Blockchain

With the decline in profits from Sandwich attacks on the Solana chain, atomic arbitrage, as a new type of MEV trading method, has rapidly emerged, occupying a significant share of on-chain transactions. The article delves into the technical principles and market performance of atomic arbitrage, revealing its profit imbalance and high failure rate.

In the spring of 2025, a global financial market revolution is quietly brewing. Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency once ridiculed as a "geek fantasy," is now grandly entering the strategic core of corporate boardrooms. From the financial giants of Wall Street to the tech pioneers of Silicon Valley, from the investment rising stars in Tokyo to the football clubs in the UK, listed companies and institutions are rapidly incorporating Bitcoin into their balance sheets at an astonishing pace. This is not a speculative frenzy, but a deliberate bet on value storage, brand reshaping, and the future of finance.

As the cryptocurrency industry transitions from financial speculation to real consumer scenarios, consumer-grade public chains have become a new trend in industry development. Through technological innovation (hybrid Rollup), strategic positioning (focus on consumer scenarios), and resource integration (cooperation with Bitget), Morph is becoming an important entry point for on-chain living infrastructure.

The cryptocurrency industry has gradually deviated from its original vision during its development, excessively focusing on application-layer development while neglecting the importance of monetary fundamentals. The article analyzes the distinction between blockchain technology and trustless properties, pointing out that most non-financial applications benefit little from trustlessness, while the industry has overly pursued financialization, leading to misallocation of resources and disconnection from value creation.

The AI Agent market is undergoing a transformation, with the Virtuals platform leveraging its Genesis Launch model to successfully attract a large number of traders and speculators through fair launch and gamification mechanisms. The article also explores the development potential of other ecosystems and investment opportunities for institutional investors in decentralized AI infrastructure.

The article provides a detailed analysis of Sui's technical characteristics and ecosystem construction, including the trading characteristics, protocol mechanisms, and performance of early builders such as Bluefin, Aftermath, Astros, and Typus Finance. Sui's Perp DEX ecosystem is emerging, but facing competition from mature ecosystems like EVM and Solana, the incentive mechanism may be the key to achieving significant growth.

In April, cryptocurrency prices were significantly impacted by the U.S. government's tariff policies. Following the announcement of new tariffs on April 2, BTC and ETH experienced sharp declines of over 10% within a short period, with a surge in liquidations of long futures positions and significant outflows from spot ETFs. However, as the U.S. government softened its stance and entered tariff negotiations with multiple countries, market confidence gradually recovered. While cryptocurrency prices were notably influenced by U.S. tariff policies, the fundamentals of major blockchain projects remained unaffected. Both before and after the tariff announcement, network activity on Solana and Ethereum stayed robust, with Solana’s trading volume exceeding 90 million and Ethereum’s remaining above 1 million.

The article delves into the opportunities of Web3 in AI technology stack, including computing power sharing, data privacy protection, model training and inference, as well as exploring how AI empowers the finance, infrastructure, and new narratives of Web3, from decentralized computing power networks to the cold start of AI Agents, from on-chain transaction security to generative NFTs, the integration of AI and Web3 is opening up a new era full of innovation and opportunities.

On the occasion of the second anniversary of the launch of the Sui mainnet, this article systematically reviews how it has evolved from the early controversial VC chain to one of the most wealth-effective new public chains, and deeply analyzes the successful logic behind its DeFi construction, airdrop strategy, market value management, community culture, and the linkage of ecological projects.

The New York Times investigation revealed that the Trump family closely integrated business interests with political power through the cryptocurrency company WLFI. Controlled by the Trump family, WLFI uses the president's position to promote token sales, attracting domestic and foreign investors, and reaching agreements for mutual benefits with startups. The Trump administration's policy statements often overlap with WLFI's commercial interests, raising questions of conflicts of interest and contributing to the growth of the family's wealth.

The alt season has been delayed mainly due to the strengthening of Bitcoin's dominance, macroeconomic contraction, oversupply of altcoins, weakening enthusiasm of retail investors, and regulatory uncertainty. The stability of Bitcoin and institutional favor attract funds, while altcoins are limited by insufficient liquidity and reduced risk appetite. History indicates that the alt season may arrive after Bitcoin stabilizes, and investors need to patiently wait and focus on high-quality projects.

Vitalik proposes to simplify the consensus mechanism and virtual machine architecture, so that Ethereum can achieve a protocol simplification similar to Bitcoin's in the next five years, enhancing verifiability and security, while paving the way for ZK scaling and multi-language development.

Global asset management giant BlackRock plans to put its $150 billion money market fund on-chain through DLT Shares, using blockchain technology to enhance trading efficiency and transparency. DLT Shares will be sold through the Bank of New York Mellon, paving the way for future digital currencies or on-chain derivative products. This move not only signifies a major strategic layout for BlackRock in the blockchain field but also marks a new milestone in the integration of traditional finance and Web3.

This report aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the core strengths and challenges in the development of the Sonic ecosystem, benchmarking them against the peak of the Fantom ecosystem. By examining key indicators across multiple dimensions—including competitive landscape, technological advancement, user growth, and ecosystem development—it explores whether Sonic has the potential to replicate Fantom's past success and evaluates its strategic roadmap and risk mitigation approach in the current complex market environment.

Clout starts anew with the new brand Believe, transitioning from a social asset platform relying on personal influence to empowering real-world applications with projects and technology. Through simplifying the token issuance process and leveraging the advantages of community media dissemination, Believe provides a one-click Kickstarter for creative projects, detailing Believe's operational mechanism, fee distribution, and noteworthy token projects, discussing the balance between empowering real value projects and curbing speculative bubbles.