchpad become the next growth point for ai16z?

There are no highlight features yet, and the subsequent development of ai16z still needs to wait for the launch of Eliza v2.

PANews' account [MEME Daily] will select the hot memes of the day for readers to understand the track situation. Click here to view.

Seize the opportunity

Looking for potential Alpha: 10 early un-coined projects

From DeSci to institutional-level DeFi, we have selected 10 early-stage projects that are worth your attention.

Interpretation of Ambient: Maintaining high speed and efficiency, introducing the Solana fork chain with PoL consensus

Ambient retains Solana’s high speed and efficiency, and creates a new blockchain ecosystem by introducing the Logits proof mechanism.

Runes 2.0: Alkanes & RSM, one of the three major narratives of Bitcoin ecology, has the next ORDI appeared?

Runes2.0: Alkanes & RSM promote the development of DeFi in the Bitcoin ecosystem by introducing smart contracts and programmability. The next ORDI may emerge.

Understand the new project Neutrl in three minutes: You deposit stablecoins, I will help you short VC coins

Neutrl buys locked VC coins at a discount through OTC, and then shorts them for hedging. Behind the stablecoin, is the risk excessive?

As the market recovers, how to ambush high-quality altcoins? BONK's success story reveals investment secrets

As the market recovers, investors need to return to fundamentals and choose projects that can continue to create value in the future.

Web3

Trump’s meme coin crypto marketing script, a presidential dinner he may not attend?

Behind the rising trend, $TRUMP has just experienced unlocking. Is the “Presidential Dinner” a sincere reward to cryptocurrency holders, or a marketing campaign designed to boost the market?

From soft candy to cryptocurrency, U.S.-listed company Upexi receives $100 million in cryptocurrency financing and bets on Solana

GSR, a well-known cryptocurrency trading and investment company, has made a private equity investment of up to $100 million in Upexi, a Nasdaq-listed consumer products company, betting on its upcoming comprehensive transformation of Solana’s financial strategy.

Zora's coin issuance encountered a wave of negative reviews on the chain: early users were backstabbed, and the average airdrop per user was only $37

Zora, which has been "PUA" for many years, has finally issued its token. However, the community users who have been waiting for a long time have not been able to get the "big result" they wished for. When they opened their wallets, they only saw a "reward" that could not even cover the gas fee, not to mention that the token itself is useless. The community sentiment has been completely "broken".

A conversation with Offchain Labs co-founder Ed Felten: Having worked in academia and the White House, how he shapes Arbitrum’s future path from a long-term perspective

PANews exclusively interviewed Ed Felten, who shared in depth his journey from scientific research and policy to blockchain entrepreneurship, and discussed topics such as how Layer2 balances the development of the Ethereum ecosystem, the construction of Arbitrum's technological competitiveness, and the integration of AI and blockchain.

sUSD is significantly lower than $1. Can Synthetix solve the “depegging dilemma”?

Compared to betting on a return to anchor, there is a more certain arbitrage opportunity at the moment.

Real data of 10 projects: Binance Wallet IDO project survival report

Binance Wallet IDO has become a new engine for the cold start of Web3 projects, leveraging high attention with a low threshold, but at the same time it also puts higher demands on the project's narrative ability, operational rhythm and long-term construction.

Top 10 public chains compete for RWA: Ethereum ranks first, Solana ranks only sixth

Which chains have strong momentum in the development of RWA? Which traditional institutions are planning RWA?

Exclusive interview with Bybit founder Ben: Getting out of the impact of the hacker attack and sharing the secrets of rising against the trend

"Beyond boundaries" is how Ben defines Bybit's development in the past two years. In mid-April, Bybit organized a CCCC content creator event in Bali, where Ben also shared Bybit's 7-year history, security upgrades, and innovative products. PANews Editor-in-Chief Tongtong was invited to serve as a mentor for the CCCC event and conducted an exclusive interview with Ben.

Technical

Dismantling Vitalik's strategic ambition to restructure the Ethereum execution layer with RISC-V

What Ethereum is trying to build is not just a more efficient execution layer, but a modular architecture that is compatible with multiple virtual machines.

Ethereum governance war: EIP3074, ERC4337 and EIP7702

The Ethereum governance system is a VVRC model, and the inclusion of any proposal must first comply with Ethereum values.

First aid guide: Don’t panic if your BTC is stolen, leave a message on the chain first

On-chain messages, as a special way of communication in the blockchain world, have been frequently used in various security incidents in recent years.

Re-examining the design logic of Bitcoin Lightning Network from the perspective of Thunderbolt Network

The Thunderbolt protocol reconstructs the off-chain interaction logic in the form of a soft fork, introduces UTXO Bundling and OP_CAT, improves scalability and programmability, brings a more native and composable infrastructure paradigm to BTCFi, and redefines the possibilities of Bitcoin off-chain applications.

Key Information

Twenty One announces it will launch with over 42,000 BTC in holdings

Trump admits that US tariffs on Chinese imports are too high and are expected to be significantly reduced

Trump expresses his thoughts on negotiations: Whoever has gold will dominate

Telegram founder: I would rather exit the market than undermine encryption technology through backdoors

Possibly influenced by the death of Pope Francis, LUCE surged by more than 70% in a short period of time

Bloomberg: U.S. strategic Bitcoin reserves may reveal details in the coming weeks

Cardano founder: Ethereum may not survive in the next 10-15 years

Trump Media & Technology Group, Crypto.com and Yorkville America Digital finalize ETF issuance agreement

Russia to pilot cryptocurrency exchange, limited to high net worth investors

FLock.io announced a partnership with Alibaba Cloud to create an AI model. FLOCK's 24-hour increase was nearly 48%.