Weekly Selections丨The US-China tariff war eases, the crypto market rebounds; AI track leads the way, and the battle for Meme launch platforms begins

一周精选
一周精选05/17/2025, 01:33 AM
The Sino-US tariff war eased, the crypto market rebounded, and ETH/BTC broke the 3-year downward trend; the AI track took the lead in all aspects, and the war for the Meme launch platform began.

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Meme Launch Platform Wars

Pump.fun’s dominance is challenged by new platforms, the traffic war of MEME coin Glonk begins, and the founder comes out to help

On May 14, the MEME market staged a striking showdown. The MEME coin named Glonk was launched on both the Pump.fun and Letsbonk.fun Launchpad platforms, and the founders of the two platforms personally came out to promote the platform. This battle for traffic not only quickly ignited the enthusiasm of the market, but also revealed the increasingly fierce competition among MEME issuance platforms.

Believe suffers from traffic backlash? The platform currency LAUNCHCOIN surge cannot hide the ecological concerns, and the community sentiment takes a sharp turn for the worse

Believe is experiencing a backlash in traffic. With the sharp pull of the platform currency LAUNCHCOIN, the successive appearance of tens of millions of fast-pass transactions, and the appeal of a group of Web2 entrepreneurs, Believe once occupied the C position in the recent Launchpad melee and became the focus of traffic. However, behind the excitement, with the platform's high withdrawal, frequent "scraping" phenomenon, and lack of sustainable narrative problems gradually emerging, the community FUD sentiment quickly heated up.

Meme issuance enters the Warring States Period: LaunchLab graduates 198 tokens on the same day, forcing Pump.fun to give up profits to creators

The number of graduated tokens of Pump.fun has been overtaken by LaunchLab. Will the Meme issuance track usher in a reshuffle?

The battle for traffic has begun. Take you through the launch trenches of the five most popular Memecoins

Nowadays, there are so many Meme coin launch platforms and the models are so complicated. Let’s analyze the advantages and disadvantages of each one and get started quickly.

Data platform ecological transformation: CoinMarketCap launches the Launch function. What is the significance of the first launch of Aster?

The first launch project Aster (AST) is a decentralized perpetual contract trading protocol, which has received investment from YZi Labs.

Macro perspective

ETH's strong rebound drives the Ethereum staking track to heat up, and the leading protocols accelerate market recovery

In recent days, Ethereum has pulled out a big positive line, which has greatly boosted the morale of the "E Guards" and the market's bullish sentiment has rapidly heated up. This wave of strong pull-ups has not only brought about a comprehensive recovery in the Ethereum ecosystem, but also further heated up the market's expectations for the staking function of Ethereum spot ETFs, especially related staking projects have become a hot spot for capital chasing.

The latest developments in the stablecoin sector: USDT’s market value exceeds $150 billion for the first time, competition between financial and technology giants is fierce, and Tether and Circle consolidate their “moats”

On May 13, the market value of stablecoins reached 242.821 billion US dollars, and Tether's USDT market value exceeded 150 billion US dollars for the first time, accounting for 62% of the market value. In recent months, there have been continuous developments on stablecoins in the crypto market. In this article, PANews sorted out the development trends of stablecoins of major technology and financial companies to provide a panoramic observation of the track.

Competition in blockchain in Hong Kong heats up, with giants such as JD.com and Ant accelerating the implementation of RWA in Hong Kong

As the global asset tokenization wave sweeps across the world, Hong Kong is becoming a key testing ground for on-chain asset layout. According to PANews, many domestic companies holding physical assets have also heard the news and are seeking to put their assets on the chain for tokenized financing. The most common compliance solution is to confirm the ownership of domestic assets on the alliance chain, then set up a main body in Hong Kong to control domestic assets, and then issue tokens for financing. At present, Hong Kong's RWA industry is still crossing the river by feeling the stones.

Coinbase's latest monthly outlook: The global monetary system shifts, and Bitcoin begins to take the stage

Against the backdrop of the accelerating trend of de-dollarization, Bitcoin is gradually becoming a global alternative asset with sovereign neutrality and value storage functions.

SEC Chairman's latest statement on crypto asset regulation: Commitment to end "enforcement regulation" and consolidate the United States' Crypto leadership

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins called for a comprehensive modernization of U.S. crypto asset policy and outlined a three-part strategy for reforming issuance, custody, and trading regulations.

From Meme Coins to CSGO Skins: Speculation Never Sleeps

The hyped market is fragile. How do these skins, which look like NFTs and can fall as sharply as Meme coins, attract believers and what will they bring?

22 kidnappings in 5 months, crypto wealth causes "murder"

The wave of violence involving kidnapping, coercion and demands for money may be more serious than we imagined.

AI and Meme

Virtuals leads the way, CreatorBid lurks, here's a look at the latest developments in the AI Agent track

Virtuals is the strongest in terms of speed and maintaining popularity. Although CreatorBid is slow in execution, it has a clear vision and focuses on the Bittensor smart agent ecosystem, so it has great long-term potential.

The wealth effect is obvious. How to participate in Virtuals IPO and get 30 times return?

The Virtual Geneses points model is an oversubscription model that determines the investment ratio based on the proportion of points. The proportion of tokens that can be obtained is calculated based on the ratio of invested points to total points. The upper limit of investment for a single wallet is 566 $Virtual tokens.

"Bazaar" surpasses "Cathedral", how does cryptocurrency become the cornerstone of trust in the AI agent economy?

From a practical perspective, cryptocurrencies allow us to achieve atomicity of payments through proof of service, which means that all work must be verified to be completed before the AI agent can be paid.

L2 is powerless to recover? Metis's AI strategy to see its future development

Recently, Metis released a strategic roadmap of All in AI. Can this alternative choice break the current dilemma of layer2?

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

Is SOL one of the most suitable tokens for long-term investment? Decoding the multiple engines of Solana's ecological value explosion

Most people still underestimate Solana, and isn’t that a good thing?

Alpha opportunities are still there, sorting out DePIN's investment logic from scratch

This article attempts to sort out DePIN's investment logic from scratch, including why DePIN is an investment track worthy of our attention, and proposes a simple analysis framework.

Viewpoint: Why is FRAX the best investment target for the stablecoin narrative?

Frax has evolved into a full-stack monetary system built around regulatory clarity, institutional synergy, and vertical integration.

Web3

Binance Alpha points are intensifying, but the truth is not so good

In this seemingly winner-takes-all feast, there is a view that its huge traffic is "overflowing" to other ecosystems such as Sui and Solana, injecting vitality into them. However, what is the true situation of this spillover effect? What kind of far-reaching impact will this "hair-pulling" carnival ignited by Binance Alpha ultimately have on the industry?

MapleStory Chain NXPC is launched strongly. Can it drive the recovery of GameFi?

The blockchain gaming industry is on the rise again, will it be revived by Koreans?

The Bitcoin ecosystem is gradually recovering, and a new round of "protocol wars" is about to begin

The Bitcoin ecosystem has officially entered the 2.0 era from 1.0, and the protocol has also entered the DeFi era from Token issuance. The three major narratives of the Bitcoin 2.0 ecosystem: OP_CAT, BRC2.0, and Runes2.0 are eager to try, and have all entered the infrastructure stage. The exciting drama of the Bitcoin ecosystem has begun.

The hardware scam of Depin is so hard to come by that no one wants it.

In this round, the concept of DePIN emerged and once again set off a narrative climax in the Web3 circle. However, when we took a closer look at the actual implementation and economic models of these projects, we found that: in the current DePIN market, more than 60% of the equipment suppliers are from Huaqiangbei, Shenzhen. The selling price of these devices is often 30-50 times the wholesale price in Huaqiangbei, and almost all hardware investors have lost all their money.

Ten truths about RWA: Who is wielding the sickle and who is harvesting the leeks?

From the blockchain circle to the financial circle, from self-media to investment groups, it seems that overnight, RWA has become synonymous with financial freedom.

The cooperation map of the Trump family project stablecoin USD1 has begun to emerge: deployed to 3 public chains, and more than 10 protocols have been integrated

"It's easier to get things done if you have connections in the government", this saying is particularly applicable to the Trump family's crypto projects. According to incomplete statistics, the stablecoin USD1 has rapidly expanded and integrated more than 10 protocols or applications. Binance also received USD 2 billion in financing from MGX through USD1.

Key Information

China to suspend 24% tariff on US goods for 90 days, retaining remaining 10% tariff

The U.S. April unadjusted CPI annual rate was 2.3%, and the seasonally adjusted CPI monthly rate was 0.2%

JPMorgan settles first tokenized U.S. Treasury bond trade on public blockchain

Ministry of State Security warning case: Virtual currency became bait for overseas anti-China organizations, and a salesperson was defrauded of tens of thousands of dollars

Arthur Hayes: Bitcoin is expected to rise to $1 million by 2028, but there may be tactical shorting opportunities in the short term

Coinbase: Will not pay $20 million ransom demand, instead set up a $20 million bounty fund to track down attackers

Guangzhou Nansha will build a blockchain and digital asset integration application platform

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Truth Social Denies Rumors of Launching a New Meme Coin

Dell rejects shareholder proposal to add Bitcoin to company coffers

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