1. Gateway Ventures: The Current State and Future of the BTC Ecosystem
In May 2023, we embarked on a three-month research project assuming a revival of the Bitcoin ecosystem. This led to the publication of our paper “The Panda Renaissance” in November 2023. Since then, there has been an exponential growth in market interest and capital investment in this theme. In this article, we will share updated thoughts from our previous publication and reflections on the following questions.
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2. Starknet Co-Founders: Why Starknet is Expanding on Both Ethereum and Bitcoin
STARKs have finally encountered their next challenge. Now, STARKs will showcase their scaling advantages on the most egalitarian currency ever – Bitcoin. Once OP_CAT is adopted on Bitcoin, deploying STARK verifiers in Bitcoin scripts will become a reality. This opens a channel for secure self-custodial transfers between Bitcoin and Starknet, creating an L2 solution that scales both Ethereum and Bitcoin simultaneously.
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3. Grayscale: The Evolution of Memes and Their Position in the Blockchain
Whether you love them or hate them, memes have become a cornerstone of the crypto economy. Memes are not known for technical innovation or breaking the boundaries of blockchain scalability. Some skeptics even claim they have no value at all. Some builders in the blockchain ecosystem even believe that memes overshadow their serious work, damaging the overall brand and image of crypto. However, due to their viral nature, memes have surged and accumulated significant value in the broader crypto market.
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4. Why Will the TON Public Chain Ecosystem Explode?
Recently, TON has been all over the place, dominating the daily increase rankings. The project itself is just a Telegram bot click game, with a somewhat perfunctory whitepaper of only 9 pages. But this does not deter more people from paying attention to the opportunities in the TON public chain ecosystem. Why do I believe the TON public chain ecosystem is bound to explode?
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5. Variant Fund Co-Founders: How to Navigate Signals and Noise in a Rising Market
Since everyone in the cryptocurrency space is to some extent an investor (whether through holding tokens or founding/operating a startup), it is important to look at short-term opportunities with a balanced perspective, long-term opportunities with a rigorous eye, and analyze the increase in trading volume.
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