Finance

This article provides an in-depth analysis of the Fiber Network Lightning Network solution based on CKB, exploring its technological innovations in payment channels, WatchTower, multi-hop routing, and cross-domain payments. It details how Fiber enhances user experience, privacy protection, and security through technical optimization, while also examining its potential for interoperability with the Bitcoin Lightning Network.

Discuss how RWA (Real World Asset Tokenization) can help companies solve financing problems and reshape global financing methods through digital physical assets.

This article explores three topics: (1) The OTC market, which, in addition to being suitable for whales, is now seeing demand from airdrop retail investors; the article analyzes its operation and future development. (2) A review of the Ethena and Usual projects, along with the challenges and issues they face. (3) The division of gambling platforms into sports and non-sports (prediction markets), and the challenges and issues they encounter.

The cryptocurrency market has matured, requiring a shift from the simple bull-bear mindset to value investing based on liquidity and token scarcity, with a focus on long-term fundamentals rather than short-term speculation.

This article introduces several EVM-compatible blockchain projects expected to issue tokens in the second half of the year, including Monad, Aleo, Berachain, and others. These projects have total funding amounts ranging from tens of millions to several hundred million dollars, covering high-performance blockchains, privacy public chains, Layer 2 solutions, and more. They aim to advance the Ethereum ecosystem by increasing transaction speeds, enhancing privacy protection, and scalability.

This article provides an in-depth analysis of how blockchain technology can subvert the traditional collectibles market, and proposes the concept of blockchain-supported collectibles markets (BECMs). The article points out the three major requirements for collectibles transactions: instant settlement, physical custody, and certification. , and explores how BECMs can effectively meet these needs. We also evaluate various collectible categories, such as wine, spirits, handbags, and watches, and their potential performance in BECMs. We discuss the financial, real-world, and emotional aspects of BECMs. Key characteristics along these dimensions include lack of vertical trading venues, suitable price points, being viewed as a store of value, storage difficulties, trust issues, provenance of time and brand, and the existence of a passionate collector base.

This article explores the origins of finance, the limitations of traditional financial systems, and the revolutionary potential of decentralized finance (DeFi). It explains the evolution of money and the origins of modern banking, highlighting the adverse effects of credit scoring systems on new participants. DeFi, with its transparent and fair rules and open access for everyone, offers a new way to participate in finance, free from geographical or social constraints.

Unlike temporary increases, the current increase in DEX usage we're witnessing shows a consistent trend. This steady upward trend in DEX usage compared to CEX can be interpreted as a result of DEXs continuously improving various issues in terms of usability and making significant progress.

In this article, we will discuss USDC’s unique features as a stablecoin product, its current adoption as a means of payment, and the regulatory landscape that USDC and other digital assets may face today, and what all this means for the digital future of the dollar.

The philosophy behind prediction markets is intriguing. Participants, aiming for profit, view free markets as the most effective information aggregation system, thus making predictions about real-world events. Cryptocurrencies have significantly reduced transaction friction in prediction markets, providing a better and more efficient market mechanism. Moreover, the concepts of smart contracts and AMMs have introduced enhanced market mechanisms to prediction markets.

This article explores the current state and issues of pre-market trading and provides an in-depth look at Coral Finance's tokenization solutions. The pre-market trading, mainly involving OTC transactions such as points and whitelist allocations, faces numerous challenges, including unclear asset distribution rules and insufficient trading liquidity.

This article provides a systematic analysis of the current state and future trends of global cryptocurrency regulation, starting with regulatory changes across different regions.

Exploring how Web3 companies use tokens as part of compensation, this article provides a comprehensive analysis of token compensation strategies, from basic concepts to complex practices. The article covers establishing a fair and transparent compensation philosophy, cash and token balance, vesting plan and Tax treatment, learn how to retain talent through token rewards, and how to manage these rewards to adapt to the changing Web3 environment.

This article discusses the financial model of utility tokens and proposes a cash flow-based solution to address the challenges of governance, value distribution, and regulated activities faced by utility tokens.

Modular blockchain aims to solve the impossible triangle problem in the blockchain field through reorganization, that is, decomposing the main functions of a single chain into multiple layers, each layer focusing on achieving specific functions to achieve scalability. Modular DeFi protocols improve the flexibility and innovation capabilities of DeFi protocols by splitting these services into independent modules, allowing users and developers to flexibly combine and use different functions. At this stage, DeFi mainly consists of income aggregators, lending, derivatives and options, and insurance protocols. These modules can be freely combined to create new financial products and services, but modular DeFi protocols need to be built on their own protocols. Modules are combined to create new financial products and services.