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#数字货币市场洞察 $BNB $ETH $BTC
Recently, I noticed a rather interesting signal: the founder of a leading exchange revealed in an interview that his main focus is no longer on the day-to-day operations of the exchange.
So what is he doing now? Actually, just two main areas, but both are pretty crucial.
First: all in on public chain ecosystem development. This founder is now personally overseeing ecosystem project support, technical architecture upgrades, and capital pool allocation. In simple terms, this means we might soon see a batch of key incubated projects emerging on this public chain—DeFi protocols, GameFi platforms, new on-chain applications—with resources being more concentrated. For us, this means on-chain data is worth watching closely; early-stage projects that show real user growth and solve practical problems might offer more opportunities than just looking at secondary market charts.
Second: serving as a crypto advisor to multiple governments. This move is even bolder. Transitioning from entrepreneur to policy-level advisor is essentially paving the way for the entire industry’s compliance. Once more countries' regulatory frameworks are established, the barriers for traditional capital and institutional users to enter will be lowered. In the long run, this is a massive positive for the entire crypto market, not just for a single platform.
So what does this mean for regular users?
First, there’s no need to panic about management changes at the exchange. With a co-CEO taking office and a more mature team structure, it actually shows the platform is entering a more stable governance phase. It’s not a sign of weakness, but rather of growing stronger.
Second, the profit-making logic may need to shift. The room for pure short-term speculation is narrowing; it’s more valuable to follow the direction of the ecosystem—research on-chain projects, see which protocols have real application scenarios, and which teams are consistently delivering. Data doesn’t lie; user growth and protocol revenue are the real hard metrics.
Lastly, you should still hold onto core assets. As exchanges focus on ecosystem building and compliance, ultimately the value will settle on their native tokens. As the "value hub" of the ecosystem and exchange, the importance of these assets will only increase.
The industry is transitioning from wild growth to a "dual-engine" phase of deep ecosystem cultivation and compliance paving. The next wave of opportunities will likely be found within those public chain ecosystems that are actually doing real work.
Are you ready to screen for projects?